Veterinary Advisory Board

Andrea Johnson, DVM | Co-Founder | PetVet365

Andrea Johnson, DVM, chairman of the Wedgewood Veterinary Advisory Board, is co-founder of PetVet365, a company that creates new veterinary practices around entrepreneur owners determined to reinvent the animal healthcare profession and to offer the highest quality care for pets and their families.

She began her career as an associate veterinarian with a practice in Kentucky and eventually became owner and chief medical officer for 15 Banfield Pet Hospital franchises in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana, with 75 veterinarians on her team. She was a veterinary consultant for LegacyVet and a self-employed consultant prior to co-founding PetVet365.

She holds a BS degree in biology from Marshall University, an MS degree in Biology and Biological Sciences from Marshall University, and a DVM degree from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.

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Kathleen Anderson, DVM | Founding Partner | Equine Veterinary Care

Kathleen Anderson, DVM, is the founding partner of Equine Veterinary Care based at Fair Hill Training Center, in Elkton, Maryland. Dr. Anderson has spent her 35+ year career “in the trenches” caring for performance horses in thoroughbred racing and sport horses. She has served in multiple leadership roles within the equine community both locally and nationally, including stints with many committees of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP),and culminating with the 2016 AAEP presidency of that organization.

She has a special interest in equine welfare and safety and has served since 1998 as an AAEP on-call spokesperson for televised graded stakes and well as co-chair for Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation.

Her company, Equine Veterinary Care, has been an early adopter of emerging technologies and has participated as a beta test site for many products, software ideas, and business management strategies, some of which became commercial success such as mobile digital radiology and VetCove, a purchasing platform that changed the inventory management landscape.

She holds a DVM degree from Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

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Rustin Sturgeon, DVM, DACVO | National Medical Director of Ophthalmology | Pathway Vet Alliance

Rustin Sturgeon, DVM, is national medical director of Ophthalmology for a Pathway Vet Alliance, a Texas-based veterinary management group serving pets and their parents at more than 400 locations throughout the U.S.

Previously, he was regional medical excellence coach for Eye Care for Animals, with practices located in in 16 U.S. states.

He holds a BS degree in Animal Science and Industry and a DVM degree from the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Sturgeon is board certified Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. 

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Rob Swinger, DVM, DACVO | Owner and Medical Director | Animal Eye Guys

Rob Swinger, DVM, is owner and medical director for a Animal Eye Guys, a group of five veterinary ophthalmology practices in Florida.

After completing an internship in small-animal medicine and surgery at Veterinary Specialists of South Florida in 2004, he went on to complete both an ophthalmology internship and residency at the Animal Eye Specialty Clinic. Soon thereafter, he joined the VCA Aurora Animal Hospital before returning to Florida in 2011 to launch Animal Eye Guys. Animal Eye Guys has expanded to multiple locations across South Florida extending on the east coast from Miami to West Palm Beach and on the west coast from Cape Coral to Naples. Dr. Swinger is board certified and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. 

In his work environment, Dr. Swinger takes active roles in the clinic’s internship/residency programs. He is an active lecturer/wet lab instructor across the nation including at the Florida Veterinary Medical Association, The Gulf Atlantic Veterinary Conference, Vet Vacation CE, University of Illinois, St. Matthew’s University, and many local events. He currently serves on the Florida Veterinary Medical Association’s Executive Board.

He holds a BS degree in Animal Science form University of Illinois College of ACES and a DVM degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Swinger is board certified and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists.

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