Current Professional Activities

• Medical Director, VCA SouthPaws Veterinary Specialists and Emergency Center (1999-present)
• Northern Virginia VMA, member (1997- present)
• Medical Oncologist, VCA SouthPaws Veterinary Specialists and Emergency Center (1997 AVMA, member (1992 – present)
• ACVIM, Diplomate (1996 – present)
• Veterinary Cancer Society, member (1994- present)
• Participant in VCA Clinical Trials Consortium

Past Professional Activities

• NVVMA delegate to the Virginia VMA (1998-2001)
• ACVIM Exam Committee (1998-2002)
• ACVIM Rating Committee (2005-2007)
• ACVIM Maintenance of Credentials Committee (2018-2021, chair 2020-2021)
• VCS Conference Chair (2015)
• Medical Advisory Board, Fetch A Cure, 2002-2010.
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Ohio State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, 1996-1997
• Bought SouthPaws practice in 1997 and helped it grow from an 8-doctor specialty/emergency hospital to a 36-doctor specialty/emergency center.
• Has been training veterinary interns and students for over 27 years.
• Continues to serve as co-medical director, under VCA's practice, to this day.

Special Interests/Clinical Interests

• Maximizing quality of life for veterinary patients with cancer
• Streamlining diagnostics for patients who may (or who may not) have cancer
• Multimodality therapy for patients with cancer
• Curative therapies for hyperthyroidism/thyroid cancer in cats
• Novel therapies and diagnostics for patients with cancers
• Hematology, transfusion medicine, infectious diseases and their interactions in patients with cancer.

Pets

• Two young Russell terriers (Gwen and Percy) and one elderly cat (Neville)

Hobbies

• Loves to travel (especially internationally), spend time on the lake in Northern Michigan, garden, cook (especially ethnic and spicy foods), as well as to read about nearly everything.

Favorite Movies

• It's hard to pick a favorite - I loved all of the Lord of the Rings series, the Harry Potter series, the original Star Wars trilogy, most of the Star Trek movies, Henry the Fifth, Much Ado About Nothing, Sense and Sensibility, The Princess Bride, Young Frankenstein, and, of course, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Favorite Quote

• This is even harder to choose, but it's hard to beat, "It’s just a flesh wound…."

What I like most about VIN

• The FAQ papers, as well as the great calculators.