Meet Our Team
Dr. James (Skip) Fix
DVM
Dr. Skip Fix was born in Houston at St. Joseph's Hospital, like many Houstonians in the 1950s, but he grew up in North Dallas. He attended Texas A&M University as an undergraduate and earned his BS in microbiology. He graduated Texas A&M Veterinary School in 1978, where he met his wife, suturing her horse's wounds in the veterinary school clinic. After a year in Miami, Florida working on race horses, like Alydar the Triple Crown runner up, he moved to Northern California and worked in a small animal and equine clinics. In 1982 he and his wife moved back to Houston where he became one of the founding partners of West Houston Veterinary Medical Associates in 1984. In 1998 he took ownership of Nottingham Animal Clinic, at our current location.
Dr. Fix has a special interest in surgery, ophthalmology as well as radiographic and ultrasound imaging. He is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Animal Hospital Association.
Dr. Fix has been involved and competed in canine obedience and flyball. His recent dog, a rescue Doberman named "Buddy", came to him with a fractured rear leg and wounds which he repaired. Sadly, "Buddy" recently passed away after a struggle with lung cancer. He is greatly missed both in Dr. Fix's home and here in the clinic. His home is kept in line by the four cats of the household that are trying to teach "Dee", the new Doberman, the "cat and dog rules" of the house. "Dee" has currently achieved his Open Obedience CDX title and competing in agility Excellent level classes.
His long time hobbies are weightlifting and restoring and racing cars, particularly Pontiacs and his 1978 Trans Am, which he bought new upon graduating veterinary school. His wife, Sheri, is involved with dressage horses. His son, Michael, continued the Aggie tradition by graduating as a third generation of Fix Aggies in Industrial Engineering. He is currently working for Eaton/Cooper Industries in Milwaukee, WI transferred from Ventura, CA. His daughter, Melissa, graduated from Texas State with a degree in Psychology .Melissa then graduated nursing program at Texas A&M at Corpus Christi with a 4.0 and is at Seton Hospital in Austin.
Karen Damico
Office Manager
Karen began working as a technician's assistant in 1997. She has been welcoming clients at our current location since 1999. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time with her 5 grandchildren ranging in age from 4 to 18 years of age. She also enjoys fostering special needs animals.
Nicole Garcia
Veterinary Technician
Nicole started working with animals in 2000 and has been a part of our practice since 2007. She works mostly with hospitalized and surgery patients. In her spare time she enjoys working with her horse and competing in endurance races and three day events.
Gina Harris
Veterinary Technician
Working with animals since 2000, Gina joined the Nottingham team in 2011. She works as a technician here in the clinic but also enjoys fostering animals in need and finding them forever homes.
Dana Sheikh
Dana is our newest team member, starting in January of 2013. She has worked in the veterinary field since 1991. When not working she enjoys spending time with her family and gardening.
