Meet the Doctors
Dr. Robert Flecker
Dr. Flecker has a wide range of experience in veterinary medicine as a practitioner, business owner and consultant. His interests include oncology, dermatology, dentistry and surgery. Dr. Flecker obtained a bachelor’s degree in Zoology from Humboldt State University and worked as a fisheries and marine mammal biologist in Alaska before starting a Ph.D. program in marine ecology at the University of Rhode Island. He left that program to enter veterinary school and earned doctorates, with highest honors, in veterinary medicine from both Oregon State University and Washington State University. In 1987, he established Meridian Park Veterinary Hospital, which he operated until 1999. He established the Oregon Veterinary Radiation Oncology Practice in 1997 and the Hillsdale Veterinary Group in 2002.
Dr. Flecker has served on the Oregon Veterinary Association Animal Welfare Committee as a board member and as an adjunct instructor for the Veterinary Technology Program at Portland Community College. He has acted as an expert witness for animal abuse cases in Oregon and Washington, as vice president of the Hillsdale Business and Professional Association, and as the chairman of the Hillsdale Neighborhood Association Off-Leash Park task force. He also has served on the executive board of the Tualatin Chamber of Commerce and organized an annual community event focusing on pets.
His personal interests include bicycling, whitewater kayaking, skiing, running, yoga, backpacking and swimming. He lives in Hillsdale with his wife Mary, who is business manager of the practice, their son Sam, and two pets—a cat (Lightning) and a dog (Marty).
Dr. Gary Hunt
Dr Hunt is a life-long animal lover, originally from the Midwest. He holds a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine and a BS in Zoology, both from The Ohio State University. While a vet student, he worked as a technician at The Capital Area Humane Society. During his final year of vet school, Dr Hunt had a unique opportunity to do hospital rotations with both veterinarian-editors of the reference book “Small Animal Internal Medicine”. One of them was at the University of California at Davis, which is what initially brought Dr Hunt out west. During his UC Davis trip, he traveled and visited with veterinarians from Northern California, Oregon, and Washington. He was taken with Portland’s energy, environment, and strong veterinary community. Upon graduation in 1996, Dr Hunt returned to Portland and began practice.
He practiced at Laurelhurst Veterinary Hospital in NE Portland for 5 years. Later, he practiced at Barbur Blvd Veterinary Hospital in SW Portland (with the local vet-cardiologist) for almost 7 years. His professional interests include geriatrics, infectious disease, feline medicine, and dermatology.
Dr Hunt lives in Hillsdale with his wife, Tracy Waechter, DVM, daughter Izabella, Great Pyrenees dog Mattie, and his Siamese cat from vet school, Chester. He volunteers regularly at Rieke Elementary School. He is also active in salmon recovery efforts through various organizations. In his spare time, he enjoys fishing, hiking, and playing guitar and mandolin.