Our Staff

Click HERE to read Dr. Joe Barbosa's biography.

Natasha Nappo is a veterinarian from Brazil and she is working with Dr. Barbosa and his staff as a veterinary technician and, she also offers acupuncture, physical therapy, and Reiki for animals. She is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. 

Shannon has worked at the Animal Hospital of Hallandale for 24 years. She is originally from Indiana and has been in South Florida for 25 years.

Ily has worked at the Animal Hospital of Hallandale for 3 years. She is from South Florida and has a passion for animals. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and takes care here of our large Spanish speaking community.

Becky is a Veterinary Assistant who speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish, and German. She loves animals and is aiming to become a vet tech. She adopted Nita the cat from our hospital and she will become a vet tech in the near future. 

My name is Julia, I am a college student who is preparing to go to vet school. I speak English, Spanish and Portuguese fluently. I am working with Dr.Barbosa for over 2 years now and I would love to meet you and your beloved pets. I love every animal you could think of..... I have a 3-year-old dog called max who is a rescue and I trained him myself.

Luvy has been in the veterinary field for over 15 years. Also, fluent in Spanish, she has been working at the Animal Hospital of Hallandale for 15 years. She has a passion for animals and knows all of our client's pets by name.

I work part-time at the Animal Hospital. I speak English, Russian and Ukranian.