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Penny Regier, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal), ACVS Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery (Small Animal Soft Tissue) (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
University of Florida
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Dr. Regier recently joined Oklahoma Veterinary Specialists after her time at University of Florida (UF) College of Veterinary Medicine as a tenured Associate Professor of Soft Tissue Surgery. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) and is an ACVS Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Small Animal Soft Tissue Fellow. She is a graduate of Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine where she received the ACVS Surgical Proficiency Award, the Dean Clarence H. McElroy Award – the highest honor awarded to a veterinary student, and the Gentle Doctor Award – awarded to a veterinary student that demonstrates character, clinical ability, leadership, and dedication to the delivery of excellent patient care. Dr. Regier then competed a one-year internship in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery at Colorado State University (CSU), where she then stayed to complete her Master of Science degree and a three-year residency in Small Animal Surgery. Following her residency, Dr. Regier was an Associate Professor of Soft Tissue Surgery at UF where she was awarded tenure for her teaching and research achievements. Dr. Regier’s major research interests focused on soft tissue surgery, primarily gastrointestinal surgery, tissue viability, and vascular blood flow. Other research interests focused on brachycephalic airway syndrome, laryngeal paralysis, MIS, and other aspects of gastrointestinal surgery. Dr. Regier has over fifty publications in several top-tier journals, including JAVMA and Veterinary Surgery, and has authored several book chapters in veterinary surgery textbooks. She has presented her research at several international conferences, taught and coordinated numerous course lectures at UF, and has also been invited to present at several continuing education events. She is currently the President of the Society of Veterinary Soft Tissue Surgery (SVSTS) and is an active member of ACVS and SVSTS.

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