About

Dr. Norsworthy

Dr. Gary D. Norsworthy has been in private practice for 48 years, including 23 in feline-only practice. He is the owner of Alamo Feline Health Center.

In addition to practice, he lectures frequently on feline diseases and is the editor and major author of seven feline textbooks. He is a board-certified feline specialist (one of only two in South Texas) and an Adjunct Professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University and the Western University of Health Sciences.

He received the 2020 Distinguished Career Achievement Award by the Texas Veterinary Medical Association. He has hosted over 100 students from veterinary schools across North America and from other countries. He and his wife Linda have been married for 52 years. They have 2 children and 4 grandchildren and live with two black cats.

Dr. Jen Lavallee

If you were a client during 2012-2014, you may recognize the face, as Dr. Lavallee was an associate doctor at Alamo Feline Health Center. At the time, she worked as Dr. Olson – her maiden name. She might have stayed on forever, but an opportunity to work with her father, who is also a feline veterinarian,arose, and she couldn’t pass it up. So, she went to Colorado, bought her father’s practice, and worked with her father as her employee! During this time, she also got married and had 2 awesome kids. But she and her husband felt San Antonio was home, so they made the decision to head south to Texas. She has taken a little time to be a stay-at-home mom with her kids, and this has honed her patience, flexibility, and sense of humor. �� Dr. Lavallee is thrilled to be back with the stellar team at Alamo Feline. She feels this is a special practice and somewhere that has both state of the art and state of the heart medicine.

She is a fourth-generation veterinarian, following in the footsteps of her father, grandfather, grandmother,and great-grandfather. Dr. Lavallee earned her BS in Microbiology from University of California, Davisin 2005, and her DVM degree from Cornell University in 2009. After graduation, she completed a small animal internship, worked on dogs & cats in general practice and emergency, and then settled into feline medicine/surgery for 9 years. She has completed advanced courses in feline ultrasound, laser surgery,nuclear medicine/radiation safety, and feline dentistry. Dr. Lavallee has written veterinary publications,edited chapters in the previous edition of Dr. Norsworthy’s Feline Patient textbook and been a speaker at national conferences. She loves learning and teaching and believes in practicing common sense medicine.

Dr. Lavallee enjoys hiking, about anything “sporty” and ice cream. While she appreciates that every cat is like a snowflake, special in their own way, she is always drawn to black cats thanks to her heart kitty, Samson, a black cat from the shelter that she had for over 15 years. He lived for 3.5 years after a lymphoma diagnosis thanks to protocols from Alamo Feline!

Dr. Allison Brunner

Dr. Allison Brunner grew up in Dayton, Ohio. She always had a passion for our feline friends, starting at a young age. When she was 10 years old, she found two kittens living in the storm drain at the end of her cul-de-sac. She brought them food and constantly visited them, so naturally they followed her home. She named them Tigger and Shadow. As the warmer months turned into Ohio’s fall and winter, they gradually moved from outside, into her garage, and finally into her house.

Dr. Brunner graduated from The University of Findlay in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in animal science. During her four years in Findlay, she played collegiate softball and was the starting second basemen in her Junior and Senior years. In 2020 she was accepted into Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine and made her journey down south. She joined a student-run foster-based rescue organization through Mississippi State called Homeward Bound. It specialized in working with kittens. She was able to help over 120 kittens find their forever homes. Two of those cats, Lana and Luna, found their forever home with her. Dr. Brunner’s interest in feline medicine grew throughout her involvement with Homeward Bound and during her time on clinical rotations at Mississippi State. By her Senior year she was known as the ‘Cat Lady” of her class. Her senior advisor recommended that she do a 4-week externship at Alamo Feline Health Center, so she could see firsthand what a feline-only practice looked like. Prior to that experience she was especially interested in working with horses. After about two weeks into her externship, she had already decided feline-only practice was in her future. She was amazed by the quality of care provided to the clients and patients at Alamo Feline Health Center and knew that this was a place where she could have a solid foundation in feline medicine, especially at the start of her career.

In her spare time, she likes to spend time with her cats, reading, crafting, and working out. She is learning how to speak Texan as she explores a state that is new to her.

Sarah L.

Sarah started at Alamo Feline in the spring of 2013. She always has a friendly and cheerful attitude and loves chatting with clients. When Sarah’s not taking care of her adorable son, Oliver or traveling to tropical destinations, she is here loving on the kitties and blessing us with her sense of humor and fabulous dance moves. Although her husband is allergic to cats, they have two adorable pups, Elsie and Paul.

Kelsey

Kelsey is a San Antonio native that joined the team in the spring of 2017. She was a former technician here at Alamo Feline that decided that reception was more to her liking. She has over 7 years of experience in the veterinary field and uses her knowledge and love of people to help with her job in the front. When she is not at work she loves to tend to her plants, read a good book and watch the antics of her own 5 cats.

Israel

Israel joined Alamo Feline in 2020, he has been in the veterinary field for over 10 years. He is an easy going fellow who adds the calming vibe we need here. When he is not helping out around the clinic he is hanging out with his family and enjoying practicing music or photography. (He took our amazing photos!)

Stacie

Stacie joined the staff at Alamo Feline in 2012 and has been a doctor’s technician for most of that time. As of 2023 Stacie has taken up the reign as Head Tech. When she is not trying to keep this unruly bunch of Techs under control, she is at home with her senior four-legged felines Jar Jar Binks and Chama Gato.

Aimee

Aimee has been working in the veterinary field for over 20 years and joined Alamo Feline in 2012 and hasn’t looked back since. Joining Alamo Feline has been full of entertaining and interesting experiences. After being Dr. Norsworthy’s’ technician for 11 years and head tech for 5 years, she is now trying her hand at Practice Manager. In the few hours she isn’t at the clinic she is at home with own herd of animals, her husband and her son, Max who sometimes acts like one of the animals.

Celi

Celi came to work with Alamo Feline in 2021 and has been an amazing addition to our team. Celi has made her way through the ranks and is now a friendly face you will see in the exam room with Dr. Lavallee. She is one of our doctors’ techs that we could not function without.

Giselle

Giselle joined our team of technicians in 2024 and everyone at Alamo Feline has been grateful she decided to give us a chance. You can always find Giselle smiling and making everyone’s day better. She likes to treat every patient as if they were her own.

Jazmin

Jazmin is one of our kennel technicians that you will find running up and down the stairs helping us out with anything we need. Jazmin is always willing to help, which makes her a team member we couldn’t do without. She takes time to get to know each and every one of our boarders and patients. She is currently going to school when she is not busy at work.

Zemerah

Zemerah joined our team fresh from school as her very first job. She enjoys reading, playing with the kitties and spending her time at home with her puppy dog, who she sometimes likes to dress for the occasion! We are excited to watch and help her as she learns and grows with Alamo Feline.

Amanda

Amanda has joined the Alamo Feline staff and has really helped to make our staff better. She has an interest in animals and is always looking to learn. You may see her around the clinic but you may not hear her, in all the chaos and noise she is the quiet peace.

Neville

Staff Coordinator

When his sister Ginny when to live with one of the techs, Neville knew that was his chance to shine. He took over the micromanaging of the techs in the back. He makes sure they stay on task, toys, treats, and pets are always top priority.

Chama

Behind the scenes
If you are lucky you may get to see me, sometimes I bestow the privilege of a pet to some people. I am far too beautiful for the common human to touch. The humans that work here are still learning that I am to be pampered with no real acknowledgement as any true cat should. While humans are beneath me, for the most part I love other cats and am an amazing momma cat. I am very progressive in that way. I help out around here and monitor patients for the humans around here. While I may have all the looks I also have the brains, I consult with Dr. Norsworthy about surgical procedures and treatments. In my free time I like to chase toys. My favorite thing is to put my kills in the middle of the floor so the humans here can praise me for the great job I have done, don’t get me started on my ability to catch that red light that comes from the magical object.

Philbert aka Phil

Investment adviser, CFO (chief feline officer)
The way the economy is going you can be sure I am saving my cat nip knots for hard times. I have to keep an eye on everyone here to make sure they are being frugal and smart with the food and treats. I make sure to clean every last morsel that these other wasteful cats leave in the bowl. I have been trying to advise Dr. Norsworthy to invest in plenty of cat condo real estate and to be sure to put his money in the cat treat market. So far he hasn’t listened and that will be why he will never get to retire. I don’t have free time because I spend most of my time on standby in the office in case Dr. Norsworthy needs to discuss business management.

Preto

Technician Therapist
I enjoyed my prior job as boarding manager but when we had to shut down boarding because of Covid I knew I was destined for greater things. I was moved downstairs where all the action happens. When I am not saving lives, I am helping to keep the technicians mental health on track with a neck massage or a nice lap sit. A purring cat is proven to reduce stress by 99.9%.

Paxton

Paxton started at Alamo Feline to get some experience as a technician as he applied to veterinary school. He has gotten into Texas A&M and will be leaving us to follow his dream to become a veterinarian. You may get the opportunity to see him on school breaks if we can convince him to come back and work.

Hillary

Hillary came to Alamo Feline with an open mind and no experience. She has shown us a caring and sense of humor that has made her the perfect match for Dr. Norsowrthy. She can be seen running around trying to keep things moving and is great to talk to if you can get her going.

Adriana

Adriana is currently one of Dr. Whitman’s technicians. She began working with Alyssa and Dr. Whitman in February 2024. Before becoming part of the team, Adriana spent most of her time at Alamo Feline volunteering with Dr. Norsworthy and attending school. She recently graduated from Texas A&M University at San Antonio. Her future plans consist of attending vet school at Texas A&M University to become a veterinarian. Adriana loves to spend time with her family, friends, and her dogs.