Veterinarian and Owner
When her father was earning his economics degree from Oklahoma State University, Dr. Kellie Holmstrom and her brothers would visit the livestock barns on campus to see the animals. One day when she was only five years old, a team of veterinarians and students rushed into a nearby stall to deliver a calf. Young Dr. Holmstrom watched the whole thing from behind a gate—she was hooked! It didn’t take her long to realize that veterinary medicine was the perfect career choice for her.
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After graduating high school here in Marquette, Dr. Holmstrom joined the United States Army. She earned a degree in civil engineering from Michigan State University, and was put in charge of the chemical, nuclear, and biological training for the state of Michigan’s Army Reserve and National Guard units. Following her service, Dr. Holmstrom headed to MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine, spending a month with a veterinary unit in Kaiserslautern, Germany for her clinical studies, then graduated with her Doctorate in 1985. After working in West Branch and Farmington, during which time she became engaged and married, she spent a year at a small-animal practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania while her husband completed a fellowship at a local medical hospital.
