VCA Povar Animal Hospital

Bios

• Ceri Sveilich, DVM

  DVM

  Dr. Ceri Sveilich joined our practice October 2003 after practicing veterinary medicine in upstate NY for 1 year. She received a BA in psychology from Hoftstra University in NY. She received her doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in June 2001.

• Kathryn Tuxbury, DVM

  DVM

  Dr. Tuxbury joined VCA Povar Animal Hospital in October 2012. She attended graduate school at Iowa State University prior to veterinary school, receiving her MS degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. She then attended Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, graduating in 2005. After veterinary school she completed a one-year small animal medicine and surgery internship at New England Animal Medical Center in West Bridgewater, MA. She then completed a two-year internship in exotic and aquatic animal medicine and surgery at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD. She has strong interests in internal medicine and exotic animal medicine, including work with reptiles, amphibians, small mammals, fish and some bird species. Dr. Tuxbury also works part-time at the New England Aquarium in Boston, MA. .

• Melissa Wash, DVM

  DVM

  Dr. Melissa wash was born and raised in the Poconos region of Pennsylvania. She obtained her BS in Animal Sciences and biotechnology from Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, PA in 2001. Afterward she worked in the pharmaceutical industry outside of Philadelphia then went to the University of New Orleans where she pursued graduate courses in biology. It was in New Orleans she decided to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a veterinarian. She graduated from Mississippi State Veterinary College in 2012 as a Giles Scholar then completed an internship at a VCA Specialty/Referral center outside of Washington DC. Dr. Wash moved to RI to join the VCA Povar family and to be closer to her family in MA. She has a passion for internal medicine, pain management, reproductive and pediatric care. Outside veterinary medicine, she enjoys horseback riding, reading , cooking and traveling. her passion for traveling enabled her to study in Australia and South America during her undergraduate career studying. She plans to one day tour Europe.

• JeeYon Pyun, DVM

  DVM

  Dr Pyun was born and raised in Seoul, Korea. She has a BS in biology from Hanyang University. After working in a corporation for a couple of years, she decided to pursue her dream to become a veterinarian. Dr. Pyun graduated from Seoul National University in 2006, and come to the states where she finished her clinical year training at Purdue University. She worked at a busy mixed practice for the last 5 years before joining the VCA Povar Family. She has a special interest in ophthalmology, behavior, internal medicine and soft tissue surgery. In her free time she enjoys horseback riding, traveling, reading and playing with her two cats.