| The Pet Network show hosted by Kitty Connection will be on Wednesday, July 6, on TV3 Medford Public Access on Comcast Channel Three at 7 pm. Viewers can also watch online at: http://tv3medford.org/
Dr. Amy Shroff will be our guest and will talk about summer tips for taking care of your pet.
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Summer time first aid and how to put
together a first aid kit - to include wound management, bee and insect
stings, coming in contact with wild animals – skunks, coyotes – how to
deal with them and how to avoid your pet coming in contact with them. ·
Summer time toxicities – cocoa mulch,
toxic plants such as tomatoes, caladiums, etc.
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Heat stroke – what is it, how to
recognize it, how to treat it.
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Travel pet care tips – what to take on
the road, where can your pet stay, where should they not stay, is air travel
safe in the summer?
Bio of Amy A. Shroff, VMD
Amy A. Shroff, VMD
Emergency & Critical Care
Chief of Staff
EDUCATION:
1982-1986 B. A. Biology
Barnard College
Columbia University
New York, NY
1988-1992 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Shroff's practice of veterinary medicine is limited to emergency and critical care. She is Chief of Staff and owner of the Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Center of New England (VESCONE).
Dr. Shroff has always worked with animals and it has always been her calling to do so. Her extensive years as a veterinary technician both in the private sector and at the academic level in anesthesia and ophthalmology have helped to round out her career and be an advocate for excellent veterinary nursing.
Upon graduation, Dr. Shroff worked as a research fellow for the Harvard School of Medicine and Beth Israel while also in private practice. She twice became published as a vaccine researcher in Group B Streptococcus vaccine.
Dr. Shroff has since devoted all of her time to the practice of emergency and critical care as well as the entrepreneurial pursuit of practice ownership. Her professional interests include public speaking, practice development and management, transfusion medicine, as well as wound management and trauma.
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