TOWNE SQUARE ANIMAL CLINIC - Key Persons
Chelsie graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor's of Science in Education. In January of 2021, she joined Towne Square Animal Clinic to pursue a career involving her passion of helping animals. Chelsie loves to travel and explore the outdoors with her boxers Leila and Chloe. In her spare time, she enjoys creating art, camping, backpacking, rock climbing, and eating good food. If she isn't hiking up a mountain or kayaking down the river with her pups, she is likely whipping up a wild vegetarian meal at home with her loved ones.
Christine graduated from Washington University with a degree in Psychology. She then went on to obtain her master's degree in Education from Xavier University in Agency and Community Counseling. After working for eight years in Children's services, she decided to make a career change into veterinary medicine. She has worked for Towne Square Animal Clinic since 2005. Christine has three children, Ella, Audrey & Cecelia. She also has a wonderful little dachshund named Opie. She enjoys spending her free time with her family and friends as well as working on home improvement projects!
Dr. Daniels was born and raised in the Ohio River Valley in Evansville, Indiana. He grew up with a menagerie of animals, including dogs, cats, horses, a rabbit, and a goat. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona, where he lived while his wife was stationed there serving the military. Dr. Daniels graduated from Ross University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2016 and spent the first several years of his vet career at a technologically-advanced, multi-doctor clinic outside Indianapolis. He has worked in emergency and critical care as well as preventative medicine. He is excited to bring his experience to the Northeast Cincinnati area.
Dr. Daniels loves working with his clients to keep pets healthy and happy. He approaches pet care with an emphasis on engaging clients to take a team approach to care for their pets. In addition to household pets, he has experience working with avian and poultry medicine and enjoys helping people with their backyard flocks.
Dr. Daniels enjoys being outdoors and spending time with his wife and two daughters. Together, they enjoy hiking and camping-his daughters especially enjoy collecting hiking sticks and rocks. Dr. Daniels enjoys cooking for his friends and family. He spends much of his free time experimenting in the kitchen. He also enjoys gardening and maintains flower, herb, and vegetable gardens.
Dr. Freeland grew up in southern Kentucky, where she graduated from Western Kentucky University. After graduation, she moved to Tennessee and worked at Leconte Lodge, a rustic, hike-in lodge in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While continuing her education in Chattanooga, she began working at a small animal vet clinic as a receptionist and fell in love with veterinary medicine.
After graduating from St. George's University, Dr. Freeland moved to Ohio to be closer to family and friends. Her areas of interest in medicine include soft tissue surgery and preventative medicine. She is particularly interested in developing the human-animal bond through training and enrichment.
In her free time, Dr. Freeland spends time with her dogs, Jack and Daniel, that she adopted while living in Grenada. Since moving to Ohio, she has adopted 2 new furry critters, Lola and Lilah. She enjoys reading, knitting and spending time outdoors. She likes traveling and has visited 45 of the U.S. states and 10 countries internationally. She is very excited to join the Towne Square family and work with such a great group!
After graduating from the University of Dayton with an Intervention Specialist teaching degree, Melissa spent 3 years educating children and decided to pursue a career involving her love of animals. She joined our team in August 2018. Melissa loves her fun and caring coworkers, working with dogs and cats, as well as interacting with the best clientele! Melissa also enjoys running the TSAC Instagram and Facebook pages. Be sure to follow @townesquareanimalclinic on both! When she isn't working, Melissa spends time with her family and friends. Melissa and her husband, Jake, have a 5-year-old snorty and squishy bulldog, Chunk. They also love to catch a movie and explore new restaurants, as well as be couch potatoes with lots of Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu… ☺
Payton studied Stage Management at Northern Kentucky University and came to Towne Square Animal Clinic after she made a complete career change in 2023. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, but was raised in Russell Springs, Kentucky (right on the shore of Lake Cumberland!). Nowadays, she loves spending Saturdays going for walks, hikes, and swimming with her pup, Daisy. She spends her Sundays being lazy and cuddling with her two cats, Ghost and Katie.
Sara graduated from the Ohio State University in 2016 with a degree in Zoology and a minor in Neuroscience. After interning at the Cincinnati Zoo for 3 months, Sara started working full time at TSAC in February 2017. She fell in love with the medical side of helping animals and the science behind it. Sara loves getting to know each pet individually and helping them to get and stay healthy. She also loves getting to come to work with friends every day. In her spare time, she likes to play indoor, co-ed soccer and watch a little too much Netflix. She has two cats, Stella and Doogie.
Whitney has a BS in Biology from Ashland University and a BA in Zoology from Miami University. She started working for Towne Square Animal Clinic in 2009. She has a boxer named Sir Bogus Gibson. She enjoys hiking, fishing, reading, and spending time with her family and husband, Brent.