Dr. Kurt S. Schulz, DVM
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Surgeons Dr. Kurt Schulz served for nine years as an Associate Professor of small animal surgery at the University of California, Davis, CA. He was Chief of Surgery at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital for four years and the head of small animal orthopedic research.
He is a graduate of Cornell University and completed his residency at Virginia Tech. Dr. Schulz is a co-author of Small Animal Surgery, Small Animal Arthroscopy, and The Pet Lovers Guide to Joint Disease and Osteoarthritis and has published 65 peer reviewed scientific articles. He has also served on the veterinary faculty of Texas A&M University and was a veterinarian in the United States Peace Corps serving in the mountains and desert of Morocco. Dr. Schulz has served on the examination committee for the ACVS and is an international speaker on small animal surgery. He is currently leading an international program focused on Outcomes Measures and Evidence Based Medicine in small animal orthopedics. He lives in Burlington, Vermont with his wife and two young boys.
Katie Cross, DVM, CCRP
Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner
Dr. Cross earned her Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude from the University of Vermont. She then attended Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. While at Tufts, she earned several academic excellence awards and was admitted to the prestigious Phi Zeta veterinary honor society. After graduating with her veterinary doctorate, Dr. Cross completed extensive training and national certification in canine physical rehabilitation through the University of Tennessee.
Dr. Cross worked for several years as a general practitioner in the Lakes Region of NH before moving back home to VT. She joined the Burlington Veterinary Specialists team in autumn 2008, serving as our physical rehabilitation specialist.
With a strong interest in pain management, Dr. Cross is a member of the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management and the American Association of Rehabilitation Veterinarians.
Caroline Horn DVM, MS
Caroline was raised in Columbia, South Carolina and attended the University of South Carolina. She graduated in 1983 with a bachelor of science degree in Journalism. After a short period of reassessing the job situation, she returned to school at the University of Georgia where she received her doctor of veterinary medicine degree in 1990. The following year she stayed at UGA as a small animal intern. The next year Caroline embarked upon an emergency medicine career. For nearly 10 years she primarily practiced emergency and relief veterinary medicine. For 4 years Caroline was the medical director of one of the largest animal emergency clinics in the southeast. Wanting to do something different, she returned to school and received a masters in anesthesia and patient monitoring from Emory University in 2002. Since then Caroline has worked taking care of people.
“If I could sum up my job, it is to try to take the best possible care of a patient given their particular circumstances and needs at the time they require surgery. It is the tailoring of an anesthetic to an individual, given their particular illnesses and surgical needs, that is the most rewarding. That is what I enjoy doing, taking care of the critically ill - both children and the elderly, dogs and cats. If I may be bold, I think I can anesthetize most mammals and do it well.”
Caroline provides anesthesia support for our most critical patients and can provide many of the most sophisticated techniques and medications available in human or veterinary anesthesia.
In addition Caroline is responsible for all anesthesia for the Lynks group CT service.
We all love having her on our team!
Dr. Saunders graduated Cum Laude from the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania in 1981 and after two years as a large animal practitioner in Quakertown, PA, he entered the radiology residency program at the University of Pennsylvania. He became a diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Radiology in 1986. In 1994 he earned his Masters of Science in the Biomedical Studies Group at Penn studying hemodynamics and Doppler pulsatility. Dr. Saunders was a faculty member at Penn for 18 years as a Lecturer, Assistant and Associate Professor. For the last 8 years he was Chief of the Section of Radiology. He is past president of the Veterinary Ultrasound Society and the American College of Veterinary Radiology. Prior to vet school, he graduated from the Pennsylvania State University. In 2003 he left the University of Pennsylvania and moved to Shelburne, Vermont where he and Dr. Lynn Walker started Lynks Group. Dr. Saunders is also a partner in Shadowsmiths, a national veterinary teleradiology company.
Dr. Walker received her veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987 and pursued her radiology residency at Penn as well. She was employed as a Staff Radiologist from 1992 to 2003, helping to train veterinary students, interns and radiology residents while providing clinical service in Radiology. She has a long-standing interest in zoo medicine and while at Penn built a strong alliance with the Philadelphia Zoo handling their ultrasound exams and film interpretations. She has been a co-author on multiple peer-reviewed journals during her time at Penn. She grew up in Bethlehem, PA and moved to Vermont in 2003 when she and Dr. Saunders formed Lynks Group.