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Becoming a veterinarian has been the culmination of a lifelong dream for me! As an animal crazy eight-year-old, I remember taking my dog to the vet and thinking, "This is for me!" The desire never waned through the years; it brought me to Cornell University where I earned my bachelor's degree in Animal Science and went on to graduate from the NYS College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell in 1988. I’ve had the privilege of working at Nassau Veterinary Clinic since 1988. Married to my husband, ...

I grew up in Nassau, and I have been working at Nassau Veterinary Clinic since I was a small child while attending Columbia High School. My father, Herbert Dietrich, DVM, was one if the original owners of NVC prior to selling the practice to myself and Dr. Tom Phillips. He encouraged my interest in veterinary medicine. I not only rose with him on farm calls, I worked in the clinic cleaning kennels, as a client representative and then as a veterinary assistant. I graduated form Cornell Ag and ...

For as long as I can remember my childhood dream was to become a veterinarian. I feel fortunate for my now 30+ year career choice. My areas of interest and specialty training have been in soft tissue surgery, abdominal ultrasound, and advanced dental procedures. I graduated from Cornell Veterinary College in 1991. I then went on to Guelph Veterinary College in Ontario, Canada for an internship in large animal surgery. I joined Nassau Veterinary Clinic in 1994, which was a mixed animal practice. ...

I earned my bachelor's degree from Cornell University and my veterinary degree from Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine. I joined NVC in 2018, am I am grateful to have settled into a practice with both an excellent staff and excellent clientele. Even after years in veterinary medicine, I still marvel at the natural ability of animals' bodies to grow, adapt and heal. I enjoy supporting this innate ability and then stepping in to help when it is needed. Surgery and emergency medicine are ...