BLAIR ANIMAL HOSPITAL - Key Persons
Dr. Harbaugh grew up in Portage, PA. Her love and passion for animals was obvious from a young age, frequently caring for nearby stray cats.
Dr. Harbaugh received her undergraduate degree from Clarion University of Pennsylvania in 2016 and went on to receive her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from The Ohio State University in 2021.
In her spare time, Dr. Harbaugh enjoys bowling, golfing, camping, painting, and playing with her family pets, Duncan (Westie) and Max (cat).
Dr. Winkler is a nice German girl who hails originally from NYC. Her quest for education led her to several exotic and glamorous locales including: the North Bronx, Northern Vermont, and Manhattan, Kansas ("The Little Apple"). After obtaining her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Kansas State University in 2006, she completed a one year internship at a clinic on the central coast of California, where she met her husband and obtained one of their cats, Opal. They stayed out there for three more years following the completion of her internship. Deciding they were sick of great weather, fresh avocados and phenomenal wineries, they picked up and moved to the bustling metropolis that is Altoona in 2010, where they obtained the second of their cats, Lucy Fur.
In her rampant spare time, Dr. Winkler effortlessly balances mild obsessions with reading, knitting, spinning, quilting, bread baking and gardening with the demands of chasing her two rambunctious toddlers. Together with her husband and said toddlers, she is overly fond of ridiculously long road trips squashed into too-short weekends, and dreams of going further abroad whenever possible, or taking a nap.
Josh Nearhoof joined our team in April 2018, and has been in the veterinary field since 2009. Josh enjoys all aspects of being a technician, but he has a special interest in nutrition. He currently is a Hill's Veterinary Nutritional Advocate and a Royal Canin Nutritional Counselor. Josh currently resides in the Duncansville area with his dog, Rosie, and cockatiel, Bella. Outside the clinic Josh enjoys hiking, playing tennis, raising chickens, and beekeeping.