Meet the Team

Dr. Paul Haderlie grew up in American Falls, Idaho and graduated from Utah State University.  He then went on to complete his education at Washington State University.

Dr. Tye grew up right here in Taylorsville and is excited to be back among so many family and friends. Dr. Tye attended Utah State University where he earned both bachelor's and master's degrees in animal science.

Dr. Lee Matheson is a native of Salt Lake City.  A graduate of Olympus High School, he went on to earn degrees at Salt Lake Community College, Utah State University, and obtained his veterinary degree from Washington State University. 

Dr. Zoe Braun was born and raised in Miami, Florida. Dr. Braun attended the University of Vermont where she earned her Bachelor's degree in Animal Science. 

Amy Anderson, DVM grew up in Westchester County, New York.  She completed a bachelor’s of science degree at Colorado State University and graduated as a  Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Ross University in 1999. 

Dr. Patrick Dedow was born in San Jose, CA and raised in Bountiful. He attended Utah State University, earning a bachelor’s in animal science, and the University of Utah for a Master of Public Health.

Nico grew up in coastal Maine and graduated Middlebury College in Vermont.

Cindy worked as a veterinary technician for 5 years prior to finding her home at Midvalley Animal Clinic in June of 2001. She was our lead technician for 3 years before being promoted to Office Manager.

Prior to finding her home at Midvalley Animal Clinic, Shirley studied Veterinary Technology at Salt Lake Community College and then at Utah Career College. 

Rochelle’s career began in Las Vegas, NV in September of 2005, as a kennel attendant at a local vet clinic and an worked part time as an exotic animal caregiver for an animal conservation and educational company.

Brittany joined the Midvalley Animal Clinic team in May of 2019. Brittany is originally from Colorado where she received her Veterinary Assistant Certification from Front Range Community College.

Danica joined the Midvalley Animal Clinic team in August of 2019. Not only does she assist the veterinarians with improving your pets overall health and wellbeing, she currently runs our dentistry unit and has a passion for keeping all of our patient's teeth healthy and shiny white!

Janeil joined the Midvalley Animal Clinic team in May of 2021. Janeil graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelors in Animal and Dairy Sciences with an emphasis in Horses. She minored in Agriculture Accounting.

Blythe was born and raised in Utah. Growing up she always knew she wanted to work with animals but she thought she would be a zookeeper or a veterinarian. When she was a young teen she started volunteering at the Hogle Zoo.

Jodie H. has the record for longest employment at Midvalley Animal Clinic. She started working with Dr. Barbe in 1994. “I brought my cat in for a spay and left with a job!” Jodie has seen it all and is one of our most knowledgeable employees.

Desirae joined our team in October of 2018 and boy has she been quite the addition! We call her the clinic comedian.

Morgan started with us in 2019. Over the past few years she has come out of her shell and become an integral member of our team. She was recently married and is growing her family by adding two fur kids, Rocky (Rottweiler) and Rogan (Golden Retriever).

Kim joined the Midvalley Animal Clinic team in May of 2020. When she was 7 years old she won a contest at Utah’s Hogel Zoo where she was a zookeeper for a day.

Lori joined the Midvalley Animal Clinic team in October of 2020. Prior to joining our team she had a combined 3 years of experience working in the veterinary field between Utah and Ohio. She is no stranger to fostering kittens that find themselves in need.

Dian has been with Midvalley for a long while. A love for all animals led to a farm that has developed. She is currently a full time registered nurse in an ICU, but cannot give up working with animals.

Jess joined our team early 2025. She grew up in West Valley, Utah, and has always wanted to work with animals since she was young.

Meridien became a part of the Midvalley Animal Clinic team as an intern from a local high school in 2019. We saw an amazing potential in her and she was hired to join our team in February of 2020. Although she was very young at the time, she was incredibly determined.

Rhiannon was born and raised in South Jordan, UT. After graduating high school, Rhiannon moved to Hawaii at 18 and continued to study biochemistry at BYU.

Bre joined our team in May of 2023. She received her Certificate of Completion as a Veterinary Assistant through Salt Lake Community College in January of 2023.

(Habla Espanol) Kaitlyn joined our team in June of 2021. After working here at the clinic as a vet tech assistant, she quickly realized her dream was to be a vet.

Taylor has been working with us since 2018. She began as an intern when she was in high school and as soon as she graduated we couldn’t wait to make her a part of the team! She loves Japanese candy, Japanese dogs, and one day hopes to move to Japan to work as a veterinarian.

Kimmy joined the team at Midvalley Animal Clinic in February of 2022. She is originally from Chicago and moved out to Utah with her husband because they both love the outdoors.

Nikki joined our team in January of 2022. She completed the Veterinary Science Program at Jordan Academy for Technology and Careers.

Ryleigh started at Midvalley Animal Clinic in January of 2022. She is currently studying to get her bachelor’s degree in Zoology so she can become a large animal veterinarian. Her passion in the veterinary field is to be a voice for the voiceless.

Abby graduated from Mountain Edge Veterinary Technology with a certification as a Veterinary Technician Assistant in September of 2024, prior to joining our team at Midvalley Animal Clinic.

Izzy joined the Midvalley team in early 2025. Izzy was born and raised in Utah. She has always loved animals and knew she wanted to work with them since she was a kid.

Sammi was born and raised in Utah. Growing up, she always dreamed of being a veterinarian. In high school she took a veterinary assisting course and later attended Dixie state in 2021.

Tay joined the Midvalley Team in February 2025. Bio coming soon.

(Habla Espanol) Jessica was born and raised in Utah. Growing up she wanted to work as a veterinarian or a dermatologist.

Kaitlyn was born in Mesa, Arizona, she also lived in Oregon before moving to Utah when she was 14. Growing up she always knew she wanted to work in the Veterinary Field.

(Habla espanol) Alan joined the Midvalley team in 2023. He is a wonderful contribution to the team and is greeted every day with enthusiasm. He keeps the clinic clean, helps keep our surgery suite stocked, and he is our fix it guy. Anytime there is a need, Alan is already on it.

Claire was born and raised in Utah and always knew she wanted to work in animal care. She started out in animal care at 18 working in a shelter as a kennel Technician and realizing her love for the medical side of veterinary care.

Falon was born and raised in Utah. Growing up on a ranch she always had a passion for animals. Prior to joining the Midvalley Animal Clinic team 2024, she worked with a non-profit rescue assisting with adoption animals and low cost spay neuter events.