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Donald J Brown, DVM, PhD
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine-Cardiology
Dr. Brown is a 1980 graduate of Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine and completed his postgraduate clinical training in cardiology at the University of Pennsylvania. He obtained his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Penn, studying analytical cardiovascular physiology as a Fellow of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Dr. Brown has spent the majority of his professional career as a faculty member at Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. He has also held teaching and research positions at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Florida, and the University of Michigan. At Tufts, he taught veterinary students and trained veterinary specialists at one of the busiest clinical practices in the country. Don retains his affiliation with Tufts and contributes to veterinary continuing education across the country.
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Dr. Kendra Knapik, DVM
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Oncology
Dr. Knapik is originally from the Burlington area, and comes from a family of Vermont veterinarians. She received her Bachelors of Science degree from Cornell University and her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Colorado State University. Dr. Knapik then completed a one year general internship at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital in New Jersey, followed by a three year residency in medical oncology at the University of Pennsylvania to be completed in the summer of 2011.
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Jenny Garber, DVM
Dr. Garber grew up in rural Michigan and graduated from Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1980. She has worked as a general practitioner in small animal medicine and surgery for more than 30 years. In 2008, she and her husband/specialist Don Brown DVM moved to Vermont and established Vermont Veterinary Cardiology where she now practices with him. Jenny and Don enjoy hiking and Nordic skiing in beautiful Vermont with their golden retriever, Pongo.
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Marielle Goossens, DVM
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Dr. Marielle Goossens was born and raised in the Netherlands and received her DVM degree from the Utrecht University in 1993. She completed her small animal internal medicine residency and board certification in 1997 at the University of California in Davis. She practiced in the San Francisco Bay area for 8 years, before moving to the East Coast and practicing small animal internal medicine in New Hampshire and in Vermont over the past 8 years.
Peak Veterinary Referral Center offers a complete internal medicine service including evaluation and treatment of referral cases in endocrinology, gastroenterology, hepatology, nephrology, urology and pulmonology. Advanced diagnostics include endoscopy, bronchoscopy, colonoscopy, and rhinoscopy.
Together with our cardiologist and oncologist, Peak offers the highest level of expertise in internal medicine in the state of Vermont and northern New England.Marielle Goossens, DVM
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Caroline Horn – DVM, MSSc – Anesthesiology
Caroline was raised in Columbia, South Carolina and attended the University of South Carolina. She graduated in 1983 with a bachelor of science degree in Journalism. After a short period of reassessing the job situation, she returned to school at the University of Georgia where she received her doctor of veterinary medicine degree in 1990. The following year she stayed at UGA as a small animal intern. The next year Caroline embarked upon an emergency medicine career. For nearly 10 years she primarily practiced emergency and relief veterinary medicine. For 4 years Caroline was the medical director of one of the largest animal emergency clinics in the southeast. Wanting to do something different, she returned to school and received a masters in anesthesia and patient monitoring from Emory University in 2002. Since then Caroline has worked taking care of people.
Caroline provides anesthesia support for our most critical patients and can provide many of the most sophisticated techniques and medications available in human or veterinary anesthesia.
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Sarah Stone Hoy – DVM, MS
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists
Dr. Sarah Hoy is a native Vermonter who was born in Burlington and raised in Essex Junction. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in 1997 from Virginia Tech. Following work on the Human Genome Project at The Institute for Genomic Research and ownership of a fly-fishing business in Montana, Dr. Hoy graduated from University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 2004. After completing a medical and surgical internship at Colorado State University in 2005, Dr. Hoy was accepted into The Ohio State University’s comparative ophthalmology residency, which she completed in 2008.
Pending completion of her board exams in 2010, Dr. Hoy will become a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO). She is a member of the Vermont Veterinary Medical Association and the American Veterinary Medical Association.
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Dr Lisa Nelson, VMD
Practice Limited to Behavior Problems in Companion Animals
Dr. Lisa Nelson received a B. A. from Middlebury College in 1971, attended UVM, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1984, and completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery there in 1985. She moved back to Vermont in 1989. Her interest in behavior medicine stems from work in private general practices in Pennsylvania, Delaware and Vermont and life long extensive associations with animal shelters. In 1997, Lisa opened Veterinary Behavior Consultation Service for the diagnosis, management and treatment of behavior problems in dogs and cats. Lisa has also served on various Vermont Veterinary Medical Association committees and was President of the VVMA in 2000-2001.
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H. Mark Saunders – VMD, MS
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Radiology
Dr. Saunders graduated Cum Laude from the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania in 1981 and after two years as a large animal practitioner in Quakertown, PA, he entered the radiology residency program at the University of Pennsylvania. He became a diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Radiology in 1986. In 1994 he earned his Masters of Science in the Biomedical Studies Group at Penn studying hemodynamics and Doppler pulsatility. Dr. Saunders was a faculty member at Penn for 18 years as a Lecturer, Assistant and Associate Professor. For the last 8 years he was Chief of the Section of Radiology. He is past president of the Veterinary Ultrasound Society and the American College of Veterinary Radiology. Prior to vet school, he graduated from the Pennsylvania State University. In 2003 he left the University of Pennsylvania and moved to Shelburne, Vermont where he and Dr. Lynn Walker started Lynks Group. Dr. Saunders is also a partner in Shadowsmiths, a national veterinary teleradiology company.
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Dr. Kurt S. Schulz – DVM
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Dr. Kurt Schulz served for nine years as an Associate Professor of small animal surgery at the University of California, Davis, CA. He was Chief of Surgery at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital for four years and the head of small animal orthopedic research.
He is a graduate of Cornell University and completed his residency at Virginia Tech. Dr. Schulz is a co-author of Small Animal Surgery, Small Animal Arthroscopy, and The Pet Lovers Guide to Joint Disease and Osteoarthritis and has published 65 peer reviewed scientific articles. He has also served on the veterinary faculty of Texas A&M University and was a veterinarian in the United States Peace Corps serving in the mountains and desert of Morocco. Dr. Schulz has served on the examination committee for the ACVS and is an international speaker on small animal surgery. He is currently leading an international program focused on Outcomes Measures and Evidence Based Medicine in small animal orthopedics. He lives in Burlington, Vermont with his wife and two young boys.
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Lynn Walker – VMD
Practice Limited to Radiology
Dr. Walker received her veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987 and pursued her radiology residency at Penn as well. She was employed as a Staff Radiologist from 1992 to 2003, helping to train veterinary students, interns and radiology residents while providing clinical service in Radiology. She has a long-standinginterest in zoo medicine and while at Penn built a strong alliance with the Philadelphia Zoo handling their ultrasound exams and film interpretations. She has been a co-author on multiple peer-reviewed journals during her time at Penn. She grew up in Bethlehem, PA and moved to VT in 2003 when she and Dr. Saunders formed Lynks Group.
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Katie Wheel – DVM, CCRP
Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner
Dr. Wheel graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Science degree in animal science prior to attending Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. While at Tufts, she earned several academic excellence awards and was admitted to the prestigious Phi Zeta veterinary honor society. After earning her veterinary doctorate in 2006, Dr. Wheel completed extensive training and national certification in canine physical rehabilitation through the University of Tennessee. She worked for several years as a general practitioner in the Lakes Region of NH before moving back home to VT. She joined the Burlington Veterinary Specialists team in 2008, serving as our physical rehabilitation specialist. With a strong interest in pain management, Dr. Wheel is a member of the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management, the American Association of Rehabilitation Veterinarians, the American Canine Sports Medicine Association, and the International Association of Veterinary Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy.
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