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Meet Our Amazing Team

Meet the Veterinarians & Team of Animal Clinic of Santa Maria. We’re pleased to provide exceptional vet care for your pets!

Please call us at 805-937-7671 to speak to one of our caring veterinary staff members!

Our Veterinarians

Dr. Patrice Boroughs

Veterinarian, DVM

Dr. Boroughs was raised in San Diego and received her Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from UC San Diego. She then worked for a Veterinary Pathologist in Rockville Maryland and from there became a DVM at UC Davis. Dr. Boroughs then lived in Arizona and worked in a small animals/ exotics practice. After moving back to the Central Coast with family, she joined our team in 2007. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and backingpacking in nature.

Dr. Davielle Smalley

Medical Director, DVM

Dr. Smalley graduated from Kansas State University, School of Veterinary Medicine in 2012. Originally from San Diego, after veterinary school she moved to the Central Coast with her husband, finding the perfect compromise between urban San Diego and rural Kansas. She most recently worked in shelter medicine before coming to the Animal Clinic of Santa Maria in 2019. In her free time she loves to spend it with her husband and her Chihuahua, Annie at the beach.

Dr. Helen Harris

Veterinarian, DVM

Our Team

Alexandria

Practice Manager

Bio coming soon

Rosie

RVT

Rosie Graduated from United Health Careers Institute in 1975 and became a RVT in 1992. She has been with this practice since 1990. Her work related interests include radiology, labwork and pet grooming. She enjoys reading, gardening and baking. Her pets include “Daynie” her border collie, “Gino” a German Shepherd. “Skyler” a yorkshire terrier and “Raina” her Shih- Tzu. She also has two cats named “Bozeman” and “Hope”. And last but not least, an african grey Parrot named “Opus”.

Shelby

RVT

Bio coming soon

Caroline

Vet Technician

Caroline is currently in the RVT program at Hancock College with the goal of obtaining her license. She started here as a kennel assistant and has expanded her skill set as a client care representative and is now working as one of our Veterinary Assistants. She was born in Costa Rica and has triple citizenship with her daughter; being the first in her family to be born in the United States. When she is not working or going to school, she loves to spend quality time with her daughter as well as her two rescue dogs; ZImba a mixed breed and Balto a Husky Shepherd mix. Caroline enjoys reading, being outdoors, scrapbooking and traveling whenever she can. She has lived in various places growing up and has always been interested in learning about different cultures as well as seeing all types of architecture and nature surrounding it.

Julia

Receptionist

Bio coming soon

Alexis C.

Receptionist

Bio coming soon

Jenny

Receptionist

Jenny joined the ACSM team in 2022. She has been in vet med for about 2 years now and has a great love for it. She deeply enjoys interacting with clients and is always happy to assist any of the patients needs. When she's not at work, she enjoys spending her time with her husband going to concerts, trying new restaurants and taking their puppy Quinn on fun adventures.

Tatiana

Vet Assistant

Bio coming soon

Alexis I

Vet Assistant

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Serina

Vet Assistant

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Suehedi

Vet Assistant/Kennel Assistant

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Isaiah

Kennel Assistant

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Danika

Kennel Assistant

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