Professional experience

• Small animal general practice
• Small animal emergency practice

Membership in professional societies

• American Veterinary Medical Association (1995 – Present)
• VIN (Veterinary Information Network) active member (2001 – Present)
• International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management 2008 – present
• American Veterinary Dental Society 2006 – present.

Special interests (veterinary)

• Anesthesiology
• Pain Management
• Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
• Feline Medicine and Surgery
• Feline and Canine Abdominal Ultrasound
• Soft Tissue Surgery
• Dentistry

Hobbies

• Travel
• SCUBA diving
• Camping
• Hiking
• Counted Cross Stitch
• Bicycling

Marital Status

• Married, with one child and 1 dog (pug) and 2 cats

The thing I love best about VIN

• Where else can you learn about the most obscure disease, get help on a case, debate politics, and talk about your hobbies to a bunch of great friends? VIN is like the extended family I wish I had!

Favorite quote

• Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
  — The Buddha