Alissa Anderson | Anderson, SC
Alissa Anderson
Owner, Faithful Hearts Mobile Vet
Dr. Alissa Anderson grew up in south-central Texas. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Psychology from Hendrix College. In 2014 she graduated from Oklahoma State University with her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. She then started her veterinary career as an equine veterinarian at a referral practice in North Texas. From there she transitioned to a mixed animal practice, where she discovered that she really enjoyed working with all kinds of animals, including small animals!
Being a mixed animal vet, she was used to making farm/house calls and quickly found out just how much in home end-of-life care can mean to families. Alissa next practiced with a small mobile veterinary practice learning how best to provide exceptional euthanasia and hospice services to dogs and cats. In early 2020, she moved to the upstate of South Carolina to found Faithful Hearts and provide these much needed services, and she is proud to have been the first veterinarian to provide in home hospice veterinary care locally. Alissa believes as a doctor one should always strive to learn and improve skills through continuing education and training.
She has completed advanced training in companion animal euthanasia, including especially difficult euthanasias, and is CAETA-certified. Dr. Alissa has also trained/received certification on understanding the human-animal bond, providing pet loss grief support, and veterinary herbal medicine. Starting July 2022, Alissa is currently completing a 15-month course for certification in veterinary end-of-life care including hospice & palliative care and euthanasia (there are only 229 of these end-of-life specialist veterinarians in the world currently) through the IAAHPC!