Our team of doctors brings a commitment to offering complete, comprehensive and high quality medical care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Working alongside our great nursing and customer service staff, together they have made Pets Unlimited into one of the Bay Area's most comprehensive animal care facilities. Below you may recognize the faces of the doctors who not only treat your animal companions, but who also actively provide their time and knowledge to the health and welfare of the animals in our Adoption Center.

Doctor Directory

Dr. Randy Bowman	Dr. Polly W. James	Dr. Anne MacFarlane
Dr. Richard B. Chu	Dr. Laurie Kanevsky	Dr. Tom Mason
Dr. Kathleen A. Gervais	Dr. Lisa Kim	Dr. Megan Moser
Dr. Kristen Haviland	Dr. Milinda Lommer	Dr. David Sierra
Dr. Sue Jin Hwang	Dr. Christine Lundy	Dr. Philippe Villard

Dr. Tom Mason is our Director of Veterinary Services. He is a 1988 graduate of the University of California - Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Following graduation, he completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Friendship Hospital for Animals in Washington, D.C. Dr. Mason joined Pets Unlimited in 1991 and was made Medical Director in 1994. His special interests include internal medicine, with a focus on endocrinology, gastroenterology, and critical care. His diagnostic specialties include endoscopy and abdominal ultrasound. He recently relocated to SOMA after 15 years in Noe Valley. He shares his life with his partner James and with Fanny and Manny, two boisterous French Bulldogs. Fanny was adopted from Pets Unlimited after she was saved from a life threatening case of Parvovirus.

Dr. Kathy Gervais is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Veterinary School. She also attained an MA from UC Davis. Dr. Gervais worked as a large animal extern in New Zealand for a few months, and with Angel's Camp mixed animal practice in the Sierra Foothills for two years. She has been with Pets Unlimited in 1991. Dr. Gervais is deeply involved with our outreach to PAWS (Pets are Wonderful Support) and ACC (Animal Care and Control). She is also the CVMA's (California Veterinary Medical Association) disaster preparedness coordinator for San Francisco and is currently the CVMA Foundation's President. Her main professional interests are in preventive medicine, zoometrics and keeping the shelter residents healthy. Her personal interests are wildlife photography, travel to all ends of the earth, hiking and cycling. She currently has two former shelter cats - Jack and Purrfect Tommy and co-owns a Corgi-cross named Sherwood.

Dr. Polly James joined our veterinary team in August 2000. After growing up in Madison, Wisconsin, Dr. James completed her undergraduate studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She earned her D.V.M. in 1999 from the U.C. Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Before coming to Pets Unlimited, Dr. James performed her internship at the Veterinary Medical and Surgical Group in Ventura, California and has a special interest in canine and feline internal medicine. Dr. James lives in San Francisco with her husband, son, two cats and two dogs (both dogs are from the Pets Unlimited shelter.)

Dr. Randy Bowman joined our veterinary staff in August 2003 after graduating from the U.C. Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in June of 2000. He has a special interest in complementary medicine. He offers a holistic approach as well as traditional western medicine diagnostics and treatment. Dr. Bowman is trained in veterinary acupuncture through the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society, IVAS. Dr. Bowman lives in Montara with his wife Maren, who is also a veterinarian, their daughter Samara, their dog Huckleberry, their two cats Kara and Axel, and their two tortoises Oren and Isabelle. In his free time, Dr. Bowman makes skateboards as a hobby business and surfs whenever he can.

Dr. Richard Chu grew up in Oahu and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. He received his bachelor's from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. He graduated from Oklahoma St. Vet School in 1997 and did an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Animal Medical Center in NYC from 1997-1998. Dr. Chu started at Pets Unlimited in August 1999. He has an interest in emergency medicine and critical care and ophthalmology. He enjoys spending his free time volunteering with senior citizens, playing tennis and learning to DJ.

Dr. Milinda Lommer is a board certified veterinary dentist, who brought her practice "Aggie Animal Dental Service" to our hospital in September 2000. Besides basic dental cleanings that include x-rays, Dr. Lommer is providing such specialized services as root canals, crowns, periodontal surgery, orthodontics and major oral surgery for jaw fractures and tumors. Raised on the east coast, Dr. Lommer is a 1995 graduate of U.C. Davis. She completed her internship at the Sacramento Animal Medical Group prior to returning to U.C. Davis for a three year residency in dentistry and oral surgery. Dr. Lommer is a Diplomate of the American Veterinary Dental College, one of only 54 worldwide.

Dr. Philippe Villard graduated from U.C. Davis in 2003 after completing a Master of Science in Biology at Stanford University and a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature at U.C. Berkeley. He worked as a Veterinary Technician at Pets Unlimited for several years prior to veterinary school where he developed his interest in emergency medicine.  After working at Castro Valley Companion Animal Hospital in Castro Valley for his first year after graduation, Dr. Villard joined our staff as an emergency veterinarian in November 2004.

Dr. Megan Moser grew up in Florida and after receiving a B.A. from Providence College in Rhode Island headed out west. After getting a B.S. from San Francisco State, she attended St. George’s Veterinary School in Grenada, West Indies, then did her year-long clinical rotations at the University of Georgia in Athens. Dr. Moser now lives here in San Francisco with her dog, Mr. Flea (a dog she rescued while in Grenada) and her cat, Wilbur. She started at Pets Unlimited in February of 2006.

Dr. Kristen Haviland was raised in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. Her dad is also a small animal veterinarian, so she grew up surrounded by animals. She knew from an early age that she wanted to go into the family business! Dr. Haviland earned a BA in Biology from Middlebury College in Vermont. After completing veterinary school at the University of Pennsylvania in 2001, she moved to San Francisco. Dr. Haviland worked at Bayshore Animal Hospital in San Mateo for 3 ½ years before joining Pets Unlimited in January 2006. She lives in San Francisco with her lab mix, Willoughby and the world’s best cat, Wrigley. Outside of work Dr. Haviland enjoys road biking, hiking with her dog, skiing, and all things outdoors!

Dr. Chris Lundy received her bachelor's and veterinary medicine degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. She worked previously for the Holly Street Pet Hospital and has special interests in Internal Medicine and Critical Care. Outside of work, she is a National class runner, having competed in the 2004 Olympic Marathon Trials and on the 2005 US World Cup Mountain running team.

Dr. Lisa Kim never strayed too far from California! She went south to receive her undergraduate degree from UCLA, then returned to San Francisco to work as a veterinary technician at Pets Unlimited. She went on to earn her veterinary degree from UC Davis. Upon graduating, she spent the next 3 years working at a mixed animal practice in Santa Cruz before joining the Pets Unlimited team. Professionally, she has a strong interest in surgery. She lives in San Francisco and shares 3 cats - Lisle, Bea and Nacho and 3 dogs - Zoe, Piglet, and Potato with her fiancé, Spencer. She spends her free time playing competitive women's ultimate Frisbee and dabbling in sewing and design.

Dr. Sue Jin Hwang grew up in Los Angeles, then moved north to earn a B.S. in Biology at Stanford University. She graduated from Tufts University Vet School in Massachusetts in 2002, then completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Animal Medical Center in New York. Prior to joining our staff at Pets Unlimited in September of 2006, she worked as an emergency veterinarian at a specialty and emergency hospital in Brooklyn, New York for several years. There she developed interests in surgery, emergency medicine/critical care, and radiology. Her personal interests include traveling, hiking, diving, cooking, knitting, and taking long beach walks with her mutt from the Bronx, Willy, and Angus, an adoptee from our Pets Unlimited Shelter.

Dr. Anne MacFarlane grew up in Michigan and received her bachelor's and veterinary degrees from Michigan State University. After enduring enough snow and ice for one lifetime, she headed south to Atlanta, GA, where she practiced small animal medicine for 11 years. After growing tired of affordable housing, she decided to throw caution to the wind and head west in July of 2006 to join Pets Unlimited (and her boyfriend, Michael). They live in San Francisco with their rescued border collie mix, Laika. Professionally, she enjoys the variety of general practice, but also has special interest in dermatology and behavioral medicine. She spends her free time traveling, taking photos, practicing yoga, and trying to garden in a concrete yard.

Dr. David Sierra was born and raised in the small San Joaquin Valley town of Madera, CA.  Though his love of animals was always present and continually being nurtured via his biology teaching mother, veterinary medicine was far from his mind, as he mainly dreamed of playing shortstop for the Oakland Athletics or battling Tiger on Sundays.  It was not until his undergraduate days at UC Davis where he discovered the field of veterinary medicine.  After earning his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences he stayed at UC Davis for veterinary school where he graduated in 2004.  After completing a one year internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Veterinary Medical and Surgical Group in Ventura, Dr. Sierra spent one year doing relief work throughout the Bay Area.  He joined Pets Unlimited as a permanent associate in May of 2007.  Dr. Sierra has particular interests in cardiology, radiology (including ultrasonography), emergency medicine and endocrinology.  Sporting activities and events of all sorts still occupy most of his free time along with backpacking, fly fishing, traveling and spending time with Phyllis, his tuxedo cat. (Devereux, his golden retriever pictured above, passed away in 2008 and is sorely missed by everyone.)

Dr. Laurie Kanevsky joined the Pets Unlimited team in October 2007. She was born in Moscow, Russia but her parents finally grew tired of wearing those big furry hats and moved her to the U.S. at the age of 3. After moving around quite a bit they finally settled in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She eventually moved to New York, where she earned a BA in International Relations with a minor in Russian studies at Syracuse University. She completed her Post Baccalaureate at San Francisco State and New York Universities and attended veterinary school at Ross University. She then went on to break the record for "Most Universities Attended by One Human in a Lifetime" when she completed her clinical year at Louisiana State. Her interests include internal medicine, soft tissue surgery and critical care. In her free time, Laurie enjoys traveling, snowboarding and scuba diving.