MEET OUR VETERINARIANS

Annika Frederickson, DVM

Dr. Annika Frederickson graduated from the VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 2003 with an equine concentration. She is most passionate about equine dentistry but also enjoys ophthalmology and general preventive medicine. She has her certification in acupuncture from the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society.

When Dr. Frederickson is not working, she is spending time with her family and pets. She enjoys riding horses with her two daughters, Annalisa and Abilene, watching her son Asher play soccer, or tending to her small farm with her husband, Bryan. They have four horses: Benson, Frank, Emmy, and Semper Fi, two dogs: Mallie and Gracie and a variable number of chickens.

Tyra Crowley, VMD

Dr. Crowley graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1996 with a concentration in equine medicine and surgery. Her veterinary interests involve equine sports medicine and include lameness evaluations, intra-articular treatments, supportive therapies, radiology, ultrasound, endoscopy, and prepurchase evaluations. Dr. Crowley has many years of experience in the disciplines of Hunters, Jumpers, Dressage, Foxhunters, and Racing (TBs and STBs).

Tyra is local to Chester County, growing up on Stillmeadow Farm in Malvern. She showed Pony Hunters successfully in her youth and attended Lafayette College (Easton, PA) for her BS in Biology where she competed on the school’s IHSA team and qualified for IHSA Nationals. While in vet school, Tyra enjoyed training OTTBs for new hunter careers. After enjoying being part of her daughters' equestrian successes, Tyra has transitioned to riding for fun with her Dutch Warmblood, Max. Tyra, her husband Joe, and their daughters, Norah and Maeve live in West Chester, PA along with Ginger, their adorable Norwich Terrier who is often along for a ride in the vet truck.

Dr. Lauren Klutchka, VMD

Dr. Klutchka graduated from the University of Pennsylvania school of veterinary medicine in 2012 with a focus on equine practice. She attended Penn State University with a major in Animal Sciences and a minor in Equine Studies. During that time she rode on the Penn State IHSA Equestrian Team.

Her veterinary interests include preventative care, reproduction, and dentistry. Dr. Klutchka also has an interest in equine acupuncture and is certified in Equine Acupuncture through Chi University in Florida. She is looking forward to integrating acupuncture services with Western medicine to enhance both sport horse performance and medicine cases. In her free time, you can find Dr. Klutchka at the barn with her OTTB gelding “Chucky”. She also lives with her rescue Shepherd-mix “Iris” and her cat ‘Ditto”.

MEET OUR STAFF

Halle O'Keefe

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Lisa Hornung

Meet our Certified Veterinary Technician Lisa. She graduated from Penn Foster in 2017.After many years of working with horses she took a small hiatus to work in the small animal field. Lisa was then drawn back to the equine side to work with Stillmeadow Equine in 2021. Lisa enjoys riding her Kentucky Mountain horse, Buddy, in her free time.

Kate Belnome

Kate joined the Stillmeadow team as a Veterinary Assistant in May of 2023. She grew up in Chester County and started riding Western at age 7. Kate then participated in local 4H Hunter/Jumper shows before heading to Penn State University to study Recreation Park Tourism/ Environmental Education. Upon graduating, she worked as a zookeeper at Philadelphia area zoos caring for exotic and domestic animals. Kate moved to Texas, became a horse trainer and competed off the track Arabians in endurance races. She now lives back in PA with her 3 rescue dogs, Duncan, Sage and Basil.

Nicole Morrison

Nicole joined the Stillmeadow team in Spring of 2024, however, previously worked in the office at a veterinary practice with Dr. Crowley and Dr. Frederickson. She grew up pleasure riding in Chester County and has worked in the equine field for 20+ years. Nicole has an extensive background in the administrative side of equine and human medicine. She lives in West Chester with her husband and son, along with her two French Bulldogs, Wendy and Kermit.

Justine Howell

Justine joined the Stillmeadow team in June of 2025 as the practice manager. She is a lifelong horsewoman and has a background in both retail and veterinary practice management. Justine has a Thoroughbred breeding operation in Chester Springs where she resides with her husband and two daughters.