IN THE NEWS.
January 2012 - Veterinary Cancer Group is beaming with pride as they celebrate 20 years of pet cancer care in Southern California! Started as a one doctor, shared-facility organization, Veterinary Cancer Group has blossomed into its present state with four locations throughout the Southern California area. Boasting nine full-time staff veterinarians, six of which are board certified in medical oncology with the ACVIM, one of which is board certified in radiation oncology with the ACVR, and one that is double boarded in both radiation and medical oncology. Veterinary Cancer Group began with the vision of Dr. Mona Rosenberg. She wanted to make a difference in the quality of pets' lives, always standing by the credo of "not wanting the treatment to be worse than the disease". Through the years she has mentored and helped build a team of top notch veterinary oncologists. They help concerned owners every day to understand that there is hope and there is help available for our furry family members diagnosed with cancer. These like-minded, compassionate individuals collaborate with each other and your family veterinarian to find the best course of action for each pet. Veterinary Cancer Group invites interested individuals to call for more information and even drop by to tour the facilities.
December 2011 - Veterinary Cancer Group's Team of veterinarians continues to grow stronger than ever! Well-known Veterinary Cancer Group of Los Angeles veterinarian, Dr. Mary Davis has been awarded Diplomate Status with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in Oncology. Dr. Davis was awarded this achieved this certification after fulfilling the following requirements: initially completing the ACVIM-approved Residency Program offered by Veterinary Cancer Group, passing a series of grueling examinations and recently publishing a peer-reviewed journal article. The entire staff of Veterinary Cancer Group has been overjoyed since Dr. Davis became "board certified" early in December 2011 and is ecstatic to share the news with our community of referring veterinarians and patient families.
November
2011 - Dr. Jarred Lyons & Dr. David
Bommarito are excited announce the addition of CyberKnife
stereotactic robotic radiosurgery. Sterotactic robotic
radiosurgery is a noninvasive alternative to surgery for the
treatment of both cancerous and noncancerous tumors anywhere in the
body, including the head, spine, lung, prostate, bone, liver,
kidney, pancreas, and perianal region. The treatment uses multiple
beams of high dose radiation therapy to treat tumors with
sub-millimeter accuracy for patients who have inoperable or
surgically complex tumors, or who are looking for alternative to
surgery. It is noninvasive, requires no incisions, and allows
clinicians to deliver high doses of radiation safely to tumors
while sparing surrounding healthy tissues, thus causing fewer side
effects than conventional therapy. In addition, CyberKnife
radiosurgery requires only 1-3 treatments lasting approximately
30-90 minutes per treatment, greatly reducing overall anesthesia
and treatment times as compared to conventional radiation
therapy. Call the Los Angeles or Orange County office for more
information.
September 2011 - Double-boarded raditaion and medical oncologist David Bommarito has joined Veterinary Cancer Group of Orange County. His addition to the team gives Veterinary Cancer Group's Tustin location the distinction of having the only full-time, on-site Veterinary radiation oncologist in Orange County. Dr. Bommarito grew up in Southern California and attended UC Berkeley for his undergraduate education. He graduated from Berkeley in 2001 and began his veterinary education at UC Davis. He earned his doctorate in veterinary medicine in 2005 and was subsequently accepted into a one year internship at Cornell University. In 2006, Dr. Bommarito began his radiation oncology residency training at the University of Missouri and in 2008 he became board certified with the American College of Veterinary Radiology in radiation oncology. He continued his education at the University of Missouri with a three year medical oncology residency and masters degree program which was completed in 2011. Now back in Southern California with his wife and newborn baby girl, he is excited to begin his career as a double boarded oncologist with the Veterinary Cancer Group.
July / August 2011 - Veterinary Cancer Group's Team of veterinarians continues to strengthen. Former Medical Oncology Residents, Dr. Sara Fiocchi and Dr. Julie Bulman-Fleming have been awarded Diplomate Status with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in Oncology. Drs. Fiocchi and Bulman-Fleming achieved this certification after fulfilling the following requirements: completing the ACVIM-approved Residency Program offered by Veterinary Cancer Group, passing a series of often painstaking examinations and publishing peer-reviewed journal studies (based, in part, on data collected from some of the patients they have treated over the past couple years). The entire staff of Veterinary Cancer Group has been beaming with excitement and reverence over the accomplishment of these two valued veterinarian team members.
February 2011 - Veterinary Cancer Group Team Member and former Resident of the Group, Dr. Jarrod Vancil has just been awarded Diplomate Status with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in Oncology. Dr. Vancil achieved this honorable certification as a result of not only completing the Residency Program offered by Veterinary Cancer Group by also by passing a series of often grueling examinations and, finally, publishing a peer-reviewed journal study based on informational data collected from some of the patients he has treated. Veterinary Cancer Group couldn't be more proud to have a former Resident attain this board certification. Jarrod Vancil, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology) is available for consultations in our San Diego and Tustin locations.
November 2010 - November marks the Sixth Annual Pet Cancer Awareness Month. It is the time of year set aside to focus on educating the public about cancer in our furry friends. Visit the Veterinary Pet Insurance webpage highlighting Pet Cancer Awareness Month. Team Veterinary Cancer Group, consisting of both staff, current and former clients, participated in this year's K9K Pet Cancer Awareness Walk in Long Beach. The Walk was a huge success - we hope to see you there next year!
September 2010 - Veterinary Cancer
Group was named to the Orange County Business Journal's 2010 List
of OC's Best Places to Work. Winners were selected based
on analysis of employee survey results and data collected
about each company's achievements in categories which portray
a work environment that fosters trust, initiative, loyalty,
work/life balance and mutual employer/employee
success. The Best Places to Work Special Report
was published on September 27 and featured a list of the top-ranked
companies.
September 2010 - VETERINARY CANCER GROUP ANNOUNCES OPENING OF OUTPATIENT ONCOLOGY FACILITY IN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY
Our commitment to improving the
lives of pets with cancer and the desire to be the first
choice in veterinary oncology services drives us to make
access to pet cancer care as convenient as possible. Toward
this goal, Veterinary Cancer Group has opened a fourth location in
Southern California, positioned in an area much requested as a
locale by the referring veterinary community.
Veterinary Cancer Group has long been the source of pet
cancer care for scores of visitors from the San Fernando
Valley area. Pets and their families routinely travel from as far
as Ventura County, Simi Valley, Valencia, Palmdale, Bakersfield,
and beyond to seek treatment with our group of oncologists. The
facility gives those who find it challenging to travel to
our Los Angeles location a bit of relief.
Heading up the San Fernando Valley Team is Dr. Birgitte
Tan-Coleman. Dr. Tan-Coleman, a part of Veterinary Cancer
Group's Los Angeles location at the City of Angels Veterinary Specialty
Center since 2006, was a natural fit for this new
facility. Prior to her acceptance into Veterinary Cancer
Group's intern and, subsequent, residency program, she worked
in the San Fernando Valley at a 24-hour general practice
and emergency hospital. Dr. Tan-Coleman has many relationships with
general practice veterinarians in the area and hopes to get to know
even more. Dr. Tan-Coleman will be able to benefit from the
Power of the Group of oncologists on staff at the other
three locations by participating in daily rounds as well
as weekly journal clubs via teleconference. This collaboration
allows time for ideas to be bounced off of veterinarians who
we consider some of the most innovative thinkers in the
profession.
Along with Dr. Tan-Coleman come other established staff members
from the Veterinary Cancer Group Team. Registered Veterinary
Technician Erin Palmer will be helping to get the new facility
quickly in the swing of things and will be on-site to care for
patients during business hours. If you stop in to say Hello,
you'll notice other familiar faces as well. Most
importantly, we bring along to the new location the
knowledge that pets are members of the family and that they
should be treated as such.
Veterinary Cancer Group of San Fernando Valley is located on
Ventura Boulevard, near Winnetka Avenue at 20051-D Ventura
Boulevard in Woodland Hills, California. The practice
shares its location with a long-standing overnight and weekend
emergency center for area residents, Animal Emergency Care Center. Veterinary Cancer
Group of San Fernando Valley is open Mondays and Thursdays
8:30am to 5:00pm. Please call 818.888.6882 for more
information or to book an appointment.
August 2010 - In an attempt to make veterinary oncology care as accessible as possible, Veterinary Cancer Group is adding a day of availability to the schedule. As of August 1, 2010, Veterinary Cancer Group of Los Angeles is open for appointments, for both new patients and follow - up alike on Sundays. With today's hectic lifestyle, we understand it may be challenging to schedule a traditional appointment. As well, we have gotten a hefty amount of feedback from referring veterinarians in the community requesting extended office hours to serve their clients. With these ideas in mind, we feel that Sundays will be an excellent addition to our already varied schedule offerings. If interested in visiting Veterinary Cancer Group on a Sunday, please call the Los Angeles office for an appointment at (310) 558-6120.
July 2010 - Veterinary Cancer Group is extremely proud of the hard work and dedication shown by our veterinarians who recently completed some very rigorous examinations. We would like to announce the following achievements our doctors have earned as a part of the requirements necessary to obtaining their individual Board Certifications:
- Dr. Jarrod Vancil passed all required examinations needed to achieve Board Certification in Oncology. He will be awarded Diplomate status pending publication of his clinical research.
- Dr. Julie Bulman-Fleming passed the qualifying examination, taken by second year residents. She is now eligible to take the oncology certifying exam in 2011.
- Dr. Sara Fiocchi passed a portion of her oncology certifying examination and will be completing her Board Certification requirements in 2011.
June 2010 - Dr. Jesse Grayton has joined Veterinary Cancer Group as an oncology intern. Dr. Grayton comes to us from a large multi-specialty veterinary hospital in New York City where she recently completed a general, rotating internship in medicine and surgery. Dr. Grayton is very interested in veterinary oncology and hopes that her internship with Veterinary Cancer Group is just the beginning of her experience in the field.
June 2010 - Dr. Birgitte Tan-Coleman has completed her residency program and joined on as a staff doctor at Veterinary Cancer Group - Los Angeles.
May 2010 - Veterinary Cancer Group's founder and chief of staff, Dr. Mona Rosenberg, brought her vast knowledge and years of experience in the field of veterinary oncology to San Diego this month. She temporarily took the reins from Dr. Jarrod Vancil, while he was on a short hiatus to prepare for the examination required to earn board-certification. Dr. Vancil has developed bonds with many in the San Diego area, with both the local veterinary community and the owners of the cancer patients he treats. He feels fortunate to have had his attentive mentor, Dr. Rosenberg, on duty during his absence. Dr. Mona Rosenberg established Veterinary Cancer Group in 1992 as a one-doctor practice with the desire to take the fear out of the diagnosis of cancer in our pets. Today she nurtures young veterinarians interested in the field and is a sought after lecturer in the veterinary community. For more information or an appointment at our San Diego office, please call (619) 414-5056.
March 2010 - Veterinary Cancer Group is pleased to announce that 'The Power of the Group' of our veterinary cancer care providers has just been strengthened with the addition of our newest board-certified oncologist. Avenelle Turner, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology) has joined us from a progressive multi-specialty practice in New York City and will be on staff full-time at our Los Angeles (Culver City) location. Dedicated to compassionate care and strengthening the human-animal bond, Dr. Turner was eager to become a part of a team of oncologists, to participate in daily rounds, and collaborate with peers to offer best possible care for her patients. Dr. Turner's areas of special interest and research include canine and feline lymphatic disorders such as multiple myeloma, lymphoma, and myeloproliferative disease. She also has an interest working with referring veterinarians to further the ability for exotic animals to be treated for cancer. Dr. Avenelle Turner is a key addition to our team of oncologists and other pet cancer care providers.
November 2009 - November marks the Fifth Annual Pet Cancer Awareness Month. It is the time of year set aside to focus on educating the public about cancer in our furry friends. Visit the Veterinary Pet Insurance webpage highlighting Pet Cancer Awareness Month. Also, check out this Reuters article highlighting the educational effort. Team Veterinary Cancer Group was delighted to be joined by many our of our patients & their families at this year's K9K Pet Cancer Awareness Walk, which took place November 14 in Long Beach and celebrated this special month.
September 2009 - Veterinary Cancer Group Tustin was on the scene as Orange County Business Journal's Best Places to Work competition winners were honored at a luncheon held the last Thursday of September. The OCBJ picked 40 companies that do business in Orange County and divided them into three categories based upon size: large companies, medium companies with 25 to 249 workers, and small companies. The companies were ranked from responses gathered from surveys of two sources. Employees answered questions based on their experience with the organization and the company's culture, while employer questionnaires were used to gather details about benefits, policies, and practices. In all, about 100 companies took part in the process, including the likes of Boost Mobile, Black & Decker, and Ikea. So where did the Team in Tustin place you might ask? Veterinary Cancer Group ranked 6th on the medium companies list. Awesome!
August 2009 - VETERINARY CANCER GROUP ANNOUNCES OPENING OF OUTPATIENT ONCOLOGY FACILITY IN SAN DIEGO
Dr. Mona Rosenberg, Founder and Chief of Staff at Veterinary Cancer Group, has announced that the firm has opened a third location in Southern California to better serve its referring veterinarians and cancer patients. San Diego resident and Veterinary Cancer Group's own Jarrod Vancil, DVM, heads this newest Outpatient Oncology Facility. The new office is conveniently located in the Kearney Mesa area of San Diego at 5040 Convoy Street, Suite B in San Diego, California 92111.
"Dr. Vancil's experience with Veterinary Cancer Group and his ties to the San Diego community made him the obvious fit to open our newest office in San Diego," stated Dr. Mona Rosenberg. "Our goal in opening this office is to provide the superior level of service that is synonymous with Veterinary Cancer Group, and to continue to reach out and serve all of our referring veterinarians," she continued.
Veterinary Cancer Group's San Diego Outpatient Oncology Facility will offer a full range of services, including the latest chemotherapy protocols, immune system support, and internationally recognized clinical trials. The goal is to bring the same cutting-edge, progressive, and compassionate care that it has provided patients in Los Angeles, Riverside, and Orange County to cancer patients and their families in the San Diego community. Veterinary Cancer Group not only strives to offer new approaches in the treatment of veterinary cancer, but also listens to what a patient's needs are, in order to determine the best approach for all parties involved.
"It is my goal to not simply educate my clients on all the latest advancements in cancer therapy and the optimal treatment choices for their pets, but to also help them find treatment options that will work best for their family as a whole," stated Dr. Jarrod Vancil.
Dr. Vancil's love for both small and large animals developed while growing up on a cattle ranch in Northern Arkansas. He continued pursuing his passion by attending the University of Missouri, College of Veterinary Medicine, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Following graduation, he was offered a position to return to the University of Missouri, where he completed a specialty internship in Oncology. In the Spring of 2007, he was given the opportunity to become an oncology resident at Veterinary Cancer Group Orange County, where he handles all aspects of case management on a daily basis.
The San Diego office is currently open for appointments Wednesdays and Fridays, and will be also be available Thursdays on an emergency basis. The office can be reached via phone at (619) 414-5056.
July 2009 - Veterinary Cancer Group's collective team strength continues to flourish! We are proud to announce the following recent achievements our doctors have made on the road to receiving their Board Certifications:
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Dr. Autumn Dutelle passed all of the necessary certifying examinations and will be Board Certified in Oncology, once her study is published.
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Both Dr. Birgitte Tan-Coleman and Dr. Jarrod Vancil passed their qualifying examinations.
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Dr. Sara Fiocchi passed the clinical portion of her certifying examination.
February 2009 - Did you see VCG in the business section of the L.A. Times? Veterinary Cancer Group's efforts in the battles against pet cancer were highlighted and we were honored to share our passion with the Times. The rare and spectacular Power of the Group of Oncology Professionals brought together in one organization was a main focus of article.
January 2009 - VCG adopted two local animal shelters for the holidays. Thank you to our generous clients and staff for all of the donations.
Animals Rule "adopted" by Culver City office.
Irvine Animal Care Shelter "adopted" by Tustin office.
November 2008 - November is Pet Cancer Awareness Month!
VCG is now on Facebook! Come by and be a fan of our page.
VCG and Dr. Mona Rosenberg were profiled on a local news
channel. Click the link below to see the special report.
Special Report: Just Like Humans, Canines At-Risk
With Cancer (11/17/08)
August 2008 - Veterinary Cancer Group is happy to welcome our newest medical oncology resident, Dr. Julie Bulman-Fleming. Dr. Bulman-Fleming joins us from Canada and will be working closely with Dr. Rosenberg in our Orange County facility.
August 2008 -Dr. Mona Rosenberg has been chosen as the honored diplomate at the 2nd annual ACVIM Foundation Paws for Cures Event!
The ACVIM Foundation Honors Dr. Mona
Rosenberg of Veterinary Cancer Group in Culver City and Tustin, CA.
As the owner, CEO and Chief of Staff at the Veterinary Cancer
Group, Dr. Rosenberg has been committed to helping pets fight
cancer, while restoring hope in the hearts of their owners. Her two
practices are the largest, most comprehensive and sophisticated
oncology practices in the world, serving four counties in Southern
California.
After receiving her DVM degree from the University of California,
Davis, and completing her internship and residency at Animal
Medical Center in New York, she went on to become an ACVIM
Diplomate in 1992. She is an active member of the Veterinary Cancer
Society and the SCVMA and was appointed Clinical Associate
Professor of Veterinary Medicine at Western University of Health
Sciences/College of Veterinary Medicine. She also leads the medical
oncology residency program at Veterinary Cancer Group.
Dr. Rosenberg's enhancements to the field of veterinary oncology
have proved that even the toughest battles can be won with the help
of specialty medicine and steadfast dedication. She has granted
precious time and health to our beloved companions, and precious
advancements in veterinary oncology to the world.
July 2008 - Dr. Sara Fiocchi completed her residency program and has joined the Orange County office as a Staff Doctor.
June 2008 - The results are in! Dr. Mary Davis has passed her certifying exam with the ACVIM. Following acceptance of her publication, she will be awarded diplomate status. Dr. Autumn Dutelle passed her qualifying exam, allowing her to sit for the certifying exam next year.
May 2008 - The Veterinary Cancer Group was featured in The Orange County Register on May 19th. Click here to read the article in the OC Register.
February 2008 - Veterinary Cancer Group is named as one of "California's Best Places to Work" for 2007. Veterinary Cancer Group has been ranked third in the growing company-size category of California's Best Places to Work program. This first-ever bet workplace program exclusively for California employers was sponsored by Employers Group, the preeminent human resources expert and advocate servicing California employers.