Our Team

Dr. Kathy Miller was born and raised on the Palouse and is very happy to have her family here! She completed her undergraduate career at the University of Idaho and graduated from Washington State University for Veterinary Medicine in 2002. She did move south to attend school but returned for her husband’s job.

Dr. Miller really enjoys the small-town feel of Moscow and Pullman with the strong influence from the universities. She, her husband Jim, and their four children (Zachary, Sydney, Nathaniel, and Brianna) love the plethora of outdoor activities available on the Palouse.

The greatest influence in Dr. Miller’s career would be Dr. & Mrs. Kubasch, who she purchased the practice from!

Alicia Newcomb is one of our customer care specialists! She comes to us from Virginia Beach, Va and moved to Idaho in 2023 to be closer to friends and family. Her and her fiance’ Drake have a 6 year old Goldendoodle named Charlie and a 7 year old cat named Sigge. She loves to keep our staff well fed with all of her baked goods!

Katelyn was born and raised in Meridian, ID. She relocated to Moscow in June 2023 with her husband for the forestry jobs available, for him. Katelyn has worked in vet med since January 2022 and loves, more than anything, the clients she gets to interact with every day. For pets, she has two tarantulas at home (Blueberry and Eowyn), and she plans to add more furry friends (with four legs) to the crew soon.

Noell was born in San Diego grew up a Navy brat traveling the world and had the opportunity to live in different countries and states within the US.  She is married to husband David and has two beautiful children. They moved to Idaho in 2005 and have loved living in Idaho. And moving to Moscow in 2010 resulted in them falling in love with the Moscow Community and surrounding mountains and fields.

Noell has worked in Veterinary medicine for nearly 20 years.  She attended Southwestern Community College in Chula Vista CA and then on to Pima Medical Institute in Chula Vista CA for the Veterinarian Assistant program and graduated with Academic Honors. Noell loves learning and teaching Clients. Noell says, “I have been blessed to work in several clinics and meet wonderful people. Some even become friends and love their pets not in a clinic setting. Choosing this career path has been rewarding to me and my family in so many ways and I am blessed. And being a part of PAWS has been one of the BEST choices in my life.”

Rebecka is originally from Arlington, Texas where she attended grade school and began her higher education. She graduated in 2020 from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas with a Bachelor’s in Biology and a focus in Animal Behavior. She began her career in veterinary medicine working at a local non-profit humane society during her undergraduate studies and has been in the field for almost seven years since then. Rebecka moved to the inland northwest in December of 2020 with her husband Ian to begin his PhD candidacy at WSU, and she was quickly hired on at PAWS as a technician in February of 2021. Rebecka and Ian share their home with their senior dog (Jayden) and their two cats (Juniper and Joule) who help to keep their lives extra busy and interesting. Rebecka is usually hidden in a scrub cap and mask, busy in our treatment area with surgery patients as one of our anesthesia technicians, and loves providing excellent care to all of our PAWS patients!

 Rian is from Spokane and moved to Pullman for school at Washington State University, where she graduated in 2023 and loved life on the Palouse enough to stick around.  Rian has two cats named Calcifer and Howl.  Rian is approaching her fourth year in vet med and hopes to become a veterinarian! In her free time she likes to crochet and work on classes and certificates to further my knowledge.