Dr. Anna Nomura grew up with a menagerie of animals in the Bay Area. From an early age she participated in dog training clubs and began volunteering at a veterinary hospital as a freshman in high school. She received a bachelor's of science in biology from Bowdoin College in Maine. After graduation, she worked for two years as a high school biology teacher in New York City during which time she obtained a Masters in Science Education. She then moved to Philadelphia to study veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a one-year rotating internship in Oregon. She moved back to the Bay Area and joined the emergency team at BAVS in 2014. Emergency medicine is her passion and she cannot imagine doing anything else.

In her spare time, Dr. Nomura enjoys dressage riding, gardening, and exploring the outdoors with her family.