2939 Mather Field Road
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
(916) 363-9443
Cordova Veterinary Hospital
2939 Mather Field Road
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
(916) 363-9443
    Melissa A. Gates, D.V.M.
 
Dr. Gates is a 1980 graduate of the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine. She has been the owner of Cordova Veterinary Hospital since 1987. She has a special interest in dentistry, and has been a member of the American Veterinary Dental Society since 1990. Dr. Gates is also active in local and state veterinary associations, serving as president and treasurer of the Sacramento Valley Veterinary Medical Association. She recently completed the Don Low/CVMA Practitioner Fellowship in Small Animal Internal Medicine at U.C.Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.  

When not working with her patients, she spends time with her husband John, son Eric as well as their Standard Poodle (Jazz) and Springer Spaniels (Crash & Huck).     

     American Veterinary Medical Association

     American Veterinary Dental Society

     American Animal Hospital Association

     California Veterinary Medical Association

     Sacramento Valley Veterinary Medical Association

 


        Lori Thomas, B.S., D.V.M. 

  
Dr. Thomas received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology in 2001 from California State University Hayward and is a 2006 graduate of the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. She has worked as an associate veterinarian at Cordova Veterinary Hospital since 2006. Prior to becoming a veterinarian, she worked as a registered veterinary technician (RVT) for 10 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is originally from Utah and has lived in California for over 20 years.

Dr. Thomas and her spouse Chris enjoy bicycling along the American River Parkway and mountain biking. They share a house with a menagerie of cats.


     American Veterinary Medical Association

     American Animal Hospital Association

     California Veterinary Medical Association
      
 

 

 

Specialists 
      
   
Steve Harnagel, B.S., D.V.M., DACVR (Radiology)

Dr. Harnagel was born and raised in southern California before attending UC Davis where he received a Bachelor's degree in Zoology in 1976 and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1980. In 1987, he completed his residency in Radiology at the School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology in 1987. 

   John Robertson, B.S., D.V.M., DACVS (Surgery)

Dr. Roberston attended UC Davis and received his Bacholar of Science and Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1975. He did a residency and taught veterinary surgery at the University of Missouri, Columbia from 1980-87 and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1987. Dr Robertson is one of the few surgeons in Northern California that is certified to perform TPLO (advanced anterior cruciate repair) surgeries. Dr Robertson's interests are advanced orthopedic and soft tissue surgery.

 
         American Veterinary Medical Association
 
         American College of Veterinary Surgeons
 

         Veterinary Orthopedic Society 

 

 

   Lori Siemens, D.V.M., DACVIM (Cardiology)  

Dr. Siemens received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from UC Davis in 1992. She completed an internsip in small animal medicine in 1993 and a residency in Cardiology in 1995.  She became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine with a specialty in Cardiology in 1996.  She has been providing caridology services for dogs and cats since then.  Dr. Siemens started mobile cardiology services a year ago, where she and her assistant Andie are happy to be providing cardiology services to the patients of Cordova Veterinary Hospital.