Our Team
Dr. Jason Tolton, BSc., DVM - Veterinarian
Jason earned an honours degree in Biological Sciences with a minor
in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Guelph in 1998 and
went on to obtain a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the
Ontario Veterinary College in 2003. In addition to regular veterinary
studies, Jason completed an Aquavet program focusing on veterinary
medicine of aquatic animals. Immediately after graduation he moved
to Cochrane, Alberta and has practiced in the area ever since. His
experience includes both large and small animal medicine, with significant
time as an emergency veterinarian. He is currently a member of the
American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA).
Jason is married to Lisa Tolton, who is a cardiac sonographer with
the Calgary Health Region. This is very convenient as his career
interests include ultrasonography. Lisa and Jason have two beautiful
young daughters, Madison and Jordan. This family loves the Western
outdoor lifestyle. In addition to the humans in the house Jason
has two hounds, Nate and Demi, two cats, Jazz and Fitz, and lots
of fish.
Dr. Ania Plenzik, BSc., DVM - Veterinarian
Ania grew up in Calgary, and received a Bachelor’s degree
in Zoology at the University of Calgary. She moved to Saskatoon
to pursue her dream of becoming a vet and graduated from the Western
College of Veterinary Medicine. She moved back to Calgary and worked
as an emergency veterinarian at a hospital in south Calgary, where
she met Jason and Cindy. In the year prior to building Cornerstone
Square Veterinary Hospital, Ania worked at a general practice in
NW Calgary.
Ania likes all aspects of small animal medicine, but has a special
interest in surgery and orthopedics. She also enjoys working with
rambunctious puppies, challenging kitties, and has a soft spot in
her heart for rabbits.
She currently lives in NW Calgary with her husband Daniel, her bird-crazy
Golden Retriever Poppy, her part-time cat-in-law Stella, and her
many tiny fish.
Jamie Marshall, BSc. - Reception
Jamie is a small town girl who grew up in Revelstoke, BC, where
her family still lives. She moved to Calgary in 2003 to attend the
University of Calgary. She recently graduated from the U of C with
her Bachelor of Science in Zoology. She met Dr. Plenzik while working
Thursday nights and sharing hot & sour soup at a clinic in Northwest
Calgary. Jamie plans to study veterinary medicine and
someday own a mixed practice. Jamie loves the outdoors,
the mountains and being active! Her favourite activities include
snowboarding, rock climbing, hiking, rugby, and wakeboarding. Jamie has a crazy Siamese kitten
named Axl. Jamie misses her family’s
dog, Toby, an easygoing girl with lots of love. Jamie enjoys meeting
new clients and their puppies and kitties!
Ariana Wright - Reception
Ariana was born and raised in Calgary. Having an avid interest in sports, Ariana began playing competitive soccer at a young age. She recently graduated with honors in Sports Medicine and went on to train a number of sports teams. Ariana is currently taking her pre-requisites for Nursing Practitioner as well as having an outstanding acceptance to Mount Royal College for the BN program. She has a background working in emergency and critical care units at the Alberta Children’s hospital, as well as obtaining a medical internship to Africa. Working in the medical field has fostered in Ariana growth and independence as well as a strong understanding of medicine. Ariana currently holds certification in Basic Life Support, CPR, First Aid, and Medical terminology.
Ariana was drawn to working in the animal side of medicine to explore more options and to pursue her love of animals. This love had led her to be surrounded in the world of dog shows where she was a handler for a large part of her life. She currently has two Golden Retrievers named Callie and Misfit.
Cindy Kokoski AHT, RAc - Hospital Manager,
technician and acupuncturist
Cindy has a broad range of skills and qualifications that make her
an invaluable asset to Cornerstone Veterinary Hospital in the role
of office manager, as well as Animal Health Technologist, and acupuncturist.
Cindy graduated with honours from the Northern Alberta Institute
of Technology in the Animal Health Technology program in 1997. She
completed an internship at the Animal Medical Center in New York,
New York, in 1998. She moved back to Calgary, where she has worked
at busy 24-hour veterinary emergency hospitals, with experience
in many departments including internal medicine, surgery, emergency,
and diagnostics.
Cindy graduated with honours from the Alberta College of Acupuncture
and Traditional Chinese Medicine (2001-2004) to become a Registered
Acupuncturist, after which she completed an internship at Kunming
Municipal Hospital, China (2004). She is looking forward to helping
many animals, as she has humans.
Amie Barnes, AHT
Amie is a born and raised Calgarian who grew up with animals. She graduated with honours from Olds College in the Animal Health Technology program in 2004. Amie completed her 2 month course practicum at the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona where she not only learned a lot, but got experience handling many different species, including a cheetah, lion, orangutan, babboon, as well as many other monkeys, birds and reptiles. Since graduation Amie has worked in small animal hospitals here in Calgary, Amie is currently furthering her
education in animal behaviour, including a clicker training program through
the Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training and Behaviour. Amie loves to train her two dogs, a malamute cross named Wrecks and a golden retriever named Ousa. She also competes with Ousa in agility and rally obedience and is working towards CKC obedience competition. Amie also has two rescue kitties, Theo and Pippin.
Caroline Dawson
Caroline is a native of Ottawa, Ontario. She graduated with honors from Ridgetown College, University of Guelph in Veterinary Technology. Her love of the mountains has brought her back to Calgary after living and working in Christchurch, New Zealand for the last two years.
She has been in the veterinary industry for 10 years, the last few years concentrating in the fast paced and demanding environment of the ER and ICU. After experiencing the benefits of a regular schedule and close relationships with clients and their pets in New Zealand, she realized that general practice is where she wants to concentrate and develop as a technician.
In her newly found spare time she likes to ski (both on water and snow), horseback ride, rock climb, watch hockey and rugby and travel the world. She also loves spending time with “Beans”, her demanding rescue cat from the Christchurch SPCA, who has courageously made the long haul back to Canada with her.Caroline recently completed two weeks of volunteer work with the Esther Honey Foundation, working on the beautiful island of Rarotonga in the South Pacific. Here she worked closely with the locals to educate them on animal welfare and the importance of spaying and neutering their pets to control the wild dog and cat population. This once in a lifetime opportunity has been one of her greatest challenges to date, working with the out-dated equipment and medical supplies that were available to the foundation, but she treasured each day that ended with taking the dogs to the white sandy beach for a swim.
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