Our dedicated staff believes that pets enrich our lives!We are fortunate to have two full time doctors on staff – Dr. Janet Batker, Hospital Director, and Dr. Amy Allen-Graves (see bios below).
Dr. Amy Allen, flanked by Dana Wells and Melissa Winspear.
OUR VETS - Dr. Jan Batker, DVM She graduated in 1985 with the first class admitted to the North Carolina
State University College of Veterinary Medicine, where she was inducted
in Phi Zeta, the Honor Society of Veterinary Medicine, and received the
Iams Speaking Award. In 1986 Dr. Jan completed an Internship in Small
Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Georgia. She entered
private practice the following year. A staff veterinarian at Lillington Veterinary Hospital since 1996, Dr. Jan became Hospital Director in January of 2000. She is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association (NCVMA), the American Veterinary Dental Association, the American Association of Feline Practitioners, and the Heartworm Society. She is currently serving on the County Animal Emergency Response Team, the Dangerous Dog Committee of Harnett County and is a past secretary for the Alumni Society of the Veterinary School and past Publications Chair for the NCVMA. She has two children, two dogs and two cats at the current time. She teaches Sunday School to children, and often volunteers to present talks related to the veterinary profession to young people. Dr. Amy Allen-Graves, DVM
She is married, has a son and her hobbies are church softball and walking (she enjoys exercising her dogs at Raven Rock State Park), although scrap booking has consumed a lot of her time lately. She is a member of the Antioch Baptist Church in Mamers and her professional affiliations are with the AVMA and NCVMA. Dr. Ed Samuels, DVM
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A native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Jan Batker has resided in North Carolina
since 1978. She earned her BS in Animal Science from Penn State in 1976,
where she was a member of the Intercollegiate Equestrian team. She working
in the Standardbred Racehorse Industry at Racetracks in the Northeast
and in Pinehurst for 2 year before becoming a research associate at Duke
University. 
A Harnett County native and a graduate of Western
Harnett High School, she received her undergraduate degree in Animal
Science from NC State, where she was active in the Pre-Veterinary and
Animal Science Clubs. She earned her D.V.M. from NCSU, graduating from
veterinary school in 1997. While in Veterinary school she was a member
of the student American Animal Hospital Association, and the Student
Chapters of the AVMA and Association of Bovine Practitioners. She has
been a staff veterinarian at Lillington Veterinary Hospital since 1998,
having previously practiced in Rockingham, but has been an employee
of Lillington Veterinary Hospital since her collegedays. 
You might meet Dr. Ed one day when you come into the clinic. He is not
on the staff full time but is frequently found working at Lillington
Veterinary Hospital. 
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