Dr. Shadi Ireifej, DVM, DACVS-SA
Dr. Shadi Ireifej attended Cornell University where he received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 2006. After Cornell, Dr. Ireifej completed his internship at Angel Animal Medical Center and then two one-year small animal surgical internships at Long Island Veterinary Specialists.
Dr. Ireifej then completed a small animal surgery residency at Long Island Veterinary Specialists in 2012, becoming a Diplomat for the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. Since then Dr. Ireifej has operated in numerous multispecialty and emergency veterinary hospitals across the United States, as both a surgeon, hospital owner and Chief Medical Officer.
In 2017, Dr. Ireifej created VetTriage and currently serves as their Chief Medical Officer, focusing on clinic and hospital partnership to aid in teletriage and telementoring, promote excellent virtual care as an extension of those facilities, and helping with work-life imbalance for those partnered facilities.
Shadi has been published in scientific and medical journals and enjoys lecturing to a variety of audiences. He is known for being a positive and energetic force, both professionally and personally, sought after to give in-person and virtual talks, attend podcasts, new interviews, radio shows and more.