After graduating from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Dr. Linder then completed a rotating internship at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital in Denver, Colorado, and spent a year of specialized training in a surgical internship here with us at VCA ASEC. She completed her surgery residency at VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital, and then rejoined our team to continue her career in surgery. Dr. Linder then successfully completed all of the requirements to become a board-certified veterinary specialist and surgeon in 2024. She particularly enjoys soft tissue reconstruction, oncologic surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, thoracic surgery, minimally invasive surgery. and fracture repair. In her spare time, she can be found hiking, camping, rock climbing, biking, and spoiling her two cats, Pancake and Cooper.