Dr. Krista Gazzola grew up in New Hampshire on a small horse farm. She graduated from Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2010, and remained at Mississippi State for her rotating medical and surgical internship. She joined Michigan State University for a small animal surgical research fellowship and went on to complete her small animal surgery residency at Michigan State University in 2016. Dr Gazzola was assistant professor of small animal surgery at Michigan State before entering private practice. Dr Gazzola has special interests in orthopedic surgery, fracture repair, maxillofacial trauma, working dogs and canine athletes, and polytrauma.