Veterinarian Overview
Dr. Gayle Roberts graduated from Los Altos High School in Hacienda Heights. She attended UC Davis for 8 years, earning her Bachelor's degree in Animal Science in 1976 and her DVM in 1980. Dr. Roberts has practiced in Orange County ever since. She loves working with all animals, and even served as park veterinarian at Lion Country Safari. She was staff doctor at Crown Valley Animal Hospital when she gained national notoriety for her care and work with the pelicans that were maimed off of Dana Point in 1982 and 1983. Dr. Roberts received the Lorne Greene New Wilderness Award for this work. She then worked in the referral surgical practice that did the beak prostheses on the pelicans for just over a year. She purchased Northwood Animal Hospital in 1986. Dr. Roberts especially enjoys surgery, dentistry and working with exotic animals.Dr. Roberts lives in Lake Forest with her husband, Jim. They have two children, Dustin, 34, and Diana, 28. The whole family shares her love for animals which includes their own large animal family; thier 2 cats: Huckleberry & Francisco, their rescue dogs: Mortecai, Dillyn and their Australian Shepard puppy, Razzle Dazzle. In her limited spare time, Dr. Roberts enjoys running and tae kwon do.
