Please give a warm welcome to Dr Samantha Courtemanche, the newest addition to our GVVC staff. Dr Courtemanche is a New England native, having grown up in North Attleboro, MA. Through both scholarly and extracurricular achievements, Dr Courtemanche earned admittance to her undergrad degree program along with early acceptance to veterinary school. She then completed both her Bachelor’s of Animal Sciences and Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine at Purdue University in Indiana. You may have run in to Dr Courtemanche during her past summers working at GVVC as a veterinary assistant. In her free time, Dr Courtemanche enjoys hiking with her husband and their wonderful German Shorthaired Pointer, water skiing, alpine skiing and reading. She looks forward to seeing familiar faces and as well as making new friends in the GVVC community. We are so excited as a staff to have Dr Courtemanche join us-welcome Dr Courtemanche.