Stephanie Kottler, DVM, DACVIM

School: University of Missouri
Certifications: DACVIM
Departments: Internal Medicine, Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Oncology

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Stephanie Kottler grew up in Arlington, MA. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1999. After receiving her doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri in 2004, she went on to complete an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the University of Minnesota. She then completed a residency in internal medicine and master’s degree at the University of Missouri. Dr. Kottler became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2009.

Dr. Kottler has extensive experience managing complex small animal internal medicine cases. While well-versed in all areas of internal medicine, her specific areas of interest include endocrinology, gastrointestinal disease, hematology, and infectious disease. Her skills include ultrasound, upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, cystoscopy, bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage, arthrocentesis, and bone marrow aspirate and core biopsy.  Dr. Kottler sees internal medicine cases Monday through Thursday. She welcomes telephone consults from veterinarians at any time.

Dr. Karen Gibson, DVM, DACVS

School: Texas A&M University
Certifications: DACVS
Departments: Surgical Services, Oncology

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Karen Gibson, brings over 20 years experience as a board certified surgeon to our team. She has extensive experience in soft tissue surgery. Dr. Gibson's orthopedic experience involves a variety of fracture management techniques, joint surgery, arthrodesis, triple pelvic osteotomy, and neurological surgeries.

Dr. Gibson's DACVS certification identifies her as a veterinarian who has been board certified in veterinary surgery. Only veterinarians who have successfully completed the certification requirements of the ACVS are Diplomates of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and have earned the right to be called specialists in veterinary surgery.

Veterinarians wishing to become board certified must complete a three-year residency program, meet specific training and caseload requirements, perform research and have their research published. This process is supervised by current ACVS Diplomates, ensuring consistency in training and adherence to high standards. Once the residency has been completed, the resident must sit for and pass a rigorous examination. Only then does the veterinarian earn the title of ACVS Diplomate.

David S. Sobel, DVM, MRCVS

School: Tufts Veterinary School
Certifications: MRCVS
Departments: Advanced Diagnostic Imaging

David Sobel, DVM, MRCVS began his veterinary training at the University of Glasgow in Scotland before returning to the US to receive his DVM from Tufts Veterinary School in 1992.  He was on the staff of the Dover Veterinary Hospital during which time he received advanced training in human endoscopic surgery at the New England Medical Center in Boston.  He later served on the staff of the Hanover Veterinary Clinic before starting his mobile outreach service, Metropolitan Veterinary Consultants, in 2000.

Dr. Sobel also serves as a consultant at the Elands Veterinary Clinic, in England where he has worked with his colleague, Philip Lhermette, to introduce non and minimally invasive surgery to small animal practices across the United Kingdom.  David was one of the first practitioners to begin incorporating the use of diode lasers into minimally invasive surgery for dogs and cats, taking what had previously been purely diagnostic procedures into the realm of interventional surgical endoscopy.

He has lectured on endoscopy, endoscopic surgery and laser endoscopic surgery worldwide, including the North American Veterinary Conference, the North Carolina VMA annual meeting, the Pennsylvania VMA annual meeting, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine annual meeting, the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Bristol University Veterinary School (UK), University of Sydney (Australia), Royal Veterinary College (UK), Hawaii VMA annual meeting, BSAVA Congress (UK), and many many others.

Dr. Sobel has served as a reviewer of the journal Veterinary Surgery and has worked with many corporate and industrial colleagues on developing and marketing products for the veterinary endoscopy market.

He is the co-editor and author of the recently published BSAVA Manual of Small Animal Endoscopy and Endosurgery.  He is licensed to practice in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and the United Kingdom.

An accomplished triathlete with two Ironman completions to his credit David lives in Hanover, New Hampshire with his wife and four children, two dogs, cat, Bearded Dragon and turtle.