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Lelivelt Swanson, VMD

Dr. SwansonDr. Swanson is a New Jersey native, with a degree in music from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ. She is a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, and has been practicing emergency medicine since graduation. She finished at Penn with the distinction of Magna Cum Laude, was an active member of the Phi Zeta veterinary honors fraternity, and was the recipient of the 1930 Class Prize in Surgery. Dr. Swanson was trained and practiced as a veterinary nurse for six years, both prior to and during vet school at emergency and referral practices in PA and NJ. This experience has been vital to her practice as a veterinarian. During her last year in veterinary school, she also completed an externship studying veterinary legal issues and has an interest in veterinary law and liability. Her other clinical interests include trauma and pharmacology.