Dr. Les Hickman, the hospital's director and founder, is on duty most days.
Dr. Kathy Kero works most Wednesdays and when Dr. Hickman is attending continuing education seminars.
Dr. Hickman received his DVM degree from Auburn University in 1973 and has practiced small animal medicine in Memphis since 1974. He is a member of various state, local and national veterinary associations and societies.
He has served as a member of the Executive Board of the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association, the board of directors of Animal Emergency Center and the Organizing Committee for the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners' feline specialty.
Dr. Hickman is a past president of the Tennessee Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and of the Memphis and Shelby County Veterinary Medical Association and has received MSCVMA's Outstanding Veterinarian Award.
He was the first Tennessee veterinarian to be certified as a diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners and the first to be certified as a fellow of The Academy of Feline Medicine.
He is the author of several scientific articles and papers and speaks at local and state veterinary seminars on feline practice.
In 1986, Dr Hickman founded the Cat Hospital of Memphis, Tennessee's first hospital for cats only.
Dr. Hickman is a member of the board of directors of the Haiti Hope Project. This foundation gives practical help such as drilling wells for villages that have no water supply and supports an orphanage and a hospital in Haiti. Please consider the Project when making any charitable donation. Haiti Hope contributions are tax deductible.
Dr. Hickman may stay a day late at any seminar held in the vicinity of a good trout stream.
Dr Kero is a graduate of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. After graduation Dr. Kero was selected by Mississippi State University to enroll in a rotating internship in surgery, medicine and emergency/critical care. During her internship Dr. Kero lectured to veterinary students, gave seminars for faculty and staff, and participated in teaching students the art of compassionate and quality veterinary care.
Before joining Dr. Hickman and other veterinary hospitals in Tennessee and Mississippi as a relief veterinarian, Dr. Kero was chief of staff of a busy 24 hour veterinary general practice and emergency center in Memphis.
Dr. Kero is a member of The American Veterinary Medical Association, The Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society, Memphis Shelby County Veterinary Medical Association and The Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association.
In her spare time Dr. Kero is a docent at the Memphis Zoo, a big sister with Big Brothers Big Sisters and studying for her black belt in the Korean Martial Art of Tae Kwon Do. Dr. Kero shares her home with eight cats, four of which have physical handicaps, and one dog.
