Stefanie Stewart

General practitioner for small animals; predominantly dogs and cats, some pocket pets.

• Efficiently and compassionately communicated with pet owners regarding pet diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and husbandry practices.
• Reviewed pet health history, examined animals, conducted tests and prescribed treatments for diagnosed conditions.
• Excellent technician skills for phlebotomy, IV placement and care, bandaging, and routine hygiene practices.
• Developed and administered anesthetic protocols for patients undergoing both routine and urgent surgical procedures, as well as non-surgical procedures requiring sedation.
• Performed predominantly routine and some urgent soft tissue surgeries not limited to ovariohysterectomy, castration, enucleation, exploratory with enterotomy, lumpectomy, mastectomy, wound repair, and complete oral health assessments with dental scaling/polishing and extractions.
• Primary practice ultrasonographer with focus on full abdominal scan, FAST scans, and POC cardiac scans.
• Utilize Fear-Free practices to help alleviate patient stress and reinforce team safety.
• Control over practice's social media presence through establishment of accounts, online posting, and managing messenger.
• Managed assistant training protocols and follow through.