Dr. Andrew Pace
Dr. Andrew Pace joined Barkfield Animal Hospital in July, 2018. Dr. Pace was born and raised in Douglasville, GA, which is also where he was working as an associate veterinarian since 2013. He graduated from UGA School of Veterinary Medicine in 2013 with a concentration in small animals. His focus of practice is in small animal medicine and surgery.
Dr. Lisa Nilsen
Dr. Lisa Nilsen is a graduate of the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine, Class of 1989. She and her husband Steve (also a veterinarian, UGACVM 1989) have 2 adult children; Lindsey is a UGA graduate and is currently completing her first year in law school in Charleston, SC, while Matthew, a GA Tech graduate (house divided 😄), completed his Computer Science degree with honors and will be employed as a Software Development Engineer with Microsoft in Redmond, WA.
Dr. Amy Crutchfield
Dr. Crutchfield is a proud double dawg earning both her Bachelor of Science and Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia. After graduation, Dr. Crutchfield practiced small animal and emergency medicine in Tallahassee for nearly four years. Dr. Crutchfield returned to Georgia to start a family in 2018 and joined the Barkfield team in 2024.
She spends her free time baking, cheering on the Georgia Bulldogs, and exploring North Georgia with her husband, Tripp, two kids, and rescue dogs, Jessie and Riley (both named after Disney characters).
-- "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, hand of man can achieve." ~ Napoleon Hill
