Dr. Shoshana Gittens Ross is a general practitioner who became a member of the All Friends Animal Hospital team in 2025.
Before starting veterinary school, she worked as a veterinary technician at All Friends Animal Hospital. She is excited and grateful to return to an amazing team of veterinary professionals. Dr. Gittens grew up in Norwich, CT. From a young age, Dr. Gittens knew she wanted to be a veterinarian and enjoyed helping both people and their pets.
Dr. Gittens obtained her Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut, where she was an active member of the Pre-Vet club and volunteered as a research assistant in the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab. She went on to complete her doctorate degree at the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. She completed her last clinical year of vet school at Iowa State University. Her primary interests are internal medicine, surgery, and clinical pathology.
Dr. Gittens currently has one rescue cat named Mittens and hopes to add some more furry members to her family. Her hobbies include working out, traveling, and reading.
Dr. Elizabeth Friday is a General Practitioner who has been a member of the All Friends Animal Hospital medical team since 2006.
A native of Baltic, Connecticut, Dr. Friday says that she has always had a love of animals and an interest in medicine. These childhood interests were further honed by spending time on a nearby dairy farm watching the veterinarian care for the animals and then volunteering for veterinary practices beginning at age 14.
Dr. Friday attended the University of New Hampshire for her undergraduate studies and graduated Cum Laude in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science. In 1994, she entered Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine where she earned her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1998.
Her area of special professional interest is internal medicine. Dr. Friday is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
She is married to Chris Friday and they have 2 children - Alexander, who is 6, and Sophia who is 4. They share their home with their rescued cat Asparagus and 2 Labrador Retrievers named Gobi and Angus.
Dr. Friday's interests include hiking, wine tasting and travel. She spends most of her free time at soccer games and swim lessons!
Dr. Kathleen Tangari simply fell in love with the idea of becoming a veterinarian as a young child. She grew up in Pawcatuck, CT and was always bringing home sick animals. "My mother and father encouraged me to get a job at a veterinarian's office when I was 16 years old and after working in the field; I knew this was the career for me," Dr. Tangari said. Before getting her degree, she fostered sick cats and dogs and ferrets as well as a variety of wildlife including baby raccoons, squirrels, possums, hawks and other wild birds and ducks.
She received her Bachelor's Degree at The University of Connecticut in 1991 and then received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Oklahoma State University in 1995. In the years since graduation, she has had many memorable experiences as a veterinarian, including removing six rubber snakes from the stomach of a ferret and removing a mass from a dog about the size of a volleyball. Her primary passion is surgery. "It's rewarding to try to fix something and make an animal feel better right away," she said. Besides enjoying surgery and internal medicine, she also enjoys working with exotic pocket pets.
Dr. Tangari is married and has one son. Her family shares their Ledyard home with three dogs, Lizzy, Daisy and Rosie, and a cat named Georgie. Her hobbies include photography, camping, boating, woodworking, and crafting, and she loves volunteering at her son's school and working with children.
Dr. Kristen Kaminski is a general practitioner who became a member of the All Friends Animal Hospital team in 2024. Dr. Kaminski grew up as a military child traveling frequently and visiting family in Vermont on holidays. She aspired to be a veterinarian from a young age and pursued that dream as an adult.
Dr. Kaminski obtained her Bachelor's of science from the University of Vermont where she was also the veterinary liaison and President of the CREAM (Cooperative for Real Education in Agricultural Management) dairy herd program. Dr. Kaminski then traveled to Saint Kitts to obtain her Doctorate degree from Ross University School of Medicine. While on the island, she assisted with the startup of the island's first animal shelter and volunteered to help with local cattle herd care. She attended Cornell University School of Veterinary Medicine for her last clinical year of vet school and graduated with high honors.
Dr. Kaminski has a husband who works on submarines and two rescue dogs (Liam and Diesel). Her hobbies include kayaking, hiking, and travel.
Included in this photo are our Customer Service Representatives, Veterinary Assistants, Credentialed Veterinary Technicians, and our Practice Manager. Our dedicated staff has a combined total of 167 years with the All Friends family.
