About Us

Dr. Rachel South is a founder of River Valley Animal Hospital. She graduated from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine with her DVM degree in 2013 and completed her clinical year of the program at Oklahoma State University. Dr. South received her Bachelor’s degree in Biology at Loyola University Maryland. She is originally from Bel Air, Maryland. While attending Ross University in St. Kitts, West Indies, she met Dr. Trevor South. Upon completion of her DVM degree she moved to Arkansas where Dr. Trevor was already practicing!

Upon graduation Dr. South worked in an emergency practice while doing relief work for several day practices in Northwest Arkansas. Dr. South genuinely enjoys emergency and critical care medicine, falling in love with the fast-paced environment while she was a veterinary technician in Maryland before attending veterinary school.

Dr. Rachel is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Arkansas Veterinary Medical Association as well as the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with Dr. Trevor and their two children, traveling, riding her horses and trout fishing. She also enjoys spending time with her German Shorthaired Pointer named Blake and cat named Riley. Dr. South is eager to provide compassionate veterinary care to the area.

Dr. Trevor South is a founder of River Valley Animal Hospital. He graduated from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine with his DVM degree in 2011 and completed his clinical year of the program at Iowa State University. Dr. South received his Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science at Oklahoma State University. He is a Greenwood, Arkansas native graduating from Greenwood High School in 2003. While attending Ross University in St. Kitts, West Indies Dr. Trevor met his wife Dr. Rachel South and they decided to build a life and a practice in Arkansas.

Prior to building River Valley Animal Hospital, Dr. Trevor had started his own successful ambulatory veterinary practice serving the AR/OK community. His veterinary interests include dentistry, soft tissue surgery, equine lameness and herd health.

Dr. Trevor is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Arkansas Veterinary Medical Association as well as the American Association of Equine Practitioners.

In his free time Dr. Trevor enjoys spending time with Dr. Rachel and their two children, taking care of his cattle, trout fishing and hunting! Dr. South is excited to have the opportunity to offer the Fort Chaffee area and surrounding communities high quality medicine and care.

Dr. Brittney Brasuell became a member of RVAH as an associate veterinarian in June 2022. She graduated from Ross University of Veterinary Medicine with her DVM degree in May 2022 and completed her clinical year at Oklahoma State University. Dr. Brasuell received a bachelor’s degree in Biology and a minor in small business and entrepreneurship at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock in 2016. She received a second bachelors in Animal Science at the University of Arkansas in 2017.

Dr. Brasuell started at RVAH as a technician and is excited to be back as a doctor and to be continuing her work with you and your fur babies. She enjoys working with large and small animals. She is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association and soon to be joining the Arkansas Veterinary Medical Association.

In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family and loved ones. She is currently building a homestead on 25 acres with her fiancé while remodeling their new house. Dr. Brasuell has two dogs named Storm and Dozer as well as two cats named Kurgan and Stitch.

Savannah was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina, and graduated from Western Carolina University in 2017 with her B.A. in Social Work. She moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas, in July of 2020 and has fallen in love with the Natural State since!

Outside of work, Savannah loves spending most of her time with her small “zoo”, going on spur of the moment adventures with friends, kayaking, and traveling.

She also adores all 5 of her animals that make up her small zoo! Koba (Australian Shepherd/Rottweiler mix), Jax (Lab/Border Collie Mix), Asher (Lab/Husky Mix), Rip (Lab/? Mix), and Cherokee (Morgan/Quarter Horse).

Savannah has worked in Vet Med since early 2017, and loves to continuously learn new information to help better the world for animals and be their voice and advocate!

Sam has been with RVAH since August 2022 as a CSR!

She has been in the pet industry for 17 years, including retail management and grooming. She enjoys exotic pets, specifically birds and hamsters, and currently owns 2 dogs, 1 parrot, 1 hamster, and fish. She has always loved animals and was a foster for many years.

She was born and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia, moving to Arkansas in 2018 with her husband and two children. Outside of work, Sam enjoys collecting house plants, drinking coffee, cooking, shopping, gardening, and being with her family.