Matt Antkowiak, DVM '97

• Developed business from 6 employees & 
  2 doctors, now 50 staff members and 10 DVMs
• Business repeatedly voted ‘Best Vet in DC”
• 2017 White Coat Ceremony Speaker
• “Veterinary Players remains near & dear to my heart”

Michele Barrett, DVM '09

• Zoetis - Medical Lead, Veterinary Specialty Operations, U.S. Cattle Technical Services
• Animal Health Hackathon Speaker and Mentor
• Student VP of VOICE; Philanthropy chair; OTS, 
  Co-chair of Open House Committee
  
   

Leslie Diaz, DVM '10, MPH

• Director of Veterinary Services, Comparative Bioscience Center at The Rockefeller University
• Enjoys teaching & special interests include anesthesiology, aquatics, and high-level biocontainment
• Student participant in V.O.I.C.E. 

Julio Lopez, DVM '09, DACVIM

• Owner of 2 practices in Los Angeles, California
• Founder & Chief Veterinary Officer, Jade Vets
• International speaker, authored chapters for The
  Clinical Veterinary Advisor textbook & The Textbook
  of Veterinary Internal Medicine
• Student president of V.O.I.C.E, elevated to a 
  national organization with 25 chapters 

Paula Ospina, DVM '03, PhD '12, MPH

• Owner, Urgent Veterinary Care Hospital, Auburn, NY
• Milk Quality Consulting, providing training and educational support on dairy farms
• Reservist (Captain) - US Army
• Worked multiple part-time jobs throughout veterinary school which helped expand her knowledge base and experience (and also her cost of living situation)

Cherese Sullivan, DVM '10, MS

• Co-Owner of AH in Houston, TX
• Interests include surgery, neurology, behavior, and exotics, prior experience in general practice and emergency medicine
• Former president of Multicultural Veterinary Medical Association
• Volunteer, The Empty Shelter Project
• VOICE National and Chapter President, SAVMA Delegate 

Mark Helfat, D.V.M. '77

• Recipient of the 2019 Pennsylvania VMA and Animal Care PA distinguished Veterinary Service Award
• Long Term Owner at Larchmont Animal Hospital in NJ
• AVMA Executive Board Member
   

Shadi J. Ireifej, D.V.M. '06

• Chief Medical Officer of VetTriage, state-of-the-art movement in veterinary telehealth
• International speaker and presenter and has been featured on numerous media outlets
• Hackathon mentor
• Admissions tour guide and on-call surgery technician for Surgery Dept.; Member of VOICE

Scott Kaplan, D.V.M. '86

• Owner, SA Hospital in Smithtown, NY
• Office works closely with Long Island Pit Stop Animal Rescue
• LIPS rescues dogs on the euthanasia list from rural shelters in Louisiana and treats them for heartworm and gets them healthy enough for adoption 

Trish Grinnell, D.V.M. '97

• Partner at a practice in CT
• Practiced in Chapel Hill, NC for 9 years before returning to the Northeast
• Certified in Veterinary Acupuncture
• Trey & Pickles (French Bulldogs) and Mufasa, Patches, and Mota (3 cats) join her human family at home in CT
• student participant with Vet Players and Ultrasound a capella singing group
   

Andrew Massaro, D.V.M. '15

• Mom, bad, and brother are Cornell Vet alumni
• Works at the family practice in NJ
• Special interests include ultrasound, dentistry, emergency medicine, and soft tissue surgery
• president of vet education club & vp sa clinical skills club
  *starred in Vet School Funk video on YouTube 

Mark Chmielewicz '78, D.V.M. '85

• Is a NYS Gaming Commission Supervising Veterinarian for Horse Racing
• Has served on multiple Veterinary Boards and worked with the NYS legislature in support of veterinary and agricultural issues
• Worked on both small and large dairy farms and a vet at VCA North Country AH
• President of the NYS Ski Race Association Nordic
   

Edward Gschrey '83, D.V.M. '86

• Two-time past president Genesee Valley VMA
• Sec-Treas. of Cornell Vet College Alumni Assn for 10 years!! :)
• Practiced SA medicine and surgery in Rochester, NY for 35 years, owned and sold my practice
• Currently doing mobile veterinary ultrasound and surgery

Mara DiGrazia '92, D.V.M. '96

• Veterinarian & Veterinary Consultant (AI operating system and dermatological solutions)
• 2022 White Coat Ceremony Speaker
• Social chair for OTS, president of SCAVMA, annual student volunteer for the annual fund telethon (calling alumni and asking for donations); was on stage at the 1996 dedication ceremony of the newly built Veterinary Medical Center at Cornell alongside giving a speech alongside Cornell President-Hunter Rawlings, the Dean of the Vet School-Franklin Lowe, & multiple State Senators, Assemblymen and Chancellors.

Jeremy Salvatore, D.V.M. '10

• Owner of a veterinary clinic in CT with wife Emily (also a DVM alum)
• Areas of focus include pet dentistry and internal medicine
• S(C)AVMA VP, student rep on the curriculum committee and received the Gentle Doctor award
   

Heather Sacks, D.V.M. '03

• Chief of Staff at an AH in Mass
• Main interests - acupuncture and herbal medicine
• Master’s in Chinese herbology
• Opened 2 practices (07 and 12) and received the 40 under 40 award from Buffalo (NY) Business for her community outreach as a vet & one hosp. was awarded Best Vet Hospital by Buffalo Spree Magazine

Amanda Nicklin, D.V.M. '14, MBA

• Antech Diagnostics, Director, Corporate Customer Growth Main interests – applying business concepts to the animal health industry
• Completed a SA rotating internship in NYC and an ophthalmology internship at a private practice in FL before opting for a career change
• Passion is applying business concepts to the animal health industry to solve problems for veterinarians and their patients
• Participant in animal behavior club while at CVM 

Reed Stevens '86, D.V.M. '00

• Pursued veterinary medicine after a 10 yr corporate career
• Owner of multiple practices in Buffalo, NY area
• Special interests include dentistry, nutritional management of health and disease
• Founded the first low-cost clinic in the region
• Received 2014 Niagara Business Ethics Award