I graduated from NCSU in 1991. I’ve been practicing general and emergency medicine and surgery for companion animals, pocket pets and exotics for 31 years. I also do wildlife as a community service. In addition I spent 8 years at Wake Forest University running a hospital for and treating nonhuman primates. During my 31 years of clinical practice I spent 15 years volunteering my time as a first responder to the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management and trained a County Animal response team for search and rescu e of pets and wildlife in times of disaster. I work in a practice that offers conventional and integrative treatment modalities. My niche within the practice is wholistic/herbal medicine.