Dr. Melissa Milligan grew up in northeast Iowa and attended Iowa State University, graduating from veterinary medical school in 2002. She practiced in Oklahoma and Kansas for five years, and completed her equine surgery residency at Kansas State University in 2007. Dr. Milligan joined the staff at the Equine Specialty Hospital in Burton, Ohio, and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in February 2008. After seven years with the Equine Specialty Hospital, she and her husband Jeff purchased the business from her partners.