Nicole Smee

Dr. Nicole Smee earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Kansas State University in 2008. She completed a rotating internship at VCA Veterinary Specialty Center in Lynnwood, Washington, before returning to Kansas State University to complete her residency in small animal internal medicine and a master’s degree in 2012. Following her training, Dr. Smee […]

Alice Benedict

Dr. Alice Benedict graduated from Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2004. Following graduation, she completed a one-year internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center/Darien Animal Hospital in Connecticut. Dr. Benedict completed a Residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the New York College of Veterinary Medicine […]

Christina Chan

Dr. Christina Chan graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2011. From there, she moved to Champaign, IL for a small animal rotating internship at the University of Illinois. After that, she completed a small animal internal medicine residency at Michigan State University and became board-certified by ACVIM (SAIM) in 2015. Due to the freezing […]

Cindy Panek

Dr. Panek obtained her doctorate from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed both her small animal internship and her internal medicine residency at a large specialty hospital in California. She has worked at multi-specialty hospitals in California and Colorado prior to joining the Oncura team of specialists. Dr. Panek enjoys abdominal […]

Elle Donnini DVM

Dr. Elle Donnini is originally from Virginia and completed both her undergraduate studies and veterinary school at Virginia Tech. Following veterinary school she completed her rotating internship at VCA West Los Angeles, and then her small animal internal medicine residency at Iowa State University. She has been working in private practice in the Des Moines […]

Heather Vaske

Dr. Heather Vaske was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona and received her undergraduate degree in biology from Arizona State University in 2006. After earning her doctorate in veterinary medicine (DVM) from Iowa State University in 2011, she completed a one-year rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at VCA Veterinary Referral and Emergency […]

Jessica L. Larson

Dr. Jessica L. Larson graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed a rotating small animal internship at Michigan Veterinary Specialists (now BluePearl Veterinary Partners) in Southfield, Michigan, followed by a residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine at Michigan State University. She is board certified by the American College […]

Matthew Krecic

Dr. Matthew Krecic is a board-certified small animal internal medicine specialist who completed a residency at Mississippi State University after an internship at Auburn University and a DVM degree program at The Ohio State University. His interests include feline medicine (he is an ailurophile), endocrinology, infectious disease, and diagnostic testing. He especially enjoys helping colleagues […]

Rebecca Green

Dr. Green graduated with a Bachelors of Science (Zoology) in 1990 from the University of California at Davis. She then went to Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine in which she received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1994. From 1994-1995, Dr. Green completed a rotating small animal internship at the University of Pennsylvania. […]

Sally Purcell

Dr. Sally Purcell grew up primarily in Texas, near Dallas and now lives in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Texas A&M University in 2007 and then went on to complete a small animal rotating internship at the Ohio State University. She completed her Small Animal Internal Medicine residency with a […]