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| Sugar Land Veterinary Specialists 1515 Lake Pointe Parkway Sugar Land, TX 77478 Tel: 281.491.7800 Fax: 281.491.7803 Email: info@slvetspecialists.com www.slvetspecialists.com |
Oncology services include:
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| Board-Certified Veterinary Oncologists: Andrew Novosad, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology) Dr. Andy Novosad is a native Houstonian and graduate of Memorial High School. He pursued his undergraduate education and earned his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1999 from Louisiana State University. The Animal Medical Center in New York City, with its high caseload, was his choice for internship in small animal medicine and surgery. Dr. Novosad remained at The Animal Medical Center in their medical oncology residency program, which he completed in 2002. After successfully completing the Board Examination, he was awarded Diplomate status in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Oncology Specialty. Dr. Novosad then moved back to Texas, accepting a position as Head of the Oncology Department at the Animal Diagnostic Clinic in Dallas. His professional interests include lymphoma, leukemia, melanoma and mammary tumors. He is the author of many scientific articles and book chapters on a variety of oncological topics. Royce Roberts, DVM, Diplomate ACVR (Radiation Oncology) Dr. Royce Roberts grew up in Austin, Texas, attended Texas A&M University on a golf scholarship and earned his DVM there in 1967. After 3 years in a prominent Houston practice, he entered a residency program at the College of Veterinary Medicine at TAMU. His last year of residency was fulfilled at Auburn University and he became Board Certified in the College of Veterinary Radiology in 1974. Dr. Roberts practiced in Austin, TX before becoming Radiology Department Head at the University of Tennessee Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital in 1975. He then spent 18 years at the University of Georgia, where much of his time was devoted to radiation therapy. Dr. Roberts now splits time with Sugar Land Veterinary Specialists as the radiation oncologist and his Hill Country ranch. His expertise is in diagnostic radiology and cancer treatment with ionizing radiation, including gamma, x-ray, Strontium-90 and iodine-131, and client communication concerning expected outcome of treatment and possible side effects. Michael J. O’Neill, MS, DABR, DABMP, Licensed Medical Physicist Michael O’Neill brings a treasure of knowledge to our Radiation Therapy Section. From Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. O’Neill earned B. A.’s in Physics and Biology in 1980, trained in Radiation Therapy Safety at the University of Wisconsin in 1982 and received a Master of Health Physics degree in Radiation Health Physics from The Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health and Hygiene in 1985. He has been employed as the medical physicist at The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Radiation Oncology, and at Houston’s St. Joseph and Park Plaza Hospitals, and as a Consulting Medical Physicist for Cheung Laboratories Inc and North Loop Radiation Therapy Center, Houston. Mr. O’Neill, working closely with Dr. Roberts and Dr. Quick, provides the treatment planning for our radiation therapy patients where IMRT and conformal therapy are needed for the best results. |
