DOCTORS

DR. DWAYNE CHRISTENSEN
Dr. Dwayne Christensen, a native of Kaycee, Wyoming, founded, owned, and operated Powder River Veterinary Clinic (now Powder River Veterinay Hospital & Supply, PC), for over 37 years before selling the practice to Dr. Candice Carden in March 2012. He attended veterinary school at Colorado State University. Dr. Christensen’s primary focus is beef cattle medicine, along with small ruminant herd health. His years of experience and expertise are an invaluable asset to our practice.

 

DR. CANDICE CARDEN
Dr. Candice Carden was born and raised in Afton, Wyoming. She received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Wyoming in 2001, and completed veterinary school at Colorado State University in 2005. She began her career  first as an intern and then as an associate at Elgin Veterinary Hospital, a large equine referral and surgery facility in Elgin, Texas.  She then started her own mobile equine practice, working at various quarter horse and thoroughbred racetracks in the United States and Canada, as well as providing medical and surgical care to equine athletes of all disciplines.    While she enjoys all aspects of veterinary practice, she has special interests in ophthalmology, lameness, and surgery cases.  She is a certified acupuncture practitioner, and enjoys integrating acupuncture into treatment protocols for equine, bovine, and small animal patients.  Since 2013, she has cared for some of professional rodeo’s top equine athletes each year at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Dr. Carden enjoys spending time with her daughter, as well as a trio of french bulldogs, various barn cats, and several horses.

 

DR. CHRISTINA VONDRA
Dr. Christina Vondra grew up just west of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in Hayden, Colorado, where she enjoyed showing cattle and horses in 4-H.  She attended the University of Wyoming, earning a bachelors of science in animal science in 2013 and a Masters degree in ruminant nutrition in 2014. In 2018, she graduated from Colorado State University with her doctor of veterinary medicine degree.  She enjoys working with all animals, especially cattle and horses.   In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Cody, her two dogs and two horses, and working on various crafting projects.

 

STAFF

MICHELLE PHELPS
Michelle was born and raised in Minnesota.  She earned a bachelor of arts degree in business and marketing from NDSU.  She and her family moved to Sheridan from Texas in 2015, and she began working at PRVHS at that time.  Acting as both office manager and technician, she keeps everyone and everything organized at our hospital in Sheridan.  She enjoys reading, spending time with her family, and riding her horses when she has a spare second!

 

 

OLIVIA PHELPS
Olivia was born and raised in Colorado & Texas.  She has worked with Dr. Carden since she was 9 years old, and has gained a tremendous amount of hands-on experience during that time.  She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Wyoming and completed veterinary school at Washington State University in 2023.  She is currently completing an internship at Idaho Equine.

 

KASEY ANDERSON

Kasey was born and raised in Colorado.  She graduated from high school in 2012 and went on to study animal science at the University of Wyoming, where she met her husband, Tate.  Kasey learned she loved working with livestock when he introduced her to cattle ranching.  She went on an adventure to find her career path, becoming a licensed esthetician and equine massage therapist.  Her husband’s career as a farrier brought her back to Kaycee, Wyoming, and she started working at PRVH as a technician in March 2022.  Kasey is passionate about animals and grew up with all kinds of different pets.  She currently has 3 cats, a black lab, a french bulldog, and a mustang horse.  Her hobbies include riding horses, hunting, fishing, and spending time with her friends, family, and pets.

 

KRISTIN ALLEN

Kristin was born in Roundup, Montana and moved to Sheridan, WY 2005. She grew up showing hunter jumpers and then moved into Three Day eventing and now shows in the AQHA hunter jumper world.  Kristin graduated from Big Horn High School in 2001 and went to Sheridan college earning her Associates in Ag Business and transferred to Montana State University for Ag Business. Kristin joined the PRVH team in 2018. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time and traveling with her husband Chris, spending time with family, working outside, showing horses, polo and being around her dogs.

 

ROBIN L. GRAVES
Robin was born and raised in the Sandhills of Nebraska, where her family was in the cattle ranching business. Since graduating from high school in 2005, she has worked on various ranches in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. She attended Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington, Wyoming where she received herAssociate of Applied Science degree in Farm and Ranch Management, along with a Certificate in Beef Production in 2010. After college and a summer job on a ranch in Lander, Wyoming, she moved to Thermopolis, where worked as a veterinary technician. In February of 2013, Robin moved to Kaycee, and joined the PRVHS team as a veterinary technician in March. She enjoys time spent working around animals, especially cattle, working outdoors, and pencil drawing.