Our Other Vets
Dr. Janah Maresca
Dr. Janah Maresca (Dr. J) was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Silver Spring, MD. She attended Montgomery Blair High School and went on to attend Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana for her undergraduate degree. She lived in California for a short time training horses and then moved back to the east coast to attend veterinary school at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. After spending a few years at a small animal hospital in Gaithersburg, Dr. J now works full-time for the Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine. She sees patients at Liberty Falls twice a week.
Dr. J lives in Silver Spring with her husband and twin boys. Their furry family members include two dogs, Whidbey and Josie, and two cats, Edward and Gordon. For fun, she enjoys hiking, speaking Spanish, and spending time with family and friends.
Dr. Linda Wilmot
Dr. Wilmot, a Montgomery County native, started her career working with animals as a receptionist and veterinary assistant to Dr. Weitzman back when the practice was on Atwell Road. After graduating with a BS (Animal Science) from UMD (College Park) and an MS (Experimental Pathology) UMD (Baltimore), she earned her DVM from Ohio State University, where she received the Patricia Grubman Scholarship Award for compassion shown to her patients. She returned to the DC area and began an internship in small-animal medicine and surgery, before leaving to join a 5-doctor practice in PG County. She rejoined Dr. Weitzman in 1996 and has worked part-time with the Liberty Falls family since its inception. She is retired from the FDA/Center for Veterinary Medicine, where she worked to assure that the pharmaceuticals submitted by the animal drug industry are safe and effective for use in animals. She is a member of the DC Academy of Veterinary Medicine and the American Veterinary Medical Association. She is also a member of the American Association of Feline Practitioners, from which she holds “Cat Friendly” certification. She is active in the Animal Allies Rescue Foundation (AARF) and can often be found bottle feeding orphan kittens or managing abuse cases after they are released from the hospital, getting them ready for their forever homes.
Dr. Wilmot lives in Brookeville with her husband, numerous (don’t ask) cats, and two dogs. Her adult children visit frequently. Dr. Wilmot’s other interests include gardening, reading, and beekeeping.
Dr. Linda Banish
Dr. Linda Banish grew up a few blocks from Liberty Falls, attended Churchill High School, graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, and received her veterinary degree from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia. She has three decades of veterinary practice experience, which includes an early career in wildlife/endangered species recovery and field research, zoo medicine, clinical research, and wildlife rehabilitation medicine. Dr. Banish spent the majority of her career in a multi-doctor practice near Baltimore. She now serves the Maryland, Washington DC, and Virginia veterinary community as a traveling substitute veterinarian – often providing coverage for veterinarians on maternity leave in small animal clinics, such as her service for Liberty Falls Veterinary Clinic.
Dr. Banish owns a rescue cat, Kip. She has owned many other species of pets in her past, including dogs, reptiles, and a rescued nectar-eating lorikeet. In her spare time, she enjoys the outdoors, whether she’s bicycle riding, swimming, scuba diving on reefs and in caves, kayaking, or rock climbing. She likes to garden, cook, quilt, knit and sew.