Arlington Veterinary Hospital is a new veterinary practice to Arlington, Washington. We provide customized patient care to meet the individual needs of our patients and clients with honest and warm communication and interactions while respecting and embracing the unique bond each pet owner has with their pet. We will be adding large animal services in the near future as the practice grows.
Krystal Grant, DVM
Owner and Primary Veterinarian
Education: Washington State University
Hometown: Boise, Idaho
Dr. Krystal Grant lives locally near her family farm which has been shared by the family for over 80 years. Dr. Grant cherishes her family consisting of a loving husband, 3 horses, her 6 goats, her 2 dogs Sally Ann and Paisley, her 3 cats Kricket, Sherbert, and Stewart Littles, and the chickens, roosters and a duck. She has 16 years of experience as a mixed animal veterinarian working with small companion animals and large farm animals. She strives to form bonds with her clients as well as her furry patients.
Hobbies include: Trail riding with Skip her Sorrel Quarter Horse and dog Sally Ann, camping, hiking, gardening.
Melanie McGraw, DVM
Associate Veterinarian
Dr. Melanie McGraw was born and raised in Arkansas and graduated from Mississippi State College of Veterinary Medicine. She moved to Washington shortly after graduation. Dr. McGraw lives locally with her husband and adores her furry family of 3 corgi’s: Radar, Doppler and Aurora, 2 cats: Murphy and Emma and 2 horses: Reynolds and Frodo. In her spare time she loves to ride horses – both English and western disciplines, snow ski and is an avid runner. She has been practicing at Arlington Veterinary Hospital since 2016. She loves all aspects of her career, but surgery is her favorite!
Abigail Olson, DVM
Associate Veterinarian
Dr. Abigail Olson (Wasilewski): Dr. Abigail Olson (Wasilewski) graduated from the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2016. Go Cougs! She practiced in central California for three years after graduating before returning to the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Olson is passionate about dermatology, preventative care, and building lifelong relationships with pets and their people. She also loves working with livestock and has a small cattle herd. Her pets include a ruthless Queensland Heeler (Mercy), a devoted Australian Shepherd (Miles), a pheasant-chasing yellow Labrador (Hazel), and an old cat named Oakie. When she’s not in the clinic, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters on the farm.
Kellie, LVT/ Practice Manager
Licensed Veterinary Technician
Kellie started her career in 1991 as a veterinary receptionist. She worked her way through assisting, then became a Licensed Veterinary Technician in 2001.
Kellie helped to open AVH with Dr. Grant in 2014. Although she now works remotely, you will often hear her in the business office or chat with her through our app. She lives with her husband, 2 daughters, 4 dogs and an orange kitty named BoBo Kitty Meow.
Kristina, LVT
Lead Licensed Veterinary Technician
Kristina comes to us with a head full of knowledge and a heart full of love. Kristina has been a Licensed Veterinary Technician since 2008. Kristina graduated from the Veterinary Technician program at Pierce College in Tacoma. Shortly after graduation she obtained a job with an emergency hospital where her love for animals grew. Kristina has always been interested in large animals and farm medicine, which is what led her to us! Kristina grew up riding horses and living in the country. She enjoys being outdoors, swimming, painting and working on her 1967 Mustang. Kristina resides with her horse BooBoo and dog-child Koda Jospheses. We are so excited to have Kristina at AVH!
Kirsten, LVT
Licensed Veterinary Technician
Kirsten grew up in Las Vegas for the first 14 years of her life and has been living in Washington for the last 4 years. She has always had the biggest heart when it comes to all animals even though she didn’t grow up around a wide variety of them. She didn’t even see a goat in person until she came to Arlington! She graduated from Bellingham Technical College completing the Licensed Veterinary Technician program in 2021. She lives with her dog Winnie, 2 cats Charlie and Leah, and 2 fish. Her extended fur family includes 2 cats, Comet and Galaxy, a hamster named Ruby and 2 pomeranians Cami and Sadie. She brings a great enthusiasm to her work here in the evenings and we are excited to have her on our team!
Hailey, LVT
Licensed Veterinary Technician
Hailey was born and raised in Texas, but moved to Washington 3 years ago with her family. She lives locally with her family.
Hailey enjoys camping and fishing during her time off. She loves spending time with her 2 cats, Mister and Peach, and enjoys hiking with the family dogs, Sasha and Stella.
Hailey achieved her goal in becoming a Licensed Veterinary Technician in 2024. We are so happy to have her be an integral part of our team.
Carissa
Veterinary Assistant
Carissa lives locally with her boyfriend and best friends Duke and Thor. Duke is her 4 yr old black lab, who enjoys hiking with his humans and playing with his squeaky duck. Thor is her 2 yr old Boxer who loves chasing the ball!
When she is not working, Carissa enjoys camping, hunting and eating food!
Carissa recently obtained her Medication Clerk’s License, and is currently enrolled in Penn Foster’s Licensed Veterinary Technician program.
Carissa is an excellent assistant and we are very happy to have her as part of our team. She is always ready to take on new challenges, and is an extremely hard worker.
Ashley
Veterinary Assistant
Ashley fist visited our hospital after attending a Veterinary Assistant Program through the high school. We liked her so much we decided to ask her to be a part of our AVH family. She is currently enrolled n Penn Foster’s Licensed Veterinary Technician program. Ashely grew up in Everett but lives locally with her 7 dogs, 2 parakeets, 2 chickens, a turtle and axolotl. We are so excited to be a part of Ashley’s journey of becoming an LVT!
Dakota
Veterinary Assistant
Dakota started her journey doing a Veterinary Assisting Program through her high school program and interned at AVH for two years until she was hired after my senior year. Dakota is currently a full time student at SVC getting her prerequisites to get ready for Licensed Veterinary Technician school.
Dakota has always been an animal lover. She has THREE dachshunds: Waylon, Nova and Murphy.
Dakota also has a horse named Quinn who she competes with (they are always trying to find barrel races to attend!). She also has three goats, another dog named Rusty, four cats, and a leopard gecko. She loves working in her home town and seeing so many familiar and new faces.
Maureen (Moe)
Client Services Representative
Maureen (who prefers to go by the name Moe) grew up on a dairy farm in Lynden, WA. She has now lived in Arlington for 5 years with her husband and 3 kids, and currently has 2 cats, Ronan and Jewels. Moe enjoys the outdoors with her family, weather it’s camping in the woods or a day at the beach.