Our Doctors

Kent Smith
was born and raised in suburban Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois for undergraduate studies and continued on and entered Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He has greatly enjoyed his career and sometimes takes too much time telling stories. His specialized interests are Boxers ,emergency medicine and internal medicine. Outside of veterinary medicine his hobbies include his family, his numerous pets, gardening and his recreational ranch outside of Condon, Oregon Kent and his wife Rita have been married for over 25 years and have three wonderful children, Bret, Todd and Sarah..

Laura Kavanagh
has been practicing at Crossroads Veterinary Hospital since the summer of 2002.  She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Portland in 1996, and completed her veterinary training at Oregon State University, receiving her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) in 2002.  Her special interests in veterinary medicine include ophthalmology and feline medicine.  Laura lives in Dundee with her husband Peter, - children Grace and Max and several animals  - dogs- Sully and Brandy and Cats - Figletti, Macho and Tuesday

 

 

Born in Fairbanks, Alaska Kerri Jackson was the youngest of six siblings and the only girl...needless to say she was greatly protected by her mother and spoiled rotten. Life was good. The family also included several dogs and cats. At one point 12 dogs occupied the house, nine were St. Bernard's. Interest in veterinary medicine, as a profession seemed to be a natural choice at a very young age. In 1983 Kerri began her undergraduate studies at Oregon State University.  In 1991 she graduated and began working at Pacific Veterinary Hospital, where she worked for 8 years. During the winter of 1998 Kerri left Pacific Veterinary Hospital to start her own business with Kent Smith. Kerri is very excited about the clinic and looks forward to the clinics goal of providing our clients with personal service and quality medicine

Kathryn Utsey was born and raised in Eugene, along with her younger brother, in a family of architects.  After spending her first two years of college at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, and a short stint at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, she came back and finished her undergraduate degrees at the University of Oregon, majoring in German and General Science.  After being a professional college student for seven years, she decided to join the “real world” and worked as a veterinary assistant in Junction City for three years.  She then attended The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine for four years, graduating in June 2007.  She is now enjoying being back in the “real world” again, and resides in Sherwood with her little terrier mix, Piper.  She joined Crossroads Veterinary Hospital in July 2007, and enjoys surgery and creating wellness programs.