Meet Our Veterinary Teamin Oklahoma City, OK
Compassionate, Skilled Emergency Care —24/7 in Oklahoma City, OK
At City Paws Emergency Care, our doctors are more than emergency veterinarians — they are trusted partners committed to your pet’s health and wellbeing, and to supporting you through every decision. Each DVM brings extensive experience in urgent and critical care, combining advanced medical training with compassion, honesty, and respect for every pet and pet parent we serve.
Our mission is to make emergency veterinary medicine accessible, affordable, and dependable for families throughout Oklahoma City and surrounding communities. We work closely with primary care veterinarians to ensure continuity of care and seamless communication from emergency stabilization through recovery.
Our Doctors
Experienced Veterinarians You Can Trust
Our team of licensed veterinarians has years of combined experience in small animal emergency medicine, general practice, and advanced procedures. Each doctor is trained to manage complex and time-sensitive conditions — from trauma and toxin ingestion to surgical emergencies — with precision, calm, and care.
Our DVMs are passionate about advancing veterinary medicine in Oklahoma. They regularly collaborate with local specialists and hospitals to ensure every pet receives the highest standard of treatment.
Dr. Rebecca Tims
Dr. Rebecca Tims is board-certified in small animal internal medicine. Dr. Tims grew up in Midland, Texas. She earned both her undergraduate degree and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Oklahoma State University. She then completed a medicine and surgery rotating internship at Kansas State University and returned to Oklahoma State University to complete her internal medicine residency. She especially enjoys the complexity of internal medicine cases, caring for geriatric patients, maximizing quality of life, and building meaningful, long-term relationships with patients and their families.
Dr. Tims is committed to clear communication, compassionate care, and supporting pet owners through difficult and often stressful moments, ensuring they feel informed and supported every step of the way.
Outside of the hospital, Dr. Tims and her husband spend most of their time chasing their one-year-old and their chihuahua around.
Dr Asitha Pillai
Dr. Asitha Pillai completed her veterinary degree in India before moving to Oklahoma to pursue graduate studies at Oklahoma State University. She earned a Master’s degree in Animal Genetics in 2008 and went on to complete her clinical training in 2011. She has since worked as an emergency veterinarian in Oklahoma, providing compassionate care to pets in critical need. Dr. Pillai has a special interest in diagnostic imaging and ultrasound, which she values as vital tools in emergency medicine to help guide rapid and effective patient care. Outside of the clinic, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling both abroad and closer to home, and cultivating her love of gardening.
Dr. Chad Powers
Dr. Powers grew up in Owasso, Oklahoma, and graduated from Oklahoma State College of Veterinary Medicine in 2008. He spent his first few years of practice in Anchorage, Alaska, before coming back to Oklahoma. He fell in love with emergency medicine, and this has been his exclusive area of practice ever since. If not in the clinic, he is outdoors doing anything ranging from biking, hiking, or kayaking, and spending time with his Wife, Kristin, and their 2 kids.
Dr. Rachel Perteet
Originally from McAlester, Oklahoma, Dr. Rachel Perteet graduated from the Oklahoma State Center for Veterinary Specialties in 2011. She spent the first six years of her career outside the Dallas metroplex, working as a mixed-animal veterinarian. It was work in this practice that her interest in ultrasound began. Dr. Perteet then pursued a year-long training program in small animal abdominal ultrasound and echocardiography with Sound Eklin in 2017. The next few years were spent doing relief work at a variety of practices, including specialty emergency medicine, shelter medicine, vaccine clinics, and primary care hospitals across Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Oklahoma City became her home in 2018, and she has since had the opportunity to work with the local veterinary community. While providing mobile ultrasound and relief work at these practices, the idea for an urgent care hospital emerged. This new hospital strives to be “in between” the primary care doctor they see regularly and the emergency room. She has a passion for ultrasound, surgery, feline medicine, and minor emergencies.
Dr. Krystal Holley
Dr. Krystal Holley is a 2024 Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine graduate. For her first year out, she practiced at an emergency clinic in Oklahoma City before she joined the City Paws Team. Her goals are to further expand her skills in emergency medicine and provide compassionate care to all her patients. Her interests are small animal urgent and emergent care and clinical pathology. In her downtime, she enjoys time with family and friends, her six pets, participating in sports and martial arts, the outdoors during the cooler months, and reading books with a cup of tea. One of her favorite quotes is, “Problems happen for 5 reasons: to correct you, inspect you, direct you, protect you, and perfect you.”
Dr. Emily Davis
Originally from Shawnee, Oklahoma, Dr. Emily Davis graduated from Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2018. She went on to complete a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at BluePearl in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by a 1-year Small Animal Internal Medicine Residency at Oklahoma State. During that time, she discovered her true passion for emergency care.
Dr. Davis is particularly interested in the emergent management of trauma patients, respiratory emergencies, and endoscopic foreign body retrievals. She joined CityPaws Urgent Care to help provide timely, compassionate care for pets when they need it most. Outside of the clinic, Dr. Davis enjoys spending time with her husband, Dylan, and their two dogs and two cats. She can often be found outdoors gardening and hiking — or indoors curled up with a good book.
Dr. Joanna Brackett
Dr. Joanna Brackett was born and raised in Shallowater, Texas, a small town outside of Lubbock. She graduated from Oklahoma State University’s veterinary school in 2015 and continued living in Stillwater until 2017 as a mixed-animal veterinarian for the surrounding rural community. After leaving Stillwater, she worked as a relief Veterinarian for a variety of practices throughout Oklahoma and, temporarily, with an equine sports medicine specialty practice in southern Florida until 2018. She then worked as a primary care Veterinarian at a small animal and equine practice in Edmond, Oklahoma. In 2022, she left primary care to work full-time at City Paws Urgent Care, focusing on small animal urgent and emergent care. She is passionate about positive client-patient relationships and enjoys the pace and variety of cases in small-animal urgent and emergency care. In her downtime, she enjoys time with her family and pets, gardening, and anything outdoors as long as it is not too cold. She loves being part of the City Paws team and is excited to see it grow and the care it is able to provide the OKC metro and surrounding areas.
Dr. Shannah Rider
Bio Coming Soon!
Dr. Alexandria Schneider
Dr. Alexandria Schneider was born and raised in Oklahoma City. After graduating from high school, she attended Oklahoma State University and earned her bachelor’s degree in Animal Science in 2015. After graduation, she worked briefly at an equine breeding facility, then joined a small-animal clinic in Edmond, Oklahoma, as a veterinary assistant in 2016. However, becoming a veterinarian has always been her passion, and she continued her education at Oklahoma State University, earning her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 2022. She has developed a passion for internal medicine, surgery, and emergency medicine.
Our Philosophy: Teamwork and Transparency
At City Paws Emergency Care, we believe that quality emergency care comes from collaboration – not competition. Our veterinarians communicate openly with referring DVMs, ensuring shared decision-making and clear follow-up care plans.
Pet parents can expect straightforward guidance, honest communication, and a team that always puts their pet’s comfort and safety first.
Supporting Oklahoma’s Pets and Primary Care Veterinarians
We are proud to serve as a trusted emergency and urgent care partner for Oklahoma veterinarians, helping extend their reach after hours and on weekends. Our team is here to support the local veterinary community, ensuring that pets receive continuous, coordinated care even when their regular clinic is closed.
Expertise, Compassion,
and Dedication — Always
When emergencies happen, our veterinary team is ready. With round-the-clock availability, advanced medical capabilities, and a commitment to treating every pet like our own, City Paws Emergency Care is here — day or night — to serve Oklahoma’s pets and the families who love them.
If you would like to learn more about our doctors or discuss a referral, please contact us at (405) 342-0663 or help@okcitypaws.com.