I have been an ABVP diplomate certified in canine and feline practice since 2001. I have been practicing veterinary medicine for the past 38 years. I am a past president of the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association. I am currently the medical director for a multi-specialty emergency practice (Carolina Animal Specialty and Emergency). I have been managing a radioactive iodine program for the treatment of feline hyperthyroidism for the past 28 years. For the past 5 years, I have been our practice’s principial clinical educator for Lincoln Memorial University’s veterinary school. I was chosen as Lincoln Memorial University’s 2025 Clinical Educator of the Year in Small Animal. I continue to be active in clinical practice functioning as one of three internists at Carolina Animal Specialty and Emergency. I am the lead author of several veterinary publications and regularly speak at veterinary meetings. I enjoy clinical practice, teaching and speaking.