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Get to Know Two Experts Who Provide Exceptional Welfare

rookfield Zoo animals are specialties in both zoological medicine and
under the care of a veterinary anesthesia, and Dr. Julie Balko, a fellow
team that is extraordinary in in our veterinary program, has completed
B the zoo and aquarium world. a residency in veterinary anesthesia
The goals of the veterinary work here are andanalgesia.
many and broad: to provide a superior As veterinary medicine continues
level of care to our animals, to advance to advance, it is difficult for clinical
standards for zoological medicine for all veterinarians to excel, let alone be true
animal-holding institutions, to positively experts, in all fields. Our diversity of talent
impact conservation efforts, and to provide makes the entire team stronger, enabling
powerful connections for our guests. Our us to provide the highest level of animal
team unfailingly advances the science of care. If a Brookfield Zoo animal takes
zoological medicine in these ways. ill, it has the benefit of an anesthesiologist
Dr. Mike Adkesson, vice president monitoring it during an exam, a specialist
of clinical medicine, heads our team of interpreting diagnostic imaging results,
10 hospital staff and seven veterinarians. and a clinician working on treatment in a
Four of our doctors are board-certified hands-on way. While each team member
specialists in zoo and wildlife medicine, brings his or her own unique skill set and
and two of those four—Adkesson and Dr. experience, the entire team works together
Jennifer Langan—have board certifications to provide the highest quality of medicine.
from both the American College of We would like to introduce you to the
Zoological Medicine and the European two newest members of our veterinary
College of Zoological Medicine. team: Dr. Marina Ivančić, the only zoo-
While zoo medicine is considered a based board-certified veterinary radiologist
specialty within veterinary medicine as in the world, and Dr. Copper Aitken-
a whole, the Chicago Zoological Society Palmer, who, in addition to her doctor
is unique because our team also includes of veterinary medicine degree, has also
experts who specialize even further. earned a Ph.D. in animal sciences and is a
Dr. Sathya Chinnadurai is the only specialized expert in reproductive sciences.
veterinarian in the country with board

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