Serge Chalhoub, DVM, DACVIM-SAIM

Born and raised in Montreal, Dr. Chalhoub received his doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Montreal in 2004. He then completed a one-year rotating small animal internship at the same institution. After working for two years as a general practitioner and emergency veterinarian at the D.M.V. Centre in Montreal, Dr. Chalhoub pursued a residency in small animal internal medicine at the Animal Medical Center in New York City (AMC). Once completed in 2009 he stayed on at the AMC as their first renal/hemodialysis fellow under Dr. Cathy Langston. During this time, he was also trained in interventional radiology/endoscopy with Drs. Chick Weisse and Allyson Berent (urethral/ureteral/tracheal stents, cystoscopy-assisted ectopic ureter ablation, lithotripsy). Dr. Chalhoub became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2011. He stayed on at the AMC as a staff internist until 2011, when he moved to Charleston, S.C. to practice internal medicine at a new referral center. Since July 2012, Dr. Chalhoub has been an instructor at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

Douglas Palma, DVM, DACVIM-SAIM

Dr. Douglas Palma is a Small Animal Internist who currently works at the Animal Medical Center (AMC) in New York City. He received his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the Ohio State University in 2004. A native New Yorker, he returned to do his rotating medicine/surgery internship at the AMC. The diverse environment and unique learning experience kept him at the hospital both through his residency and currently as staff clinician. Dr. Palma has been a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine since 2008 and has multiple small animal publications. He is currently the Director of the Internal Medicine Service Residency Program and runs a busy private practice referral service/academic hybrid practice. Dr. Palma is also involved in multiple research projects investigating biomarkers in hepatic encephalopathy and feline asthma. His interests are in the field of interventional endoscopy, alternative interventions for palliative care, respiratory and gastrointestinal disease. Dr. Palma currently resides in southern Westchester with his author wife, Eileen, 12-year old daughter Molly and Wire Haired Fox Terrier Oscar.

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