Dr. Paula Schmidt - Medical Director/Owner Dr Schmidt believes that veterinary medicine is as much about caring for people as it is about animals and continues to take a personalized approach to animal care. In 2004/2005 she attended 42 hours of continuing education in Endoscopy and 16 hours in Ultrasound and continues to offer these services at NLVLC, Inc. Recently she completed 38.5 hours in Advanced Ultrasound and chose to add a new Ultrasound machine to the practice's arsonal of state of the art equipment. Dr. Schmidt resides in Eagle River, AK with Doug Hopper and their fur/feather kids: "Reese", "Cadbury", "Loki", "Kehr Kat", "Tex", and "Sis". Click here for Dr. Schmidt's full resume.