William Allen, DVM

^{Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine}

^{Bio coming soon.}

Steph Harrier, DVM

^{Service Chief, Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency & Critical Care}

Dr. Steph Harrier is the Service Chief and a Clinical Assistant Professor for Emergency & Critical Care at the Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine of Rowan University. They double-majored in Biology and Chemistry, graduating Cum Laude from Hope College. Following that, Dr. Harrier earned a DVM from Michigan State University before coming to New Jersey to complete a Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Rotating Internship at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital. For the past thirteen years, Dr. Harrier has been in private practice at specialty and emergency hospitals in Philadelphia, three of which were in the role of Emergency Service Head and six as Medical Director.

Dr. Harrier shares a home with a wife and daughter, two cats (Zulu and Barbecue), and a dog named Bellini. In their free time, Dr. Harrier likes to read, maintain flowers from spring to fall, play piano, and weightlift.

Cheryl Harvey, DVM

^{Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine}

^{Bio coming soon.}

Arielle Higgins, DVM, MPH

^{Clinical Instructor, Emergency Medicine}

Dr. Arielle Higgins is a Clinical Instructor in the Emergency department. She obtained her BS in Animal Sciences from the University of Maryland in 2013, then graduated Summa Cum Laude from Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2018. Dr. Higgins continued her education to earn a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Minnesota and values a One Health approach to medicine. She completed a small animal rotating internship at Oradell Animal Hospital.

Her special interests include pediatric emergencies, feline urinary obstructions, and polytrauma cases.

Dr. Higgins and her husband have three variably sized dogs and two cats who rule the house. In her free time, she plays in a tennis league, enjoys hiking with the pups, and is an avid reader.

Barbara Maton, DVM, DACVECC

^{Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency & Critical Care}

Dr. Barbara Maton obtained her Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of North Florida Magna Cum Laude, and her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Florida Cum Laude.  During her studies, she worked as a veterinary nurse in veterinary hospitals including the ICU at the veterinary teaching hospital at the University of Florida. After veterinary school, she completed a heavily emergency-and-critical-care-focused rotating Internship at SouthPaws Veterinary Specialists and Emergency Center in Fairfax, Virginia. Intrigued with Emergency and Critical Care following internship, she accepted a position as an Emergency Doctor at AVETS outside of Pittsburgh, PA, in a busy referral hospital working alongside four Emergency and Critical Care (ECC) specialists and a residency program in ECC. After two years in this saturated environment, Dr. Maton followed her passion in ECC and decided to pursue a residency in Emergency and Critical Care at AVETS, where the program and caseload had proven strong.

Following residency, she joined a referral hospital in Delaware, where she was the first ECC specialist and helped raise the level of medicine and pioneer the ECC service. Since then she has spent years in busy referral practices in NJ developing ECC services, including roles as Medical Director, Chief Medical Officer, and VETCOT Trauma Lead for large leading referral hospitals in New Jersey. She has also led Biosecurity and Protocol teams, as well as educational events for new and established veterinarians. In her work, she has collaborated with other specialists, and developed and grew a new 24-hour specialty referral hospital. Dr. Maton values teamwork, collaboration, a high level of medicine, continued learning, teaching, and strives to encourage that within hospital teams. She also enjoys supporting hospital growth and evolution, including key roles in biosecurity, protocols, hospital certifications, and blood donor programs.   

Dr. Maton is excited to join the team at Shreiber School of Veterinary medicine. She is passionate about CPR medicine, electrolyte derangements, trauma, and research, and enjoys hosting wetlabs to encourage hands-on learning and practice. When she is not saving fur-family lives and growing and developing referral hospitals, she has fun with family activities, outdoor activities, gardening, and travelling. She enjoys her home with two vivacious children, supportive husband, retired Labrador, two crazy cats, challenging beta fish, and curious back-yard chickens.

Melanie Repella, DVM, Practice Limited to Critical Care

^{Clinical Instructor, Emergency & Critical Care}