Dr. Murphy Colvin is a native to the Bossier area, and a graduate of LSU Veterinary School. Growing up on the farm with cows, horses and hogs, Dr. Colvin knew that he wanted to get into veterinarian medicine at an early age. Dr. Colvin loves coming into work daily to figure out answers to different diagnosis, and helping your pets with all their needs. Alongside his fellow veterinarians enjoys learning and developing new treatments and ways in which to help pets live happy, healthy lives. Dr. Colvin is passionate about being out in the field doing large animal work. He wants to be known for running an honest and fair vet clinic, where you and your animals feel like family. In his free time Dr. Colvin enjoys spending time with family, being on the farm working with his livestock, and hunting.
Dr. Brian Hernandez comes to us from Baton Rouge Louisiana and is a recent graduate from LSU School of Veterinarian Medicine. His love & passion for veterinarian medicine came at an early age from watching his mom, who is also a veterinarian, at work. He is excited to care for all animals. He has been mostly excited to gain knowledge from both Doc and Dr. Colvin in large animal medicine and putting it into practice. His passion is to help people by helping their pets. When Dr. Hernandez isn’t busy at work here in the clinic you can find him outdoors fishing and enjoying nature with his fiancé.
Dr. Kyle Pate is originally from the Ruston La area. He attended Louisiana Tech University and graduated with a bachelor in Animal Science. He then attended veterinary school at LSU. He is excited to join our team here at NLVC! In his younger years, Dr. Pate found his love for veterinarian medicine while working as a tech in an animal hospital. He was, and still is, very intrigued with learning and finding answers to help animals. He is excited to start his career as a veterinarian to instill in his clients that he is doing all he can to help his patients live happy, healthy, long lives. Dr. Pate is also looking forward to forming long lasting relationships with his clients and tending to theirs pets as his own. He is up to the day to day challenges in veterinarian medicine and is ready to tackle whatever is brought his way. In his time away from work Dr. Pate enjoys spending time with his own pup, fishing, working on, and racing his own race car.
Dr. Ronald Powers, also known around these parts as “Doc”, was born in 1940 here in Shreveport, Louisiana. He grew up on a farm, participating in 4H which is where his love of animals originated. He felt that the next natural step was to become a veterinarian. Doc graduated from Auburn University, and has been practicing veterinarian medicine for just over 50 years. His passion has always been helping out people who are worried about the well-being of their pets. He is still learning and enjoys discovering new things daily. He takes a genuine interest in all the patients and everything they come in for. When Doc isn’t at the clinic he can be found out in his deer stand, or out checking on his yearlings.
Born and raised in South Bossier, Louisiana Chris grew up in a house full of cats and dogs. His pets always brought him joy and comfort while growing up. Chris was always fascinated with taking his pets to the veterinarian when they didn’t feel well and watching as they would work to help them get better. He knew then that being a part of that was what he wanted to do. About 5 years a go Chris jumped into becoming a vet tech. He says there is no better feeling than being apart of a team that helps get your pet to feeling their best. He enjoys not only working with the small animals but has developed a love for the large ones as well. You can always find him playing in the back with our boarders or giving some extra love to those that just came out of surgery. Chris says that his only regret is not jumping into this field sooner. He absolutely loves his job and it shows in all he does around the clinic. When Chris isn’t here you can find him out fishing a pond or in the kitchen cooking up something delicious.
