Kelly Jones is a Metro East native and proud Triad High School graduate. After high school, she attended Eastern Illinois University, where she majored in Biological Sciences with Teacher Certification. She spent seven years as a high school science teacher in Mt. Olive, IL. While teaching, she also worked to earn her Master of Science degree in Biological Sciences from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Dr. Jones wanted to be a veterinarian since she was a very young girl and always loved taking care of family pets and wounded wildlife she would find growing up. As a young adult, Dr. Jones still had a love for the field of veterinary medicine and owned a very large variety of pet species over the years (cats, dogs, reptiles, small mammals, amphibians, aquatic animals, and even a tarantula). After her beloved cat, Chen Lee, battled nasal cancer, she decided she most definitely had to become a veterinarian, so she graduated from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine in 2014. Dr. Jones started working at Pope Animal Hospital in Alton, IL, post-graduation and enjoyed seeing a variety of patients and forming relationships with their families. Dr. Jones loves solving problems, so internal medicine and dermatology cases are among some of her favorite aspects of the field, as well as various surgeries and, of course, all things associated with veterinary medicine in exotic animal species. It has been a dream of Dr. Jones since vet school to own a veterinary hospital, and she knew she wanted her hospital to stand out. Dr. Jones calls Village Veterinary Hospital her “love letter to veterinary medicine” as it truly is all she ever wanted in a veterinary hospital, and she is so proud to call it her own. Dr. Jones and her husband love to travel with their three children and spend time outdoors as much as possible. They often bring the best pup in the world, Lincoln (a husky mix), on all their adventures. Dr. Jones also has cats, a ferret, a fish tank, and a macaw named Jupiter Skyfall, who loves to fly [citation].