Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital

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• For dogs, cats and people, Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital is a very special place. This is why.\n\nWheat Ridge Animal Hospital is vibrant and alive with the energy of people who are renowned in their respective fields. Our general practitioners work together with our board-certified specialists to ensure that your pet receives the most advanced care available. Our support staff is a fundamental part of our team consisting of certified veterinary technicians, veterinary assistants, receptionists, and management personnel with extensive experience in veterinary health care services. \n\nCarefully designed, our facility allows our team to work efficiently, while the animals enjoy the highest level of comfort and care. We are proud to feature an impressive array of the latest technology and equipment including a helical spiral CT scanner and digital radiology. \n\nAmerican Animal Hospital Association accreditation validates that a veterinary practice is meeting the highest standards in the profession. In addition to the general American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) accreditation held since 1963, we recently became one of the first hospitals in the United States to be accredited through the new AAHA Referral Standards.

  

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    Laura McKeever, DVM\n\nLaura McKeever was born in Washington D.C. and grew up outside of the city in McLean, Virginia. After graduating from the University of Virginia with a BS in Biology, Dr. McKeever taught outdoor education to 5th and 6th graders in southern California and then moved to St. Louis, where she taught 7th grade science and 9th grade biology for three years. She earned her veteri...
    
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    Lisa Mausbach, DVM\n\nDr. Mausbach was born in Omaha, Nebraska and moved to Casper, Wyoming at the age of two. She graduated from Kelly Walsh High School in Casper and continued her education at the University of Wyoming in Laramie where she received her bachelor's degree in molecular biology. Dr. Mausbach earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree at Colorado State University after which s...
    
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    Shannon Jordan, DVM\n\nDr. Jordan was born and raised in Wadsworth, Ohio, a small town 40 miles south of Cleveland. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in biology from Ohio State University in June 2001, she attended veterinary school at Ohio State and earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in June 2006. She moved to Denver and accepted an internship at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital. At the co...
    
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    Maureen Finke, DVM, DACVIM\n\nDr. Finke was born in Dayton, Ohio but grew up in Germany. She received her veterinary degree from Texas A&M University in 2002. After completing an internship at the Ohio State University she worked as an emergency veterinarian in Detroit, Michigan. She completed her residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine in January of 2007 and stayed on as a clinical instruct...
    
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    Katherine Tucker-Mohl, VMD\n\nSenior Associate Emergency Veterinarian\nDr. Tucker-Mohl was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Durham, New Hampshire. She attended Emory University where she received her Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Chemistry. Dr. Tucker-Mohl received her VMD degree from the University of Pennsylvania.\n\nDuring veterinary school, Dr. Tucker-Mohl studied Avian Malaria...
    
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    Larie Allen, DVM, DACVS\n\nDr. Allen completed her undergraduate studies at Indiana University and earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Florida in 1993. After graduation, she was accepted to a program at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in Boston, MA, followed by a surgical residency at The Animal Medical Center (AMC) in New York City. She then pursued additional expert...
    
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    Lori A. Wise, DVM, MS, DACVIM\n\nDr. Wise received her DVM with honors from the University of Florida in 1985. She completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Colorado State University, followed by a residency in small animal medicine and a master’s degree program in 1989.\n\nShe achieved board-certification in 1990, and then practiced at West Los Angeles Veterinary Medical G...
    
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    Elisa M. Mazzaferro, MS, DVM, DACVECC, PhD\n\nDr. Mazzaferro received her B.S. and M.S. in animal and veterinary science from the University of Rhode Island, then her DVM from Michigan State University in 1997. After completing an internship at the Veterinary Institute of Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care, she moved to Colorado and completed a dual residency in Emergency and Critical Care and ...
    
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    Leonard D. Jonas, DVM, MS, DACVIM\n\nDr. Jonas graduated from veterinary school at Iowa State University. Following an internship at the Animal Medical Center in New York City, he came to Colorado for a combined small animal internal medicine residency and master’s degree program at Colorado State University. During his internal medicine residency he also completed the residency requirements in ...
    
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    Tom Adducci, DVM\n\nDr. Tom Adducci is a Colorado native, born and raised in north Denver. He attended Mapleton High School, graduating in 1983. He then attended Colorado State University, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree and Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine, in 1991.\n\nDr. Adducci practiced in a mixed animal practice for 4 years, and then joined a small animal practice in west Denver, ...
    
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    Gabriella Sfiligoi, DVM, DACVIM\n\nDr. Sfiligoi received her Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees from Cornell University in 1998 and 2002, respectively. In 2003, she completed a one year rotating internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.\n\nFrom 2003-2006, she completed a residency in Small Animal Oncology at the University of Ca...
    
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    Leila Worth, VMD, PhD, DACVR \n\nBoard-Certified in Radiology\nDr. Worth earned her college degree at Williams College, then a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of California-Santa Barbara. She taught at the University of Pennsylvania for a couple of years before starting veterinary school, graduating with her VMD in 1994. She then did an internship in large animal cardiology and ultr...
    
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    Don A. Ostwald Jr., DVM, DABVP \n\nA Colorado native, Dr. Ostwald was born and raised in Fort Morgan. He graduated from Fort Morgan High School and received a Boettcher Scholarship. Don earned his Bachelor of Science degree and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Colorado State University. Following a one-year internship in West Los Angeles, he practiced in Anaheim, California for five yea...
    
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    Jennifer Ginn, DVM, DACVIM\n\nDr. Ginn earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Tufts University in 2005. She completed a small animal internship at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital, and completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin in 2009. She earned her board-certification in 2009, and remained at the University of Wisconsin as a clinical instructor and a ...
    
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    Rainier Ko, DVM, MS, DACVS\n\nDr. Ko earned his Bachelors of Science at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He obtained his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine degree in 2000 from the Université de Montréal. Following his internship at the Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in Boston, Dr. Ko returned to the veterinary college as a laboratory instructor in small animal anatomy and applied surg...
    
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    Rhea Dodd, DVM, MA\n\nCertified Veterinary Acupuncturist (CSU)\nDr. Rhea Dodd earned her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Colorado State University in 1992, and also holds a Master’s Degree in inter-species relationships from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She became certified in Veterinary Acupuncture in 2001and in Veterinary Chiropractic in 2008.\n\nDr. Dodd lectures, teaches and ...
    
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    Stacy Meola, DVM, MS\n\nDr. Meola was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and moved to Breckenridge, Colorado when she was thirteen where she graduated from high school. She attended the University of Utah and received her Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Chemistry and her Masters degree in Medical Laboratory Science. While in Utah she spent six years conducting research on artificial hearts and other bio...
    
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    Daniel Foy, DVM, MS, DACVIM, DACVECC
    

• Customer Reviews

  

  Absolutely Horrible and Unethical

  Reviewed by Linda M
  4/18/2012
  

  If I were able to give these people zero stars, I would. At 1:30ish on Easter morning, our six month old Newfoundland was hit by a car. Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital was the first 24 hour vet listed when I Googled. \r My two sons, my…

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  Reconsider WRAH

  Reviewed by lulaguts K
  2/5/2012
  

  WOW! I have been digging up all sorts of reviews about WRAH. Folks,the proof is in the pudding. They have at the most a 2 1/2 star review all throughout the internet on rating websites. Out of Yelp, Denver City Search and many more. If…

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  WOW! I thought I was the only one that

  Reviewed by HeleneK212
  2/4/2012
  

  WOW! I thought I was the only one that had been taken advantage of at this clinic! Every single word that was said including about Dr. Jonas is true when it comes to what I experienced as well. He is arrogant and runs the clinic like a…

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