About Nippers Corner Pet Medical Center

Team of Nippers Corner Pet Medical Center

Welcome to Nippers Corner Pet Medical Center in Nashville! Our full-service animal hospital, pet grooming, and pet boarding facility serves the needs of pets and their owners in Brentwood, Nashville, and the surrounding communities. The experienced veterinarians and professional staff provide compassionate care for your pet at every stage of life.

We provide a full range of services to meet the medical care, surgical care, and dental care needs of pets in Brentwood and South Nashville. Our cutting-edge veterinary hospital is equipped to provide accurate diagnosis and comprehensive care for vaccinations, wellness exams, and nutritional counseling, as well as emergency care, critical care, treatments for health problems, and surgeries.

Nippers Corner Pet Medical Center is a state of the art animal hospital offering services for the health, wellness, and safety of your pet. We have a boarding facility and day care facility to provide loving care in a safe and comfortable environment when you cannot be with your pet. Pet bathing and pet grooming services are available, including clipping, bathing, de-shedding treatments, nail trimming, and dental cleaning.

If you are searching for veterinarians, pet grooming, doggie daycare or boarding services in Brentwood or Nashville, contact us today at 615-645-2100 for more information about any of our services.

Meet Your Nashville Veterinarians at Nippers Corner

Tripp McEachern, DVM

Veterinarian

Dr. Tripp McEachern joined Nippers Corner in 2017. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. After college, research opportunities at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine helped him identify his career goals of becoming a veterinarian.

Dr. Tripp has been practicing veterinary medicine in the Nashville area since 2010. He has worked in large general practice hospitals as well as emergency veterinary medicine. Dr. Tripp has special interests in osteoarthritis and orthopedic disease, surgery, and pet dermatology.

Outside the vet hospital, Dr. Tripp can be found spending time with his family, out on the golf course, or walking in the woods.

Judy L. Torchia, DVM

Veterinarian

From an early age, Dr. Judy Torchia dreamed of becoming a veterinarian. She developed a love of working with animals from growing up in a Wisconsin farming community and assisting at a veterinary hospital at the young age of 11. Many children have the same dream of working with animals, but Dr. Torchia followed through with her goals by attending the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine and earning her degree in 1986.

Dr. Torchia owned a Florida veterinary hospital for seven years and spent time teaching at her alma mater as a guest professor. Dr. Torchia then moved to the Nashville area, where she lives with her daughter, Clare, and her Golden Retrievers, Forrest & Chance.

Abby Stephens, DVM

Veterinarian

Dr. Abby Stephens is a graduate of Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of the South- Sewanee majoring in Psychobiology and minoring in French. Dr. Stephens began practicing veterinary medicine in Austin, Texas before making Nashville her home. She has a special interest in feline medicine (and calls herself a Crazy Cat Lady), internal medicine and pet dermatology.

Outside the vet hospital, you can find her running, rock climbing, or practicing yoga. Dr. Stephens and her husband, Jesse, live in Nashville with their 2-year-old daughter Veda who keeps them both very busy. Their house is also bustling with their canine children, Xan and Chelsea, and three beautiful cats, Jackson, Phoebe, and Ginny.

Crockett

Practice Manager / Client Care

Crockett is a Nashville native who attended the Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet for Health Sciences and Engineering at Pearl High School. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelors in Business Administration. Crockett began working in the veterinary field in 2004 as a Kennel Associate then Veterinary Assistant and joined Nippers Corner as Hospital Manager in 2018.

Sydney

Groomer

Sydney first started working with animals 6 years ago as a volunteer with an animal rescue in eastern Utah. She has now turned her passion for helping dogs into a career as a pet groomer and loves making pets look and feel their best. Outside the vet hospital, she likes to paint, read, bake, and go on long hikes with Miku (12yr Border Collie) and Edel (9yr Corgi/Labrador) Her favorite part of working as a groomer is getting all the free cuddle time with new dogs and trying new creative styles.

Jessica

Client Care

Jessica has been in the veterinarian field since 2010 graduating from UT Martin in 2010 with a degree in animal science. Outside the vet hospital, Jessica enjoys reading, anime, and video games and taking care of her two cats. Her favorite thing about working at Nippers Corner is being there for all her clients and their four-legged loved ones.

Kim

Client Care

Kim moved to Nashville from Pittsburgh with her husband Pete in 2016. As a mom of 2 boys, she operated a home-based pet grooming business for 20 years. She then transitioned to the front office of an urgent care center where she was employed for 11 years. She decided to use the relocation to Nashville as an opportunity to combine the two vocations and return to her love of animals. Kim feels this change has been a great fit for her as she enjoys helping clients and their beloved fur babies to remain happy and healthy!

Savannah

Licensed Veterinary Technician

Savannah is a Licensed Veterinary Technician (LVT) and graduated from The Vet Tech Institute at Bradford School in 2015. Her love of all animals has driven her to learn about multiple species of animals including reptiles. Outside the vet hospital, she likes to hike, play video games and hang out with all her creatures (snakes, lizards & a dog!)

Kali

Vet Assistant

Kali is a Nashville native who has been in the veterinary field since 2015. She has three dogs, two of which are geriatric and one is a spunky puppy. Outside the animal clinic, she loves to enjoy the outdoors, supporting her family in their sports activities and she also enjoys doing mission work.

David

Vet Assistant

David Is originally from Iowa, where he grew up with a wide array of animals from dogs and horses, to lizards, ferrets, and even rats. His love of animals turned into a job training horses for rodeo event and working for a horse rescue. David decided to put his love of animals to good use and got into the veterinary field back in 2011 where he worked his way us to a Veterinary assistant quickly. David moved to Nashville in the winter/spring of 2017 and joined the Nippers Corner team shortly after.

Michael

Kennel Assistant

Bio to come...

Alexis

Veterinary Assistant

Born and raised in TN. Graduated from Western Kentucky University with a biology major and agriculture degree with a focus on animal science. Joined August 2017. She always had a passion for animals especially cats and wildlife! I personally have one little fur child, a miniature schnauzer, her name is Jayden. She brings so much joy in my life. Outside of work she is earning or taking credits in the hopes of going to vet school, crocheting, knitting, reading, serving in churches or relaxing with my dog. She is so happy to be apart of this team and I can't wait to meet you and your fur best friend.

MacKenzie

Client Care

MacKenzie has lived in Nashville since 2005 where she graduated from Belmont University. She has two adorably crazy dogs named Addie (a Sheepdog mix) and Charley (a lab mix). MacKenzie comes to Nippers Corner with over 12 years of Events and Public Relations experience. When not at work you might find her at a local eatery or out and about with her camera photographing the city.

Chance & Forrest

Animal Clinic Greeters

Forrest and Chance are Dr. Torchia’s personal pets that help at the animal clinic. They can usually be found sleeping in various places, begging for treats and hoping you will purchase extended play times so they can play with your canine pets while they are boarding with us here at Nippers Corner Pet Medical Center. All in all, they have a great life but prefer to act like the long-suffering forgotten mascots in hopes of getting an extra meal. It works amazingly well! They look forward to seeing all their friends and help with blood donations when needed for patient care.