Welcome to Kiamichi Veterinary Clinic!

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We are a family owned and operated mixed animal practice located in McAlester, Oklahoma.  Dr. Melvin Crownover is a graduate of the School of Veterinary Medicine at Oklahoma State University.  Having grown up on small and large ranches in

                                                                 both Oklahoma and Texas prior to attending veterinary school,

                                                                                         Dr. Crownover has always been around a mixed variety of animals.  Having                                                                                         grown up raising a variety of both large and small animals, he, along with  his                                                                                   wife Erica and children, now enjoys raising livestock, in addition to caring                                                                                  for the welfare of the animal community in Southeastern Oklahoma. 

 

                                                                                             Dr. Crownover graduated as valedictorian from his high school senior                                                                                               class, and then with honors (cum laude) from Oklahoma State University                                                                                               with a Bachelors of Science degree in Animal Sciences.  He was accepted                                                                                                early to OSU's School of Veterinary Medicine at the end of his junior year                                                                                               of his undergraduate studies.  He earned different academic scholarships                                                                                               throughout his tenure in veterinary school, and he was privileged to work                                                                                           closely with many of the program's top professors and researchers on various                                                                               bovine and equine theriogenology projects.  He graduated in 2012 with his DVM degree, and then worked for a year at a small practice in Miami, OK before

coming to KVC in 2013.  His wife, Erica, came to Oklahoma in 2007 for graduate school at Oklahoma State where she met

Dr. Crownover.  She is a former middle and high school teacher (including at McAlester Public Schools), and is now a locally-practicing licensed professional counselor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The founders of KVC are Dr. Ewell Center, and his wife, Marty.  A native of the area, Dr. Center built the original building and the practice in 1977.  After almost 40 years of continuous outstanding service to McAlester and the surrounding communities,         Dr. Center sold the practice to the Crownovers in 2014.  He now currently enjoys spending time with his family, but he can occasionally be seen at KVC.

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   Dr. Morgan Standridge graduated from Oklahoma State University's College of Veterinary Medicine in 2024, and she joined Dr. Crownover and the KVC staff as a new associate after earning

her DVM. She was born and raised in McAlester, and following 

graduation from high school, she began her higher education

studies at Eastern Oklahoma State College and then transferred

to OSU as an animal science pre-veterinary medicine major.

While at Eastern, she began pursuing her love of animal care by

shadowing Dr. Crownover at the Clinic, something she would

continue to do for the next ten years. Also while at Eastern, she

met her husband, Junior Standridge, and they married in 2020.

Soon after, she began veterinary school during the pandemic,

and excelled at her studies over the next four years.

Dr. Standridge has a special interest in small animal internal

medicine, and she is dedicated to bettering the health and

well-being of all her future patients.

   In addition to having been continuously encouraged by her

husband and family, Dr. Standridge would also like to acknowledge her two dogs, Cooper and Gunner, for their patience and support throughout vet school.

   Dr. Standridge is happy to be in her hometown as another valued member of the KVC family, and we are fortunate to add her knowledge and expertise as part of our team as she serves the pets and animals in our community well!

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