Dr. Aubrey Vena-Erisman

Dr. Aubrey Vena-Erisman grew up on her family's cow-calf beef farm just outside Johnstown, and coming home to practice was always the plan. She earned a bachelor's degree in veterinary and biomedical sciences with a minor in business from Penn State in 2018 and her VMD from the University of Pennsylvania in 2022, then completed a large animal-focused mixed animal internship in Texas before joining her mother's practice in 2023. Since then she has been building the clinic's large animal services, including the haul-in facility that opened in April 2024.

She is a true mixed animal vet, splitting her time between cats and dogs (about 40 percent), horses (about 30) and food and production animals (about 30), though ruminants like cattle, sheep and goats are her favorites. Reproduction is her specialty, with extensive training in equine reproduction and broad experience managing reproduction in cattle and dogs, and over the years she has built a large surgical caseload as well. She jokes that she could spend every day repairing lacerations and managing difficult births and be perfectly happy.

Dr. Aubrey sees veterinary care as a partnership with the owner, and she would rather spend a few extra minutes explaining why than send anyone home unsure of what's happening with their animal. Because a commercial dairy cow, a retired barrel horse and a family dog may need very different plans for the same problem, she works to understand what matters most to each owner while keeping the animal's welfare first.

Outside the clinic, she and her husband, Cullen, are taking over her family's farm, Waterfall Farm, where they raise beef cattle (Scottish Highlands among them), registered Nigerian Dwarf goats, sheep, horses and chickens. She grew up barrel racing, now competes in cowboy mounted shooting, played competitive ice hockey (often on boys' teams), and is involved with local organizations like the Cambria County Farm Bureau and with 4-H and FFA programs.