Dr. John Swingle

Dr. John Swingle joined Countryside Veterinary Clinic in 1985.   He grew up on a dairy, beef, and fruit farm in southeastern Ohio and graduated from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Swingle cares for both large and small animals and has a special interest in ear and skin problems in dogs.

Dr. Swingle and his wife, Teri, live on a small hobby farm with all of their critters.  Their 3 children - Scott, Todd and Liz - have all grown up and moved away but visit regularly. 

Dr. Swingle has several pets at the farm and his horses, Cowboy, Gunner and Jeb (Dr. Swingle's horses) enjoy eating and occasional riding trips. 

Dr. Swingle's hobbies include working on his hobby farm, riding his horses, camping and traveling.  He is also an avid orienteering fan and participant.  If he has a compass he is in good shape while he's out on one of his horses.  He is a fan of the Ohio State University football and basketball teams along with the Green Bay Packers.

Dr. Brian J Keller

Dr. Brian Keller was born and raised in Medford, Minnesota. He attended pre-veterinary medicine at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls. While there he was involved in various clubs as well as varsity wrestling. He entered Veterinary School at the University of Minnesota graduating in 1990. He has been a member of the Countryside Veterinary Clinic team ever since and is a partner with Dr. Swingle. His veterinary interests include orthopedic and soft tissue surgery, dermatology, and ophthalmology.   While Dr. Keller spends most of his time in the clinic working with small animal clients, he also enjoys working with our farming community.

Dr. Keller and his wife, Debbie, have 2 children, Jon and Kathryn.  Debbie is an 8th grade Language teacher in River Falls, Jon and Kat both attend the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Keller and Debbie have a full house of pets:

• Zeus - Springer Spaniel that loves to spin circles.
• Hope - Yorkshire Terrier that loves to come to work with Dr. Keller.  She sits patiently in her little bed waiting for him to scoop her up and take her with him wherever he goes.  Hope also treed a bear once and loves to tell on the cats at home.
• Harli - their newest addition - Yellow Lab puppy who is growing every day!
• Mikey, Tiger & Pebbles - cat that are all littermates.  Tiger loves a lap to sit on.

Dr. Keller enjoys most outdoor activities including hunting, fishing, gardening, and water skiing.  He also helps out with the youth wrestling programs in New Richmond.  Dr. Keller can often be found spending time with his family  and going to various sporting events and activities that his children participate in.

Dr. Meredith Smith

Dr. Meredith Smith grew up in Roseville, MN. She attended the University of Wisconsin, River Falls where she studied Animal Science and Biology. She then attended veterinary school at the University of Minnesota graduating in 2000. She joined the Countryside Veterinary Clinic staff as an associate veterinarian in June of 2000.  Her medical interests include ultrasound, radiology, medical cases and nutrition, and llama and alpaca medicine.

Dr. Smith and her husband Mark, have three school age children - Lauren, Carson and Erika. 

They share their home with 5 pets.  Gypsy is a Boxer/Coonhound mix who is not very bright (?) but they love her anyway!  She seems to be on the lazy side, too.  And Lilly is a young English Setter who has livened up the household.  Naboo is the newest addition to the family and she is an English Setter, too.   Misty and WIndy - very fat guinea pigs -  squeal at any sign of food. 

In her spare time, Dr. Smith enjoys swimming, scuba diving, photography, spending time with family, camping, hiking, or any other outdoor activity.  Her favorite sports teams are the MInnesota Twins, and Gopher Basketball.

Dr. Erica Dolven-Kolle

Dr. Erica is originally from St. Joseph, MN and attended the University of Minnesota - Morris for her undergraduate education.  She then attended Washington State University - College of Veter...inary Medicine and graduated last month. 

Dr. Erica has special interests in preventative medicine, internal medicine and small ruminants (goats, sheep, etc).

In her spare time, Dr. Erica enjoys traveling, camping, water sports and reading.

There are several pets in her household - Lucy, an 11-month-old Doberman along with 2 cats, Whitman and Morris.

Dr. Erica is looking forward to meeting our clients and their pets - so stop by and meet her any time you are in the area - or call and make your appointment with her.