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Susan Nelms, DVM, MS, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists

 

Dr. Nelms is a graduate of the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed a post-doctoral surgery and medicine internship at The Animal Medical Center in New York City.   Upon completion of her residency in ophthalmology at North Carolina State University, she became a Board Certified Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmology in 1993. Dr. Nelms also serves as a consulting ophthalmologist for the Birmingham Zoo and the Southern Research Institute in Birmingham. Her special interests in ophthalmology include cataracts and other intraocular surgeries.

 

Jana Korsch, DVM, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists

 

Dr. Korsch received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Mississippi State University in 2003, graduating summa cum laude. Following this, she completed a one-year internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Korsch completed a three-year ophthalmology residency at Veterinary Eye Care in 2007. In 2008 she successfully fulfilled all testing requirements for the board examination and became a Board Certified Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmology. Her special interests in ophthalmology include ocular manifestations of feline infectious disease, corneal disease and all types of extra- and intraocular surgeries

 

 

 

Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Service
 

 

 

 

Jennifer Buird, DVM

 

Dr. Buird received her Bachelor of Science and subsequently her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2006. She has several years private practice experience and a keen interest in emergency medicine and critical care.

 

 


Casey Ray, DVM

 

Dr. Ray received his DVM from Auburn University in 2004. He completed his Small Animal Rotating Internship and Residency at the New England Animal Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts in 2009. He is currently pursuing AVECC board certification anticipating completion this fall. His special areas of interest are: Respiratory Medicine; Immunology; Hematology, Endocrine Disease and Trauma Resuscitation.

 

 

 


Anna Tipton, DVM

 

 

 

 

Avery Kasten, DVM

 

 

Ultrasonography/Imaging

 

 

Debra Beard, DVM, MS, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Radiology

 

 

Ophthalmology