Mary Felli
Summary
Experienced veterinary student and assistant known for strong animal care skills and effective client communication. Adept at handling diverse species and performing critical medical procedures, ready to support high-quality veterinary services.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Veterinary Assistant
Veterinary Emergency Group
Brookfield, WI
03.2025 - Current
- Triaging patients and assessing patient stability
- Assisting with urgent and critical patients
- Performing CPR in accordance with RECOVER standards
- Venipuncture and sample collection
- IV catheter placement
- Administering medications via PO, SC IM, and IV routes
- Administering subcutaneous and IV fluids
- Running diagnostics on hematologic and urinary samples
- Taking radiographic images
- Restraining a variety of species including small animals and exotics
- Carrying out doctors orders on hospitalized and out-patient patients
- Assisting with prepping patients for anesthesia
- Caring for outpatient and hospitalized patients
- Assisting with euthanasia and end-of-life care
- Client communication
- Educating clients on at-home care and performing demonstrations for at-home treatments
Mayfair Animal Hospital and ER
Mission Veterinary Practices
Wauwatosa, WI
01.2023 - 03.2025
- Triaging patients
- Gathering patient history and entering it into their medical record
- Creating and presenting estimates to owners
- Collecting hematologic and urinary samples
- Running in-house diagnostics and preparing samples to be sent out
- Taking radiographic images
- Assisting with CT scans
- Assisting with anesthetized and sedated patients
- Reading ear cytology slides
- Bandaging wounds
- Administering laser therapy treatments
- Training new employees
- Cleaning surgical instruments
- Maintaining hospital sanitation
VCA Animal Hospital
VCA Animal Hospital
Saukville, WI
09.2023 - 01.2024
- Gathering patient history and noting it in the patient's medical record
- Collecting patient vitals
- Educating owners on recommended vaccines and preventative medications
- Collecting ear cytology swabs and reading them under microscopy
- Restraining patients for physical examinations, vaccines, and other treatments
- Taking radiographic images and assisting with dental radiographs
- Preparing vaccines and treatments for doctors
- Preparing laboratory samples
- Assisting with routine surgical procedures such as spays, neuters, and dentals
- Cleaning the surgery ward and packaging surgical instruments
- Running autoclave and as sterilization machines
Eagle River Animal Hospital
Chatnoir LLC
Eagle River, WI
09.2020 - 08.2022
- Gathering patient history and vitals
- Assisting with surgical procedures
- Assisting with STAT patients including toxic ingestions and injured bear hunting dogs
- Running in-house diagnostics on IDEXX machines
- Preparing samples to be sent out to both IDEXX and MiraVista labs
- Leading "puppy talks" and "kitten talks" to educate clients on what to expect with new adoptions
- Educating clients on recommended vaccines and preventative care procedures
- Administering subcutaneous injections
- Assisting with taking radiographic images
- Discussing euthanasia with owners with appropriate bedside manner
- Performing aftercare for patients including creating memorial products and running the crematorium
- Training new employees
- Answering phone calls and triaging patients over the phone
- Preparing charts
- Checking patients in for their appointments
- Running financial reports
Education
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine -
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Madison, WI05-2028
Bachelor of Arts - Biology
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI05-2024
Associate of Science -
Nicolet Area Technical College
Rhinelander, WI05-2022
Skills
- Clear and compassionate client communication
- Emergency triage and patient assessment
- Compassionate patient care
- Team collaboration in fast-paced environments
- Fear-free animal restraint
- Critical thinking and rapid decision making
Shadowing Experiences
Peaceable Primate Sanctuary
- Helped sedate and transport primates to surgical ward
- Intubated macaques and baboons prior to dental procedures
- Assisted with performing annual health checks on primates
- Assisted in a lemur castration procedure
Potawatomi Zoo
- Assisted with patient exams and radiographs
- Shadowed a tail amputation procedure on a genet
- Cared for animals in quarantine Michiana Animal Hospital
Michiana Animal Hospital
- Shadowed annual wellness exams and routine spays and neuters
- Assisted with lameness and chiropractic exams on equine patients
- Assisted with chiropractic find routine exams at AKC and UKC shows
Night Owls Wellness and Urgent Care
- Shadowed urgent care appointments
- Shadowed urgent care appointments
Certification
- BLS/CPR certified (RECOVER-certified)
- Fear Free certified
- OSHA training
- Anderson Gas Sterilization Certification
- Radiation safety certified
Timeline
Veterinary Assistant
Veterinary Emergency Group
03.2025 - Current
VCA Animal Hospital
VCA Animal Hospital
09.2023 - 01.2024
Mayfair Animal Hospital and ER
Mission Veterinary Practices
01.2023 - 03.2025
Eagle River Animal Hospital
Chatnoir LLC
09.2020 - 08.2022
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine -
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Bachelor of Arts - Biology
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
Associate of Science -
Nicolet Area Technical College