Kevin Concannon
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Dr. Concannon graduated from the University
of Missouri veterinary school in 1987. He followed this
training with an internship at the University of Pennsylvania and
then a residency in anesthesia and critical care at the University
of California-Davis. He is board certified as a Diplomate in
the American College of Veterinary Anesthesiology. Since his
residency he has held anesthesia faculty positions at the
University of California and NCSU schools of veterinary medicine
and a research position at Duke University Medical Center.
He worked as a full-time emergency clinician for three years after
VSH opened and is a founding partner in the hospital.
Currently Dr. Concannon serves as the hospital administrator for
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Surgery
Gary Spodnick
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Dr. Spodnick is a board
certified surgeon who was one of the original veterinarians and
founding partners at VSH. He earned his veterinary degree
from Oklahoma State University in 1985. His work took him to
Massachusetts where he practiced in a large general and specialty
practice for three years. He completed a surgical residency
program at Tufts University and then joined the faculty at the
NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine, where from 1991 to 1997, he
worked first as a clinical instructor and then as an assistant
professor of surgery. At VSH, he performs both general and
orthopedic surgery and has special interest in oncologic and
reconstructive surgery. Dr. Spodnick is the Chief of Surgery
and oversees doctors in both the surgery and neurology departments
at VSH. |
James (Buck) Clark
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Dr. Clark pursued a career in
general practice after graduating from the North Carolina State
University College of Veterinary Medicine. He practiced for
three years in the Raleigh area before deciding to focus on
veterinary surgery. He completed a general internship at
Mississippi State University and then a surgical internship at the
Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center. Competition for surgical
residency positions is fierce and it’s not uncommon that
veterinarians must show advanced skills and commitment to their
goal prior to obtaining a position. His experience enabled
him to land a competitive surgery residency at the University of
Minnesota. Dr. Clark joined VSH in 2004 and has since
brought several new techniques to our surgery department such as
the use of stents for treatment of tracheal collapse and a new
procedure for repair of cruciate ligament rupture. Dr. Clark
finished the final portion of his specialty certification in
February of 2006. |
David Lee
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Dr. Lee, a specialist in
surgery, joined VSH in 1999. Dr. Lee graduated from
veterinary school at the University of Tennessee and then
completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at
Cornell University. He came to North Carolina to first
complete an anesthesia and then surgical residency at the NCSU
School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Lee works with all types
of surgical patients including those with orthopedic, intestinal,
oncologic, thoracic, and neurologic diseases. One of his
primary interests is orthopedic disease and his goals involve
expanding the range of techniques offered by VSH in this area. |
Cindy Eward
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Dr. Cindy Eward is the newest
member of our surgical team and we are fortunate to have added an
individual with her experience. Cindy graduated in 1996 from the
Ontario Veterinary College located in Guelph, Ontario. Her
professors thought so well of her that she stayed an additional
year to complete an internship in Small Animal Medicine and
Surgery. She moved to Auburn, Alabama and to Auburn University for
her surgical residency. Once again she stayed an additional year
after the training program ended, and this time she filled an
assistant professor position at the veterinary school. Most
recently she worked in Vermont as a surgeon in private practice.
Cindy will be working on a part-time basis during the week and
sharing the emergency on-call rotation with the other VSH
surgeons. |
Internal Medicine
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Dr. Carla Gartrell is a board
certified specialist in veterinary internal medicine. She
works in all areas of internal medicine to include the diagnosis
and treatment of intestinal, endocrine, respiratory,
cardiovascular, hematologic, and immunologic diseases.
Dr. Gartrell completed veterinary school at Tuskegee University,
an internship at the University of Tennessee and an
Internal Medicine residency at Michigan State
University. Dr. Gartrell was an assistant professor at
Michigan State for four years before taking a referral practice
position in her home state of California. She has been with
VSH since 1998. Dr. Gartrell is the Chief of Medicine at VSH
and oversees the care given by the internal medicine and emergency
doctors. One of her main goals is to ensure that the highest level
of patient care is offered to our clients. |
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We are very happy to have Dr. Holly Mims as the newest member of our internal medicine department. Holly joined VSH in August of 2007 and comes to us by way of Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists (GCVS), a nationally recognized, private, specialty practice in Houston, Texas. At GCVS she successfully completed a three year residency in internal medicine. In May of 2007 Dr. Mims sat the certification examination for the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and she will finish the certification process in May 2008. Dr. Mims background also includes a veterinary degree from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine and an internship spent at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. |
Oncology
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Dr. Waddle is one of a small
group of veterinarians who hold board certification in two
specialties. His specialties are oncology and internal
medicine with greater than 95% of his caseload at VSH being
oncology patients. Dr. Waddle graduated from The Ohio State
University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1981 and spent three
years in private practice. He completed an internal medicine
residency at The University of Pennsylvania in 1986 and then
stayed on for seven years as a faculty member in oncology and
internal medicine. In 1993 he came to North Carolina for a
faculty position in oncology at the NCSU School of Veterinary
Medicine. Dr. Waddle was in private practice in Durham
before becoming one of the founders of VSH in 1997. He is
the Chief of Oncology services at VSH. |
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Dr. Ruslander’s primary
specialty is radiation oncology, but he is board certified in
medical oncology as well. Prior to joining VSH in 2004, Dr.
Ruslander had worked primarily in an academic environment with
many publications to his credit. He graduated with a
veterinary degree from Cornell University in 1988 and started his
career as an intern at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine
in Saskatoon, Canada. Dr. Ruslander developed an early
interest in oncology and he completed a medical oncology residency
at the Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. He
first came to North Carolina in 1992 as a Visiting Assistant
Professor at NCSU in the medical oncology department. A
desire for continued learning took him to the University of Zurich
in Switzerland where he worked as an oncologist and received
training in radiation oncology. Dr. Ruslander was on the
faculty at Tufts from 1997 to 2000 and then at NCSU from 2000-2004
before joining VSH. Dr. Ruslander is currently
president of the Veterinary Cancer Society. |
Critical Care
Scott Wells
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Dr. Scott Wells joined VSH in October of 2007 to start a weekday critical care service. Scott is a 1999 graduate of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. He spent his first post-graduate year in a general practice before discovering his passion for emergency medicine. Four years of working at emergency hospitals made him realize that he wanted to take his training beyond what he could learn on his own. He decided to move to Boston to take a residency position at the New England Animal Medical Center. This three year residency in emergency and critical care was done under the supervision of critical care specialists and alongside specialists in internal medicine and surgery. The goal of weekday critical care service is to get patients into the hospital quickly and have greater flexibility in responding to the rapidly changing status of very sick animals. Dr. Wells is also the head of the internship program with our first class expected to start in July of 2008. |
Emergency/Critical Care Medicine
Kimberly Piner
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Dr. Piner is another 2003
graduate of the Ohio State University College of Veterinary
Medicine. She traveled to Portland, Oregon after graduation
to pursue an internship at the Dove Lewis Emergency Animal
Hospital. Dove Lewis is a unique hospital offering 24
hour emergency and critical care services only. The facility
is staffed by interns, emergency doctors, and critical care
specialists with the specialists responsible for the overall
quality of care and training of the interns. Kim joined VSH
in July of 2004. |
Paul Manino
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Dr. Manino completed his
veterinary degree at the Louisiana State University School of
Veterinary Medicine in 2003. An internship at Carolina
Veterinary Specialists in Greensboro initially brought him to
North Carolina. The internship was completed in 2004 and it
emphasized training and work in emergency, internal medicine and
surgery. Paul started his position at VSH as soon as his
internship training was complete. |
Kimberly LoGuidice
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Dr. LoGuidice graduated from the
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2000.
She then completed a one year internship in emergency and critical
care at the Animal Emergency and Critical Care Center in
Bridgewater, Mass. where she worked with specialists in the areas
of critical care, surgery and internal medicine. Her
interest and experience in critical care led to a staff position
in emergency medicine at a specialty practice in Charlotte, NC and
then to the Veterinary Specialty Hospital. Dr. LoGuidice has
been with VSH since January of 2003. |
Sarah Leigh
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Dr. Brick received her
undergraduate degree from Florida State University and followed
this with a veterinary degree from Purdue University. Dr.
Brick returned to Florida to complete an internship at Florida
Veterinary Specialists (FVS) in Tampa. FVS is a large
multi-specialty hospital and her internship rotations included
emergency, surgery, and internal medicine. The interns at
FVS work closely with criticalists and experienced emergency
doctors while working in the emergency service. Sarah
started working at VSH in December of 2005. |
Dondrae Coble
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Dr. Coble is the second of our emergency doctors who
trained at Florida Veterinary Specialists in Tampa prior to
working at VSH. Dondrae is a native North Carolinian who
obtained his bachelor’s degree from North Carolina
A&T. He went to the Tuskegee University School of
Veterinary Medicine and received his veterinary degree in
2005. He was able to arrange specialty practice externships
in Maryland, Florida, and Indiana while still in school. His
internship at Florida Veterinary Specialists was demanding with an
emphasis on management of the emergency patient.
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Lauren Reid
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Dr. Reid is returning to the triangle area where she
completed her bachelor’s degree at the University of North
Carolina. Lauren achieved great success academically and
graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Georgia, College
of Veterinary Medicine in 2005. She next traveled to the
University of Illinois for a rotating internship in small animal
medicine and surgery. This program included a large degree
of primary case management for internal medicine as well as
emergency patients.
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Celeste Cummings
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Dr. Celeste Cummings came to VSH in January of 2007. Dr.
Cummings is a 2005 graduate of the Tuskegee University School of
Veterinary Medicine. VSH searches for emergency doctors who have
prior experience in emergency medicine and who also have
experience in a specialty practice. Dr. Cummings is no exception
as she successfully completed an internship at the Southpaws
Veterinary Specialists and Emergency Center outside of Washington,
D.C. Prior to working at VSH, Dr. Cummings held a position as an
emergency doctor at an emergency only hospital (nights and
weekends). She decided to make a change back to a specialty
practice due to the varied caseload typical of that type of
hospital.
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Camille Sherrod
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Dr. Camille Sherrod brings a diverse background to her role as an emergency doctor at VSH. After receiving an undergraduate degree in education at UNC-Chapel Hill, Dr. Sherrod pursued a Masters of Divinity degree at Union Theological Seminary. During her seminary studies, Camille discovered a strong sense of calling to veterinary medicine, and subsequently earned her veterinary degree from the NCSU – College of Veterinary Medicine in 2000. Since graduation Dr. Sherrod has practiced as an emergency doctor at a specialty practice and directed the Veterinary Technology program at Newberry College, both in South Carolina. In addition to her duties as an emergency doctor, Camille will expand our existing internal training program for veterinary technicians.
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Amy Melendy
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Dr. Melendy is an experienced emergency doctor who graduated from the University of Illinois in 1994. Her experiences after graduation were varied with time spent at both general, academic, and emergency practices. She gained her emergency experience in Rhode Island working at two different hospitals over four years. She worked closely with veterinary specialists to manage the challenging cases associated with referral medicine. Dr. Melendy came to the Triangle area in 2001 and first worked part-time at VSH while pursuing a Masters degree at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is currently employed full-time at our Cary location.
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