Veterinarians
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Ken Pawlowski, DVM
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Kerstin Amend, DVM
Dr. Amend knew from a young age she wanted to be a veterinarian and could regularly be found bringing home injured wildlife to nurse back to health. After finishing high school in the Florida panhandle, she moved to Gainesville, Florida to pursue her bachelor’s in Animal Science with a focus on Animal Biology at the University of Florida. Go Gators! During her time in undergrad she continued caring for wildlife while interning and volunteering with the wildlife rehabilitation center. After finishing her bachelor’s, Dr. Amend returned home and spent two years as a veterinary technician and continued her work with the wildlife rehabilitation center. She then moved to Manhattan, Kansas to attend Kansas State University for her veterinary education. She initially planned to pursue a career in wildlife and zoologic medicine, however, found a passion for exotic animal medicine after spending a summer at an all companion exotics practice in New Orleans. This is ultimately what lead her into private practice. Upon graduation from veterinary school in 2017, Dr. Amend moved to the Sacramento area to begin practicing. For the past 3 years she has been working extensively with companion exotics and can’t wait to continue offering these often-forgotten pets excellent care! In addition to companion exotics, Dr. Amend’s passions include lifelong preventative care and end of life palliative care.
Dr. Amend has two critters of her own, a female orange tabby named Scarlet and a female German Shepherd named Leala- the best adventure buddy one could ask for!
Outside of veterinary medicine Dr. Amend is an outdoor enthusiast and can be found spending her free time enjoying all the nature the area has to offer with her four-legged companion. Her interests include; hiking, camping, SUP, beachcombing, tide pool exploring, snowboarding, and snowshoeing. She is also an avid soccer player and can be found playing in several leagues around the area. Dr. Amend also enjoys traveling with friends across the country as often as their busy schedules allow.
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Gloria Frazier, DVM
Dr. Frazier is one of our General Practitioners. She was raised on O’ahu, but has lived in California for the last 18 years. She earned her bachelor’s in Veterinary Science from UC Davis and graduated from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in 2012. She joined corporate small animal practice with Dr. Pawlowski and Kristi as a new graduate and we’re excited to work with her once more in private practice!
Dr. Frazier’s passion lies in fortifying and nurturing the human-animal bond, specifically with dogs and cats. She understands that her role is to help families navigate and optimize their pets’ health, from the formative years of youth and throughout their entire lifetime, via good veterinary preventative care, nutrition, husbandry, and socialization.
Dr. Frazier’s most important title in life is, “Mom.” She and her partner have two children, William & Ava. Her family also includes a sassy cat named Ninja, a happy-go-lucky American Staffordshire Terrier named Rosco P. Coltrane, and an attention-loving French
Bulldog named Boss Hogg. In her free time, she’s with her family, hiking and gardening.
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Amy Maskey, DVM
Dr. Maskey moved to California from Michigan in 2015. She drinks pop, not soda :). She received her BS and MS degrees from Northern Michigan University, and her DVM from Michigan State University. After graduation, she completed an internship in Avian and Exotic Animal Medicine and Surgery in south Florida and has worked with all kinds of animals, from tarantulas to monkeys. She has a special interest in avian medicine and surgery. She shares her life with a crazy Moluccan Cockatoo, a mellow Blue, and Gold Macaw, 4 wonderful cats, a European Legless Lizard, and a tank full of freshwater fish. She enjoys the outdoors, birdwatching, fishing, boating, and the California sun.
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Katey Wahlen, DVM
Three-year-old Katey told her father “she wanted to take care of the animals.”
From the age of 17 Dr. Wahlen has worked every job in the veterinary world from dog bather, receptionist to veterinary assistant. “I have a deep love and respect for my patients, clients, staff and the magic of what medicine can achieve.”
Born and raised in southern New Mexico, Dr. Wahlen received her BS in Biology from New Mexico State University.
During her undergraduate studies, she met a wildlife vet who offered her a dream opportunity… come to Belize and help establish the first wildlife veterinary hospital in the country. During her time in Belize with Dr. Isabelle Paquet-Durand, Dr. Wahlen helped the Peace Corp put on Spay and Neuter clinics, bottle fed orphaned manatees and rehabilitated parrots and monkeys. This experience solidified her love and resolve to pursue veterinary medicine. She received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Ross University in 2017 with her clinical year completed at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Wahlen then went on to complete a small animal surgery and medicine internship at the famed VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital where Animal Planet filmed the show “Emergency Vets” in Denver, CO.
Dr. Wahlen moved to the city of trees on a whim several years ago on the urging of friends. They claimed she would love it and they were right. She has done overnight emergency practice, been on call for emergency surgery and even managed a small local practice within the Sacramento area.
In her spare time, Dr. Wahlen, is usually trail running in the Sierra Nevadas with her German Shepherd Neeko and Australian Shepherd Ember, SUP or working out at her Crossfit gym. Her cat, Chile Pepper, came into her life as a patient. He was going to be euthanized after he shattered one of his front legs. After a 2am emergency surgery, he now lives with her as the boss of the house. When in the hospital, we refer to him as Dr. Pepper.
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DEB MOREY, DVM, DACVECC
Dr. Morey graduated from UC Davis in 1992 after which she pursued a rotating small animal medical and surgical internship followed by a specialty internship and then residency in emergency medicine and critical care. She has dedicated her career to working in a variety of emergency and specialty practices. She is excited to be able to add her years of experience to the team at Insight.
Dr. Morey has special interest in helping the very sickest of patients with critical care medicine and emergency surgery. In her spare time she enjoys long distance cycling, running, walking her dogs Speck and Clover, and cooking, reading and binging Netflix shows.
