Meet Our Team

Best Friends’ Veterinary Hospital in Gaithersburg, Maryland provides compassionate attention to every one of our valued patients.

Victoria Mary Hollifield - Veterinary Hospital Victoria M Hollifield, DVM

I am the owner and veterinarian of Best Friends' Veterinary Hospital.

I opened my practice in 1992.

Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be a veterinarian.

I graduated from UMUC, with honors, in 1984 and from Tuskegee University in 1988, as a member of the Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor Society. I did an externship program at Zoo Atlanta between my 2nd and 3rd year of vet school. I worked at NIH from 1987 to 1997, starting as a rodent and rabbit colony veterinarian at the Veterinary Resources Branch of the National Center for Research and Resources. I eventually became the Animal Program Director at the National Center for Human Genome Research. While commissioned officer at NIH, I worked part-time in several private practices.

I am an avid lover of all animal life and work with animal rescue operations for Montgomery County as well with wildlife at Second Chance Wildlife Sanctuary.

My husband, Bill Ponton, and I, have a wonderful son, Grant.

Lisa Perez, DVM

For those of you wondering why I look familiar, I have been a part of the Best Friends’ Team since May of 2007, when I started here as a Veterinary Assistant.

In 2009, I graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a Bachelor of Science in Animal and Avian Sciences. Then in 2014, I earned my veterinary degree from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.

Shortly after graduation, I completed a one year rotating Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Internship in Greensboro, North Carolina. I worked for a time at a mixed animal practice in Richmond, VA prior to moving back to Maryland to be closer to friends and family.

I am thrilled to be back on the Best Friends’ Veterinary Hospital Team as of September 2016!I currently have a mischievous but loveable, DSH/Siamese mix named, Mr. Reno Renegade.

Dina Roth Phlek - Veterinary Hospital

Dina Roth Phlek

Office Manager

Bookkeeper

I have been with Best Friends Veterinary Hospital since 2003.

I have an A.A. degree in accounting.

I enjoy being part of Best Friends' team because I love animals.

I am a proud mother of 2 beautiful children, Philip and Erica.

Sabrina Kirby

Assistant Manager

Lead Veterinary Technician

I have been a veterinary technician since 2007 but have been a part of Best Friends' team since 2012.

I love working at Best Friends' because every day is a new experience. I grew up loving animals and always knew I wanted to work with them. As soon as I stepped foot in an animal hospital, I knew this was what I wanted to do with my life. I especially enjoy working with exotic pets!

I am a proud bunny momma of 2 rabbits, Ziggy & Cheekz & 1 French Bulldog, Mia Lynn

My fiance, Grant, and I welcomed our first child, (a baby girl named Paige) into the world April of 2017