Dr. Sally Towner, CVA (Hospital Owner)

Dr. Towner is a Colorado native who received her Bachelors of Science from Colorado State University and graduated from the University of California, Davis with her DVM in 1991. Dr. Towner has practiced in urban Northern California to a small town in the Midwest before coming home to Colorado. She opened Erie Animal Hospital in a small farmhouse in 2001. She expanded Erie Animal Hospital to our current state-of-the-art facility in 2004. Her interests in veterinary medicine include: alternative medicine, physical rehabilitation, acupuncture, internal medicine, pain management, nutrition and pocket pets.

Dr. Towner is Certified in Veterinary Acupuncture and Canine Medical Massage Therapy. She has completed multiple deep dive courses in Veterinary Acupuncture with Colorado State and the Chi Institute. She is currently completing her certificate in Veterinary Chinese Herbal Medicine.

Dr. Towner lives with her family, six cats, dog and rabbit. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, snowshoeing, gardening and stained glass. 

DVM - University of California, Davis (1991)
B.S. in Animal Science - Colorado State University (1984)

Certification in Veterinary Acupuncture - Colorado State University (2007)
Certification in Canine Medical Message Therapy - Colorado State University (2008)
    

Dr. Teresa Seggerman

Dr. Seggerman has had a varied and interesting career. After graduating in 1992 from Colorado State University, she worked for four years in mixed animal practice, specialized in llamas and goats, before joining the US Army Veterinary Corps. She traveled to Texas and Okinawa in the Army, providing medical care for military members' pets, as well as Military Working Dogs.

Upon returning to civilian life, Dr. Seggerman focused on small animal medicine, finally turning to emergency medicine, where she spent 15 years providing critical care for pets in several hospitals in the Denver metro area. She finally decided to return to the daytime world, and general practice, about six years ago.

Dr. Seggerman is proudly owned by four cats: Egbert, Willow, Kheya and Soji, who insist that she works hard and play harder to entertain them. She enjoys cooking, reading, gardening, hiking and is looking forward to raising chickens this year. 

DVM - Colorado State University (1992)

Dr. Kathy Gagliardi, cVMA

Dr. Gagliardi is a Colorado native from Boulder, CO. She became interested in veterinary medicine when she was a child through reading the James Herriot books. Dr. Gagliardi completed her Sport Medicine degree from Colorado State in 2005 and finished her DVM from CSU in 2010. She enjoys working with a wide range of species including dogs, cats, and pocket pets, lizards, and even snakes. In the past, she has worked at a variety of veterinary hospitals from rural large animal and small animal private practices to small animal and pocket pets/exotics specialty clinics. Dr. Gagliardi completed her acupuncture certification from CuraCore in 2016 and has a passion for both eastern and western medicine. Dr. Gagliardi’s interests include preventative care, dentistry, internal medicine, acupuncture/pain management, exotic medicine, and the human-animal bond,

In her free time Dr. Gagliardi loves spending time with her family and being outdoors, especially in the mountains. She also enjoys international travel and volunteering in third world countries.  Locally, Dr. Gagliardi volunteers with therapy dogs/pets and service dogs/pets by preforming veterinary behavioral exams at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lafayette. She lives with her husband, also a Boulder, CO native, her three daughters and one cat, Kit Kat.

DVM – Colorado State University (2010)
B.S. in Sport Medicine – Colorado State University (2005)

Certification in Medical Veterinary Acupuncture – CuraCore (2016)

Dr. Nicole Towner

Dr. Nicole Towner grew up in Erie, Colorado loving the small-town life. As a young girl she was frequently at her mother’s, Dr. Sally Towner’s, veterinary hospital and she quickly fell in love with veterinary medicine. Her life was filled with fostering and adopting various kinds of animals, working as a kennel/veterinary assistant and being an all-around helper to the hospital. Dr. Nicole also spent many years raising and training two retrievers, Jessie and Tia. Dr. Nicole was active in 4-H, showing rabbits, dogs, and multiple other general projects at the county and state level. Dr. Nicole received her Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in Environmental Science and Biology from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 2019. She was also a four-year varsity student athlete in softball and participated in environmental science research. She came back home and received her DVM degree from Colorado State University in 2023. Dr. Nicole loves all aspects of veterinary medicine but has a special interest in preventative medicine, integrative medicine, and soft tissue surgery. Dr. Nicole is currently in the process of completing her certificate in Veterinary Acupuncture through the Chi University.

Dr. Nicole lives with her two cats that were adopted during veterinary school: Iris and Marvel. In her free time, she enjoys sports (especially baseball/softball, hockey, and football), baking different kinds of pastries, helping with local 4-H clubs, reading, and enjoying the Colorado mountains.

DVM – Colorado State University (2023)
B.S. in Environmental Science, Biology - Trinity College, Connecticut (2019)