Veterinarians
Howard Robinson, DVM
Dr. Howard Robinson co-owns Brookfield Veterinary Hospital with his wife, Dr. Marie Robinson. A general practitioner, he has cared for pets here since the hospital opened in 1999.
Dr. Robinson grew up on a sheep farm in Northern Ireland; seeing up close what veterinarians did helped push him toward a career in veterinary medicine. He attended University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland and was awarded his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1991. During his time in veterinary school, he spent five months working on stud farms in New Zealand; one and a-half months working at a racehorse stable in Australia and six months working at horse farms in Kentucky.
Following veterinary school, Dr. Robinson completed a one-year internship in large animal medicine and surgery at Washington State University. He then went on to complete one year of a three-year residency in large animal surgery at the University of Tennessee.
Surgery is one of Dr. Robinson's primary professional interests; he is capable of performing cruciate ligament repairs, exploratory laparotomies and selected fracture repair cases, among other advanced procedures. Dr. Robinson finds helping pets to be very rewarding and particularly enjoys seeing clients' smiling faces and their pets' wagging tails following a successful procedure or treatment.
Dr. Robinson and his wife are the proud parents of three children, Colin, Ciara and Olivia. When he's not busy with his duties at the hospital, he can be found in his garage building a replica of a 1965 Shelby Cobra. He also races a modified Mustang at the local racetrack and in autocross racing events. Dr. Robinson also holds a black belt in shito ryu karate.
Marie Robinson, DVM
Dr. Marie Robinson co-owns Brookfield Veterinary Hospital with her husband, Dr. Howard Robinson. She has cared for pets as a general practitioner since the hospital first opened in 1999.
Dr. Robinson loves animals and enjoys strengthening the human/animal bond through veterinary medicine. She also enjoys the scientific and medical aspects of veterinary practice and enjoys working on and successfully treating difficult cases.
Having grown up in Seattle, Dr. Robinson attended Washington State University as an undergraduate. She was accepted early into Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine and was awarded her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1992.
Internal medicine (specifically endocrinology), the treatment of chronic renal failure, and nutrition are among her many professional interests. She is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Animal Hospital Association. Dr. Robinson is an enthusiastic supporter of MEOW, a cat shelter located in Kirkland.
Dr. Robinson and her husband are the proud parents of three wonderful children: Colin, Olivia and Ciara. The family's animal companions include two Labs, Cassie and Cody; two cats, Jilly and Scuba; and a Beta fish named Silver. Dr. Robinson enjoys working outside in her garden and writing in her spare time. She is a volunteer at her children's school with the 6 Traits writing program and also volunteers in her son's 4-H chapter.
Erin Russell, DVM
Dr. Erin Russell joined us after 12 wonderful years practicing in New York City. She is not a stranger to the Northwest as she spent her high school years in Federal Way. She moved to NYC after finishing her undergraduate and Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1998 at Washington State University.
While in NYC, Dr. Russell loved serving as an Executive Board Member for the Veterinary Medical Association of New York City (VMA of NYC) from 2003 through 2006. Dr. Russell is one of a few select veterinarians who have received the Merit Award (2007), and in 2002, was co-awarded the Outstanding Service to Veterinary Medicine Award along with others who served at Ground Zero from the Veterinary Medical Association of New York City. In addition to volunteering for the VMA, Dr. Russell enjoyed and misses being one of the veterinarians on staff to tend to the canine participants at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
Dr. Russell is adept at working up and managing complex medical and behavioral cases. Her favorite areas of interest are dermatology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, client education, preventative medicine.
When she is not at the clinic she loves to travel. She has accrued over 100,000 airline miles in just the last few years to hike in Siberia, explore the sacred lakes of tibet and to dance the tango in Buenos Aires. She is married to her high-school sweetheart from Vashon Island who is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. They are expecting their first child in January. In the meantime, she is enjoying her second West Highland Terrier (a 9/11 rescue) and dreaming of having backyard chickens replace her dearly loved pigeons she left behind in NYC.