Deborah Knibb, D.V.M.

• Over 38 years of experience with allergy testing in small and large animals, and a special interest in dermatology, surgery, internal medicine, and behavior modification with problem dogs, cats, and horses.
• Educated pet owners on preventive care and proper nutrition practices.
• Performed routine surgeries and emergency procedures with precision.
• Managed medical records using veterinary practice management software.
• Conducted thorough physical examinations to assess animal health status.
• Demonstrated surgical expertise in scheduled and emergency surgeries for various animals.
• Supervised inventory management and placed medication orders to ensure adequate supplies at all times.
• Practiced some equine medical emergencies and breeding consultations.
• Designed 3 veterinary hospitals and consulted with multiple hospitals that requested financial and managerial advice.

• Worked at busy urban veterinary hospitals in San Francisco, Berkeley and other East Bay cities. Adapted well to improvising in older clinics and advised owners, when asked, how they could improve their quality of medicine and surgery.

• Led strategic planning sessions to define company vision and mission.
• Oversaw financial management, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Developed and implemented company-wide policies to enhance operational efficiency.
• Maintained, trained and managed a staff of 10 or more employees.
• Instituted a employee profit sharing plan portfolio.
• Instituted a rescue adoption of primarily cats with some dogs from local kill shelters to loving responsible homes.

Interned with board certified surgeons who took us to human hospitals for rounds. Interned with board certified ophthalmologists and performed surgeries with them. During this time , I also was a the genesis of the in house health care pet insurance which was implemented by Banfield.