VCA Beltline East Animal Hospital

Bios

• Jeff Nightengale

  DVM

  Dr. Jeff Nightengale attended Oklahoma State University for both undergraduate studies and veterinary medicine graduating in 1989. Upon graduating he started here at VCA Beltline East Animal Hospital as an associate doctor. In 1998 Dr. Nightengale became the medical director for VCA Beltline East Animal Hospital. He is a member of American Animal Hospital Association. His special interests are General Medicine, Emergency Critical Care, and Dentistry. He and his wife share a home with their 3 daughters, 2 dogs, and 1 cat.

• Marta Guevara

  DVM

  Dr. Marta Guevara attended Cornell University for her undergraduate studies, and graduated from the college of veterinary medicine at Texas A&M University in 2002. She completed her internship at VCA San Diego, and then joined the VCA Beltline East family in December of 2003. Dr. Guevara is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, TVMA, and the Veterinary Information Network. Her special interests are General Medicine, and Emergency Critical Care. She shares her home with her husband, son, and her 4 four legged children, 3 dogs, and 1 cat.

• Paola Lazaretti Lott

  DVM

  Dr. Paola Lazaretti Lott was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she attended the Veterinary School at the University of Sao Paulo (USP). She graduated with a degree in Veterinary Medicine in 1996, completed a residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine in 1998, and received her Master's Degree in Small Animal Internal Medicine (with an emphasis on canine kidney disease) in 2000. She began a successful practice in Sao Paulo, which she left in 2003 to study kidney disease with Dr. George Lees at Texas A&M University. Dr. Lott moved to Dallas in 2007, where she got married (to a Texan!), received her Veterinary License to practice in the U.S., and joined the VCA Beltline East team (in April 2009). Her special interests include General Medicine, Emergency Critical Care, and Nephrology. She and her husband, live in Dallas with their two sons, two dogs, and a cat.

• Erin Schran

  DVM

  Dr. Erin Schran is new to the Dallas area and started working for VCA in September 2012. She was born and raised in Beavercreek, Ohio. She completed her undergraduate studies at The Ohio State University (Go Bucks!) in 2007 then attained her veterinary degree from Michigan State University in 2011. After-wards she completed a year long competitive rotating small animal internship at a specialty hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her special interests are surgery, wound care, and emergency & critical care. She shares her home with her two 4-legged children, Darby (a golden-border collie mix) and Keller (a deaf boarder collie). In her spare time, Dr. Schran loves to walk/run with her dogs. She also plays ultimate frisbee (she currently plays for a competitive, nationally ranked team based out of Austin).