About Us

Mangrove Veterinary Hospital is walk in full-service veterinary medical facility. We are located at 1900 Mangrove Avenue, in Chico, CA. The professional and courteous staff here at Mangrove Veterinary Hospital seek to provide the best possible medical, surgical and dental care for our highly-valued patients, your cherished pet. We are committed to promoting responsible pet ownership and preventative health care. We strive to offer excellence in veterinary care to Chico, CA and the surrounding areas.

• Lisa Duarte

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  Lisa enjoys writing poems, listening to music, playing basketball, and spending time with her daughter and her new puppy named Rosie. She has been in the veterinary field for 20 years and her interests include dentistry, and nursing care. View

  

• Kal Patel

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  Kal is our Business Finance Manager and has been with our practice since 2004. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and is originally from England. Kal is married and has three beautiful daughters. She likes to travel, and enjoys participating and watching a variety of sports. View

  

• Beth Snell

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  Beth our Reception Supervisor is in charge of making sure our clients receive the best customer service possible and that their needs are met every time they come to our Hospital. Her interests include riding her horses, fishing with her husband John and spending time with her grandchildren. View

  

• Susan Herod

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  Susan has been working in the animal care field since graduating from college with a major in Biology/Environmental Studies. After spending 14 years in the show horse industry with Hunter/Jumpers, Racing Thoroughbred and Cutting Horses, she took the Butte County ROP Veterinary Assisting class and moved into Veterinary Medicine. She has had her Registered Veterinary Technician license since 1995. Her pets include 8 feral and domestic cats and two big dogs, many of which came from her time as Shelter Manager at Butte Humane Society. Susan is an intrepid Crafter and Do-It-Yourselfer and has undertaken major reconstruction projects at her home in Orland. Her current craft of choice is Stained Glass. View

  

• Samantha Sutfin

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  Samantha likes to be around animals. She has lived in Northern California her entire life. Sam enjoys hunting, fishing, camping, horse back riding, being around family and friends and spending time with her three dogs Sage, Coalby and Sitka and her horse Shaybob. What she enjoys most about working at Mangrove Veterinary Hospital is being able to communicate with the public about the health and well being of their pets. Samantha also really enjoys dental treatments and giving our patients a warm and healthy smile. View

  

• Dr. Tori Letner

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  Dr. Tori Letner received her DVM from UC Davis in 1999. She strives to provide a caring compassionate environment to her clients and their pets while delivering the highest quality of care. She has special interests in surgery and ultrasound. Her husband Craig is a Radiologist and a Chico native. They have two young daughters and three cats. She enjoys many outdoor activities with her family including biking, snowboarding, wakeboarding, rollerblading, and running. View

  

• Dr. Suzanne Hanson

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  Dr. Suzanne Hanson graduated from UC Davis, earning her DVM degree in 1987. Prior to her admission to veterinary school, she was licensed as a human laboratory technologist after graduating from CSU Long Beach in 1980. In her first years of veterinary practice, she saw both small and large animal patients in Placer County. In 1996 Dr. Hanson purchased the Animal Health Care Clinic in Chico. She has since merged her practice into Mangrove Veterinary Hospital. View

  

• Dr. Lynn Caikoski

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  Dr. Lynne Caikoski enjoys camping, hiking, mountain biking and cooking. She received her BS in biology in 2001 and her DVM degree form UC Davis in 2005. She has special interests in Laparoscopic surgery and dentistry. She grew up in Sacramento before attending veterinary school. Dr. Caikoski shares her house in Oroville, with her dog, Dexter, and her two cats Fuzzy and Fiona. View

  

• Jane Sonberg

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  Jane is a graduate of Chico State University where she studied nutrition and food science. She currently is studying to be an EMT and later plans on attending nursing school. She was raised in Redwood City and enjoys biking, hiking, cooking, watching movies, listening to music, playing sports, going to shows, and of course spending time with her pets! View

  

• Shaun Fredrickson

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  Shaun enjoys spending time with his wife Leah and young daughter Ella. He likes gardening, cooking, and home renovations. He has a cat named Widget and a dog named Delilah. He graduated from the ROP Veterinary Assisting Program in 2000 and is currently enrolled in the Pre-Veterinary Program at Chico State. View

  

• Peggy Day

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  Peggy enjoys running, biking, and swimming. She shares her home with her husband Jonathan, her dogs Jackson, Mary and Pete, and her cat Blues. Her interests are reading, knitting, and goofing off. View

  

• Cassie Steiner

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  Cassie enjoys riding her bike around town, listening to music, and hanging out with her family and friends. She graduated from ROP Animal Veterinary Assisting Program in 2007 and has been working to help animals ever since. She loves spending time with her trio of kitties and her two rabbits. View