Our veterinarians

A 2010 graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Berman has been in practice for 16 years.

Before buying Animal Hospital at Grayhawk, Dr. Berman spent five years working in other practices in Scottsdale and Phoenix. He was born and raised in Minnesota.

When he isn't at the hospital, he is usually at home with his wife, Dr. Kitchen, and their twin boys.

A 2011 graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Kitchen has been in practice for 15 years.

Before buying Animal Hospital at Grayhawk, Dr. Kitchen worked at Faust Animal Hospital in Phoenix for nearly four years. Born and raised in Arizona, she graduated from Deer Valley High School and Arizona State University West before heading to Minnesota for veterinary school. That is where she met her future husband, Dr. Berman. It did not take much to convince him that sunshine beat snow, and they moved back to Arizona shortly after she graduated.

Away from the hospital, Dr. Kitchen spends her time with her husband, their twin boys, and the rest of the family: Mason, an Australian Shepherd, the Siamese cats Melvin and JB, Yoshi and Carrot the guinea pigs, and Tworty the tortoise. Given any downtime, she reads or plays silly games on her phone.

A 2022 graduate of Colorado State University, Dr. McBroom has been in practice for four years.

Dr. McBroom is a native Arizonan. She took her bachelor's degree in applied biological sciences at Arizona State University Polytechnic, and during her undergraduate years she was a kennel technician at Animal Hospital at Grayhawk, working through the reception and technician roles over the years that followed. She was glad to leave Colorado's snow for Arizona.

Away from the hospital she spends her time with her husband, Justin, and their cats Frodo, Samwise and Gandalf. She is a devoted Lord of the Rings reader and hopes to add more pets to the Fellowship.

A 2023 graduate of Washington State University, Dr. Thomas has been in practice for three years.

Dr. Thomas is a Phoenix native who has been around animals from a very young age, and started working in a veterinary clinic at fifteen. She earned a Bachelor of Science in microbiology from the University of Arizona. After several snowy winters during veterinary school, she was glad to come home to Arizona.

She has been practicing in the Scottsdale area since graduating, and enjoys building lasting relationships with pets and their families.

Outside the hospital, Dr. Thomas shares her home with Muffin, a small poodle mix, and Neville, a spirited three-legged cat. She paddle boards, does pilates and barre, lifts weights, and reads.

A 2018 graduate of Colorado State University, Dr. Hagenmaier has been in practice for eight years.

Dr. Hagenmaier was born and raised in Phoenix. She was already working full time as a veterinary technician while taking her undergraduate degree at Arizona State University.

Before veterinary school she studied and bred black widow spiders in the university's ecology department, and she has practiced in Scottsdale since graduating.

Away from the hospital she hikes and travels whenever she can, usually with a camera, and she is always looking for a restaurant she has not tried. Asked whether she is a dog person or a cat person, she just can’t choose.