HOSPITAL STAFF PROFILES
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"I love my profession
and I thoroughly enjoy my patients, clients and the wonderful
and caring team of people I work with."
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Dr.
Bradbury Smith DVM
Dr.
Smith has been practicing Veterinary Medicine for 30 years. He studied at the
University of Missouri, College of Veterinary Medicine, graduating in 1977.
Brad
practiced emergency medicine early in his career and then continued in small animal
medicine and surgery.
"My first thoughts of becoming a veterinarian emerged
when I was a young teenager trying to care for sick and injured wildlife. My love
of the sciences and my desire to help animals led me down the path to Veterinary
School."
Over the past twenty years in Groton, MA Brad and his wife
Sally have shared their home with a variety of pets including dogs, cats, chickens,
peacocks, sheep, cows, a parrot, a toad and two lizards.
When Dr. Smith is not caring for animals at the hospital or
at home, he enjoys playing the fiddle in a local band the
Contra Banditos. He is a member of the William's Barn Committee
and the local Grange in Groton. Dr. Smith enjoys the out of
doors, camping, hiking, running, and sailing.
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Dr.
Scott Osgood DVM
Dr.
Osgood has been a practicing Veterinarian for 12 years. He attended Baldwin-Wallace
College in Berea, OH, Class of 1991, continued to Tufts University of Veterinary
Medicine, Class of 1995 and finished his internship at Angell Memorial Animal
Hospital, Boston, MA 1995-96.
Dr. Osgood always loved caring for and owning
animals of his own. Currently he has three cats, Biscuit, Momo and Mr. Zigfield.
When enjoying his time off Dr. Osgood enjoys collecting wine and
considers himself to be a "Gadget Freak".
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"Becoming a veterinarian was
a lifelong dream-I decided when I was four years old that's what
I would be.
I just loved animals!"
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Dr.
Lauren Flanagan DVM
Although
Dr. Flanagan enjoys the variety of medicine and surgical cases
she sees as a general practitioner, cardiology and neurology are
of special interest. A Graduate of the University of Vermont,
with Bachelor of Science in 1988 and Veterinary Degree from Tufts
University of Veterinary Medicine, 1992.
Dr. Flanagan has now been at PVH for 11 years. She can't image
working anywhere else. " The staff is great, hard working,
conscientious and very personable. The clients and their pets
are wonderful."
When not at work she enjoys spending time with her husband John
and their three children, Ian, Matthew and Alexandra. They share
their home with a menagerie of pets including Dumpy & Erving,
her senior felines, Wrecks, a German shepherd mix, Jack the French
bulldog and Desiree, a Thoroughbred mare.
Dr. Flanagan finds a little time for skiing, horseback riding
and a good book at the beach.
She
considers herself to be one of the lucky few, who truly loves their job. |
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Dr.
Laura Berkowitz, DVM
Dr.
Laura Berkowitz is extremely excited to join the wonderful community
of Pepperell Veterinary Hospital. Laura graduated from Ross University
of Veterinary Medicine with honors and finished her clinical studies
at Cornell University in 2007.
She has had an unconditional love for all critters since a very
young age, and decided to pursue veterinary medicine when she
found herself intellectually stimulated by the study of medicine
and enamored with the comfort of healing.
Laura
recently moved from the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, where
she worked at a holistic practice. She has a particular interest
in internal medicine, soft tissue surgery, nutritional and herbal
therapies, and a holistic approach to veterinary care.
In her free time, Laura can be found enjoying the great outdoors
with her fiancé Brian and her two Caribbean mutts, Dingo
and Kiwi. She has traveled extensively throughout Asia, South
America, Europe, and Africa. She has recently combined her love
of travel and veterinary medicine by performing spays and neuters
at a shelter in Guatemala. She hopes to continue such programs
at various locations in the future.
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