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 Dr. Marli Lintner has a fantastic bedside manner and excels at explaining medical information in easy to understand terms.
She has been working with birds since 1984, when she recieved her doctorate of veterinary medicine from Oregon State University. Her decades of experience means your bird will get the treatment it needs as well as the care and love it deserves.
Dr. Lintner opened Oregon's first avian exclusive veterinary practice in the mid 1980's and h as been working in veterinary medicine exclusively with birds ever since (that's over 25 years!).
She has worked with parrots of almost every species, as well as poultry, ratites, raptors, waterfowl and wildlife. Her avian veterinary experience is almost unparalleled in Oregon.
She has been an active member of the Association of Avian Veterinarians for over 22 years, and attends the AAV International conference regularly. Her presentation of the master level class entitled "The Diagnosis and Treatment of the Pet Chicken" at the 2006 Association of Avian Veterinarians conference in Texas was very well received by her peers and well attended. She presented topics in 2008 and will presenting three classes (Beak Trims, Fecal Cytology, and Chicken Abdominal Presentations) in 2013.
A recipient of the Mamie Campbell Award, Dr. Lintner, volunteered with The Audubon Society of Portland starting in 1986. In addition to performing veterinary services courtesy, she served as a Board member for 8 years and served as President for 2 years.
Dr. Lintner is also a member of the Oregon Emergency Response Team for Avian Disease.
Along with her family, Dr. Lintner lives with a small flock of chickens, a dog, and several horses. Chile, a Slender Billed Conure, also Dr. Lintner's, resides at the Avian Medical Center.
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 We welcomed Lisa Ewing in March 2006 after she moved to Oregon from Virginia, where she worked as a veterinary technician. She quickly became a favorite of clients, staff and birds alike. She has since been promoted to office manager! With her warm, friendly style, Lisa is great to work with. She has a gift with people and birds, not to mention multi-tasking.
Lisa holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Oklahoma State University (the other OSU!), with much of her studies in Animal Behavior. She is a serious urban chicken keeping and care enthusiast, designing and teaching the class "Chix in the City", an introductory guide to urban chicken care as well as co-teaching our "Clickin' Chicken" class. Friendly and knowledgable, she is available for consultations and chicken-related events in the Portland area and throughout SW Washington and Oregon.
Lisa shares her home with a loving husband, two dogs, a flock of urban chickens and a delightful male eclectus.
 Check out Lisa in our local newspaper! Lake Oswego Review
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 Please join us in welcoming Megan Saul to our practice as full time veterinary assistant to Dr. Lintner! Megan has a Bachelor of Science degree from Oregon State University, with her major studies in pre-veterinary medicine. She intends to pursue veterinary school (at OSU, of course!).
Megan has a warm, friendly demeanor and she has quickly become a favorite among birds and clients alike! Her steady hand and calm presence help birds relax during handling in the exam room.
Megan began her work with Dr. Lintner when she was only 14, during a shadowing project for high school. She came to us part-time in 2009, and was promoted to a full time position in January of 2010.
Megan has a special fondness for cockatoos (having lived with both an Umbrella and a Sulpher Crested), but loves all birds... from parrots to poultry.
Megan and Dr. Lintner have been working on case studies of pet chickens, looking into diagnostic and treatment options for abdomen issues in hens. We'll let you know what they learn!
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 After being in California since 2005 working as a veterinary technician, Tamara returned to AMC as a technician and veterinary assistant in January 2007.
Tamara has worked with professionally with animals since 2001. Her experience includes cats, dogs, exotics, fish and potbelly pigs!
Her passion is birds.
She has several birds at home, including an african grey, pionus, white-eyed conure, several lovebirds and budgies. She also shares her home with two lovable dogs.
Tamara enjoys working with birds and people, and says that "birds add that little spark of sunlight and joy."
Tamara has a strong background in customer service, with over ten years of experience in various roles. She has studied biology, art and business.
She loves art, with drawing, painting and watercolors topping her list. Animals are her favorite subject, of course!
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 Angie Steagall joined us in November of 2011 as a Veterinary Assistant. She quickly adapted to working full time with birds. Angie says that before she could walk she was bottle feeding orphaned kittens and in the early 90's she started volunteering with The Oregon Humane Society, where she became a full time employee for almost a decade. She has also worked as a veterinary assistant at a cat and dog clinic. During her time at OHS, she went to Louisiana to help pets during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Angie spent 2 summers traveling around the US with her German Shepherd Dog, Ely, competing in K-9 Pro Sports Personal Protection. 
Angie lives with an adorable Congo African Grey parrot and a saucy Black Capped Conure, along with two beloved dogs, and her lovely little family of four. She has already started training her African Grey with positive reinforcement!
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We gave a warm welcome to Shauna Martin, who joined our staff in September 2007.
 Shauna has earned TWO bachelors degrees (one in Zoology and the other in Psychology) from the University of Washington. She has completed university projects in avian behavior and cognition.
Her previous experience with birds includes working with a zebra finch colony at the David Perkel lab at the University of Washington as well as an internship at the Cougar Mountain Zoological Park, where she worked exclusively with macaws and other parrot species.
Shauna has a sincere and enthusiastic nature that predisposes her to a special talent with parrots. 
While she started working as an Animal Care Assistant with us, we expected that she would quickly move into the role of Veterinary Assistant due to her impressive learning ability and attention to detail. She certainly did.
She was quickly promoted to Avian Care Technician and regularly assists Dr. Lintner in surgery.
We are so happy that Shauna has joined our team, we know you will love her!
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Joining us in August of 2012, Selicity Icefire is AMC's newest veterinary assistant.
Along with volunteering at the zoo Selicity worked part time at a local vet clinic as a kennel help during high school. As a Zoo Teen at the Oregon Zoo for six summers, she was a member of the zoo’s Explorer post which allowed her to work with the larger zoo animals during the rest of the year. Among her favorites animals to work with were the penguins.
Selicity has a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology (emphasis in Archaeology) and a minor in Geology from Portland State University. She is currently pursuing a bachelors in Geology at PSU.
Along with hiking and rock collecting, Selicity enjoys cooking, reading and taking photos of the places she has been. She currently shares her home with a Sphynx cat, her Greater Vasa parrot and an adorable Goffin's Cockatoo.
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 Kelly Ballance joined us in January 2005 and is our practice manager.
Kelly has professionally worked with companion animals and birds since 1999 when she began as an Animal Care Technician at the Oregon Humane Society. Before coming to AMC, Kelly was the Foster Care and Outreach Supervisor at OHS. An investigations case involving over 100 birds changed her career path to helping parrots and people.
She has earned a diploma in Humane Management from The Humane Society of the United States,certificates of excellence in Applied Behavior Analysis; Living and Learning with Parrots (with Susan G. Friedman, Ph.D) in 2004 and "The Art and Science of Training Birds", a bird training workshop taught by Susan Friedman, Ph. D. and accomplished animal trainer, Steve Martin outside of Orlando, Florida in 2005. She regularly attends ClickerExpo and any other animal behavior and training seminar she can find.
She has been a professional member of The International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators (IAATE). She has studied graudate level Applied Behavior Analysis through the University of North Texas, earning the Graduate Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis, in 2009.
Kelly also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. In 2006, her photograph of a toucan was published as the full back cover of Good Bird! Magazine.
If you are interested in learning more about parrot behavior and training, please visit www.BallanceBehavior.com
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Malori Lintner joined us in the multi-faceted role of adminstrative assistant in 2012. You may also find her greeting you at our front desk!
Malori holds a Bachelors degree in Biochemistry from George Fox University.
Look here for more information soon!
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The Avian Medical Center
15952 SW Quarry Road
Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035
(503) 635-5672
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