Center Animal Clinic

Our staff are committed to promoting responsible pet ownership and preventive health care. Jonathan Dohanich, DVM (“Dr. Buck”) graduated from the Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in 2008 where he met his wife Leanna (“Dr. Doe”). Dr. Buck grew up in Center Township and graduated from Center High School (now Central Valley) in 1996. He is most well-known for his competitive travel ice hockey career and played for the Nittany Lion Icers club program for two years while completing his undergraduate degree at Penn State University. Dr. Buck spent over a year living in Haiti near a Catholic orphanage where he taught English and biology courses and learned to speak Haitian Creole from 2000-2001. After working for a few years in research, he completed veterinary college and gained experience in many areas; including, private small and large animal general practice, corporate emergency practice, and as a supervisory meat inspector veterinarian for USDA based in Saxonburg, PA. Prior to buying the practice from Dr. Hobbs, Dr. Buck served in the U.S. Air Force for six years as an active duty public health officer at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in
North Carolina, and Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger, Africa where he was deployed for six months. Dr. Buck especially enjoys dental surgery and has completed over 50 hours of continuing education in companion animal dentistry. He is very passionate about oral health and loves relieving dental pain in his patients. He spends his free time working with his sons on their hobby farm, coaching ice hockey, and reading. Leanna Dohanich, DVM (“Dr. Doe”) graduated from the Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in 2006 after completing a master’s degree in ruminant nutrition at Virginia Tech. She grew up in a large family on a dairy farm in Mercer County where she showed Jersey cows and her standard collie in 4-H. Dr. Doe also trained border collies on sheep and cattle for her parents’ farm. In addition, she was a distinguished dairy cattle judge during her college school years. Dr. Doe enjoys exploring different options of care with clients, especially holistic and nutritional support with patients of all ages. She spends her free time reading, writing, hiking, gardening, working on puzzles, and watching the Pittsburgh Penguins or her son’s Beaver Badgers ice hockey team. The Doctor's have two Decker Terrier dogs “Stella” and “Duncan”, three cats “Mabel”, “Hot Licorice”, and “Bertie”, and various livestock on their small homestead in Center Township. Mary, Queen of Saints parish and attend St. John the Baptist Church in Monaca where Dr. Buck is a lector, and their sons are altar servers.