Zimra Gordon graduated with a BA in biology from Wellesley College in 1992. She received her DVM from Tufts University in 1996. After practicing small animal medicine for several years, she became interested in the epidemiology of infectious and chronic disease, and received advanced training at the Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health. She was awarded a Masters of Public Health (MPH) from Yale in 2002. She is part of teh Yale Human-Animal Medicine Project, which explores the intersections between animal and human health. She became Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventative Medicine in 2007, and is one of the very few vets in Connecticut to be Board Certified in this specialty.
Dr. Gordon enjoys working with pets and their families through all life stages. When not practicing veterinary medicine, she and her family, both two and four legged, can be found wandering through the forests and wetlands of New England.