Caring for life...caring for a lifetime.


Dr. Ellen Codner

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Dermatology
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Education

  • Bachelor of Science with distinction in Cellular Biology - University of Michigan
  • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with high distinction - Colorado State University
  • Internship in Medicine and Surgery - University of Illinois
  • Residency in Small Animal Medicine - Washington Sate University
  • Residency in Dermatology - combined program at Michigan State University,
    Cornell University and Animal Dermatology Clinic

Board Certification

Dr. Codner is one of only three
individuals in the United States who have completed the extensive training
neccessary for board certification in both Dermatology and Internal Medicine

Dr. Codner has been a faculty member at Virginia Tech University in the
Veterinary Teaching Hospital, where she developed the dermatology course for
veterinary students, consulted on difficult cases, and was active in research in
the area of allergic skin diseases. She received numberious academic honers,
teaching awards and research grants.

Dr. Codner has been a guest speaker throughout the United States and has authored
more than 60 publications in the veterinary literature. Dr. Codner lef academics
to relocate to the San Francisco Bay area where she opened her private practice,
Animal Dermatology Specialists, in 1996