Amanda Wagner is excited to join VES this fall to begin offering Internal Medicine specialty care, including diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune disorders, infectious diseases, endocrine disorders and metabolic disease. She has particular interests in feline medicine, gastroenterology, autoimmune disease and infectious disease. She is currently involved in a research project investigating urinary markers of kidney disease in cats.

Education:

1993-1997 : Northwestern University in Evanston, IL- B.A. Environmental Sciences
1998-2002 : North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC - DVM

Specialty Training:

2002 - 2003 : Tufts University Foster Hospital for Small Animals in N. Grafton, MA - Rotating Medical Internship
2007 - 2010 : Univ of Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital in Madison, WI - Small Animal Internal Medicine

Other Veterinary Experience:

2003 - 2004 : VCA West 86th Street Animal Hospital in Indianapolis, IN - Associate ER veterinarian
2004 - 2007 : VCA Aroma Park Animal Hospital in Aroma Park, IL - Associated veterinarian

Bio:

Amanda's husband, Toby Eshelman, is also a veterinarian and the practicing surgeon at VES. They share their home and crowded sofa with 2 cats, Calvin and Dee Dee, and 2 dogs, Frannie and Zooey. Amanda plays acoustic guitar and hopes to learn how to play the cello in the next few years. She enjoys cooking, traveling around the world, and slowing her husband down on bike rides. It is widely suspected that she is the world worst snowboarder. She is originally from Ohio and is pleased to be back in the Midwest for good.