Deborah Beck-Ross received her veterinary degree from Texas A&M in 1984. She practiced in the area five years before coming to Penn Animal Hospital in 1989. She has called this practice her second home since then When not working, she enjoys weightlifting and broadening her horizons by taking an annual overseas trip to learn about other countries through Go Ahead Tours. She has an adult son and daughter, and cats as pets that keep her company at home [citation].