About Our Veterinarians

Katie McMurray, DVM

Dr. McMurray returned home to Poland, OH to join our team in February 2016. She is a Mooney High School graduate and earned her Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from Kent State University. After 2 ½ years of veterinary school in St. Kitts (yes, the tropical island!), Dr. McMurray came back to the states with her rescued soulmate pup, Hope, and completed a year of clinical education at Purdue University. She earned her doctoral degree from Ross University in 2012.

Since becoming a veterinarian, Dr. McMurray worked in a small animal practice in Berea and developed special interests in client education, preventive care, internal medicine, and soft tissue surgery.  She is a member of multiple state and national veterinary organizations, including the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association.

When she has free time, Dr. McMurray loves to travel and enjoy the outdoors, especially when it’s warm! She also loves spending time with her friends and family; her husband and kids, Dan, Paisley, and Lane; their dogs, Widget, Duke and Jackson and cat TJ.

Tiffany Preston, DVM

Dr. Preston graduated from Ohio State University with her doctoral degree in 2010. Dr. Preston joined our team at Poland Veterinary Centre shortly after. Dr. Preston has a special interest in abdominal ultrasound. She enjoys spending time with her family and her Mainecoon, Jumanji.

Lucia DeChurch, DVM

Dr. Lucia is a Boardman native, who earned her bachelor's degree in science, majoring in biology and minoring in chemistry, from John Carroll University in 2018. While she worked as a veterinary assistant during undergrad, she spent an additional year after graduation continuing to gain experience and save money prior to starting vet school and moving to Columbus in the fall of 2019. While she was in town during the pandemic, she rescued the handsome boy pictured with her from the Mahoning County Dog Warden, her soul dog, Dolce. In May of 2023, Dr. Lucia humbly received her doctoral degree from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine and was happy to finally move back to her hometown, close to her parents. Dr. Lucia's special interests include nutrition, internal medicine, soft tissue surgery, and preventive care. She is a member of multiple state and national veterinary organizations, including the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association. In her free time, she enjoys working out, cooking, outdoor adventures with Dolce, and spending time with her husband, family, and friends.

Marylou Wittenauer, DVM

Dr. Wittenauer joined our team in early 2025 as a full time DVM after many years as the owner of Belmont Veterinary Clinic. She graduated from Ohio State University with Dr. Daugherty. You may meet her dog, Linkin, roaming our clinic at lunch time while he is on crumb clean up duty. Dr. Wittenauer cares deeply for her patients as if they were her own. We are very appreciative of her many years of knowledge and her dedication to the veterinary field.