Veterinarians

Dr. Hayes was born and raised in Dalton, Georgia. She attended Northwest Whitfield High School, Berry College, and graduated from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in 2023. She joined the veterinary team at DAC right away, but you may recognize her from her years working as a veterinary assistant at DAC. She…

Dr. Rodriguez graduated from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in 2023. During veterinary school, Dr. Rodriguez was an extern at Dalton Animal Care. After seeing how knowledgeable and caring the DAC doctors are staff and how welcoming the environment was, she knew it would be a great place to learn and grow…

Dr. Dave is from Waynesville, NC, where he grew up hiking and riding horses in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. He attended University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree in Animal Science with a concentration in Animal Health and Well-Being and graduated from the UT college…

Dr. Faith was born and raised in Dalton, Georgia. She attended Southeast Whitfield High School, Dalton State College, and then graduated from Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2021. She joined DAC as a veterinarian immediately after graduation, but was already a member of the DAC family working as a veterinary assistant for years….

Dr. Sarah Netherton joined our DAC family in June 2020. She graduated from the University ofIllinois College of Veterinary Medicine at Champaign-Urbana in 2016. During school Dr.Netherton developed special interest in dermatology, internal medicine, and aquatic animalmedicine. She loves being able to help people by caring for and helping their pets. She has acat named…

Dr. Bianco grew up with a life long goal of becoming a veterinarian. She graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine in 2015. During school, she developed special passions for physical rehabilitation, oncology and soft tissue surgery. She has worked at DAC as a vet assistant since 2008 and is honored to…

In loving memory. Dr. Marcus Moore is a 1988 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Veterinarian Medicine. Before coming to Dalton, he worked as a mixed animal practitioner for seven years. Dr. Moore has an affinity for soft tissue surgery and internal medicine. Dr. Moore has twin sons. His outside interests are woodworking,…

Dr. Chris Stearns joined our DAC family in August 2004. He graduated from University ofTennessee College of Veterinary Medicine in 1985. He loves the challenge of medicine andsurgery along with developing personal relations with our clients. Dr. Stearns and his wife,Kathy, have one dog named Sylvie (miniature Husky). Outside of work, he loves to travel…