After achieving Diplomate status in Small Animal Internal Medicine from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2002, Dr. Stephens worked as a staff internist in two veterinary specialty hospitals on Long Island. In 2003, Dr. Stephens established the Internal Medicine Department here at the Katonah-Bedford Veterinary Center where she remained a team member until 2012. In 2010-2011, Dr. Stephens served on the medical advisory board for the BrightHeart Veterinary Network. From 2012, Dr. Stephens established a successful Internal Medicine Practice in Newtown, Connecticut before relocating to New Mexico in 2015 where she headed the Internal Medicine Department at the Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Centers of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the past 4 years. Now she has returned to the East coast and rejoined the Katonah Bedford Veterinary Center’s Internal Medicine Department.

While Dr. Stephens enjoys all aspects of Internal Medicine, her primary clinical interests include gastroenterology, infectious disease, and hematology/transfusion medicine. She is proficient in endoscopy of the gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urinary tracts, as well as advanced imaging procedures (ultrasounds and CT scans) and ultrasound-guided procedures.

Education:

• Bachelor of Science, Cornell University
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University
• Small Animal Rotating Internship, Veterinary Referral Associates, Gaithersburg, MD
• Small Animal Internal Medicine Residency, Purdue University Veterinary Teaching Hospital
• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Small Animal Internal Medicine)