About Us
The Animal Center was founded in 1977 by Dr. Jim Furman and his wife Penny. Their eldest son Dr. Tom Furman is the newest chapter to the thriving clinic.
We stand behind the principles of quality veterinary care, and quality staff.
Secretary
Glenda
Glenda has worked for The Animal Center since 1995. She enjoys the people and animals she works with and for. She has a 12 year old black cocker named Maci who has been a very loving and loyal friend. She enjoys scrapbooking, walking, having coffee with friends, and spending lots of time with her lovable grandchildren.
Brittany
Brittany graduated from Alliance High School in 2005. She returned to Alliance after earning her degree in paralegal studies in 2008. She has since earned her BASS/ED. Brittany enjoys the daily interactions with new people and new animals at The Animal Center. Brittany is always making time golf, lap swimming, bike riding, and Hemingford Bobcat sporting events, where her husband, Joe, is a teacher and coach. Brittany enjoys spending plenty of time with her family, including her three-year-old golden lab, Fred and mischievous cat, P.
Veterinary Technicians
Crystal
Crystal grew up locally on a farm and ranch. She graduated from Alliance High School in 2003. She has two very sweet dogs, and enjoys taking them for walks in the park. She has enjoyed working with the staff and clientele of The Animal Center since summer of 2006. Her favorite part of her work is the difference she can make in pet's and their owner's lives.
Malia
Malia graduated from Alliance High School in 2001. She then went on to get a Veterinary Technician degree from Curtis, NE in 2004. After graduating, she moved back to Alliance and started working at The Animal Center as a full time technician and part time groomer. She enjoys working with both large and small animals. She loves spending time with her dogs, cats, and horses. She enjoys four wheeling, riding horses, sewing, and scrapbooking in her spare time.
Veterinary Assistant
Kaitlyn
Kaitlyn graduated form Alliance High School in 2011. She is currently attending WNCC to major in Pre-veterinary medicine. She enjoys spending time with her dogs and horse. She also enjoys horseback riding, drawing, reading, and spending time outside!
Veterinarians
Dr. Jim Furman practices large and small animal medicine and surgery, with special interest in practice management and economics as well as acupuncture therapy.
After receiving his MS degree in 1972 in reproductive physiology and DVM degree in 1976 from Colorado State University, he entered private practice.
Dr. Furman focuses his interests on the beef cattle industry, both cow/calf and feedlot. In addition to serving on many editorial and consultant boards of scientific journals as well as pharmaceutical companies, he has published numerous professional articles.
Dr. Furman is a member of the AVMA, Nebraska VMA, AABP, Society of Theriogenology, and Academy of Veterinary Consultants (President, 1992). He was selected as the AVC Consultant of the Year and also received the AABP Award of Excellence in Preventive Medicine. In 2008, Dr. Furman served as President of the Western Veterinary Conference, one of the largest veterinary conferences in North America.
Dr. Tom Furman practices large and small animal medicine, with special interest surgery, equine dentistry and beef cattle management.
Dr. Tom graduated from Kansas State Veterinary School in 2004. After graduation he went on a traveling internship for one and a half years.
He spent three months in Las Vegas doing primarily small animal surgery with several board certified surgeons. The surgeries included knee, hip, fracture, and soft tissue surgeries.
He worked at the Oklahoma City Sale Barn pregnancy testing cattle and then went on to Redcloud, Nebraska for training in multiple food animal surgeries and industry procedures.
Dr. Tom spent time in Canada where he worked with a large feedlot consulting practice that serviced 35 feedlots in the area. While Dr. Tom was in the Great White North, he also gained extensive training in equine dentistry from the veterinarian that invented the powerfloat.
Back in the States, Dr. Tom practiced at Littleton Equine Medical Center, a prestigious equine hospital in Colorado. He gained special training in colic management, lameness evaluation, and treatment. From there, he went to Piedmont, South Dakota to do some reproductive work that included artificial insemination, semen collection, and embryo transfer with cattle and horses.
Dr. Tom brought all of his experiences back to Alliance in June of 2005 and has put his knowledge into practice for the benefit of his clients, both large and small.
Dr. Tom enjoys practicing veterinary medicine, educating clients, and operating a cattle ranch with with his dad in Alliance. Dr. Tom currently holds veterinary licenses in the states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Nevada, and South Dakota. He has a Beef Cattle Management Certification from the University of Nebraska, serves on the Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) Board of Directors and is currently working on a Master's Degree in Epidemiology.