About Our Doctors

Mary Press, DVM  grew up in Marin, graduating from San Marin High School in 1986. She majored in Zoology at UC Berkeley and graduated in 1990. She studied veterinary medicine at Tufts Veterinary School in Boston, MA, and graduated in 1994. She then completed an internship specializing in small animal medicine and surgery in Sacramento. 
 
She currently lives in Mill Valley with her husband Curtis (who is also a veterinarian). She has five children, the oldest son is currently studying at the Naval Academy. She also resides with a parrot, two cats both named Charlie, two dogs, a house chicken, a Flemish Giant bunny, a tortoise, and 2 pygmy goats. Mary is an active member of the MCVMA, Corinthian Yacht Club, Mount Carmel Church, and Tamalpais ultra running group, qualifying for the Western States Endurance Race multiple times.


Maggie McDermott, DVM  joined Larkspur Landing Veterinary Hospital in 2006. She grew up in Rockville, Maryland and attended the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia. After graduating in 2005, she moved to San Francisco with her family, where she currently lives with her husband, 3 kids, dog, and cat.