By Jennifer Brent, Executive Director

This March, CWC was thrilled to welcome our new veterinarian, Stephany Lewis, DVM. She moved from New York to join us as a full-time year-round addition to our staff. After a thorough nationwide search, Dr. Duane Tom and I agreed that she was an outstanding candidate, and we are excited to have her join the team to make her mark.

Stephany’s most recent position was in private practice on Long Island, with a focus on exotics and avians. In the past she has worked with many of the same animals we see here at CWC, including marine mammals, and she is looking forward to a change in Coasts.

While an undergrad at University of Pennsylvania, Stephany thought she would become an equine vet–when an internship before vet school changed her path and brought her to Tufts, with its renowned wildlife medicine program. Stephany’s passion is pain management for wildlife and ensuring that patients do not suffer while under our care, “Wildlife medicine feels very meaningful to me, as an opportunity to undo some of the terrible things that we humans do. Wild animals need more veterinarians to advocate and take care of them.”

When not at work, Stephany rides dressage and hikes with her laboratory rescue beagle, Alice. Her favorite species include the Red-Tailed Hawk and Porcupines (which she had the opportunity to work with elsewhere).

“This is my dream job!” she says.