Tues: 7:30am-6pm*
Staff Learning: 12pm-2pm
Wed – Fri: 7:30am–6pm
Sat: 8am–5pm
Sun: Closed
Tues: 7:30am-6pm*
Staff Learning: 12pm-2pm
Wed – Fri: 7:30am–6pm
Sat: 8am–5pm
Sun: Closed
Our Doctors
Our Specialized Veterinarians in Phoenix Are Ready to Help
Dr. Bryan Neidigh
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Dr. Bryan Neidigh moved to Phoenix in 2002 and opened his Desert Hills Animal Clinic in July 2003. He grew up in Palmyra, PA and is a 1994 honors graduate in Veterinary Medicine from Washington State University in Pullman, WA. He received his undergraduate degree in Biology from Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA. Honors earned in college include scholarships, 1987 Blue Key Honor Society and 1990 Wrestling All-American & Academic All-American.
Before moving to Phoenix, Dr. Neidigh worked at A-Plus Animal Hospitals of Reno, NV from 1996 to 2002. In this practice, Dr. Neidigh developed his strategies in practicing in a high volume clinic without compromising the quality of care for each patient.
Dr. Neidigh’s interests include coaching youth football, golfing, fishing, hiking and spending time with his family.
Dr. Cheryl Rahal
Founding Veterinarian | Internal Medicine
Dr. Rahal also came to Phoenix in 2002 with her husband, Dr. Neidigh, and their daughter, Reanne.
Dr. Rahal received a BS in Zoology from the University of Washington, Seattle in December 1988, a doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Washington State University in Pullman, WA in May 1994 and earned Board Certification from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in August 1999 after completing a 3-year residency program in Large Animal Medicine at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of University of California-Davis. Dr. Rahal’s specialties focused in on equine and camelid perinatalogy, exercise physiology, and equine geriatrics.
In 2004 Dr. Rahal shifted her career focus to fit the needs of her family and became a small animal practitioner. Dr Rahal practiced in small animal emergency and critical care from 2004 to 2007, utilizing her knowledge of the critically ill patient.
Then the Neidighs adopted their son, Samuel, from Ethiopia, so Dr. Rahal joined the team, part-time, at Desert Hills Animal Clinic. In 2017, as the needs for veterinary care increased with the growing north valley, Dr. Rahal founded The Pet Wellness Center.
Currently, Dr. Rahal is seeing patients at Desert Hills Animal Clinic and continues to enjoy caring for cats, dogs, miniature horses, goats, sheep, pot-bellied pigs, llamas, alpacas or anything else that can walk in the door. (We’ll leave the slithering and flying to Dr. Neidigh.)
In her “free” time Dr. Rahal enjoys hiking with her 2 labs, Mabel and Legend, and Jack Russel mix Tootsie; riding her horses; attending her son’s sporting events; and spreading the good news of Jesus.
Dr. Heather Fowler
Associate Veterinarian | Internal Medicine & Geriatric
Dr. Fowler’s professional interests mainly center around internal medicine, and she has a soft spot for geriatric patients with all their various metabolic diseases. Although her professional training has been in dog and cat medicine almost exclusively, she raised and showed dairy goats growing up and is willing to work with goat owners as needed to try and help their small ruminant critters.
Dr. Fowler is married (to a CSU vet school classmate) and they have 3 children, 1 boy and 2 girls. Her family, their numerous critters (2 dogs, 2 cats, 7 chickens, 5 peafowl, 1 horse, 1 pony, 1 burro, 3 fire belly toads, 2 poison dart frogs, 1 desert tortoise, lots of fish), and her church service keep her plenty busy when not at the clinic. For fun, she loves to read, hike, bike, and ride her horse – though she rarely, if ever, gets to do all those things in the same week!
Dr. Raemi Gipson
Associate Veterinarian | Soft Tissue Surgery & Internal Medicine
Dr. Gipson relocated to Cave Creek in the summer of 2022 with her significant other, Evan, who is an Equine Veterinarian. They brought along their two horses, Bertha and Kid, and their three dogs, Lou, Tuck, and Carlos. In her free time you can find her gardening, riding her horses, or hiking a new trail with her pups!