About Us

Jonathan Henrichs, DVM

Owner, Veterinarian

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​Dr. Jonathan Henrichs founded Empire Equine Veterinary Services to provide the highest quality, compassionate, personalized and expert care for the horses of Southern Arizona. Originally from Michigan, Dr. Henrichs grew up surrounded by a wide variety of animals from a young age. He earned his Bachelor of Science from Cornell University, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Afterward he spent the following five years working as a draft horse farmer, wrangler and horse trainer on ranches and farms across the United States, followed by an additional two years in Tucson, AZ as an equine veterinary assistant. He then attended Washington State University where he earned his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine with Phi Zeta honors distinction, graduating in the top ten percent of his class. During vet school he took advantage of opportunities to work for three years in the University's emergency equine surgery service, as well as care for working equines in the Andes mountains of Peru, and participate in published research investigating the safety of equine pain medications. After earning his degree Dr. Henrichs moved back to Tucson where he worked for four years as an Equine Veterinarian at Reata Equine Veterinary Group. During this time he was proud to serve as the primary care veterinarian for the horses of the United States Border Patrol across Southern Arizona. Finally deciding to open his own practice, Dr. Henrichs founded Empire Equine Veterinary Services in 2026. He lives in Vail with his wife Danielle, their son Henry, and their many animals including two mares, May and June.

Danielle Henrichs

Owner, Manager and Patient Services Coordinator

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Danielle is originally from Devon, England, where horses were a part of her life from a young age. Danielle permanently relocated to Arizona in 2017, and became a United States citizen in 2021. Prior to working at Empire Equine, Danielle worked for four years as the Patient Services Coordinator for the equine, farm animal and theriogenology departments at the Washington State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Following this she worked as the Patient Services Coordinator at Reata Equine Veterinary Group in Tucson for two years. Her experience in the equine veterinary profession has given Danielle the experience needed to manage the day-to-day operations of a practice. 

Aurelia Carles

Veterinary Assistant

Aurélia moved to the United States from France in 2013. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Sciences from the University of Florida, where she worked in equine, small-animal, and mixed-animal veterinary clinics. With a passion for horses and a love of the desert, Aurélia moved to Tucson in 2023, where she has worked as a veterinary assistant for almost three years. She is working toward one day becoming a veterinarian herself.