About Hurricane Animal Hospital

Dr Shawn Sette’s

Dr Shawn Sette grew up in West Newton, PA. He attended undergraduate college at Penn State University and graduated from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1993. He started his career in emergency medicine at the Kanawha Valley Animal Emergency Hospital. Along with his wife, Jennifer, he purchased and has managed Hurricane Animal Hospital since 1998. Dr Sette’s greatest joys come from the fun moments, silly pranks and jokes with his clients. He is an amazing surgeon and spends most of his time working in our surgery suites, but you can also commonly find him on the tractor or mower doing “yard work”. He is an excellent teacher and mentor and spends many hours working with pre-veterinary, and veterinary students from WV. In addition to his work here, Dr Sette has served on the WV Veterinary Medical Association for over 10 years and is currently serving on the WV Board of Veterinary Medicine. Dr Sette and Jennifer have raised two children “in the hospital” and currently have 4 dogs at home (2 Labradors, a Pug, and a French Bulldog). He is an avid fisherman and hunter and will be outdoors every chance he can be.

Dr. Kourtney Morrissette

Dr. Kourtney Morrissette graduated from the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2004, and moved to West Virginia in 2007. Her interest in animal behavior began when participating in a research internship at Bays Mountain Park in Kingsport, Tennessee, where she studied wolf reproductive behavior. Before joining the team at Hurricane Animal Hospital, she previously practiced at a cat-only hospital in Georgia and maintains a strong focus in feline medicine and behavior. She is also one of the only veterinarians in the area with in depth training in ultrasound diagnostics that includes echocardiograms (Dr Sette vouches that she is the absolute best in a 2 hour radius!). Dr. Morrissette has a wonderful Golden Retriever named Finn and two terrible cats named Jax and Weeble. She recently added two guinea pigs named Oreo and Truffle to her family.

Dr. Maria Horteloup

Dr. Horteloup was born in the Argentinean Patagonia and grew up in Buenos Aires City. She pursued veterinary medicine while in Buenos Aires. In 2001, she traveled to the United States to start her residency in Theriogenology which she completed in 2004. In 2013, she and her family moved to Virginia where she worked to complete her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine through the ECFVG program. Dr. Horteloup’s special interests include general practice, client education, and emergency medicine. She supports our team in a “virtual” capacity as she provides sick pet appointments in a more immediate need by working with one or two of our highly educated registered veterinary technicians and technology. Dr. Horteloup lives with her husband and daughters and a Scottish Terrier in Blacksburg, Virginia. She loves landscaping and spending time with her family.

Dr. Kelsey Miller

Dr. Miller first joined the Hurricane Animal Hospital team in 2017 when she was an undergraduate student at Marshall University. She was raised and lives in Jackson County and has many years of experience working with her family on the farm. Dr. Miller attended Mississippi State College of Veterinary Medicine. She returned to our team in 2024 and has added Large Animal services to the care we provide. Dr. Miller enjoys horseback riding, horse showing, and spending as much time outdoors with her two Corgis as possible. If you are seeing her in the hospital with a dog or cat, or on your property with a horse or cow, we know you will be pleased with the knowledge and service Dr. Kelsey Miller provides. 

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