Meet Your Team

Large Animal Practice

Dr. Shannon Hazlebeck joined Central Coast Veterinary Services in 2025 after graduating from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. A San Luis Obispo local, she is elated to be returning to her hometown. While attending San Luis Obispo High School, Shannon became involved in FFA, showing pigs at the Mid State Fair, and diving head first in all things veterinary medicine. While completing her undergraduate degree in Animal Science at Cal Poly SLO, Shannon participated in many enterprises, including Beef Calving, Equine Behavior Modification, and Veterinary Community Service, providing no-cost veterinary care to the dogs and cats of SLO at the Prado Day center.

Shannon is passionate about large animal medicine but also loves her Australian Shepherd and two cats with all her heart and looks forward to working as a Mixed Animal Associate. Outside of veterinary medicine, Shannon enjoys hiking, reading, chai lattes, playing board games, and being outside as much as possible.

Equine Practice

Dr. Raffy Dorian’s career in veterinary medicine spans over two decades, combining clinical excellence, entrepreneurial innovation, and a deep commitment to the equine community. Born and raised in Fresno, California, Dr. Dorian studied Animal Science at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo before completing his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) at UC Davis in 1996. He later returned to UC Davis to earn a Master’s in Preventive Veterinary Medicine (MPVM) in 1999. His areas of interest include internal medicine, preventive care, and emergency medicine.

Throughout his career, Dr. Dorian has served equine clients across San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, and San Diego counties. He founded Mobile Veterinary Practice in 2001, an equine and small animal ambulatory service. He has served as the official veterinarian for high-profile equestrian and livestock events, including the Del Mar National Dressage Show, Cuyamaca Ride and Tie, Lakeside Rodeo, and Cal Poly Rodeo.

In 2017, Dr. Dorian returned to the Central Coast to establish Central Coast Veterinary Services (CCVS) — a mobile mixed animal practice dedicated to providing high-quality, on-site veterinary care to equine clients. Under his leadership, CCVS expanded in 2025 to a large animal practice only with a growing team of veterinarians.

Dr. Dorian is an active member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, American Veterinary Medical Association, and California Veterinary Medical Association. He is also a dedicated mentor to veterinary students and has served as a lecturer at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, a guest lecturer at multiple colleges, and a mentor to over one hundred aspiring veterinarians.

When he is not around horses, Dr. Dorian can often be found supporting the local animal community, educating the next generation of veterinarians, and advocating for animal welfare at both local and state levels.

Dr. Kim Sprayberry grew up in a farming family in the San Joaquin Valley, in Sanger, CA.  She did her undergraduate work at UC Davis, earning a Bachelor's degree in Physiology there in 1984 and her doctorate in veterinary medicine there also, in 1988. After 6 years of private practice in performance horse medicine and at the southern California racetracks, Dr. Sprayberry returned to UC Davis for a 3-year residency in equine internal medicine and became Board-certified in that discipline in 1997.  Following that she joined the venerable firm Hagyard-Davidson-McGee (now Hagyard Equine Medical Institute) in Lexington, KY, and worked there as part of the Internal Medicine division for much of the next 15 years.  During that time she took a 2-year hiatus from practice to move to Chicago and work at the AVMA, as an editor for Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association and American Journal of Veterinary Research.  She missed practice, the horses, and the people who come with them and returned to Hagyard in Lexington, but was able to continue her interest in medical journalism in joining Dr. Ed Robinson as editor for the veterinary textbook series Current Therapy in Equine Medicine. She completed a second residency and became Boardcertified in veterinary emergency and critical care in 2018.  Dr. Sprayberry's particular clinical interests lie in pediatric intensive care and high-risk pregnancies in the broodmare, and she enjoys working with any cases that fall under the umbrella of internal medicine, such as cardiac, neurologic, and gastrointestinal diseases. She also enjoys teaching, and is a professor at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.