Kristin Foley, DVM
Owner
Dr. Kristin Foley grew up in the middle of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, before attending Va. Tech for her undergraduate degrees in Biology and Animal Science. After graduation, she moved to North Carolina to explore different career paths in veterinary medicine before attending NCSU-CVM. Dr. Foley graduated in 2002 and began a 1 year internship in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care at a local emergency clinic that was associated with NCSU-CVM. Upon completing her internship, Dr. Foley remained as a training doctor at the emergency clinic for the next 5 years. During this time, she also worked regularly at several daytime veterinary practices. In 2008, she was hired by the SPCA of Wake County to start up a low cost spay/neuter clinic that would service the general public and the SPCA. After four years, Dr. Foley decided to return to general practice full-time and opened Family Pet Animal Hospital in January of 2013.
Dr. Foley truly enjoys working with clients to help them provide the best care for their pets. She is focused on education and prevention, but excels at critical care and emergency medicine. During the past 11 years, Dr. Foley has performed over 10,000 surgeries and loves soft tissue surgery. Outside of the office, Dr. Foley enjoys hiking, reading, and traveling. She has hiked the down the south rim of the Grand Canyon and is hoping to hike down the north rim in the near future.
Ky’isha W.
Practice Manager/Lead Assistant
Ky’isha has lived in NC her whole life. She moved to Raleigh when she was a teen. She attended Miller-Motte College. That began the start of her career as a Veterinary Technician. Once she did her externship and job shadowing here at Family Pet; she knew this was going to be her forever home. She has had lots of small animal pets in the past, rabbits, fish, a guinea pig, and an iguana. She loves working with and being around animals. As of today, she only has 3 crazy dogs that keep her busy.
When not working she likes to travel and take her dogs to different social events.
Tara T.
Receptionist
Tara has been an animal lover her whole life and grew up helping to care for her family’s dogs, cats, birds, fish, and even a few rabbits and guinea pigs. Tara worked as a kennel tech and at a pet store during high school, but she worked in retail for over 30 years before coming to work at Family Pet. When she is not working, she can be found spending time with her husband David and their two dachshunds, Molly and Linus, as well as hanging out with her kids Austin and Ciera. Tara is also looking forward to welcoming her first grandchild this summer who, hopefully, will grow to love animals as much as she does!
Jessica C.
Veterinary Assistant
Jessica has lived most of her life in NC except for a brief moment in her life when she lived in both FL and NJ. Jessica has worked with both small animal and large animals dealing with animals ranging from dogs to cats, to horses and pigs, to birds and snakes. Jessica currently has two dogs but I’m sure will be adding another family member or two soon. When not working, Jessica enjoys hiking with her newly wedded husband and their current pets.
Carly B.
Kennel Assistant
Carly is originally from Virginia but recently moved to NC as a transfer student at NC State University. She is majoring in zoology with hopes of pursuing a zookeeping career in the future. She loves all animals and has gotten the opportunity to work with a variety of exotic and domestic species. She is excited to be expanding her knowledge of veterinary care while working as a kennel assistant here!
Along with school and working at the clinic, she also volunteers at Carolina Tiger Rescue and creates art in her free time. She currently has one cat at home but has also had pet rats in the past.