Hospital Staff

Dr. Mark F. Magazu, Chairman

Growing up in a large military family, Dr. Mark Magazu spent his childhood living all over the United States and even lived outside the country when duty called. His roots were always in southern New Jersey however, and today his parents and all six brothers and sisters live in this area. After attending college at The United States Military Academy at West Point and Rutgers University, Dr. Magazu went on to attend and graduate from Veterinary School in Europe. He then taught radiology at Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine and completed a surgical residency there in 1984. Dr. Magazu has a special interest in orthopedics, and also completed the Advanced Orthopedics Program at The College of Veterinary Medicine at The Ohio State University. After a two-year period working as an associate veterinarian in a private practice in Delaware, Dr. Magazu moved back home to Swedesboro, New Jersey to open up his own hospital. With the help of his mom and dad, they renovated a small TV repair shop in the heart of Swedesboro and proudly named it Swedesboro Animal Hospital. The year was 1986. Four years later, Dr. Magazu bought a home and some land on Kings Highway in Swedesboro. Construction soon started and a new hospital was built and opened in 1992. Swedesboro Animal Hospital has been a fully accredited AAHA Veterinary Hospital every year since it opened here.

Over the past twenty plus years, Dr. Magazu has taken great pride in his steadfast dedication to the community and their pets. He has served on the planning board for Gloucester County Animal Shelter, proudly cared for local police canine units and service dogs, coached little league baseball, soccer, and football, and participated in many youth vocational programs for community schools. Dr. Magazu is married to Carol and they have four children; they also share their home with a multitude of family pets.

Mark F. Magazu, II, Hospital Director

Mark Jr. is responsible for the operations and strategic growth of Swedesboro Animal Hospital.  He earned his BA in Economics and his MA in Public Policy and Administration from Columbia University.  He earned his law degree from The Georgetown University Law Center.

Mark Jr. brings a wealth of expertise to the practice in the areas of operations, management and strategic growth.  He is responsible for developing streamlined and efficient modes of operation to support our medical staff, to ensure they have everything they need at their fingertips to practice the most advanced and effective medicine possible for our clients – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Mark is on leave from the New York-based representation and consulting firm Atlas Strategies, where he has served as President since its founding in 2008.  In this capacity, Mark has consulted for Fortune 500 companies such as Wachovia and Ameriprise, as well as for professional athletes and entertainers from the stage, television, music, baseball and football.

Domenic Magazu, Assistant Director for Human Resources

Domenic Magazu manages the Human Resources department at Swedesboro Animal Hospital.  In this capacity, he ensures that our staff of over 30 personnel, including doctors and technical staff, are happy and fulfilled in their jobs here at Swedesboro Animal Hospital.

Domenic and his brother, our Chairman Dr. Magazu, share a common mission to ensure that every member of our staff has the support he or she needs to carry out responsibilities at the hospital.  This includes providing excellent benefits, listening to and rewarding our staff for great ideas, encouraging innovation in the practice, providing opportunities for continuing education and professional growth, and supporting our colleagues when personal issues arise.

Dom is our institutional ‘people person’ and his primary job is to keep everyone smiling…and we’re not lying when we say he’s pretty good at it.

Domenic, like his father and son, was a member of the United States Air Force, where he was responsible for managing over 130 of America’s finest men and women.

Carol Magazu, Chief Financial Officer

Mrs. Magazu helped her husband build the practice and still today remains part of the backbone of our operation.  She not only keeps the trains running on time, but she has the unenviable task of making sure the bills are paid and the lights stay on.  We think she’s pretty amazing at it, too.

Mrs. Magazu earned her BS in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska

Dr. Karyn Collier

My interest in veterinary medicine started when I was 8 years old. My dog was hit by a car and his leg was fractured. My parents took him to Dr. Robert Warren of Warren Animal Hospital in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. He repaired the leg and my dog went on to live a nice long life. I decided at the time that I wanted to become a veterinarian.

I received a BS in Biology from Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi, and went on to attend Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, graduating in 1993. I worked at a 24 hour emergency hospital right after graduating. I joined the staff of Swedesboro Animal Hospital in 1997.

I enjoy getting to know clients and caring for your pets. I always want to provide for them the type of veterinary care that I want my pets to receive. My area of special interest is reproductive medicine. I’ve got 3 dogs – two Burnese Mountain Dogs and one mutt.

I am married to Calvin L. Fisher, Jr., and we have three children. We have lived in Woolwich Township, New Jersey, since 1998.

Kelli Smith, Head Surgical Technician

I have been a Veterinary Technician for over fifteen years, and have worked at Swedesboro Animal Hospital for almost ten years. I have loved animals ever since I was a little girl and love to be involved with them everyday. I gravitated to surgery because I found this part of veterinary medicine fascinating. We do a lot of different surgeries here at SAH, and I especially love to be involved with orthopedics. I have four horses, three dogs, one cat and a brand new daughter named Reagan.

And we’re definitely not forgetting the following technical personnel…we’re just waiting for their biographies to post on our page:

Veterinarians:
Dr. Todd Guay
Dr. Caroline Patten
Dr. Melissa Worhach
Dr. Jen Schori

Head Technicians:
Ashlee
Chrisann

Technicians:
Rochelle
Krystal
Shannon
Tara
Joy
Buffie
Dottie
Kimberly
Sarah
Autumn
Jessana
Kerri
Trista
Kristy
Linnea
Gigi
Sandi
April
Erica