Meet the Team
The Doctors
Dr. Shauna Henry
Dr. Henry opened the doors of North Star Animal Hospital in 2006 with Dr. Teresa Beck. Dr. Henry graduated from Colorado State University School of Veterinary Medicine in
2004 and has lived in Palmer ever since.
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When she's not at work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and three sons. She also enjoys spending most of her free time outdoor with her dogs, hiking, biking, fishing or gardening.
Dr. Teresa Beck
Dr. Beck has lived in Palmer for most of her life and is a proud Palmer High Moose graduate. After finishing Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1996
, she was happy to return to Palmer in 2006 to open North Star Animal Hospital with Dr. Henry.
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Palmer is a great community in which she and her husband, Matthew raised her three amazing daughters.
Dr. Chelsea Grimstad
Chelsea grew up in Palmer and is glad to be back in her home community. She completed her undergraduate training in 2010 with a bachelors in Animal Science at
Andrews University in Michigan before “hopping the pond” for veterinary school. She graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, UK in 2015. After two years of working at a predominately small animal clinic in Kodiak, she is excited to settle down in her home town. Her professional interests include internal medicine and anesthesia. She is also developing a growing interest in sled dog medicine, and enjoys volunteering at sled dog races around Alaska. When she’s not at the clinic, you will find Dr. Grimstad pursuing all things outdoors in the Alaska backcountry, usually accompanied by her enthusiastic dogs, Kiva and Bean.
Dr. Madisen Watkins
Dr. Madisen Watkins grew up in Great Falls, Montana. She attended undergrad at Northern Michigan University where she competed
for 4 years for the Women's Swimming and Diving Team. Madisen graduated from Washington State University Veterinary School in 2020. She enjoys traveling and taking advantage of all the outdoor activities Alaska has to offer with her husband and black labrador, Gertrude.
Dr. Jamie Baugh
Dr. Baugh has lived throughout the U.S., as her first career was with the U.S. Air Force as an instructor pilot and flight safety officer. She graduated from Auburn College of
Veterinary Medicine in 2018 with a mixed animal focus, then practiced small animal medicine in Northwest Washington before moving to Alaska. Her interests include diagnostic imaging, clinical pathology, internal medicine and pain management.
​When not at work, she loves gourmet food and drink, travel, falconry, SEC football, and of course, aviation. Dr. Jamie and her husband, Matt, are excited to call Alaska home with their two Labrador Retriever, Angus and Autumn, and their Sheepadoodle, Scout.
Dr. Caroline Landry ACVIM
Dr. Caroline Landry graduated from the National Veterinary School of Alfort (Paris, France) in 2008. She then earned a human echocardiography certification prior to completing a
small animal rotating internship at Tufts University in 2009. She continued her training with a three-year residency at the Louisiana State University and obtained her ACVIM board certification in Small Animal Internal Medicine in 2012. She was awarded best teaching intern/resident 3 years in a row at LSU.
Dr. Landry then worked in Louisiana in private practice as a Small Animal Internist from 2012 to 2015 before purchasing a veterinary hospital with her husband in Colorado. After the sale of her small animal practice, she moved to Alaska with her family where she is now established as an independent Internal Medicine consultant.
Her areas of interest include cardio-respiratory medicine and gastroenterology. In her spare time, Dr. Landry enjoys spending time in the outdoors with her husband Brandon and their 3 daughters.
The staff
LVT, Hospital Manager
Carol
Veterinary Assistant
Nevaeh
Office Manager
Shania
Veterinary Assistant
Jessica
LVT, Lead Nurse
Therese
Veterinary Assistant
Josh
LVT, Lead Nurse
Melissa
Veterinary Assistant
Eliza
LVT, Lead Nurse
Mary Ann
Veterinary Assistant
Lacey
Veterinary Assistant
Caitlyn K.
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Veterinary Assistant
Kris
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Not Pictured:
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Alyssa - LVT, Lead Nurse
Sarah - Lead Nurse
Anette - CSR
Caitlyn G. - CSR
Jenna - CSR
Chyenne - CSR/Assistant
Gabriel - Assistant
Marshall - Assistant
Bryze - Assistant
David - Assistant
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