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Elysia Schaefer, DVM, MS, DACVS-LA grew up moving around the country in an Air Force family. She earned both her undergraduate and veterinary degrees at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Afterwards, she completed a large animal internship at the University of Minnesota and returned to Illinois to complete an equine surgery residency and masters degree program. After being a board certified large animal surgeon for many years, she was ready for her next adventure. After completion of the Catalyst Program through Compassion-First Pet Hospitals, she joined the emergency team at VRC.

Dr. Elizabeth St. Clair hails from Hershey, PA. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences from Penn State as she embarked on her veterinary journey. Dr. St. Clair then completed her veterinary degree at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Driven by a passion for emergency medicine, she joined the Emergency and Critical Care team at VRC, where she provides critical care to pets in need.

Outside of her professional commitments, Dr. St. Clair enjoys staying active by running and hiking with her Vizsla, Josie. She also loves exploring new destinations on road trips with her partner.

Dr. Meredith Thompson earned her Bachelor’s of Science from Colorado State University in Equine Science and earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree from The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine. During veterinary school she worked in the intensive care unit where she developed her interest in emergency medicine. Since graduation, she has been working exclusively in emergency medicine, joining the emergency and critical care team at VRC in 2023. In her spare time, Dr. Thompson enjoys hiking with her German Shepherd dog, Adeline, and riding her horses, Monkey and Dax.

Dr. Sridhar Veluvolu received his veterinary medicine degree from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine in 2018. He completed a rotating internship at the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2019 and a residency in Medical Oncology at the University of California – Davis in 2022. He obtained his board certification in medical oncology in September 2022.

He joined the ETHOS Discovery team in 2022 as a science fellow. He is currently completing his postdoctoral fellowship in Dr. Patrick Grohar’s lab at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he is working to optimize combination therapies for Ewing sarcoma. He hopes to encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration by bringing his knowledge of veterinary cancers to the pediatric world.

Outside of work, his interests include snowboarding, soccer, hiking, breweries and pibbles.