Dr. Spinner earned her degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Washington State University and went on to become a board-certified Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. Dr. Spinner has a passion for teaching and training veterinary students, interns, and residents.

Hayley Gallaher, DVM, MS, DACVS-SA, joins us as an assistant professor (HP) of Soft Tissue Surgery for the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences. She has a strong passion for teaching and mentoring veterinary students and residents and helping them achieve their full potential!

Bharadhwaj Ranganathan, MS, BVSc, AH, joins us as an assistant professor (HP) of Soft Tissue Surgery for the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences. He has a strong passion for teaching and mentoring veterinary students and residents.

Dr. Reanna Cantrall grew up in Holt, Michigan and graduated from Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2021. From there, she went to Louisiana State University and The University of Missouri, where she continued to deepen her passion for small animal surgery. Her special areas of interest include fracture repair, wound management, and emergency surgery.

Dr. Stephanie Meilleur is a surgical resident. She earned her veterinary degree from Kansas State University in 2012 and certification in Canine Rehabilitation in 2014. Her work experience includes 5 years as an emergency veterinarian outside Washington DC seeing a variety of trauma and performing emergency surgeries. Her passion for working dogs and surgery lead her to complete a sports medicine internship at Veterinary Orthopedic and Sports Medicine, a surgical internship at Pet Specialists of Austin and an Orthopedic Research Associate position under Dr. Loïc Déjardin at Michigan State University. As a Major in the United States Army Reserve, she deployed to Afghanistan overseeing 180 working dogs, teaching K9 TCCC to service members and coalition forces as well as managing several critical patients. Additionally, she has been working with Veterinary Tactical Group to train federal and governmental canine handlers, tactical medics, and veterinary personnel in treatment of working dog emergencies in the field since 2015. Her interests revolve around working dogs, trauma, orthopedics and sports medicine. Her goals are to expand working dog medicine and keep the dog in the fight.

Dr. Lauren Meneghetti is originally from Northern California, where she grew up in the Bay Area. She attended Sonoma State University and graduated with a bachelor's of science in biology with a concentration in physiology, cell biology, and molecular biology. She received her DVM degree from Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in 2020. After veterinary school, Dr. Meneghetti completed a small animal rotating internship at VCA Encina Veterinary Medical Center. From there, she did two additional specialty internships in small animal surgery; the first at Lenity Vet Specialists and Emergency and the second at MSU Veterinary Medical Center. She is a current Small Animal Surgery Resident at MSU. While enjoying all aspects of the surgery field, Dr. Meneghetti has a special interest in feline cases.