Dr. Culp earned a B.S. in biochemistry from Eckerd College in 2005. She then spent time working in rural Kenya before earning her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2010.

She went on to complete several one-year internships, followed by a four-year small animal surgical residency at the Ontario Veterinary College along with a doctoral degree in biomechanical testing of surgical locking plates.

Dr. Culp achieved Diplomate Status as a Small Animal Surgeon in 2018.

Dr. Lazar grew up in Fairfax County, graduated from Robinson High School in 1987, and received his BA in biology at the University of Virginia in 1991.

He earned a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1996 from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1997, he completed a one-year rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Animal Medical Center in New York City.

Dr. Gordon graduated from the University of Vermont with a BS in Animal Science in 2001. After four years at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts, he participated in a one-year small animal internship at the Animal Medical Center in New York.

Following a three-year small animal surgery residency at the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph in Canada, he achieved Diplomate Status as a board-certified surgeon in 2010.