Meet Our Veterinary Team
Meet the Veterinarians & Team of Hatton Veterinary Hospital! We’re pleased to provide exceptional vet care for your pets!
Get To Know Our Team!
We are solely dedicated to your pet’s care! We look forward to getting to know you, and we hope you’ll take the time to scroll down and get to know us.
Doctors
Management
Natasha
Customer Service Supervisor/RVT
Natasha has been practicing for over ten years and attending Carrington College, California. She enjoys using her knowledge of veterinary medicine and her profound love of animals to provide compassionate and optimal care to their clients and patients. In her free time, she likes to cook and watch movies with her boyfriend, spend time with their dogs (Addie and Chichaito), grow her knowledge of animal behavior, and care for their houseplants. When time allows it, she also enjoys hiking, off-roading, going to concerts, and playing video games.
Tamiko
Hospital Manager
Tamiko has been working in the veterinary field for 24 years. She takes pride in providing exceptional customer service when it comes to veterinary medicine. The success of the veterinary practice is contingent on the team’s ability to create and foster relationships with their clients and patients.
She finds it very rewarding to see the hard work that the team does provide immense joy and peace to their clients. Their patients are integral members of their client’s families.
She likes to spend her free time with her family and friends, weightlifting, working out with her daughter, cooking, meditating, and traveling.
Registered Veterinary Technicians
Judy
RVT
Judy Yuki has been practicing for 42 years. She completed school at Cosumnes River College and practiced at Hatton Veterinary Hospital. She feels pride in providing timely care for animals in need and educating their owner about the basic care of pets. In her free time, she likes to play with children and enjoys babysitting one of her grandchildren in the summer.
Lisa
RVT
Lisa Perry has been practicing veterinary medicine for 27 years at Hatton Veterinary Hospital. She obtained her RVT license 17 years ago and completed her schooling in the Veterinary Technician Program at Consumes River College. Lisa takes pride in creating special bonds with all her Feline friends. She believes she can understand them on a level others cannot. She truly enjoys being around animals and cares greatly for their health and well-being.
In her free time, Lisa enjoys spending time with her family. Her husband and daughter love to vacation as often as they can; some of their favorite places to visit are Disney and Hawaii.
Suzanne
RVT
Bio Coming soon
Heather
RVT
Heather has completed school at Carrington College and practicing at Hatton Veterinary Hospital. She takes pride in taking care of her patients as if they were her own pets. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her dogs and family.
Veterinary Assistants
Ciara
Veterinary Assistant
Ciara Alcanices has been practicing veterinary medicine for 4 years after completing her schooling at California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo. She prides herself on continuously striving to improve patient care. Ciara’s compassion for animals drives her to ensure that the needs of their furry friends are met to the best of her ability, in whatever way is most comfortable for them, even if that means carrying a post-surgery patient in a baby sling for hours!
During her free time, Ciara enjoys reading (preferably at the beach) or playing video games. When she can, she loves to travel and experience different foods.
Receptionists
Kate
Receptionist
Kate attended Cal State Long Beach and has been practicing for 16+ years. Her passion includes helping both people and animals by providing the best quality care. In her free time, she likes cooking, exploring the outdoors, and traveling, but being home and spending time with her fur babies and the people she loves is her favorite thing to do.
Maddy
Receptionist
Coming soon!
Kennel Assistants
Devan
Kennel Assistant
Devan has been at Hatton Veterinary Hospital for three months and went to school at Sacramento City College. She likes to give all her patients extra love to help them not be more stressed than they might already be. Devan likes to read books or spend her time outside. She also enjoys hiking and traveling when possible. She loves spending as much time as she can with her dogs!
Dulce
Kennel Assistant
Dulce has been practicing for one year and attended California State University, Chico. She takes a lot of pride in being patient with the animals as well as building a foundation of dust with them. In her free time, she enjoys going to Disneyland, festivals, the gym, and binge-watching tv shows.
Alex
Veterinary Assistant
Bio Coming Soon.
Laura
Veterinary Assistant
Laura Premock has been practicing for 22 years. She completed school at Elk Grove High. She hopes that every patient that comes into their practice leaves feeling better and happier than before they came! She loves spending time with her family and going on vacations!
Katie
Veterinary Assistant
Katie has been a kennel assistant for one year and six months and a veterinary assistant for two months. She is currently at CRC taking prerequisite classes for Vet Tech Program. She is very proud of being able to read dogs’ body language. In her free time, she likes to read books, walk her dog, and watch Netflix.
Cecelia
Veterinary Assistant
Cecelia has been practicing for 2+ years and went to Argonaut High School. She enjoys ensuring their clients and patients are as happy and comfortable as possible. At home, she enjoys painting and spending tie with her dog Nacho.
Maddy
Maddy has been a kennel assistant for one year and is currently enrolled at Sacramento State University. She prides herself on her ability to make her patients feel as comfortable as possible and enjoys getting to know each pet’s unique personality! Most of her free time is spent studying or playing with her dogs.
Dr. Takata
Veterinarian and Medical Director
Dr. Laura Takata has been practicing since 1986 and went to school at UC Davis, BS in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, then UC Davis, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. After many years of practice, Dr. Takata has developed a good intuitive sense when it comes to understanding and diagnosing a pet’s illness. She puts her heart and soul into her work and takes her job very seriously. She tries to treat her clients like family and treat her patients as if they were her own.
In her free time, she loves to cook (vegetarian/vegan foods), and when time allows, she hopes to get back into practicing and playing the ukulele. She loves to spend quality time at home with her family and pets. Dr. Takata likes to hike in the Sierras and spend time on the Coast. She looks forward to continuing her studies in Chinese acupuncture and herbal medicine.
Dr. Hatton
Doctor
Dr. Hatton and his wife Elizabeth opened Hatton Veterinary Hospital in 1993 after moving from the Greenhaven area, where he owned and operated Greenhaven Veterinary Hospital, and first met both Drs. Takata and Ku. He is a graduate of the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and has a particular interest in general and orthopedic surgery
“My hobbies include sailing, fishing, woodworking, and spending time with his grandson (usually fishing!).”
Dr. Ku
DVM
Dr. Gloria Ku has been practicing for over 30 years and graduated from Dartmouth College and UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
She enjoys working with families and individuals to provide the best care they can for their animal companions. She has a particular interest in acupuncture as an adjunct to traditional care, dentistry, surgery, internal medicine, and geriatric care. Fostering her relationships with animal companions and nurturing her shared quality of life is her motivator.
Dr. Ku enjoys hiking with her dogs, traveling to new places, and trying new foods, especially in the company of family, friends, and their pets too!
Dr. Chen
Associate Veterinarian
Dr. Brian Chu attended the Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine and has been practicing for ten years. He believes each pet is an individual and a treasured member of the family. His goal is to keep pets healthy so that they can spend as much time with their humans as possible.
In his free time, he likes to build Lego models, play video games, cook, bake, and eat.
Dr. Cleary
Associate Veterinarian
Dr. Cleary is from the foothills just outside the Sacramento Valley. She received her undergraduate education at UC San Diego and graduated from the UC Davis School of
Veterinary Medicine in 2013. She has one well-loved tortoiseshell kitty at home along with her husband Hai and a greyhound niece, and 11 kitty nieces and nephews. Dr. Cleary has an interest in preventative medicine and dentistry.
She is a devout cat lover but enjoys caring for her canine patients, also. Her non-fur ball interests are sewing and scuba diving. She is also the Ms. Fix It at her home and for her two sisters. She is an equipment enthusiast at home and at the clinic. Dr. Cleary has several cameras for macro eye photos in the clinic and for taking photos while diving.