Faculty and Staff
Veterinary Faculty
- Administration
- Virginia Rentko, VMD, DACVIM
- Anesthesia
- Lois Wetmore, DVM, MS, SD, DACVA
- Alicia Karas, DVM, MS, DACVA
- Cheryl Blaze, BVSc, PhD, MBA, DACVA
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Kate Chope, VMD
- Dominique Penninck, DVM, PhD, DACVR, DECVDI
- Amy Sato, DVM, DACVR
- Mauricio Solano, DVM, DACVR
- James Sutherland-Smith, BVSc, DACVR
- Olivier Taeymans, DVM, PhD, DECVDI
- Equine Sports Medicine
- Jose Garcia-Lopez, VMD, DACVS
- Carl Kirker-Head, VetMB, MA, DACVS, DECVS
- Melissa Mazan, DVM, DACVIM
- Patricia Provost, VMD, MS, DACVS
- Large Animal Ultrasound
- Katherine B. Chope
- Wade A. Tenney
- Internal Medicine
- Daniela Bedenice, DVM, DACVIM (LA), DACVECC (Equine)
- Nicholas Frank, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
- Andrew Hoffman, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM
- Melissa Mazan, DVM, DACVIM
- Mary Rose Paradis, DVM, MS, DACVIM
- Ophthalmology
- Christopher Pirie, DVM, DACVO
- Stefano Pizzirani, DVM, PhD, DECVS, DACVO
- Reproduction
- Carlos Gradil, LMV, MS, PhD, DACT
- Surgery
- Jose Garcia-Lopez, VMD, DACVS
- Thomas Jenei, DVM, DACVS
- Carl Kirker-Head, VetMB, MA, DACVS, DECVS
- Patricia Provost, VMD, MS, DACVS Surgery Residents
Staff
In addition to these faculty members, a dedicated team of people work with our clients and their animals during their visit with the Hospital for Large Animals. The team is composed of:
- Interns and Residents
- Graduate veterinarians undergoing additional training in a particular specialty.
- Veterinary Students
- DVM candidates working under the direct supervision of our faculty.
- Veterinary Technicians
- Integral members of our veterinary health care team who help perform tests and treatments.
- Animal Care Attendants
- Skilled and capable individuals responsible for keeping an animal in a clean environment and well fed.