Dr. Wendy Deal grew up in Columbus and obtained her BS at Northwestern University. She received her DVM at Cornell University in 2003 and completed a small animal rotating internship at Ocean State Veterinary Specialists in Providence, RI. She moved home to Columbus in 2005 and joined VCA Mill Run, where she has continued to develop her interest in general practice, internal medicine and ultrasound. She has a passion for client education as well as training and educating hospital staff, veterinary students, and new doctors. Since 2019, Dr. Deal has helped coordinate the new graduate mentorship program for the central Ohio VCA hospitals, and she has been the Area Medical Director for central Ohio since 2021. She enjoys outdoor sports and has two cats, Ernie and Primrose.