Florida Animal Care Punta Gorda Fl
About Us
Dr. R.A. Simoneaux, D.V.M.
Dr. Simoneaux was born and raised in Florida and developed a love for animals at a very young age. His family always had several pets and his mother showed great concern for their welfare. This concern was not lost on her children and Dr. Simoneaux decided in High School to pursue veterinary medicine. He started working for a veterinarian in his junior year of high school as a kennel technician. Within a year he had gotten a second job at Sea World of Orlando as an animal care technician and had been promoted to veterinary assistant at the animal hospital. He continued in this capacity throughout high school and community college, adding a third job at the local veterinary emergency hospital on weekends.
He attended the University of Florida for the completion of his pre-veterinary curricula. During this time he also worked in the neo-natal foal unit at the veterinary college in Gainesville caring for pre-mature foals, and worked in a research lab on a DNA cloning project.
Dr. Simoneaux attended the University of Florida Veterinary College for his veterinary degree and graduated in 1990. Upon Graduation, Dr. Simoneaux took a position as staff veterinarian and executive director of Care and Rehabilitation of Wildlife (C.R.O.W) on Sanibel Island, Florida. During this tenure at the helm of C.R.O.W., he completely oversaw the medical and surgical care of a wide variety of patients, from owls to bald eagles, raccoons, alligators, bobcats and all other native wild animals. Despite the rewards and challenges of wildlife medicine, Dr. Simoneaux missed working with companion animals such as dogs and cats.
After leaving C.R.O.W., Dr. Simoneaux entered private practice at a multi-doctor practice in Cape Coral. He followed this with a year as an emergency clinician in Ft. Myers and Sarasota.
Dr. Simoneaux has been in practice in Charlotte County for over 20 years and is married to his childhood sweetheart, Basia. They have a full family life with twin girls in college, five dogs, and a cat who insisted on joining the crew.
Both are thrilled to live in beautiful southwest Florida with its proximity to the ocean, year-round tennis and now…pickle ball.
Dr. Simoneaux loves what he does and strives every day to improve the standard of care for his patients and helping to improve the quality of life for each of them and their families.
Staff
Ryan Williams
Practice Manager
Ryan is a Port Charlotte native, born and raised. She started working in the veterinary field in August of 2000, when she started working for Dr. Simoneaux. Never did she think she would love veterinary medicine so much. She loves going to work! Ryan has had all kinds of animals since childhood. They have always been her passion. She currently has one naked kitty (a sphynx) named Skeeter Bug. In her spare time, she's a complete beach bum and loves looking for shark teeth!
Lilly Langdon
Administrative Assistant and Social Media Consultant
Lilly started working at New Hope this summer and now manages New Hope's social media platforms! Growing up with many pets, thanks to her step-dad Dr. Simoneaux, Lilly began her love for animals at an early age. While she's always been known to be a dog person, her family's cat, Alligator, has converted her into a dog AND cat lover (just don't tell the dogs).
Emily Varnam
veterinary assistant
Emily was born and raised in Punta Gorda, Florida. She has always had a passion for animals, as she grew up, her family always had all sorts of animals. Emily's best friend is her pit bull mix named Bourbon. She started working at New Hope Pet Hospital in March of 2019. She started as a kennel assistant and is now veterinary assistant working on her technician certification.
Patricia Gauthier
Veterinary Assistant
Pattie was born in California and lived there until she was in her 20s, then moved to Kentucky, where her mother was raised. She moved to Florida in 2000 and started her journey working with animals at the Animal Welfare League. She then came to New Hope Pet Hospital. After 11 years, she went back to the Animal Welfare League for a few years, then came back to New Hope Pet Hospital in March 2020. She currently has a rescue maltese name Penny and 2 rescue cats, named Gomez and John Snow. Pattie says "I consider myself a dog person but can not live my life without a cat."
Kela Stevens
Receptionist
Kela moved to Florida from Kentucky in 2014 and quickly became a cat mom. After starting her journey with a tabby named Baylee and a Calico named Sally she fell in love with her first Sphynx- Kelpie. She's now officially entered crazy cat mom status adding Edie, Jupie and Georgie. After years of being a client and having Dr. Simoneaux take care of all her fur and naked babies Kela started working in the front office and couldn't be happier. While she misses working from home, where she got to spend all day with her kitties, she enjoys getting to meet each of our clients and being a part of their New Hope experience.
Florida Animal Care Punta Gorda Fl
Source: https://www.newhopepethospital.com/about-us/
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