Our Team
Chris Wickliffe, DVM
Dr. Wickliffe first became interested in horses at the age of 13 through the Boy Scouts of America at the Butte Creek Scout Ranch in Silverton, Oregon. This interest soon became a passion leading to his career path as an equine veterinarian.
Dr. Wickliffe earned Bachelor of Science degrees from Oregon State University in Economics (1992) and Colorado State University in Equine Science (1998). During this time, Dr. Wickliffe had the opportunity to become the first student of the Colorado State University Farrier Program and went on to be a teacher’s assistant in that program. This led to the development of a successful farrier business. Dr. Wickliffe completed his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University in 2002.
After earning his DVM, Dr. Wickliffe worked in 3 large surgical equine veterinary hospitals with the ultimate goal of owning an equine focused veterinary practice. In the fall of 2007, Dr. Wickliffe opened Cascadia Equine Veterinary Clinic, an ambulatory equine veterinary clinic based in Corvallis, OR. In March of 2021 the Tangent clinic was opened. The practice now offers mobile services as well as appointments at the clinic.
Kelsey Palsgaard, DVM cVMA
Dr. Kelsey Palsgaard grew up in California, falling in love with horses at an early age. She started out riding western, but quickly found her love for jumping and grew up competing in Hunter/Jumpers. Her passion for horses and interest in helping them led to a focused path to becoming an equine veterinarian.
Dr. Palsgaard graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science with an Equine Emphasis from University of California, Davis. She stayed at UC Davis for veterinary school and graduated with a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. While in vet school, Dr. Palsgaard held an active role in the Student Veterinary Emergency Response Team as well as the student AAEP chapter. She was the first to graduate from the “Train the Trainer” program and graduated with special veterinary emergency response training. She employed by the Veterinary Emergency Response Team (VERT) at UC Davis. She responded with VERT to the catastrophic Northern CA wildfires multiple years in a row. She has also held multiple trainings for veterinary students and first responders on various topics relating to animals in emergency situations. Dr. Palsgaard attended CuraCore Integrative Medical Academy, earning her certification in Veterinary Medical Acupuncture (cVMA). Dr. Palsgaard worked at an equine hospital near Salt Lake City, Utah prior to moving to Oregon. Her professional interests include integrative medicine, ophthalmology, nutrition, and veterinary emergency response.
Dr. Palsgaard enjoys spending her spare time outdoors, riding horses, and hiking with her dog Luna.
Sera Moran, DVM
As a kid, Dr. Sera Moran was terrified of animals - especially horses. But she overcame her fear so that she could take riding lessons with her big sister, and eventually she became a classic horse-crazy teenager, spending all her time after school at the barn with her first horse and her eventing team.
Dr. Moran attended UC Davis for her undergraduate education, where she studied Animal Science and worked at the campus horse breeding facility. Everyone assumed she would go on to vet school, but at that age, she wasn’t interested in doing what everyone expected of her. After graduation she moved to the midwest and held a variety of jobs including breeding manager at a reining ranch, massage therapist, and dog groomer. Ten years later, she was finally ready to admit that everyone had be right, and she went back to UC Davis for vet school, with her husband and a small herd of horses in tow.
Back at UC Davis, Dr. Moran fell in love with horses all over again, this time from the inside out. She enjoyed every aspect of equine medicine, but her true passion was reproduction and breeding. After vet school, she did an ambulatory internship and residency at Virginia Tech. There she had the opportunity to work with specialists of all kinds, breed many mares, and really get to know people and horses over years of working together. These experiences solidified her commitment to primary care medicine and fostering long-term relationships with patients and clients. Dr. Moran enjoys routine appointments such as vaccines and dentals which allow her to build friendships with horses and humans; she appreciates more complex medicine cases in which she can puzzle together a diagnosis from a series of clues; and of course she loves all things mare-related. Her absolute favorite part of equine practice is meeting the foals she helped produce the previous year.
Dr. Moran lives in Jefferson with one dog, two cats, her two heart horses, the world’s cutest pony, an orchard of fruit trees, and an extremely patient husband. Goats, chickens, ducks, and houseplants coming soon.
