Meet Our Team

Dr. Alexis de Gale

DVM/Owner

Dr. Alexis de Gale graduated from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in 2008. Following graduation, she moved to New York City where she completed an internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at BluePearl Veterinary Partners. After completion of the internship, she returned to Florida and worked at a small animal hospital in Orlando for 4 years. She then moved to Chicago in 2013 and worked as an emergency veterinarian for 2 ½ years. While she loved living in a big city again, she was eager to return home to Florida.

She practiced in Wesley Chapel, FL for many years and is excited to have a hospital of her own in her very own community in South Tampa! Dr. de Gale looks forward to meeting new people and their pets and building lifelong bonds with them. Her special interests include dentistry, internal medicine, soft tissue surgery, and emergency/critical care. She is passionate about teaching and often has students shadowing her at the hospital. She is an assistant professor with the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine and has served on the Admissions Committee for UF’s vet school for several years. Dr. de Gale received AAHA’s prestigious Changemaker Award in 2020 for her contributions towards changing the lives of future and current veterinarians.

In her free time, she can be found spending time with her husband Alex, and sons Leo, Henry, and Everett. She enjoys reading, bike riding on Bayshore Blvd, kayaking, and playing volleyball. She loves all things Florida Gators and Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tampa Bay Lightning! Her pets include a pug mix dog named Kiki, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog named Kevin, and two Diamondback Terrapin turtles.

Dr. Keara Walsh

DVM

Dr. Keara Walsh is a true Floridian, born and raised in South Tampa. She has always been an animal lover and has known she wanted to be a veterinarian from a young age. After attending veterinary school, she knew she wanted to come back to the Tampa area to live and work! 

Dr. Walsh attended Florida State University where she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. She then went on to attend Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts and spent her final clinical year at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Walsh graduated from vet school with high honors and was inducted into the veterinary honor society.

Dr. Walsh has grown up with all sorts of  animals and currently has her own pack at home including 5 dogs (Moose, Nova, Freya, Sunny and Cali) as well as 3 cats (Harry, Kimber and Wally). In her free time she loves going on hikes with the dogs, roller skating around Tampa, reading, plant shopping, trips to Disney and thrifting. Dr. Walsh can’t wait to take care of your pets as if they were her own! 

Dr. Arizona Spencer

DVM

Dr. Arizona Spencer is a proud “Double Gator,” earning both her Bachelor’s degree and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from the University of Florida. With a foundation in Animal Science, shelter medicine, and years of experience as a technician in UF’s renowned cardiology department, Dr. Spencer brings a unique blend of compassion, skill, and expertise to every patient.

Now a valued member of the team at Westshore Animal Hospital, Dr. Spencer applies her surgical and clinical expertise alongside a personable approach to provide exceptional care to pets and their families. Her journey includes a successful tenure at Mermaid Vet Hospital, in Vero Beach. Her success stems from UF’s rigorous training, hands-on shelter medicine experience including years of TNVR volunteer work, graduating vet school with a Shelter Medicine Professional Certificate, and an unwavering dedication to patient well-being, further striving for owners to feel seen, heard, and included in their furry family members’ care.

Back in her Tampa roots, Dr. Spencer is thrilled to contribute to the growing success of Westshore Animal Hospital, fostering a sense of comfort and belonging for both her team and the community.

In her free time, Dr. Spencer enjoys spending time at home with her fiancé Sebastian, two dogs (Mocha and Chorizo), two cats (Samuel and Oliver), and musk turtle (Reggie), watching “trash love documentaries” on her streaming services. She can also be found at any event including food or breweries, or plant shopping/swapping to add to her extensive, yet necessary, houseplant collection.

Alex de Gale

Hospital Manager/Owner

Alex is our fearless leader and hospital manager. He is originally from the Caribbean island of Grenada but grew up in Miami after moving there just before his first birthday. Alex had dogs, cats, birds, hamsters, rabbits, lizards, fish, turtles, and just about any other animal he could get his hands on as a pet throughout his childhood.

After attending Florida International University in Miami and the University of South Florida in Tampa, Alex worked behind the scenes on concert tours, TV specials, and large public events around North America and Europe. He eventually settled down in Florida and became the staff planner for an aviation company that provided airlift support for the US government in austere environments.

In 2014, Alex made it full circle back to his love for the care and treatment of animals, when he took a manager position with a group of specialty and emergency veterinary hospitals in the Chicago area. Alex moved back to Tampa in 2015 to be closer to family. He has been a veterinary hospital manager in the Tampa area since 2015 and he is excited to call Westshore Animal Hospital home. His own family includes his wife Alexis, three sons, Leo, Henry and Everett, a pug-mix dog named Kiki Supermodel, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog named Kevin, and several Diamondback Terrapin turtles.

Holly, cvt

Lead Technician

Holly is a born and raised Tampa local. Since childhood she’s surrounded herself with animals of all kinds and been passionate about their care. She was hired at her first veterinary hospital at 18 years-old and there connected her love of animals with the medical field. She attended Hillsborough Community College and earned a scholarship for academic excellence while in their Veterinary Technician program. Holly graduated and passed her national board exam in 2020. Her professional interests are geared towards the human-animal bond and focus on client education. When not at work, Holly enjoys sewing, kayaking, reading, and discovering parenthood with her husband and new baby girl! Her two pets include Marmalade the Staffordshire Terrier and Toast the Pembroke Welsh Corgi.

Emma

Technician

Emma attended the University of Central Florida and graduated with her Bachelor’s in Biology in 2021. She volunteered at a wildlife rehabilitation center during that time and cared for a variety of Florida native animals, including raccoons, opossums, squirrels, tortoises, and foxes. After graduating, she worked as a small animal surgery and ER Assistant for 2 years before joining the Westshore Animal Hospital team. Emma loves rabbits; she used to raise and show her own at the Florida State Fair. During her free time she enjoys reading a book with her two cats, Miso and Saki and spending time with her husband.

Chloe

Technician

Chloe attended the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She completed two wildlife rehabilitation internships in Oregon, one of which allowed her to meet the Irwin Family (Terri Irwin is friends with the owner)! Chloe’s goals include returning to school to become a certified veterinary technician (CVT) and expanding her family. In her free time, she enjoys attending music festivals/concerts, going on hikes, camping, and playing sports like tennis and pickleball. Chloe and her husband share their life with two dogs – Jonah, an 11 (almost 12) year old Goldendoodle and Koda, a 7 year old Mixed Breed.

Sarah

Technician

Sarah has been a veterinary technician since 2020 yet her journey with animals began long before that. At just 11 years old she spent summers helping her dad at his aquarium store learning to care for a variety of saltwater and freshwater animals, reptiles and amphibians. She then continued that effort with volunteering at the Humane society until she got her first position in 2020 as a veterinary technician. She has a strong focus on client education with her own personal goal to become a certified veterinary technician. Sarah treats any pet as her own. She has a pet rabbit, Moose, who is a spoiled rotten Netherland Dwarf! In her free time she enjoys skateboarding, gardening, beach days and is a local humanitarian volunteer.

Ally

Technician

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Megan

Technician

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Maddie

Technician

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Brooke

 CVT (Certified Veterinary Technician) 

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Jenesis

 Lead Client Service Representative 

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Emma

Client Service Representative

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Riann

 Client Service Representative 

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