Meet Our Team

Dr. Brunk lives with her husband, their three children, young dog (Titus) and old cat (Corriander). She highly values her faith, family and friends, and she spends her time outside of work homeschooling her kids, singing with the Blacksburg Master Chorale, and spending as much time outdoors as possible. Dr. Brunk works most weekends, but is hopeful that someday she will be able to have more fall weekends free for Hokie football! Go Hokies!

Dr. Roberts grew up knowing she wanted to be a vet starting around age 4. In high school, she worked at Olde Towne School for Dogs in the retail store and training. She worked for a professional dog handler and showed dogs in junior handling, conformation, and obedience in high school and college. She started working at a vet’s office in college and worked in both general practice and an ER. She graduated in 2001 from Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia and currently serves as the Medical Director. She loves all animals but loves seeing the unconditional love between dogs and their people. She is thrilled that she can help animals in any way since they give so much to the human race. Dr. Roberts is married and lives on a small farm. She loves spending time outdoors and with the animals. She has four dogs (2 Goldendoodles brigade and 2 livestock guardian dogs), a barn cat, goats, sheep, and lots of chickens.

Dr. Hampden-Smith was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She knew that she wanted to be a veterinarian from the age of 4 years old. Throughout her life, she helped on her uncle’s dairy farm in England, worked with numerous large and small animal veterinarians, and trained horses in dressage. She attended college just outside of Chicago, IL at Lake Forest College where she earned a BA in Biology and Spanish. She was also captain of the equestrian team throughout college. Also, she volunteered and worked at local kennels, zoos, and hospitals. Dr. Hampden-Smith earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Washington State University in 2018. With love for hiking and the outdoors, she moved to Roanoke with her fiancé to work at EVS.

Dr. Hampden-Smith and her fiancé have two dogs, Chili and Donuts, a hedgehog, and five cats. When not at work, she enjoys running, hiking, kayaking, and anything outdoors with her fiancé and dogs. Dr. Hampden-Smith is excited to be joining the EVS team.

Dr. Wilkinson was born in Connecticut and raised in Concord, New Hampshire. She received her bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University in 2012 where she then received training and began working as a veterinary technician at a mixed animal practice in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her journey brought her back east to continue working as a vet tech until she was accepted into the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, DVM Class of 2021. Outside of work Dr. Wilkinson enjoys spending time with family and friends, hiking, crafting, dancing whenever she can, exploring new places, trying new foods, and above all spending time with her heeler dogs.

Dr. Barnes grew up in Arlington, VA, and always had a love for animals. She was raised with cats in her family and one of her first words was “kitty”. She knew she wanted to become a veterinarian when she saved a baby bird at the bus stop in elementary school.

She graduated from James Madison University in 2001 with a biology major. After graduating from the veterinary school at Virginia Tech in 2008, she moved to Richmond where she practiced in a small animal and exotics clinic and then an emergency clinic.

In 2014, she moved to Smith Mountain Lake to be closer to her parents and began working at a local veterinary practice. She kept in touch with her emergency medicine calling by serving relief shifts here at EVSS. When the opportunity to join this team arose, she was grateful to become a part!

Outside of the ER, Anna enjoys traveling, cooking, making art, and gardening. She has a heart for senior pets, adopting several to give them a place to “grow old, fat and happy”. She is a self-proclaimed “band nerd”, loves music, and plays piano. Professional interests include surgery and exotic species care.

Dr. Garvey has enjoyed working in emergency since graduating, and has a passion for trauma, surgery, and wound management. She’s also dedicated to rescue work and has developed an addiction to bringing home strays. Dr. Garvey lives in Christiansburg with her two year old daughter and her herd of rescue pets: Milk-a genetic mess of a German Shepherd; Selsun-an always trembling Chihuahua mix; Lilly&Rosie-the old ladies/mini poodles; three cats-Jameson, Blackie Wallace, and Ketones; and Clarinse-a ball python. Outside of work and rescue, Dr. Garvey enjoys writing, hiking, running, baking, and napping with her family.

When she was 20 years old she moved to Roanoke, Virginia to be closer to her family. Soon after moving to Roanoke, she got a job at an animal hospital in Salem, VA and stayed there for 11 years. In August of 2014, she decided to join the EVS family full time.

In her spare time, she enjoys watching stand up comedy, listening to podcasts, bottle feeding kittens, pet sitting and reading. She is a huge Aerosmith fan and has seen them 17 times live. She has met Steven Tyler as well! (photos available upon request!). She has 5 cats and a dog and is our resident “cat whisperer”!

Angela has been a part of the team at EVS since 2001. She is originally from Roanoke City and now resides in beautiful Franklin County with her husband and 2 sons. They have two dogs, Pokey and Eggnog, and their daughter recently left for the Marine Corps. She graduated with a B.S. in Biology from Virginia Tech in December 2000, and received her degree in veterinary technology from St. Petersburg College Florida in May of 2003. Her interests include playing piano for her church’s praise team, camping with her family, watching her two sons race dirt bikes, working out, and playing volleyball.