Doctors Overview
We invite you to explore the biographies of our VCA Boston Road Animal Hospital veterinarians and learn more about them. Our hospital's team of doctors are compassionate and highly trained veterinary professionals and specialists who are ready to assist you and your pet whenever a health concern presents itself. As you will see in our biography section, our staff has a wide variety of backgrounds and interests, but, above all, a love of animals and providing the very best care for them.
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Christine Pelletier, DVM, Medical Director of VCA Boston Road Animal Hospital
Christine Pelletier, DVM, VCA Boston Road Animal Hospital Medical Director and ER Veterinarian
Christine Pelletier, DVM examining a patient's eyes
Medical Director and ER/Critical Care doctor Christine Pelletier, DVM performs ultrasound on a patient
Medical Director and ER/CC doctor Christine Pelletier, DVM examines a patient's ear
Medical Director Christine Pelletier, DVM and Danielle Munday, DVM examine a patient's radiograph
Medical Director and ER/Critical Care doctor Christine Pelletier, DVM receives an appreciative kiss from her patient Piper
1 of 7 »Christine Pelletier
Medical Director
DVM, Tufts University
Departments: Emergency/Critical CareDr. Pelletier grew up locally in the Three Rivers section of Palmer and went to high school right here in Springfield. She graduated from Northeastern University with a B.S. in biochemistry and then ...
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Amy J. Alwood, DVM, Diplomate ACVECC
Amy Alwood, DVM, DACVECC with a patient
Emergency/Critical Care Specialist Amy Alwood, DVM, DACVECC
1 of 3 »Amy Alwood
Veterinary Specialist
DVM, Tufts University
Certifications: ACVECC
Departments: Emergency/Critical CareDr. Alwood is a proud graduate of Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine (Class of 1998). After completing an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Animal Medical Center ...
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Dr. Maura Carney
Maura Carney
Veterinary Specialist
DVM, St. George's University School of Veterinary Medicine
Departments: Internal MedicineDr. Maura Carney was born and raised in Arlington, Massachusetts. She attended Tufts University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She worked for three years as an ICU nurse at Angell ...
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Merilee Costello, DVM. DACVECC
Merilee Costello
Veterinary Specialist
DVM, Michigan State University
Certifications: ACVECC
Departments: Emergency/Critical CareDr. Costello received her veterinary degree from Michigan State University and completed her residency training in emergency and critical care at the University of Pennsylvania. As a Board-certified ...
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Nathaniel Fenollosa, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology)
Nathaniel Fenollosa
Veterinary Specialist
DVM, Tufts University
Certifications: ACVIM/Cardiology
Departments: CardiologyDr. Fenollosa graduated from the Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in May, 2001. As a student at Tufts, Dr. Fenollosa co-authored a large research study on the population characteristics ...
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Gene Nesbitt
Veterinary Specialist
DVM, Washington State University
Certifications: ACVD
MS, DACVD, Oregon State University
Departments: DermatologyDr. Nesbitt received his DVM degree from Washington State University in 1966, earned his MS degree from Oregon State University in 1977, and became board certified by the American College of Veterinary ...
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John Stambaugh, VMD, DACVS (Surgery)
Dr. John Edward Stambaugh, VMD, DACVS
1 of 2 »John Edward Stambaugh
Veterinary Specialist
VMD, University of Pennsylvania
Certifications: ACVS
PhD, DACVS, University of Pennsylvania
Departments: SurgeryDr. Stambaugh received his VMD degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1974. He earned his PHD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976 and became board certified by the American College ...
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Meghan Sulllivan, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal)
Meghan Sullivan
Veterinary Specialist
DVM, University of Minnesota
Certifications: ACVS
Ross University School of Veterinary MedicineMeghan Sullivan, DVM, DACVS-SA
Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Minnesota School of Veterinary Medicine
Internship: Angell Animal Medical Center, ...
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Tai Casagrande
Associate Veterinarian
Departments: CardiologyTai Casagrande, DVM
Originally from Massachusetts
B.A. in Biology, Cornell 2002
DVM, Atlantic Veterinary College (Prince Edward Island, Canada) 2007
Rotating internship ...
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Jennifer Chow, DVM
Jennifer Chow
Associate Veterinarian
DVM, Michigan State University
Departments: Emergency/Critical CareDr. Jennifer Chow grew up in California. She obtained her biological sciences degree with a minor in physiology from the University of California, Irvine in 1998. She then attended Michigan State ...
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