Dr. Monica Hahn
Owner
Dr. Hahn is co-founder of Stonetree Veterinary Clinic. She grew up caring for sheep, rabbits, chickens dogs and cats on a small family farm in eastern Washington. She worked her way through college, obtaining a Bachelors’s degree in Bible and Theology. Next, she embarked on a path to become a Doctor and was accepted into Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
In 2010 she began practicing medicine in Ketchikan, then in 2013 partnered with Lorraine to open Stonetree Veterinary Clinic. In order to meet the needs of our community, Dr. Hahn performs a wide range of procedures, from basic exams to the management of complex medical conditions. She is a certified Fear Free professional and has donated time performing surgeries in both South America as well as right here in Alaska.
While Dr. Hahn enjoys the wide variety of patients and personalities that come through our doors, she has a particular interest in soft tissue surgery, feline medicine and working dogs. Dr. Hahn’s immediate family consists of her husband Tony, and stepchildren Toni, Jessica, Joshua plus two dogs: Birch a geriatric Great Pyrenees and Jaeger who is a working line Dutch Shepherd. Jaeger is training to compete in Schutzhund. Along with the dog training, Dr. Hahn and her husband enjoy traveling, hunting, and other outdoor activities, along with simply enjoying the rare opportunity to simply relax at home.
Nicole Busch, DVM, CVPP, cVMA, cPEV
Nicole Busch, DVM, CVPP, cVMA, cPEV graduated from the joint Washington State/Utah State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2017. She has special interests in pain management and emergency medicine/critical care. In 2025 Dr. Busch completed the education, training, experience and testing requirements in interdisciplinary pain management to achieve her Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner (CVPP) designation. In the same year Dr. Busch completed the certification process to earn her veterinary medical acupuncture credentials (cVMA). Dr. Busch is a Fear Free Certified veterinarian and a Cat Friendly Certified veterinarian.
Prior to joining the Stonetree Animal clinic team Dr. Busch owned and operated an at-home euthanasia service in Utah and is a certified peaceful euthanasia veterinarian (cPEV). In addition she was relief veterinarian for various emergency care facilities throughout California, Montana and Utah delivering emergency and critical care services.
In her free time Dr. Busch loves to vacation with her friends, watercolor, be on the water and hang out with her husband Jesse. Currently, Dr. Busch has a Golden Retriever named Lola and a German Wirehaired Pointer mix named Stella.
Lorraine Johnson
Practice Owner & Administrator
Lorraine is co-founder of Stonetree Veterinary Clinic. She and her husband, David, moved to Southeast Alaska in 1987. They raised their family in Southeast Alaska living in Juneau, Wrangell, and landing in Ketchikan in 2003. They have three children who all graduated from Ketchikan High School. Their oldest, Stephanie, has two children and works in Anchorage as a clinical social worker. Emilee has graduated with her doctorate of veterinary medicine and is working in Coeur D’Alene, and Matthew who served in the United States Army and now is working towards a new career.
They also have two cats Mr. Smudge and Miss Rosie. When she is not at the clinic, you can find Lorraine enjoying their boat and cruising around Southeast Alaska or cruzin’ the streets of Ketchikan in their ’65 Mustang.
