A Letter from Drs Combs and Hubert

June 18, 2010
Dear Friend of West Ridge,
Rebecca and I would like to personally thank you for your loyalty to our hospital. West Ridge has served Greeley and Weld County for over 40 years. When we purchased the practice from Dr. Emmett in 2001 we took this responsibility to our community very seriously. We live in Greeley, our children attend the schools and many times you will see our family and the hospital family participating in events throughout the area. When we purchased Dr. Hemerson's practice and the new building in 2006 we made a commitment to his clients and Greeley that we would provide the highest level of care to the animals and the people of our area. As a family owned practice we are dedicated to our clients, our community and our hospital family. With owning a veterinary practice for the long term there will always be change and we wanted to make our loyal clients aware of some of these changes at our hospital.

Dr. Durbin's New Direction

Dr. Natalie Durbin will be leaving the practice at the end of June to join a practice in Longmont. The location and practice structure will allow her to spend the time with her family that she desires. Dr. Durbin has been with us at West Ridge for many years and has taken great care of our clients and pets. The entire West Ridge family wishes her well and will miss her. All the client and patient records will be maintained at the hospital and there will be continuity of care with prescription refills and follow up of chronic problems. In addition Drs Combs, Hubert and Ebner have made changes in their appointment scheduling to make themselves even more available to our clients on a daily basis for wellness and urgent care.

As a reminder we are available from 8AM to 9PM during the week, 8AM to 5PM Saturday and 9AM to 1PM on Sundays for routine appointments, urgent care, boarding, and prescription medicine and food pickups. We continue to expand our urgent care hours as the demand from our clients has increased. We strive to be of service to our clients and the animals of Weld County.

Dr. Singleton's Recovery and Return

Dr. Deb Singleton has been with us for 2 years and in March of this year had a rare and specific type of stroke that tends to affect younger people. It has primarily affected her balance center and a full recovery is predicted. She has been at home for several weeks now and continues with daily therapy sessions. She appreciates your thoughts and prayers and can't wait to return to work! She has started the process of re-acclimating to the hospital and participated in our weekend long team training session June 5th and 6th. We look forward to her return sometime at the end of June or early July.

An Old Friend Joins the West Ridge Team

Dr. Jody Engel has been filling in for Dr. Singleton during her recovery and we are so happy to announce that she will be joining the team on a more full time basis. Dr. Engel was a classmate of Dr. Ebner during veterinary school at CSU and has practiced in Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado. She has owned a practice in Evergreen and knows what it means to be dedicated to her clients and their pets. She, her husband and 2 children live just south of Greeley. Dr. Engel's special interests include acupuncture, dentistry and preventative/ wellness medicine. She has been providing wellness and urgent care for us in the evenings and some weekends and will be performing surgery and dentistry on Tuesday starting in July.

In addition to the doctor changes, we have just completed the hiring and training process of several new veterinary nurses and assistants to make your pets office visit or surgical/ inpatient visit more comfortable and easy for the both of you. Our commitment to team continuing education programs ensures that the level of care at West Ridge will always remain at the highest level for an accredited hospital. We thank you for your loyalty, your kind words and your patronage. We continue to grow and will always be here to provide the best of veterinary care.

Sincerely,

Dr. Colin Combs
Dr. Rebecca Hubert
And the Rest of the West Ridge Team