Our Vet Team
RUSSELL MILLER, DVM
Managing Owner
“I am passionate about emergency pet care. Helping and seeing a pet all the way to full health is what makes working as a veterinarian so special to me.”
PETS: Jameson (1 year old Heeler mix) and Ghost (5 year old American Bulldog)
HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF WORK: Running, martial arts, and riding horses
Shannon Vicario, DVM
VETERINARIAN
“I love helping clients provide the best preventive care for their pets and do my best to provide a fear free experience. I love building relationships with clients and pets so I can be there throughout their lives. They are like family to me.”
Dr. Shannon Vicario grew up in Syracuse, NY where she started working in veterinary clinics when she turned 16. From that moment she knew where her heart belonged. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a minor in Studio Art from Binghamton University in 2007. She graduated from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2012. She has always been interested in exotic animal medicine and furthered her education during an international wildlife course in Honduras, as well as externships in California and Connecticut that focused on exotic pet medicine and surgery.
Dr. Vicario worked as a small animal/exotic pet veterinarian and was the veterinarian and member of the board of directors for the New York State Zoo at Thompson Park for 4 years before moving to Texas in 2016. She worked in North Richland Hills for six years before coming to VO Vets as a veterinarian focusing on high quality small animal and exotic animal medicine, preventative medicine, surgery and dentistry.
HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF WORK: She is a fan of the Dave Matthew’s Band, The Office, taking care of her pets and plants, gardening, building vivariums, art, traveling to new places, cooking/and eating and learning new things.
PETS: Dr. Vicario lives with a myriad of pets, plants and her boyfriend Chris who brought her to Texas in the first place. She has 3 rescue dogs- Nimbus is a tripod Maltipoo who was found in the middle of a highway, Winnie is a terrier mix who was a stray hit by a car and Toby Flenderson is a diabetic Rat Terrier mix with Diabetes. She also has 2 parrots (Dakota and Jade), a Russian tortoise (Annie), and many different species of frogs and fish.
Julianna (Juli) Braswell, DVM
VETERINARIAN
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Dr. Julianna Braswell graduated from Texas A&M University of Veterinary Medicine in 2015. She spent one year doing an equine internship with Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery before moving into companion animal medicine in 2016. She enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter, going skiing with her family, and golfing with her friends. A strong advocate for preventative medicine, Dr. Braswell also has a special interest in dog and cat soft tissue surgery and dentistry. While Dr. Braswell loves dogs and cats of all types, she has a special place in her heart for Labrador retrievers and has two of them: Kimber and Brie.
