He began private practice in Cary, North Carolina in the summer of 2004 before joining Coral Springs Animal Hospital, where he was the sole Cardiologist from 2006 to 2016. He left Coral Springs Animal Hospital in 2016 to start Sawgrass Veterinary Cardiology with the idea to expand the availability of specialized veterinary cardiology to all of Florida. He also strives to provide excellent and compassionate care to all his patients which is the core of Sawgrass Veterinary Cardiology’s mission statement.
Dr. Carpenter has been married for over 30 years, has three children, as well as two cats, and 3 dogs. He currently lives in Coral Springs Florida. In his off time, he enjoys family activities, scuba diving as well as training in Northern Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu.
Dr. John Hertzer grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before moving to Tampa, Florida to complete his undergraduate education at the University of South Florida. He then moved to Gainesville and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in 2020. While in veterinary school, he served as the Vice President of the student chapter of the ACVIM and published an abstract on the clinical usage of intravenous pimobendan. He then completed a rotating internship at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine. While at TAMU, he published a case report as well as a manuscript on the effects of body positioning on EKG measurements. Additionally he contributed to several other manuscripts while at TAMU.
Dr. Hertzer then completed a specialty internship in veterinary cardiology at Sawgrass Veterinary Cardiology and is beginning his 3 year residency with Sawgrass Veterinary
Cardiology. He firmly believes that client understanding of their pet’s disease is crucial to each patient’s long term survival and strives to educate owners about their pet’s healthcare plan.
Dr. Hertzer loves spending time at the beach, boating, and barbequing in his backyard. In the fall, he can be found cheering on the Gators or Steelers.
Marjorie was born in the country of Nicaragua and grew up in Miami Florida. When she was 19 years old she decided to join the United States Army. In the Army is where she found her passion in the veterinary field. Marjorie was a military veterinary technician and got to work hand in hand taking care of the military police working k-9’s. When she finished with the military she continued her passion as a veterinary technician in Lawton Oklahoma and Ft Hood Texas. She has worked as a general practice and Emergency technician for over 7 years. Then the opportunity opened to join the specialty world of Cardiology and joined the team of Sawgrass Veterinary Cardiology in July of 2018.
Marjorie has two younger sisters and has a 6 year old Pitbull/Boxer mix fur baby named Leia. In her spare time she enjoys to travel, spending time laying by the water and most of all spending quality time with Leia.
Stormi was born in Texas and raised on a farm. Growing up she had horses, dogs, cats, chickens, turtles, lizards, cows you name it. She has two dogs named Stella and Rocky. She loves her furbabies so much. One of her favorite hobbies is aggressive inline skating. She also loves to fish.
Carol divides her time between her full time ICU job and her duties with Sawgrass Veterinary Cardiology. She has always had a strong bond with animals and has known that she would be working in the field since she was very young. She has been working in the veterinary field since 1988 starting first in a small general practice then working her way up to Specialty/ICU medicine.
She has been focused on Cardiology since 2006 and has been working with Dr. Carpenter since 2009. She takes great pride in her ability to calm anxious patients and make them feel safe and sound in her care. Outside of work she enjoys listening to music, going to concerts, watching movies on her couch with her 5 cats Annie, Patches, Sassy, Henry and Milton.
Alejandra is from Medellin, Colombia. She has been in the Veterinary field for over 13 years. On her spare time she enjoys Jiu jitsu. She joined Sawgrass Veterinary Cardiology in February 2020.
Doris Hatch was born and raised in New Hampshire, and moved to Florida in 2016. She has a love and passion for animals, which gave her the determination to open United Dog Rescue with her son. They continue to own and operate it today. Doris came on board with Dr. Carpenter and his team in 2022 to pursue her desire for knowledge and experience in a specialized field. She is so blessed to have found such a wonderful team to pursue this desire!
Krystal was born in Miami county and raised in Broward Country, She’s the youngest child. Krystal has done JROTC since she was 10 and quickly learned how to take on leadership and responsibility. She has been working since she was 15 years old. From there she never stopped growing, learning and became manager of most of her jobs. Krystal has always been around animals her whole life, her first pet was a rabbit and from there she has had cats, dogs, and rabbits her whole life. Krystal joined SVC in October of 2022.
Krystal is a wife and mom of two children, Mia, and Mason, also dog mom of 5 dogs, Belle, Luna, Sky, Thor, and Rose. In her free time, she spends it with her family, travels to Tampa and tries to see new hidden places in Florida.
Dr. Ariel Fleischman is originally from Deerfield, a northern suburb of Chicago. She went to undergrad at the University of Minnesota where she received a Bachelors of Science in Animal Science with a pre-veterinary emphasis. She worked as a technician at a general practice clinic for 3 years before she was accepted at St. George’s University for vet school. She spent 3 years on the island of Grenada before traveling back to the University of Minnesota for 4th year clinical rotations. She graduated Summa Cum Laude and started working as a general practice vet for a few months in Chicago before starting her rotating small animal internship at Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston, MA.
Dr. Fleischman is starting at Sawgrass Veterinary Cardiology as the specialty intern. Her interest in cardiology started back in undergrad where she worked at a lab that implanted heart valves into sheep! She loves teaching and helping clients to understand exactly what is going on with their pet and why certain recommendations are being made. She is also very interested in minimally invasive procedures to correct congenital heart abnormalities. In her free time, she enjoys cooking and baking, reading, and spending time with her husband, 2 Yorkies, and 2 cats.
