Saturday: 8:00am-12:00pm
Sunday: Closed
Saturday: 8:00am-12:00pm
Sunday: Closed
Our Team
Babcock Hills Veterinary Hospital Doctors & Staff
Our Veterinarians
Dr. Rhonda Lane
Medical Director, Associate Veterinarian
Dr. Ashley Stricklin
Associate Veterinarian
In her free time, Dr. Stricklin enjoys spending time with her family which includes her 3 dogs (Sully, Ranger, and Luna) and 2 cats (Charlie and Phoenix). She competes in several dog sports with her dogs and also enjoys being outdoors on the water, hiking, kayaking, and watching football.
Dr. Samantha Martinez
Associate Veterinarian
Dr. Gail Ramsey
Associate Veterinarian
Dr. Sarah Frandsen
Associate Veterinarian
Dr. Frandsen was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. She completed a Bachelor of Science in Veterinary
Sciences from the University of Nevada Reno in 2015. Dr. Frandsen graduated from the Washington State
University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2019. Her professional interests include emergency and critical
care as well as end of life care.
Dr. Frandsen enjoys spending time with her husband, Matt, their two children, Reagan and Sage, and their three dogs, Ryder, Ruby, and Otter, along with their cat, Potato. In her free time
she enjoys gardening, crocheting, reading, and video games.
Meet the rest of our staff family:
Vanessa Mitchell
Hospital Administrator
Vanessa Mitchell joined the hospital in 2007 as a Kennel Tech and after about a year, transferred to the Client Service Representatives department. Her passion and love to care for animals led her to become a Vet Tech in 2021. When Vicki, our previous Hospital Administrator retired in June 2024, Vanessa was chosen to take the reins. Day-to-day operations, customer service, human resources, accounting, marketing, and OSHA are among the many things Vanessa is responsible for. She is also a member of the Veterinary Hospital Managers Association (VHMA). Vanessa and her husband have two children, Lily and Benjamin, and a spunky little dog named Bucky Barnes. In her free time, she loves to crochet, read, and watch movies with her family.
Veterinary Technicians:
Melinda’s love for animals brought her to our team in 2015 and since then, has loved getting to know our clients and their furry babies. She is currently our vet tech lead and loves watching her team succeed. She graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology. She is a Certified Vet Assistant (CVA) and loves working on your pets during their surgeries and dentals. Melinda is married with two fur-babies of her own Nala and Winston (both cats), and has two adorable little boys, Aiden and Cooper. Her hobbies include cooking and decorating in her spare time.
Sean is our Vet Tech Assistant providing help to the Vet Techs wherever needed. He keeps all our exam rooms clean and pristine and helps with most tech appointments.
Katja is a recent graduate from Texas A&M University and just moved to San Antonio. She has been in the veterinary field since 2019. In the future she hopes to become a small exotics veterinarian with a special interest in avian medicine. When not working, she loves spending time with her boyfriend and their two dogs and three cats. You can also find her playing video games or watching true crime documentaries.
Kelly started off as a kennel tech, then cross-trained as a Client Service Representatives, then finally made her way to becoming a vet tech in Sep. 2020. She earned her CVA 1 in September 2021. She loves working with animals and learning everything she can about veterinary medicine. In her spare time, Kelly likes to read, listen to music, and go on the occasional hike. She loves each and every fur-baby that comes in!
Enedelia started working as a kennel tech back in 2019. She always knew her heart was in the right place when in came to animals. With hands-on work experience, she worked her way up to being a vet tech. She has been tech-ing for over 5 years now and loving it! Her goal is to have a major in Marine Biology and a minor in Zoology. She enjoys traveling with her girlfriend and spending quality time with her 3 cats, Chaps, Zeke, and Ghost. They also enjoy taking their dog, Grace out for long walks and playing fetch.
Gabby found her love for animals from growing up with different exotics in her household. After working at the zoo and seeing the vet med behind the scenes, she decided to change career paths and become a veterinary technician back in 2021. She currently spends her free time at the gym lifting weights, hanging with friends and going on journeys with her new Doberman puppy.
Vanessa P. has been in the veterinary field since 2015 where she started as a receptionist and has since worked in almost every area of the veterinary hospital. She has been a vet tech for most of that time. Her favorite part is being able to earn the trust of a scared patient and make their visit easier on them. She loves surgery and urgent cases but of course enjoys seeing our healthy visitors, too. In her off time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, son, and three dogs-one of whom is a double amputee!
Client Service Representatives:
Melany joined Babcock Hills in August 2021 but has been in the veterinary field since 2019. She is a proud cat mom of 8 cats: Earl, Belle, Chip, Lumiere, Figaro, No Name, 2 Chainz, and Paul. She enjoys hiking, traveling, taking long road trips, donuts and trying new coffee shops.
Dayanara was born and raised in Central Florida. She grew up with different kinds of animals such as dogs, cats, and chickens! Dayanara recently moved to San Antonio in 2020 with her fiancé and has two fur-babies of her own, Legend and Lola. Dayanara is very happy to be part of the Babcock Hills Family!
Daniela is originally from the Rio Grande Valley and moved to San Antonio for college where she graduated from UTSA with a degree in Public Administration and Business Administration in 2022. She is a loving mother of two amazing kitty cats—Pearl & Emmy. She has always had a love for animals, especially cats, her entire life and has found a home at Babcock Hills where she can share her love for animals with a great team. In her free time, she likes to read and hang out with her cats.
Dominique has always had a passion for animals and a fascination with vet medicine. Her long-term goal is to one day be a veterinarian specializing in surgery and large animal medicine. Her dream is to give back to the community and offer low cost and accessible care to animals in need. For now, her 3 kitties and 1 senior pup, as well as furthering her education in the veterinary field are her top priority. In her spare time, she loves to snuggle with her fur-babies while watching scary movies, spending time with her big family, and gaming on her P.C.
Kennel Technicians:
Marlaina started working at Babcock Hills in 2023 as a kennel technician, but her ultimate goal is to cross train over to the veterinary technician side of the hospital. Marlaina is originally from Austin, Texas and relocated to San Antonio in 2023. She’s a single mom to a little girl named Stevie and shares her home with a chihuahua mix named Sebastian, and a tuxedo cat named Simon. In her free time, she enjoys reading fantasy books, listening to music, swimming, cooking, and hanging out with her daughter.
Alexis was born and raised in Rockwall, TX until recently moving to San Antonio with her boyfriend. Growing up her family always had dogs. This is where her passion for working with animals grew. She’s had multiple doggie daycare jobs and now loves working here as a kennel tech. Her and her boyfriend have 5 animals which really helps being able to handle anything on the job.
