Utah · Veterinarian — Practice Owner — Founder
I take the cases other clinics run out of time for —
and I build independent hospitals where that medicine can live.
Corporate groups are quietly buying veterinary medicine, one local clinic at a time — same sign out front, different owner behind it. I'm building the other future: hospitals owned by the doctors who practice inside them.
From innkeeper to veterinarian to founder
Nicole sold a business she ran with her husband to chase the thing she wanted since childhood — then earned her DVM at Washington State University and built her own hospital instead of joining someone else’s.
Read chapter 01The cases other clinics run out of time for
Chronic, complicated, unexplained — families arrive after years without answers, and leave with a diagnosis, a plan, and sometimes a cure. Full attention and thorough diagnostics, every single case.
Read chapter 02Built, not bought — owned by the doctors inside
Mtn Green Animal Hospital — raised from bare ground, open and serving Morgan County since September 2025 — and Agave Animal Hospital, a from-scratch build taking shape in St. George for an early 2027 opening.
Read chapter 03Keeping veterinary medicine independent
Corporate groups are quietly buying veterinary clinics and keeping the local name on the sign. Nicole is building the alternative: hospitals owned by the doctors who practice in them.
Read chapter 04For the doctor who wants to own the practice
A twice-proven playbook — site, financing, construction, brand, and systems — wrapped around a doctor ready for ownership. The next hospital could carry your name beside hers.
Read chapter 05
“The best medicine happens when
the doctor owns the building.”
— Nicole Sorensen, DVM · two hospitals built, and counting
The record