Growing up in an old time paniolo family in south Kona, animals have always been part of Dr. Elison's life. Her youth was full of rich experiences, being a horseback rider in Kona, watching her Grandfather train horses and catch wild bulls, and caring for the many dogs on the ranch, all enriched her love and interest in veterinary medicine. With a priority on education, Dr. Elison elected to move to Honolulu for her middle school education as a 7th grade boarder at Kamehameha Schools. After graduating in 1968, she attended Oklahoma State University. Dr. attended Washington State University for her first year of veterinary school and in 1975 completed her doctorate degree in veterinary medicine and surgery at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. As most roads lead back to Hawaii, Dr. Elison returned to work for Kaneohe Veterinary Clinic for one year and then in 1977 opened her own practice, Haiku Veterinary Clinic, Inc. In 2002, Dr. Elison completed the Colorado State University Animal Acupuncture course and continues to integrate Western and Eastern medicine into her general practice, improving the quality of life and increasing preventative care for many of her patients.

Dr. Elison lives in Kailua with her husband. She has three grown daughters, 1 horse, 3 dogs, 2 cats, and 1 bird that keep her busy. Dr. Elison strongly believes in giving back to the community, her service includes board positions with the Aloha State Dressage Society and Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club.

For more information on these organizations, visit:

http://www.alohastatedressage.com

http://www.kailuahawaiiancivicclub.com

Dr. Amanda Dale was raised in a rural town called Park Falls, among the lakes and trees of northern Wisconsin. She went off to school at Northern Arizona University and University of Oregon for degrees in Liberal Arts and Biology. Veterinary medicine wasn't her goal from the beginning, but three very special ladies (one ferret and two amazing canines) led her to that career. Dr. Dale graduated from the University of Wisconsin-School of Veterinary Medicine in 2008. Most of her family currently resides in the Pacific Northwest. She considers Oregon as well as Wisconsin to be her mainland base. She and her husband Alex consider themselves very fortunate to have landed in windward Oahu and to have become a part of the Haiku family.

Dr. Dale graduated with a mixed animal background that was evenly balanced between small and large animals. She has some experience with small ruminant medicine as well as small mammal and reptile care. Since arriving at Haiku Veterinary Clinic, she has been focused on preventative and general medicine for small companion animals as well as soft tissue surgery. Dr. Dale hopes to incorporate more complimentary medicine in the future.

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Lisel Coles is the Practice Manager at Haiku Veterinary Clinic. She has worked at haiku Veterinary clinic since June of 2000. She was born and raised in Hawaii attending Le Jardin & La Pietra. She is currently in school working towards her degree in business with an emphasis in marketing.

Lisel is an animal lover! She has an Australian Shepherd Kamalu and two horses Sir & Desi. Lisel spends all day at the clinic around patients and then all afternoon/evening with her horses and dogs. Other passions she has in life include playing tennis, hiking, spending time with friends and traveling. Lisel looks forward to seeing you the next time you come visit us at Haiku Veterinary Clinic.

Rachele Wolfe started working for Haiku Veterinary Clinic in the fall of 2005. She was born and raised in Hawaii and attended St. Francis and Kailua High School. In addition to working at Haiku Veterinary Clinic, Rachele is working on her degree in business from UH Manoa. As the assistant office manager, she enjoys all the aspects of the administrative side along with the fun loving patients she gets to greet every day.

Rachele's passion in life is animals. She owns a horse named Watch Me, a 2 year old Australian Shepherd named Aayden, and two cuddly cats Spam & Musubi. In addition to working at the veterinary clinic, she loves taking her dog to the beach, riding her horse and having a relaxing afternoon with a book in hand.

Nova began working at Haiku Veterinary Clinic in March of 2010. You can find Nova up front helping clients or with the patients taking diligent care of their every need. Prior to working at Haiku, she volunteered at the Honolulu Zoo. Growing up around animals, her dream was to become a veterinarian. Nova is currently going to school at Kapiolani Community College.

Nova was born and raised in Kailua. She graduated from Kalaheo High School in 2007. In her free time she enjoys going to the beach and hanging out with her dogs, Maui and Nunu, and her newest addition, her parakeet Apollo.

Jeanne graduated from James B. Castle High School in June 2002. She has worked at Haiku Veterinary Clinic since June 2003. Jeanne has a bachelor's degree in Animal Science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

In her spare time she enjoys reading. Jeanne has one rottweiler puppy, but hope to adopt a cat in the near future.

Gaye has been working at Haiku Veterinary clinic since January 1999. Gaye has a soft spot for rescuing and re-homing feral kittens and stray puppies. Her efforts have given many families loving pets and many animals in need, the love and care that they deserve.

She is an island girl through and through. She grew up here in Hawaii and graduated from Kaiser High school. Gaye lives with her husband Denny and their plethora of pets; Caspar the American Bull Dog, Cori the Pit Bull, Peaches the Toy Poodle, Harley the Domestic Long Hair, and Phantom the Domestic Shorthair. She enjoys traveling and has visited countries ranging from France to England, Japan to Greece, Romania to Russia, and Colombia to Canada.

Laurel attended Hawaii Pacific University and graduated in 2005 with a bachelors in Environmental Studies and a certificate of Public Anthropology. She has been working as a Veterinary Technician since 2006 and currently has a cat Cleo, dog Cambry, and a Horse Mira.

Laurel grew up in the small town of Smartsville, California with her Mother, Sister and a vast menagerie of pets. She had dogs, cats, horses, a cow, goats, rabbits, rats, mice, hamsters, fish, parakeets, chickens, ducks, chinchillas, a snake, a salamander, a wide variety of lizards and frogs, and turtles. Her mom got used to the phrase, “it followed me home, can I keep it?” She has been riding and competing horses since she was 5 years old and spent several years working with young horses and troubled older horses (She even saddle broke and trail rode her cow, Norman!) as well as teaching English riding lessons. In high school she moved to Stinson Beach, California and then following high school moved out to East Oahu.

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Tyler is a local kid, raised in Kaneohe. He is a graduate of Castle High School and is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science at the University of Hawaii with aspirations of moving on to a Veterinary School on the West Coast. He actually started at Haiku Veterinary Clinic as a volunteer before getting hired as a Veterinary Assistant.

He had always been interested in animals and grew up watching Animal Planet, the National Geographic Channel, and begging his mom for a puppy every year. However, it wasn’t until after high school that he got his first pup, “Kona.”

Natalie received her Bachelor's of Science in Zoology from the University of New Hampshire in 2006. She has been working in Veterinary Medicine in both general practice and emergency hospitals since 2006. She recently moved to Kaneohe from New Hampshire and joined the Haiku family.

Natalie was born and raised in Nashua, New Hampshire but has visited Hawaii almost every year since she was five. She has always considered Hawaii to be her second home. She decided to move to Kaneohe with her boyfriend and 2 dogs Roxy and Dingo in January 2010. Natalie loves spending time with her family and friends, hiking, snorkeling, and reading.

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