Dr. Ness joined the team at Tavares Animal Hospital in 2020. She is a Tampa native and attended the University of South Florida for her B.S. in Biology and then earned her DVM from Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Ness’s professional interests include internal medicine, cytology, dentistry and exotics. Her personal hobbies include baking, tending to her many houseplants, reading and SCUBA diving with her husband. She has one human child and four fur children – two dogs named Olive and Magnolia and two cats named Juno and Finn.