Doctors

	Dr. Portia Appel, DVM Dr. Appel joined Iowa Veterinary Specialties full-time in 2007. 1Dr. Appel graduated from Iowa State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital in 2004. After completing a one-year rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery in Northern California she returned to Iowa in 2006. 1Dr. Appel... read more
	Dr. Karl Bolser, DVM Dr. Bolser graduated from Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1990 and has been working at Iowa Veterinary Specialties ever since. 1Dr. Bolser started working at Iowa State teaching freshman veterinary students in 2000 and is currently the instructor in charge of Clinical Foundations and Case Studies I. He also... read more
	Dr. Roxanne Jacobson Dr. Jacobson is the newest addition to the IVS veterinarian team starting in March of 2010. Dr Jacobson comes to IVS after working as an Associate Veterinarian at Ankeney Animal and Avian Clinic for the past ten years. Dr Jacobson is a 1999 graduate of ISU College of Veterinary... read more
	Dr. Denise Mankin, DVM Dr. Mankin is a graduate of Iowa State University in Veterinary Medicine in 1990. After ten years of private practice she joined Iowa Veterinary Specialties in 2000. 1Dr. Mankin is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), the Greater Des Moines Veterinary Medical Association (GDMVMA)... read more
	Dr. Derek Nestor, DVM, DACVIM Dr. Nestor joined Iowa Veterinary Specialties in 2005 as the staff internist. 1He spent two years in a general practice in the Des Moines area following his 1999 graduation from Iowa State University. He has since completed a one-year internship at the University of Illinois and a two-year... read more
	Dr. Brent Reimer, DVM, DACVS Dr. Reimer joined Iowa Veterinary Specialties in 2007 as the staff surgeon. 1Dr. Reimer attended the University of Iowa where he majored in biology and botany. He received his DVM degree from Iowa State University in 1999 and subsequently performed a one-year small-animal internship at Michigan State University.... read more
	Dr. Carolyn Stafford, DVM Dr. Stafford joined IVS in January 0f 2009. 1Prior to joining IVS she worked as an Associate Veterinarian at Avondale Veterinary Healthcare Complex in Des Moines. 1Dr. Stafford is a 2006 graduate of the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Stafford has completed preceptorships in... read more
	Dr. Thomas Sullivan, DVM Dr. Sullivan serves as the Medical Director for IVS. In addition, he also has responsibilities with the IVS Board of Directors and works as a part- time relief doctor for the hospital. 1Outside of IVS, Dr. Sullivan owns and operates two clinics with his wife Allison Sullivan, DVM. read more
	Dr. Jodi Takes, DVM Dr. Takes joined IVS in January of 2009. 1Prior to joining IVS Dr. Takes worked as an Associate Veterinarian in Colorado Springs, Colorado.1Dr. Takes is a 2008 graudate of the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine. 1Dr. Takes is a member of the American Animal Hospital... read more
	Dr. Stanley Wagner, DVM, MS Dr. Stanley Wagner, DVM, MS is the newest member of the IVS Surgery department. Dr. Wagner comes to IVS from Iowa State University where he spent over twenty- two years in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Wagner earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Purdue University and his... read more

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