AB, Honors, English, Loyola University of ChicagoUndergraduate, - 1981

BVetSc, University of Illinois - College of Veterinary Medicine - UrbanaGraduate, - 1984

D.V.M., University of Illinois - College of Veterinary Medicine - UrbanaPost Graduate, - 1986

AAPM - Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management

CPE - Certified Pain  Educator, American Society of Pain Educators

CVA - Certified Veterinay Acupuncture - IVAS

CCRP - Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitiioner, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

American Veterinary Medical Association
American Animal Hospital Association
Colorado VMA
Wyoming VMA
Veterinary News Network (www.MyVNN.com)

Veterinary Contributor Award, Impromed Veterinary Software, 2008

Spirit of Partnership Award from International Association of Assistance Dog Partners for “Outstanding Efforts to Ensure the Health and Wellness of Assistance Dogs”, 2007

Second Place for “Best Workplaces in Weld County” by Greeley Tribune®, 2007

“Best of Windsor” by Windsor Beacon®, 2007

Community Contributor of the Year from ImproMed, 2006

Guide to America’s Top Veterinarians by Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2006

Windsor Veterinary Clinic, PC was the 2004 winner of the National Pet Dental Health Month “Dental Awareness Contest” sponsored by the American Veterinary Dental Society and Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc.

Top 25 Largest Women Owned Businesses by Northern Colorado Business Report®, 2002 – 2007

Colorado Academy of Veterinary Practice – Academy Scholar each year since its founding in 2002

2001 Excellence in Veterinary Healthcare Award (Small Animal Veterinarian of the Year), presented by the World Small Animal Veterinary Association at the World Small Animal Congress, Vancouver, British Columbia, August, 2001

2000 Hill’s Animal Welfare and Humane Ethics Award, presented at the American Animal Hospital Association Annual Meeting, April, 2000

Regional Entrepreneurial Excellence Award in Innovation from Working Woman® magazine, 1999

Model Clinic for Excellence in Diagnostics Award from IDEXX, 1997

Outstanding Woman Veterinarian of the Year Award from the Association of Women Veterinarians, 1996

Honoree at Celebrating Women Gala by Friends of A Woman’s Place, 1996

Up and Coming Veterinarian of the Year Award from the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association, 1995

Practice of Excellence Award from Veterinary Economics®, 1994

Accreditation by the American Animal Hospital Association, since 1994

Certificate of Achievement from Wyoming Commission for Women, 1990

Governor’s Volunteer Service Award from State of Wyoming, 1989

Wyoming State Old Time Fiddle Championship Awards 1988, 1989, 1990

Outstanding Young Career Woman of Wyoming from Wyoming Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc., 1988