Our Staff

• Dr. Kim Sanford , D.V.M.

  
  

  Dr. Sanford was born and raised in St. Louis. She acquired an Associates Degree from Jefferson College in Veterinary Technology before going on to pursue a degree in Veterinary Medicine.  She graduated from the University of Missouri with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1993. After Veterinary school she practiced equine and small animal medicine and surgery at Cross Keys Animal Clinic and Barrett Station Veterinary Clinic before joining and ultimately purchasing Heritage Veterinary Services in January of 2003. Dr. Sanford has two-legged children. Michael - born in December 2001 and Matthew - born in April 2004.  She also has two four legged children, Stella a Jack Russell Terrier and Charlie a rescued GoldenDoodle. Her hobbies include water sports, golf, horseback riding, and scuba diving.

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• Dr. Frank McLaughlin , D.V.M.

  
  

  Dr. McLaughlin was born in Arkansas and graduated from Kansas State University.  He moved to St. Louis in 1963 and founded Heritage Veterinary Services in Olive Arcade Plaza in 1974.  He sold the practice to Dr. Kimberly A. Sanford on January 15, 2003. He and wife Sue have a daughter and a son and three granddaughters.  Dr. McLaughlin's hobby is digital photography.  He is a member of the Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Church. He has been active in local and state veterinary associations since graduation and served as Chairman of the Board of the St. Louis Animal Emergency Clinics for many years. He has two cats at home, "CJ" and "Nick".

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• Dr. Grace Long , D.V.M., M.S., M.B.A.

  
  

  Dr. Long was born in Bloomington, Illinois and received her DVM from the University of Illinois in 1971.  She also earned a MS from Illinois in 1974 and a MBA from Webster University in 2002. She has special interests in clinical pathology and nutrition.  She has held several offices in the Greater St. Louis Veterinary Medical Association, serving as President 1994-1995. Dr. Long's activities amd hobbies include swimming, scout work and playing piano at Incarnate Word Church (12:15 Mass). She has worked part-time at Heritage since July 1976.  She works full time at Nestle' Purina as Diector of Veteriary Marketing. She her husband Dr. Jim Long, an electrical engineer have three children: Michael, a post-doc in neuroscience at MIT and Married to Nina, a neuroscience graduate at Brown; Steven, an engineer/computer scientist at Epic Company in Madison; and Carey, a computer scientist here in St. Louis.

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• Nikki Bierman , R.V.T.

  
  

  Nikki (or Nicole) was born in St. Louis. She has been working in the veterinary field since 1995.  In 1998 she graduated from Jefferson College with an Associates Degree in Veterinary Technology and became a Registered Veterinary Technician (R.V.T).  In May 2001 she received a Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science from the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Before coming to Heritage in 2002, Nikki worked at Barrett Station Veterinary Clinic and the Humane Society of Missouri. Nikki's hobbies include horseback riding both for pleasure and in Dressage Competition with her Thoroughbred horse "Kata", camping, and traveling. She and her daughter Paige have two dogs, Roo - a Border Collie Mix, and Sunshine a Golden Retriever adopted from Love A Golden Rescue. They also have a cat named Otis.

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• Barb Maroon

  
  

  Barb was born in Breese, Illinois and raised in Greenville, Illinois where she resides today.  She went to Saint Louis Christian College for one year and transferred to Greenville College where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Psychology.  She then went on to attend Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine.  Barb has been in the the veterinary field since 1985.  She has worked with large and small animals, but as the years pass her interest lies in exotic and small animals. Barb enjoys the outdoors, camping, hiking and going to the St. Louis Zoo.  She enjoys photographing and scrapbooking these adventures.  Barb has a variety of pets in the household.  She has two cats named "J.R."  and "Monte", two lizards named "Kato" and "Kluso", a yellow-throated day gecko named "Koko", two tortoises named "Jazzi" and "Sparkle", a three-toed box turtle named "Gypsy", a Reeves water turtle named "Max", and two hermit crabs.

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• Liz Miller

  
  Originally from Dallas, TX, Liz moved to St. Louis in 1994.  She is a Parkway North graduate and in September 2008 graduated from Sanford-Brown with an Associates Degree in Veterinary Technology. 
  
  She and her boyfriend, Kyle, have two dogs - Tank and Daewoo and 5 ferrets - Lil Girl, Penelope, Ninja, Dirt and Tootsie. In her spare time she likes to go camping, on float trips, and play with her pets.
  

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• Kari Zipfel

  
  Kari was born and raised in Freeburg, Illinois and moved to St. Louis in 2005 to pursue her education.  She attended St. Louis University followed by the University of Missouri where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology in 2008.
  
  She is currently enrolled in graduate school and lives with her husband David in Maryland Heights.  They share their home with three dogs:  "Hunter", a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, "Marty", a Sheltie, and "Roxie" a Chihuahua.
  

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• Sara Hawkins

  
  Sara was born and raised in St. Louis.  Very early she decided she wanted to be a veterinarian because of her love of animals.  In high school she volunteered at Cross Keys Animal Clinic to get and idea of what veterinarians do.  She continued her volunteer work into college when she attended Lindenwood University.  She was a Biology  major with an emphasis on pre-veterinary medicine.  After two years she switched her major to psychology and graduated in December 2008 with a bachelor's degree.  She hopes to combine her degree and interest in animals in a career.  She currently lives with her parents, older sister, 6 cats (Mac, Cookie, Mouse, Dora, Stella, and Ginger) and her gerbil Willard.
  

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• Lynn Miller

  
  Originally from the Dayton, Ohio area, Lynn moved to St. Louis in 1981. She raised a daughter, Jamie, with a myriad of pets.  They showed and lure coursed Irish Wolfhounds and a Whippet, and adopted injured cats to care for them.  Lynn began as a veterinary receptionist in Fenton.  Now she and husband Bob live in Afton with their pet cats. 
  Lynn likes to read, garden, ride her bike, camp, hike and is now learning to enjoy her telescope.  Lynn and Bob are the combined parents of five adult children and two grandchildren.
  

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• DeAnn Harden-Canale

  
  Originally from MIchigan, DeAnn moved to St. Louis in January 2009.  She attends UMSL, and is working toward a PSY.D in Health Psychology with an emphasis in Psychoneuroimmunology, and Intuition.  She lives with her husband Tom, 7 cats (Basil, Innes, Griffin, Lilly Blue, Beemer, Meka, and Snippet), and her Golden Retriever Sammy.  In her spare time she likes to read, travel, and learn new things about Mind/Body Medicine.
  

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• Lou

  
  

  Lou was probably born in 2000 and came to us from the Animal Emergency Clinic in Bridgeton.  He is thought to have lost part of his tail and a toe when he got caught in a fan blade on a car engine.  He was probably trying to get warm when the engine was started.  He was treated by the AEC free because the owner was unknown.  He went on to become a blood donor and helped to save the lives of several cats.  After earning the gratitude of the staff at the AEC, Lou was brought to Heritage by Barb Maroon in November 2005 and now loves to greet people and patients and enjoys being petted by everyone.

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