Puchalski S.M.

Sarah hails from Roberts Creek, British Columbia, Canada.  She has a bachelor of science degree from Simon Fraser University in B.C. and graduated veterinary school in 1999 from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.  Following veterinary school she completed a 2 year program (internship/ residency) in Field Service and Sports Medicine at New Bolton Center, the large animal hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.  She then pursued further training in diagnostic imaging at the University of California, Davis completing a 4 year residency in 2005.  She attained board certification by the American College of Veterinary Radiology in 2004. 

Upon completion of her residency, she obtained a faculty position in the Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences at the University of California, Davis earning tenure in 2012.  During that time she was actively involved in didactic and clinical teaching, research and clinical diagnostic imaging.  She has authored or co-authored more than 40 scientific articles and multiple book chapters relating to diagnostic imaging in veterinary medicine.

In 2013, Sarah left the University and started Puchalski Equine Inc.  She is based in Petaluma, California at Circle Oak Ranch and in Wellington, Florida during the Winter Equestrian Festival.  Sarah is an avid show jumper competing in the amateur owner divisions.