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  • Helena Montin, ’21 DVM, started in July 2022 as a veterinary dermatology resident at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine.

  • Ariel Carlson, ’18 DVM, completed a residency in anatomic pathology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and has accepted a position at Fishhead Labs, LLC in Stuart, Fla.

  • Kalli Doenges, ’18 DVM, started in January 2022 as an emergency veterinarian at Tampa Bay Veterinary Specialists and Emergency Critical Care in Florida.

  • Melanie Jackson, ’15 DVM, founded North Star Mobile Veterinary Care, PLLC in April 2022. The clinic will serve equine and small ruminant communities on a part-time basis in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and surrounding areas.

  • Alexandra Armstrong, ’15 DVM, ’22 PhD, successfully defended her PhD thesis and has accepted a position at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine as an assistant professor of pathology in the Veterinary Clinical Sciences Department.

  • Sonja Helgeson, ’20 DVM, started in March 2022 as a veterinarian with TLC Veterinary Hospital in Oakdale, Minn.

  • Raye Taylor, ’11 DVM, was appointed in June 2022 to the Minnesota State Board of Veterinary Medicine by Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flannigan.

  • Andrea Birkland, ’17 DVM, started in June 2022 as principal veterinarian at WellHaven Pet Health in New Brighton, Minn.

  • Fred Mansfield, ’22 DVM, started in June 2022 as a veterinarian at Windy Ridge Veterinary Clinic in Pipestone, Minn.