Dr. Wendy Knight

For as long as Dr. Knight can remember, she has wanted to be a veterinarian.  Her love for animals started the moment her parents came home with their first dog, Tinker, and continued through the years as they cared for  a vast array of pets from dogs and cats to baby ducks.   
After graduating from high school, Dr. Knight attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she received an undergraduate degree in Biology.  She spent the summers in Greensboro working as a veterinary assistant and riding horses.  A native of Tennessee and die-hard Vols football fan, Dr. Knight went back home where she attended the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. 

Dr. Dawn Greenberg

Growing up on Long Island, Dr. Greenberg knew by the age of 5 that she wanted to be a veterinarian.  For an animal lover with an affinity for the sciences, it was a perfect match.  She always had animals, ranging from dogs to parakeets and even horses.  She has always been an avid equestrian, and originally wanted to become an equine veterinarian.  However, her journey through veterinary school helped her realize that she much preferred canine and feline medicine. After graduating as salutatorian of her high school class, Dr. Greenberg went on to study Animal Science at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York. Her summers were spent

Meg Hamilton, VMD

Dr. Hamilton was raised in Philadelphia, Pa. and graduated from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. She moved to Washington, D.C. after graduation where she worked for the US Department of Justice as a paralegal for 6 years before vet school.

Dr. Hamilton has always loved animals. She grew up with a house full of animals, had her own neighborhood pet-sitting service, and volunteered for various animal shelters over the years. Although she enjoyed her work for the government after college, she decided that Veterinary Medicine was the career she wished to pursue so she moved back to Philadelphia and graduated from Veterinary School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2007. Dr. Hamilton practiced in Stroudsburg, Pa for 2 years before joining CityPaws in July 2009. She is excited to be back in DC and looks forward to getting to know the clients and pets who visit CityPaws.

In her free time, she enjoys traveling, running, anything beach or water related and spending time with friends and family. Dr. Hamilton’s current furry crew includes an elderly Ridgeback mix named Chance, a one eyed gray cat named Sailor and a sweet tabby named Mommies.

Kate Rondelli – Hospital Manager

Kate joined the CityPaws team in April 2009. She is originally from Herkimer New York, a small town in upstate. Kate grew up on a dairy farm, which is where her love of animals formed. She moved to Washington DC in 2001(moved to Wilmington, NC for part of 2008 then returned back to DC), prior to that she lived in San Diego, CA and Atlanta, GA where she worked in a variety of business settings; an executive assistant for the President of a large insurance company, managed an international software company and help organize and run a non profit educational program. All these roles where challenging, but never fulfilling. In 2003, she was given the opportunity to work in the veterinary setting, it was a perfect fit. She is happy to call this her career. Kate and her husband Paul welcomed a new addition to their family in January 2009: our beautiful daughter Piper. She also shares her home in NW DC with a fun loving chocolate lab/beagle mix Freya and an orange tabby cat Yamar. She enjoys spending time with family, watching Red Sox baseball and going to see live music during time away from work.

Jennifer Kaspar – Veterinary Receptionist

Growing up I’ve always had animals. I grew up in the city of Austin, Texas, but my father thought that we lived in the country because we always had so many animals! I love all animals, even reptiles. Now living in Capital Hill, I have continued with my love of animals and shared that with my three kids. We have fish, birds and a dog. My children and I enjoy going to my father’s house in Maryland where he has chickens, roosters, dogs, toads, birds and I am sure many more animals to come. So needless to say, we love animals. This is my first time working with actual veterinarians and I am very fond of the doctors. Everyday I learn something new and meet a new friend. I hope to meet many more!

Doralee Halperin - Veterinary Technician

Doralee Halperin has worked as a veterinary technician since 1999 at both day and emergency practices. To complement her on-the-job technician training, Doralee completed pre-med course work at Montgomery College and the University of Maryland, College Park.  She also completed a rigorous training program in emergency veterinary care at the Anne Arundel Veterinary Emergency Clinic in Annapolis, MD where she was a veterinary technician for two and one half years before joining City Paws.

Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Doralee moved to Washington, D.C. in 1987 to work as a legislative assistant to a member of Congress. She shares her home with Lucy, a collie mix adopted from the D.C. Animal Shelter. Doralee is an avid fan of The Beatles, Bob Dylan and the New York Yankees and enjoys lazy afternoons at Tryst, drinking lattes and doing crossword puzzles.