Mary Spears, DVM
A lifelong Tulsan, Dr. Spears has been practicing veterinary medicine since 2005 when she graduated from OSU College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Spears joined the Woodland Petcare family in 2007. She started working at Alta Vista Animal Hospital in 2019. After a brief retirement in 2023, she returned to Alta Vista, and recently became Medical Director for the practice. Dr. Spears’ areas of interest include helping owners manage and control their pets’ itchy ears and skin, using cold laser therapy to treat pain or inflammation, general surgery, and helping owners better understand ways to care for their pets. In her free time Dr. Spears likes to work in her pollinator and vegetable gardens. She is the steward of a Little Free Library, and she is also on the Board of Directors for her neighborhood. Her pets include two cats, Handsome and Steph Purry, and one dog, Lola.
Kimberly Clark, DVM
Dr. Kimberly Clark is the daughter of Dr. Ross Clark, veterinarian and founder of Woodland Animal Hospitals in Tulsa. Dr. Clark grew up competitively showing dogs with her mom all over the country before working at Woodland West as a receptionist in high school. She graduated from St. George’s University College of Veterinary Medicine and then returned home to work as a veterinarian for her favorite animal hospital, Alta Vista Animal Hospital.
Her special interests include reproduction, soft tissue surgery, and feline medicine. Dr. Clark is certified as a Cat-Friendly Veterinarian by the American Association of Feline Practitioners. She also spends additional time each year to maintain her Fear Free Certification, a program dedicated to the gentle handling of dogs and cats while in the veterinary hospital.
In her spare time, Dr. Clark enjoys home remodeling projects and hanging out with her four dogs: Josie, Tequila, McKinnley, and Shelby. She also has two cherished cats: Alex and Anders, whom she bottle-fed as orphaned kittens, inspiring her love for felines.
Keith Bailey, DVM
Dr. Bailey began “helping” in his father’s veterinary hospital in 1965 at the age of 8, with such diverse experience as large and small animal medicine (including working on an African lion with Ringling Brother’s Barnum and Bailey Circus). After graduation in 1984 from OSUCVM
Dr. Bailey worked in mixed animal practice, both in Mannford, Oklahoma, and in the Appalachian mountains as the only veterinarian in Letcher County, KY. He later purchased his father’s clinic in West Tulsa in 1990 and moved the practice to 71st, near the Arkansas River, in 2004. During the next twenty years, he and his wife, Melissa, ran a solo clinic, while also working as a consultant for two laser firms, both in surgical and therapeutic lasers. He became one of the first VSLS (Veterinary Surgical Laser Society) certified Laser Fellows. Afterward, he joined the AVAH team, and brought along with him, many of his friends and patients whom he served over the last few decades of his career in West Tulsa. Both his son, Dr. David Bailey, assistant professor, OSUCVM, and daughter-in-law, Dr. Amanda Bailey, professor, anatomy and biology TCC, are veterinarians in the academic field.
Professional interests include advances in diagnostics, and both surgical and therapeutic lasers, as well as, alternative medicine and research. Client communications and education are very high on the list, as explaining the what, why, and how, of each case is paramount to compliance.
Outside interests revolve around fishing, home brewing, shooting and reloading, woodworking (which includes building musical instruments), cooking, fitness, yard work, and home maintenance. And, oh yes, creative writing and learning.