Our Caring Doctors

Kathleen A. Kocher, DVM

Dr. Kocher was born and raised in Pittsburgh, then first came to State College to attend Penn State for Animal Bioscience.  While in school, she met her future husband Kerry, a State College native, who grew up as a lifetime equestrian professional. Together they moved to Tennessee where Dr. Kocher attended The University of Tennessee for veterinary school, graduating in 1988. After graduating, Dr. Kocher returned to State College and purchased The State College Veterinary Hospital from its first owner.  Dr. Kocher sees a variety of pets in her practice.  Although the majority of her patients are dogs and cats, she also treats pocket pets and small exotics such as guinea pigs, rabbits, ferrets, birds and non-venomous reptiles. Her special interests are internal medicine and geriatrics. She is a member of both the AVMA and the PVMA, and she is secretary on the board of CPVETS emergency clinic.
On the personal side, when Dr. Kocher is not busy seeing patients, she keeps very busy with her three children, her numerous dogs and cats, and even tries to get in a little time with her favorite hobby, horsebackriding and competing in equestrian hunter classes.


Tammy W. Blizzard, DVM

Tammy was born and raised in Illinois, and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, receiving her DVM in 1999.  Upon graduation, she moved to North Carolina, where she practiced small animal medicine for eight years.  During her stay there, she married and had two children.  Wanting a change of pace, more seasonal weather and outdoor activities, her family moved to State College in March, 2007.  The whole family loves the area and all it has to offer.  Her interests outside of veterinary medicine include running, camping, hiking, and reading.  She enjoys working at State College Veterinary Hospital, and especially soft tissue surgery and feline medicine.  She is a member of the AVMA, PVMA, and the American Veterinary Dental Society.  Her own pets include four cats and her dog Reese a.k.a. Reese Pup Blizzard.



Jacob R. Werner, VMD
 Jake is a part time associate veterinarian for The State College Veterinary Hospital, which he has been with since 2004.  Jake attended and received degrees from Penn State and the University of Pennsylvania.  Having an interest in all species, he then completed an internship at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at the Virginia Tech Campus.  Jake worked in mixed animal private practice prior to coming back to State College.  His interests include preventive health and cardiology.  Jake grew-up and attended school in St. Marys, PA where he visits often to see family, friends, and rides his horses.