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

Bio Coming Soon

Lucia DeChurch, DVM

Dr. Lucia is our newest associate veterinarian who is so grateful to be starting her career at Poland Veterinary Centre. She is a former Boardman Spartan and earned her bachelor's degree in science, majoring in biology and minoring in chemistry, from John Carroll University in 2018. While she worked as an assistant during undergrad, she spent an additional year continuing to gain experience and save money prior to starting vet school and moving to Columbus in the fall of 2019. During the pandemic, Dr. Lucia was home from school when Friends of Fido, a local rescue organization that works with the Mahoning County Dog Warden, found a litter of abandoned puppies. Dr. Lucia instantly fell in love with a puppy from that litter and the two have been inseparable since. Dolce, who grew up to be a cattle dog-beagle mix, helped Dr. Lucia tremendously through the last three years of vet school, and continues to be her pride and joy to this day. 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 and her fiancé. In her free time, she enjoys working out, cooking, outdoor adventures with Dolce, and spending time with her fiancé, family, and friends.