Our Staff

Dr. Siobhan Garner - Emergency, General Practice, Farm Calls/Large Animal

Dr. Garner is from the State College Area of Pennsylvania. She completed her undergraduate studies at Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania and went on to earn her veterinarian degree at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
She began working at Rainbow veterinarian Hospital in 2012, and her passion is working with large animals and emergency medicine. She and Dr. Fultz purchased the hospital in March of 2015 and have been working very hard to help Rainbow Veterinary Hospital reach its full potenial.

Dr. Garner's interests are horse-back riding, traveling, reading, hiking with her dog, Cinder.


Education: The University of Edinburgh
Interests: Horse-backing riding, reading, traveling, running, hiking and rugby.​​​​​​​

Dr. Amanda Fultz - Co-Owner - Emergency

Dr. Fultz is originally from Economy, Pennsylvania. She completed her undergraduate work at Saint Vincent College in 2009 and her veterinarian degree at Ross University and The Ohio State University in 2013. Dr. Fultz began working at Rainbow Veterinarian Hospital in February of 2013. Her long term goal was to own her own clinic, where she could provide excellent veterinarian care in a welcoming and caring environment. She and Dr. Garner purchased the hospital in March of 2015 and have been working hard toward achieving their dream!
Dr. Fultz’s areas of interest include soft tissue surgery, internal medicine, and emergency medicine. She and her husband live in East Palestine, OH with their 6 dogs and 3 cats.


Education: Ross University School of Medicine
Interests: Horse-back riding, traveling, running, hiking and THE PITTSBURGH PENS!!​​​​​​​

Dr. Kelsey Braun - Emergency, General Practice and Large Animal

Dr. Braun is initially from Saint Marys, PA, and joined Rainbow Vet Hospital in August of 2014. She attended Allegheny College in Meadville, PA where she earned a bachelor’s in Biology and minored in Music Performance. Graduated in 2014 from the University of Illinois College of Veterinarian Medicine to earn her Doctor of Veterinarian Medicine. Dr. Braun has a special interest in emergency surgeries, emergency medicine, orthopedic surgeries, and bovine medicine.

In her spare time she spend time with her boyfriend, two dogs (Gideon and Cady) and cat (Nikolai). She enjoys outdoor activities like hiking and camping. Dr. Braun lovse to play various board and card games and is an avid card collector. She also frequently attends new and exciting horror and action movies at the local theater.

Education: University of Illinois College of Veterinarian Medicine
Interests: Hiking, camping, board and card games, cinema​​​​​​​

Dr. Nicolette Kirner - Emergency

Dr. Silvana's interests include small animal emergency and surgery. In her spare time, Dr. Kirner enjoys traveling, spending time with her friends, family and her rescued laboratory beagles, Oliver and Piper.
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Education:
Interests: Being outdoors and traveling​​​​​​​

Dr. Kirsten Mendel

Dr. Mendel joined Rainbow Veterinarian Hospital in September 2022.

Dr. Mendel is from Chippewa Township, PA. She graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 2018 with degrees in Biology and Music. She then attended the University of Edinburgh’s Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies in Scotland, graduating in 2022.

Dr. Mendel’s areas of interest include ophthalmology, dermatology, and emergency medicine. In her spare time, she enjoys singing in choirs, reading, traveling, and hiking with her dogs.

Education: University of Edinburgh
Interests: Singing, reading, traveling and hiking

Dr. Burr - Emergency and General Practice & Large Animal

Education: Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine
Interests: Roller skating, the outdoors, baking, and working on her family's beef farm

Dr. Swales - Emergency

Dr. Katherine Swales is originally from Fort Washington, PA, and graduated from Penn State with a degree in Animal BIoscience. She spent time working at what was then the Pennsylvania SPCA and the Centre County Youth Service Bureau before moving to Southern California and later completing her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences in 2018.
Dr. Swales returned to Pennsylvania in 2018 to pursue a small animal rotating internship in Pittsburgh and joined Rainbow Veterinary Hospital in July, 2019. Her interests include emergency medicine and small animal reproduction.


Education: Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine
Interests: Hiking, showing and competing in various venues with her Plott hounds, reading, traveling, and spending time with family and friends​​​​​​​

Nikki

Practice Manager, CVT

Nikki started at Rainboe Vet in 2008. She completed her on-line education and became certified as a veterinarian technician in 2014. In the fall of 2014 she took on the role of practice manager and continues in that position today with Rainbow Vet.

As a child she grew up on a farm and worked at her mother's kennel. For several years she was involved in showing dogs and barrel racing horses. She currently has 3 cats; Peaches, Blue and Barney - The Barn Cat, who currently spends more time in the house than in the barn. Her horse Bingo, along with her two mules, Sparkles and Buddy keep her pretty busy too. An Australian Cattle Dog, named Trace, is her only dog.

In her spare time she enjoys riding Bingo, off roading in her Jeep and being outdoors with Trace. Nikki has never known life without having horses, cats or dogs and would like to keep it that way.

Interests: Horse-backing riding, Off-roading, traveling, being outdoors.
Email: nconkle@rainbow-vet.net
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