Meet Our Team
Twin Peaks Veterinary Center is focused on establishing a warm, friendly relationship with you and your pet, and offering the highest quality, veterinary healthcare. This page highlights our team’s training, experience and dedication to veterinary medicine.
Beth Neuman, DVM
Dr. Neuman founded Twin Peaks Veterinary Center to combine high quality client and patient care, state-of-the-art medical equipment and services, and a staff of committed veterinary professionals under one roof. Five years as an emergency veterinarian convinced her that it was important that Twin Peaks Veterinary Center offer not only preventative medicine for furry family members, but also evening and weekend urgent care services. With those elements in place, the full slate of veterinary services required to keep the canine and feline members of your family healthy are offered.
Dr. Neuman received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota in 2004. Her special areas of interest are emergency medicine, internal medicine, and endocrinology, with an emphasis on client-oriented services. In her long ago life, she was a writer, a customer service agent and even managed a movie theater. She then spent several years working as a veterinary technician before deciding to pursue a career as a veterinarian. She has been married for ten years, has three children and shares her home with two dogs and a revolving door of foster animals. Her devotion to her own family and pets help keep her focused on the need to make veterinary care a family oriented service for the members of her community.
Kayla Alessandrino, Veterinary Assistant
Kayla brings two 1/2 years of experience to her position at Twin Peaks Veterinary Center. More to come.....
Cristan Benson, CVT
Cristan brings sixteen years experience to her position as Lead Technician for Twin Peaks Veterinary Center. She is a Certified Veterinary Technician, with extensive technical and administrative experience in small animal veterinary care and emergency services. She has worked at several clinics in Tucson, including Pima Pet Clinic/Animal Emergency Service and Bear Canyon Pet Clinic. She has a dog, named “Boo” who believes he is really in charge of her life. She recently purchased her first home after receiving the approval of her two cats, “Nash” and “Sharai.”
Laura Rice, CVT
Laura brings sixteen years of experience to Twin Peaks Veterinary Center. She pursued her first carrer and schooling in Commercial/Graphic Design and Art. In 1992, after designing cabinetry for a local veterinarian's office, Laura decided to follow a new love of Animal Medicine.
Laura attended Pima Medical Institue from 1994-1995 and after her internship she spent many years working hard and improving her skills. She advanced quickly from veterinary assistant to certified veterinary technician to office manager/hospital administrator. She has been responsible for hospital sale/start-up, protocols & procedures, staff training and initiated getting in-house labortatory equipment for two different clinics. Laura has a strong passion for marketing, continuing education, microscope exploring as well as in-house laboratory knowledge.
Laura has been happily married since 1992 and has two gorgeous daughters, who are very involved in the equine world. Her pets are many: 6 dogs, 2 cats, 2 chickens, 3 horses, a turtle & tortoise and numerous fish. In her free time Laura enjoys volunteering with local youth organizations, camping, hiking, mountain biking, gardening, decorating, playing the viola, spending time with family & friends, marketing & website design, horseback riding and playing with her critters.
Susan Rose, CVT
Susan brings sixteen years of experience to her position as a Veterinary Technician for Twin Peaks Veterinary Center. She is a Certified Veterinary Technician, with technical, teaching, supervisory, and administrative expertise in both small animal and equine veterinary care. She has a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from the University of Arizona, and has served as an instructor for the Veterinary Assistant program at Pima Medical Institute. She has worked at several clinics in Tucson, including the University of Arizona Animal Sciences Equine Center, and as Lead Technician at Desert Dove Veterinary Hospital. She is married and has two horses, a cat, and two Australian Cattle Dogs.
Joseph Scarber, Veterinary Assistant
Joe brings five years of experience to his position at Twin Peaks Veterinary Center. More to come.....
Julie Silverman, Client Care/Bookkeeping
Julie brings many years of experience to her position at Twin Peaks Veterinary Center. Julie is originally from the North side of Chicago and has been loving Arizona for 6 years. She spent most of her career crunching number for her own accounting firm and is now happy to share her passion for animals, visiting & swapping stories with great clients and pets. Julie is very involved in client education, ask her any question about your pet and she will glady get you the answer.
Julie and her husband, Craig, have three dogs, a turtle and a tortoise. In her spare time she enjoys knitting, reading, watching movies and keeping in touch with her darling granddaughter, Lexie. Julie never has a dull moment, for she has her own Accounting business from home that keeps her busy.
Isabella Neuman, Entertainment Coordinator
Isabella has nearly 8 years experience in the toy and entertainment field. She brings her energy, creativity, and an intense love of all things animal to the Kid Zone at Twin Peaks Veterinary Center. She is proud to ensure that there is a fun place for children to "hang out" when the grown ups are busy. She offers books, crayons, toys and videos to entertain. Bring your children to visit our Kid Zone after school or on the weekend and let them spend some time watching cartoons in the bean bag chair while we take care of your furry family member!