Meet Our Staff

	Stephen D. Fisch, DVM Dr. Stephen D. Fisch has been a horse enthusiast since early childhood. He was a jockey before pursuing his DVM degree from the University of Georgia, where he graduated in 1982. He is president of AVS Equine Medical & Surgical Hospital in Tallahassee, which is the only full service equine medical and surgical referral hospital within 150 miles of Tallahassee. Dr. Fisch’s special interests are diagnosis and treatment of equine lameness, surgery, equine sports medicine and all aspects of reproduction. Dr. Fisch enjoys helping high caliber competition horses perform to the best of their ability. He is certified in equine acupuncture and qualified in 2001 as an FEI veterinarian. Dr. Fisch has been the official FEI veterinarian for Red Hills Horse Trials, a World Cup Qualifying Event. Dr. Fisch's passion is family & breeding racing Quarter Horses. His spare time is spent with his wife, Kelley, and four children – Joe, Jessie, Casey, and Zoey. He avidly follows Quarter Horse racing and was instrumental in bringing Quarter Horse racing back to Florida in 2009 after an 18 year hiatus. He is shown above with "First Down Straw" a Quarter Horse racing stallion that stands at AVSE.
	W Joseph Fisch, DVM "Dr. Joe" Dr. Joe Fisch grew up riding ponies. He rode and trained his Pony Finals mount in 1992. He moved from ponies to horses, showing in the southeast in USET and other equitation classes. Next, the need for speed took over and Dr. Joe enjoyed success on the Jumper Circiut before heading to college. Joe Fisch, DVM went to the University of Florida for both undergraduate and veterinary medicine and graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine in 2004. Dr. Joe enjoys working on challenging neurological cases ranging from eastern equine encephalitis to West Nile to EPM (equine protozoal myeloencephalitis)to CVM. Another focus he has is the theriogenology (reproduction) side of the practice. Dr. Joe enjoys the variety of reproduction cases he is able to work on at AVS Equine Hospital. His cases include: embryo transfers, artifical insemination with fresh and frozen semen, cleaning the infected mare, training stallions to the collection dummy, working with stallion that have less than optimal semen and finding the right formula so they can have a successful stud career, and challenging neonatal cases. Dr. Joe enjoys many hobbies and likes to be outside as much as possible with activities including kayaking, scuba diving, water and snow skiing topping the list. He likes playing and watching sports (A LOT!). He loves to zipline as shown in photo on right and has been know to jump out of airplanes in foreign counties.
	Tami Voorhees, DVM Tami Voorhees, DVM was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. A passion for horses was a family legacy Dr. Voorhees inherited. Her grandpa was a calf roper and raised Belgian draft horses in Iowa, and her mom, an avid trail rider, encouraged her to pursue her passion. Dr. Voorhees started taking formal riding lessons when she was 8 years old and spent the next eleven years barrel racing, pole bending, breakaway calf roping, and team roping at rodeos all over Missouri. Dr. Voorhees received her B.S. degree in Biology from Maryville University and then graduated from the University Of Missouri College Of Veterinary Medicine in 2008. After veterinary school, she completed a year long internship at AVS Equine Hospital and then went on to pursue veterinary medicine experience in Maryland and Missouri. In July of 2010, Dr. Voorhees accepted an Associate Veterinarian position at AVS Equine Hospital and is very happy to be back working with clients and colleagues she enjoys and living in a great community. When she is not at work, her favorite activities include having dinner with family and friends, jogging, trail riding, and going to Cardinals baseball games with her dad. Go Cardinals!!
	Rachel Lacey, DVM Dr. Rachel Lacey grew up just North of Tallahassee in the small town of Moultrie, Ga. She earned her BS in Chemistry at Georgia Southern University and then attended FSU while working on a Master’s program in Biochemistry. While working on her Master's degree, she also worked at our hospital, which gave her extensive experience she put to good use by applying to UF College of Veterinary Medicine. We were sorry to loose such a great employee, but very proud when she left our hospital to attended the University of Florida where she received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in May of 2011. Rachel grew up loving and riding horses. She rode with the Georgia Southern Equestrian Team for four years while in college and spent a large portion of her free time at the barn exercising horses, cleaning stalls, feeding horses, and cleaning tack in order to earn her lessons. While Rachel was working as a veterinary assistant at AVS Equine Hospital she fell in love with a patient - Clyde. He was admitted with a severe eye issue and needed treatment several times a day. Clyde recovered and went home. Luckily, Rachel was eventually able to convince Clyde's owner that she would give him a wonderful home, which is how Clyde came to be a part of the Lacey family. Rachel is excited to be back at AVSE working with the clients and staff she loves so much. We at AVS are equally as excited to have her back because she treats every horse with the same care, respect and determination she gave Clyde years ago. Rachel’s veterinary interests include reproduction, sports medicine, preventative care, and anesthesia. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Josh, riding Clyde, running, and traveling.