Dr. M.J. LaRue Forman moved to Jackson Hole with her family in 1970. She graduated from Jackson-Wilson High School in 1978. She attended Colorado State University for her undergraduate degree and graduated from Veterinary School in 1985. Dr. Forman ventured to the east coast where she slaved as an intern in small animal medicine and surgery at a specialty hospital in Connecticut. She was accepted to a three year small animal internal medicine residency at Tufts University. It was here that she met the love of her life and current co-owner, Dr. Daniel Forman. After completing advanced degrees, Dan and M.J. practiced in New Hampshire for two years. The loss of a dear family member brought the couple back to Jackson Hole where they married in 1991. Spring Creek Animal Hospital was born July of 1992. That same year, M.J. became the first board certified veterinary internal medicine specialist in a three state area. Their beautiful children came into their lives in 1995 (Josh) and 1996 (Matthew). The growth and success of both the animal hospital and the children have amazed even them! In addition to being a business owner, veterinarian, wife, mother, daughter and hockey/soccer mom, M.J. loves exercise of any type, but in particular hiking, biking and skiing. She enjoys reading and spends any spare time keeping memories of her wonderful and full life by scrap booking!

Dr. Daniel G. Forman received his Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science from Cornell University in 1983. After spending a year in Graduate School in search of a Master’s Degree in Reproductive Physiology from The University of Maryland, College Park he entered veterinary school at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1984. Upon completion of his degree in veterinary medicine in 1988, he was accepted into an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at The Animal Medical Center in New York City, where he honed his veterinary skills and developed a lifelong love for exotic animal medicine. His greatest achievement was finding the love of his life in veterinary school; a third year teaching resident at Tufts University named M.J. LaRue. They were married in 1991 and have two wonderful sons, Josh and Matt. Drs. Dan and M.J. Forman created Spring Creek Animal Hospital on July 3, 1992, with a total staff of one additional person. Today, Spring Creek Animal Hospital is a fully accredited facility of the American Animal Hospital Association with a staff of over 25 wonderful and caring animal lovers. That is Dr. Forman’s second proudest accomplishment.

Dr. Forman has served on numerous non-profit boards in Jackson Hole, currently serving as an advisor for the Learning Center, an organization specializing in developmental disorders for children age birth through five years, and PAWS, a non-profit dedicated to improving the quality of life of companion animals in Jackson Hole. After 9/11, he worked with the Wyoming Department of Homeland Security on bio-terrorism issues. He is the Staff Veterinarian for the Wyoming Wetlands Society, dedicated to increasing the population and range of Trumpeter Swans. He routinely performs pro-bono work on raptors and other wildlife for the Wyoming Department of Game and Fish and is the State Liaison for the Association of Avian Veterinarians. He is an active member of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Wyoming Veterinary Medical Association. He has been recognized with achievement awards by the Morris Animal Foundation and the American Canine Association.

Between attending his son’s various sporting events, Dr. Dan likes to hike, play softball and wonder what it would be like playing centerfield for the Boston Red Sox, not necessarily in that order…

Dr. Forman presently serves as Board Chairman on the Teton County Board of Public Health.

Dr. Kathrin Luderer was born in Braunschweig, Germany. At the age of two her family moved to New Jersey where her love for animals developed at an early age. Restricted by her family’s frequent travels to a cat and a pair of gerbils, she became the neighborhood “critter-sitter” and in the fourth grade announced, “I’m going to be a veterinarian.”

After receiving a BA in biology from Tufts University in Medford, MA, she attended Tufts Veterinary School and graduated in 1989. As a senior at Tufts she was mentored by Dr. M.J. Forman who completing her residency training in Internal Medicine at the time.

Following graduation she became an associate veterinarian in a busy small-animal practice in Worcester, MA. While there she adopted Bruno, a Pitbull-Lab puppy found injured and abandoned on the streets of Worcester. Kathrin chose to rescue and repair him and he has become one of her closest companions and helped ease her transition between her East Coast life and her move west.

In 1998, seeking a major life change and finally pursuing a life-long dream to live in the mountains, she and Bruno headed west and arrived in Jackson, Wyoming. In 2001, she married long time Jackson resident Joe Larrow and in 2002 they started a family and had a beautiful son Driscoll, who is named after an old ski patrol buddy of Joe’s.

Although her special interest is soft tissue surgery, she enjoys the many varied aspects of being a veterinarian and is always amazed at how no two days are ever the same and that there is always something new to learn.

Kathrin considers herself very lucky to be able to live and work in this beautiful valley and in her free time, enjoys many outdoors pursuits including alpine and cross country skiing, hiking and biking.

Fabrianne Kutzer, Veterinary Technician

Fabrianne has worked at Spring Creek Animal Hospital since 2000. The first two years she worked as a receptionist and was then trained as a technician. She enjoys working with animals and finds satisfaction in being able to help make them better. When not at work, she enjoys reading, hiking, snowshoeing, camping and rafting. She has two dogs, Payden and Mollie and a cat named Mosby.