This expert is a veterinarian and veterinary pathology professional with more than 20 years of experience spanning companion animal practice, laboratory animal medicine, biotechnology research, and veterinary legal consulting. Her background includes veterinary malpractice review, animal welfare, breeding and kennel practices, DEA controlled substance handling, pathology, gene therapy, biotechnology, and standards-of-care issues involving veterinary medicine and animal-related injuries. She also has prior expert witness experience and additional experience involving animal behavior, AKC events, breeding operations, and industry safety protocols.

She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and later completed a Juris Doctor degree, combining clinical veterinary knowledge with legal and mediation training. She is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified County Mediator and serves as a County Mediator within Florida’s Third Judicial Circuit. Since 2009, she has owned and operated a veterinary practice in Florida, where she provides veterinary care and oversees daily practice operations. Earlier in her career, she served as Assistant Professor in a university biochemistry and molecular biology department, specializing in veterinary pathology, genetically engineered animal models, neuropathology, and translational biomedical research supported by NIH grant funding.

Her professional training includes residency work in veterinary anatomic pathology, diagnostic pathology, laboratory animal pathology, and post-doctoral research involving gene therapy and phenylketonuria-related neuropathology. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications involving comparative pathology, pulmonary hypertension, molecular genetics, and genetically engineered animal models. Her professional affiliations include the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Florida Veterinary Medical Association, the American Veterinary Medical Law Association, and the Animal Law Section of the Florida Bar.