Meet Our Team

Dr. Sierra Ruff
DVM
Bio coming soon!

Dr. Jennifer Bailey
DVM
Dr. Bailey was born and raised in Albany, New York. As a child, she had a passion for two things: animals and anything having to do with space exploration and computers. She decided to pursue a career in computers, attending Russell Sage College in Troy, New York and earning her B.S. in computer science in 1995.
For the next several years, Dr. Bailey had an illustrious career in software engineering, working for companies such as MapInfo, Lotus Development, and Netflix. It was while she was living in Silicon Valley that she became significantly involved with an animal rescue. This sparked her interest in veterinary medicine and infectious disease management.
Dr. Bailey returned to school, completing her pre-veterinary science requirements first at San Jose State University and then at Syracuse University after moving back to upstate New York. She graduated from Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine (California) in 2012.
Dr. Bailey joined a general practice in central New York upon graduation. It was at this practice that she was instrumental in starting an after-hours urgent care service. Through this experience, Dr. Bailey developed an interest in both urgent care and emergency medicine. She joined the Veterinary Medical Center of CNY in 2021 where she worked in the emergency service and CARE Pet Therapy. Her other professional interests include feline medicine and shelter medicine. She volunteers her time and expertise at HumaneCNY.
Dr. Bailey resides in Syracuse with her Miniature Pinscher/Chihuahua mix, Prince. When she is not working, Dr. Bailey enjoys hiking, kayaking, snowshoeing, geocaching and bicycling. She and Prince have hiked trails in nineteen states (NY, NJ, VT, MA, CT, ME, VA, DE, WVa, MD, NC, CO, AZ, WA, PA, FL, TN, SC and CA). They hike in state parks, county parks, and wilderness areas. But, by far, their favorite hiking challenge is mountains. They have hiked to the summit of over 150 mountain peaks since September 2014. Dr. Bailey and Prince also love to complete hiking challenges that earn them a patch to sew on Prince’s hiking banner.
Fun facts about Dr. Bailey:
- She finally fulfilled her childhood dream of going to Space Camp – twice! She attended a one-day space camp for adults at the JFK Space Center in 2006. Then she spent a three-day weekend at Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama in 2012.
- She has an amateur radio license. Her call sign is KD2CPU.
- She designs, builds, and launches model rockets.
- She and Prince completed the New York Fire Tower Challenge in just 2 ½ months. That meant hiking to the summit of 23 mountains that have a fire tower on top – 18 in the Adirondacks and 5 in the Catskills. The winter patch took a little longer – three winter seasons.
- She and Prince completed their first Mammoth March in August 2024 at Letchworth State Park. This is a 20 mile hiking event that is completed in eight hours or less. They finished in seven hours! They completed another Mammoth March in Florida in February 2025.

Michele
LVT
Michele earned her Licensed Veterinary Technician degree from SUNY Delhi, and has been working at the Nottingham Pet Clinic since 1990. Her interests include rollerskating, riding her motorcycle, and the Syracuse restaurant scene. She and her husband have a son and new daughter-in-law.

Kayli
LVT
Kayli graduated from Brown Mackie College in Ohio as a licensed veterinary technician and has worked for NPC since 2013. She and her husband have a cat and a hermit crab. Her hobbies include photography, hiking and fishing.

Sabrina
LVT
Bio coming soon!

Melissa McFarland
Practice Manager
Melissa McFarland has worked for our practice since 2015, first as an assistant/receptionist and now as practice manager. She has veterinary certifications from Washington State and has a dog and a cat. Her interests include travel, writing and gemology.

Sarah J
Assistant / Receptionist
Sarah J has been working in the veterinary field since 2014 and joined the NPC family in May 2019. She lives with her 2 dogs, Piper, a terrier mix, and Paige, a Shih tzu.

Katie
Receptionist and Kennel Assistant
Katie began working for us as a kennel attendant in 2008. She is our 'cat whisperer', caring for hospitalized and boarding cats with love and patience no matter how thrilled the patient is to be here. In 2021 she moved to client care and is trying her 'human whisperer' skills at the front desk.

Emily
Receptionist
Bio coming soon!

Skylar
Assistant
Bio coming soon!