Our Clinic

Sunrise Veterinary Clinic was converted from the Cinfrin Engineering building into what is now our veterinary clinic back in 1991. Offices were turned into exam rooms and kennels, and the drafting room was repurposed into a general treatment area for animals. The printing room became a sterile surgery room, and the library was converted into a pharmacy. Our first client walked through the front doors on March 13th, 1992, with a lobby of just seven chairs. Eventually, the building was renovated to accommodate a much larger front office. Paper records and film x-rays were gradually digitized, and our inventory of in-house diagnostic machines was expanded piece-by-piece to allow rapid, yet effective identification and treatment of illnesses.

George Abernathy, DVM

George Abernathy was born in Las Cruces in 1958. He grew up in Las Cruces and Mesilla Park, often working with livestock and birds, and catching snakes and lizards in his backyard. He graduated from Las Cruces High School in 1976 with a group of over 600. He decided there he wished to become a veterinarian.

He pursued this dream by attending New Mexico State University there in Las Cruces, graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology in 1980. He was then accepted into a Veterinary School at Washington State University and Oregon State University, graduating in 1984. From there, he participated in a mixed-animal practice in Dalhart, Texas for 5 years. He then moved to California to gain more experience in small animal medicine.

After two years there, he moved back to New Mexico and settled down in Rio Rancho, co-owning his veterinary practice where he has worked hard every day since.