Dianna Thornton
Alexandria,VA
Summary
Compassionate veterinarian with 8 years of experience in general practice serving clients and pets with excellent care. Decisive, empathetic, and leadership oriented. Dedicated to providing medical care catered to each specific individual's needs while fostering a team-oriented, positive work environment.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Veterinarian
Caring Hands Animal Hospital
05.2015 - Current
- Associate Veterinarian, May 2015-Present: Practiced veterinary medicine with emphasis on preventive care, chronic disease management and emergency medicine in dogs and cats
- Medical Director, December 2021-Present: Implemented medical strategies to maintain high quality of care in the hospital. This includes fostering a collaborative and team-oriented work environment to minimize burnout, organizing and implementing medical/anesthetic protocols, managing doctor schedules, making decisions on inventory and equipment in the hospital, assisting practice manager in addressing client concerns, ensuring doctors fully document all patient medical records and strategizing ways to help doctors improve efficiency, assisting in annual performance reviews, working with practice manager to address personal and professional conflicts among staff, leading regular staff and doctor meetings, and assisting in maintenance of AAHA certification.
- Helped implement a mentor program for new graduate veterinarians with allotted time in the schedule to discuss cases and round on various medical topics.
- Served as a designated surgical mentor for new graduates
- Volunteered time with local animal shelter (Animal Welfare League of Arlington) when staffed shelter veterinarian unavailable
- Volunteered with Caring Hands Animal Support and Education non-profit organization to provide veterinary care in underserved areas
Virginia Delegate for the AVMA
Viriginia Veterinary Medical Association
02.2022 - Current
Volunteered on the board of the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association as the alternate delegate and then primary delegate for Virginia in the AVMA House of Delegates. Responsibilities included establishment and voting on AVMA policies in representation of Virginia veterinarians, voting elected AVMA officials into office, providing reports of AVMA activities and issues to the VVMA, active participation in AVMA discussions and communications, regular attendance of biannual AVMA house of delegates meetings and VVMA board meetings
Education
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine -
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI05.2015
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, VA05.2011
Skills
- Broad spectrum of surgical experience to include, but not limited to: spays and neuters, gastropexies, growth removals, dentals (including dental radiograph interpretation, thorough oral exams, and dental extractions), gastrotomies/enterotomies, cystotomies, cherry eye repairs, enucleations, wound explores and repairs, mastectomies, etc
- Experienced in general anesthesia including establishment of anesthetic protocols, troubleshooting anesthetic problems
- Stabilization and treatment of emergencies and critical cases
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to clearly offer and communicate a broad spectrum of care, providing multiple options for clients that may not have the resources for gold standard plans
- Clear, concise, and thorough medical record keeping
- Time efficient, able to stick to a strict appointment schedule while helping others where needed
- Experience in fear-free animal handling techniques
- Embrace and encourage teamwork and collaborative thinking with promotion of individual goals and personal development
Certification
- USDA APHIS Accredited Veterinarian, certified to perform physical exams and submit documentation for endorsement for international health certificates
Accomplishments
- Awarded the Recent Graduate Leadership Award by the VVMA in 2023
Timeline
Virginia Delegate for the AVMA
Viriginia Veterinary Medical Association
02.2022 - Current
Veterinarian
Caring Hands Animal Hospital
05.2015 - Current
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine -
Michigan State University
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
- USDA APHIS Accredited Veterinarian, certified to perform physical exams and submit documentation for endorsement for international health certificates
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