Lori Kayashima, DVM
Lori Kayashima, DVM grew up in Southern California and graduated from the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine in 1984. She started working at Valley Animal Hospital (then located in Morgan Hill). At the time, it was a mixed practice and she divided her time between the horses, dogs and cats. She was made equal shareholder with the practice when it was incorporated in 1988. Together, she and her husband, Richard McCormick, VMD opened Orchard Veterinary Hospital in Gilroy in 1989. She continued to split her time between the two practices until 2003 when staffing needs pushed her over to Orchard full time. After discovering a wondrous world of a climate controlled work environment and no constant threat of broken bones from flying hooves, she decided to stay on and devote her career to all things dogs and cats
After hours, she enjoys trail riding at Mt. Madonna, playing life guard for Z out in the duck swamp, throwing dummies for Eugene the Jeep, running interference for the chickens against the bobcat that thinks their yard is part of the KFC drive-thru and fulfilling her role as "cat furniture" to her two cats while she reads.
After hours, she enjoys trail riding at Mt. Madonna, playing life guard for Z out in the duck swamp, throwing dummies for Eugene the Jeep, running interference for the chickens against the bobcat that thinks their yard is part of the KFC drive-thru and fulfilling her role as "cat furniture" to her two cats while she reads.
Richard McCormick, VMD
Dr. Richard McComick grew up in the Gettysburg area of Pennsylvania and developed his love for horses taking care of them at the family farm and showing jumpers. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1976 ( with a Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris degree hence his title of VMD). After working in a mixed practice in Maryland for a year, he headed west and purchased a small animal practice in Mill Valley, CA were he worked for five years. After selling that practice in 1982, he came to Valley Animal Hospital while it was still in Morgan Hill and ultimately, purchase it from Eugene Carroll, DVM in 1984.
After almost four decades serving the equine population of Santa Clara county, Dr. McCormick retired from Valley Equine Hospital in October of 2022. He still can be seen occasionally at Orchard helping Dr. Kayashima with complicated soft tissue or orthopedic surgeries--but he has turned his main focus to obtaining his private pilot license. He still enjoys hitting the trails with Dr. Kayashima with his horse, Rocket, taking his dog Eugene (the Jeep) out hunting and taking the occasional hike at Mt. Madonna.
After almost four decades serving the equine population of Santa Clara county, Dr. McCormick retired from Valley Equine Hospital in October of 2022. He still can be seen occasionally at Orchard helping Dr. Kayashima with complicated soft tissue or orthopedic surgeries--but he has turned his main focus to obtaining his private pilot license. He still enjoys hitting the trails with Dr. Kayashima with his horse, Rocket, taking his dog Eugene (the Jeep) out hunting and taking the occasional hike at Mt. Madonna.
Tricia Sera, DVM
Dr. Sera is fulfilling a life long dream and is moving to Kauai February 2023--ALOHA Dr. Sera!! You will be missed!!!
Dr. Tricia Sera is a Colorado native and received her doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Colorado State University in 1994. She has practiced small animal medicine in the greater Denver and Front Range communities over the past twenty years where she lived with her two children. She first moved to the Bay Area and joined us in 2014 so that her son could get a more diverse experience. He has since moved on to study computer science and AI at Portland State University in Oregon.
In her spare time, Dr. Sera enjoys mountain biking, learning hula and finding the best ramen shops when she is not hitting the waves--perfecting her surfing techniques.
Dr. Tricia Sera is a Colorado native and received her doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Colorado State University in 1994. She has practiced small animal medicine in the greater Denver and Front Range communities over the past twenty years where she lived with her two children. She first moved to the Bay Area and joined us in 2014 so that her son could get a more diverse experience. He has since moved on to study computer science and AI at Portland State University in Oregon.
In her spare time, Dr. Sera enjoys mountain biking, learning hula and finding the best ramen shops when she is not hitting the waves--perfecting her surfing techniques.
