Dr. Norris has been a Diplomate of the American College
of Veterinary Surgeons since 2002, and has been in private
surgical practice in
New Jersey
for the last 4 years.
She is a graduate of UC Davis,
School of Veterinary Medicine, and finished an internship at the
Animal Medical
Center in New York City in 1998.
Following a surgical residency at Tufts University
and Angell
Memorial
Animal
Hospital
in Boston,
she was a lecturer in the department of surgery at The
University of Pennsylvania from 2001-2002.
Dr. Norris’ will be offering both soft tissue and orthopedic surgery services. Her special surgical interests include external skeletal fixation, fracture repair, cardiothoracic surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, skin and reconstructive surgery, and surgical disease of the airway, particularly, tracheal collapse. She is the author of the original research findings from Tufts University involving the use of intraluminal tracheal stent placement for dogs with tracheal collapse, and is now able to provide this novel treatment option for this condition to VRC’s clients. She is also well accomplished in both lateral suture placement and TPLO technique for the treatment of the most common orthopedic disease of dogs, rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament. Dr. Norris has an ongoing interest in pain management both for the acute surgical patient, and chronic pain management of degenerative osteoarthritis, including NSAID therapy, chondroprotective agents, and physical therapy / rehabilitation.
Dr. Norris is available weekly at VRC on Monday through Wednesday for surgical referrals. Please feel free to call for telephone consultations at any time. We encourage you to avail yourself of her services so that we can continue to meet the growing demands of our referring veterinary colleagues.
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