Dr. Anthony Michael, Practice Owner, Veterinarian
Originally from Germantown, Ohio, Dr. Michael spent the few years after high school as an exchange student in South America, and attending college in Ohio. Dr. Michael then served in the Navy for 4 years. Following his strong love for animals and nature, he attended UCSD where he received a degree in Ecology in 1991. While attending UCSD, Dr. Michael started as a technician at Clairemont Animal Hospital under Dr. Watson. Dr. Michael attended the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis, spending vacations and breaks at Clairemont Animal Hospital. Once graduated in 1995, he was brought on as an Associate Doctor working alongside Dr. Watson. Dr. Michael now owns Rose Canyon Animal Hospital and tends his business and employees with as much TLC as his clients and patients.

Dr. Michael belongs to AVMA, CVMA and the SDVMA in addition to volunteering his time and skills to VWAH (Veterinarians for World Animal Health), making annual trips to Mexico for spay/neuter and animal care clinics. He also supports the San Diego Humane Society and regularly contributes to the Union Tribune's Adopt-a-pet program. 

During his small amounts of free time, Dr. Michael loves sailing, snow skiing, traveling and spending time with his 2 dogs- "Chase" the Golden Retriever, and "Rye" the Chocolate Lab.

Dr. Bjorn Barre, Veterinarian
Dr. Bjorn Barre’s family immigrated from Denmark to California, where he was born.  At the young age of four, Dr. Barre’ convinced his family to adopt a stray, pregnant, Santa Ana River cat.  This cat along with frogs, fish, birds, mice, and dogs were part of his childhood family.  Thus, began his love and passion for animals.

Dr. Barre’ stayed in California to attend college.  Bjorn’s undergraduate studies were at UCSD, where he majored in Bio-Chemistry and Cell Biology.  He spent a summer studying in Copenhagen, Denmark, learning about his family’s language and culture. As an undergraduate he also worked as a vet assistant under Dr. Watson and Dr. Michael at Rose Canyon Animal Hospital.  He graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2004.  His graduate studies then took Bjorn to UC Davis, where he received a nutrition scholarship, volunteered at the spay and neuter clinics for the pets of the local homeless population, participated in Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation fundraising events and finished Veterinary School in 2009.  Returning to Rose Canyon Animal Hospital, Dr. Barre joined Dr. Michael’s team.

 Dr. Barre’s extended family includes a chocolate lab, Kahlua, a mastiff mixed- breed dog named Piggy, and assorted reptiles and fish.  Dr. Barre’ enjoys racquetball, surfing and fishing, even though his love, passion and work with animals keeps him very busy.  His extended family continues to grow and now includes the patients and clients at Rose Canyon Animal Hospital.

Nicole, Hospital Manager
Most of our clients know Nicole's voice well. She was our glowing receptionist for a number of years. Recently Nicole has been promoted to hospital manager! A San Diego Native, she had always wanted to work with and around animals. Nicole was a client here first, then jumped right in when we needed a bright voice and smile up front. She says working here is the most rewarding job she has ever had! We nabbed Nicole in September of 2004, and she received her BA degree in Digital Design from the Art Institute of California in January 2005.

Nicole has several "fur babies" at home, including "Bella", a Siberian Husky, "Capone", her mighty Rottweiler, and her cat "Kitty". Nicole married her husband in May of 2004 and they welcomed their first child, a baby girl, in July of 2006. She enjoys hanging out with her family, movies and traveling.

Ross, Technician
Ross came to San Diego from Redlands, CA to attend SDSU. As a bio major interested in animals, we thought he was a perfect fit. After graduating SDSU in a few years, Ross hopes to attend vet school. As one of our newer employees, he is looking forward to his first VWAH Mexico trip experience!

Ross has a new member of his family, his Labradoodle named Jack. When Ross isn’t studying hard he enjoys spending time with his new pup, rock climbing, camping and reading.

Dani, Receptionist
One of our bright and friendly faces up front is Dani. She is a California native, born in Oakland and grew up in Long Beach. After moving to San Diego in March of 07, she decided to pursue her dream of working with animals. Her previous experience working in Customer service made her an ideal receptionist.

Dani loves hanging out with her boyfriend Sean and friends, going on road trips, attending concerts and adding to her tattoo collection. As a die hard animal lover and vegetarian, she hopes to work in animal rescue someday. Her furry children include 2 cats: "Whippy", an all black shorthair, and "Macho", a grey tabby she adopted from us her first day at work!

Amanda B, Technician
Amanda was born and raised here in San Diego and graduated from James Madison high school in 2003. She attended college thinking she wanted to get into graphic design. After working at Helen Woodward Animal Center she discovered she had even more passion for animals than she thought which brought her to Rose Canyon.

Amanda’s future plans consist of returning back to school to become an RVT and maybe going even further in becoming a Veterinarian. A job she knows she would love and enjoy waking up everyday to come to work.

She has several “fur babies” at home that include a 143 lb Mastiff named Zoe, 2 rats named Penny and Oreo and 2 frogs, Fred & Kermit.