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  Irving Pet Hospital Veterinarians

Dr. Joe Fong
Dr. Joe Fong is not only Irving Pet Hospital’s Medical Director, but an owner as well. “At Irving Pet Hospital our team wishes to provide the most current medical therapies to our patients and to treat every patient as if they were one of our own.”

Dr. Fong is a San Francisco native and a 2000 graduate of the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. His undergraduate degree is from the University of California at Berkley where he majored in integrative biology and minored in Asian American studies.

Dr. Fong has always worked in San Francisco and he enjoys working in the Bay Area. He is one of the few San Francisco natives practice veterinary medicine in the city. He joined Irving Pet Hospital as an owner as well as the Medical Director in May 2007.

Dr. Fong and his wife enjoy sharing their home with two dogs and two cats: Dottie, a Great Dane; Tonka, a Shepherd mix; Jake, a Ragdoll cat; and Bijou, a domestic long hair.

 

Dr. Patricia Lowe
Dr. Patricia Lowe grew up in the South Bay and graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 1997 with a degree in finance. She then completed a B.S. at UC Davis in Animal Science 2001 and earned her D.V.M. from Kansas State University. Prior to joining Irving Street, Patricia worked in private practice near Santa Cruz and as a Staff Veterinarian at the Peninsula Humane Society.

Patricia’s special interests include internal medicine, dentistry and promoting the human animal bond. She is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, California Veterinary Medical Association and American Animal Hospital Association.

Outside of veterinary medicine, Dr. Lowe enjoys the beach, hiking, traveling and spending time with family and friends. Her four legged friend is Maddie, a Lab hound adopted from the Fairfield shelter.

 

Stephanie Szabo, DC
Dr. Szabo graduated with a doctorate of Chiropractic from Palmer College of Chiropractic-West in San Jose, 1992. She continued on to complete her animal chiropractic course in June of 1993. Dr. Szabo has a mobile practice and works in veterinary hospitals from the Bay Area to the Central Coast. She joined IPH in Spring of 2000.

In addition to her small animal practice, Dr. Szabo enjoys performing chiropractic adjustments on horses. She is also part of the clinical and teaching faculty at Palmer College of Chiropractic-West.

As an adjunct to her chiropractic background, Dr. Szabo studied Cranio-Sacral therapy, Nimmo, and other soft-tissue techniques. She is particularly interested in peformance and motion in dogs and horses.

Dr. Szabo is a member of the American Veterinary and Chiropractic Association, Pro-Sport Chiropractic organization, and the Montery Bay Gonstead Clinical Study Society.

 

Dr. Naomi Nagayama
Dr. Nagayama grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. She attended Colorado State University for both undergraduate studies as well as veterinary school. She took 2 years off before vet school to work and travel and travelled for a few months after completing vet school; she visited Japan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Dr. Nagayama moved to San Francisco 2 ˝ years ago and lives with one of her best friends from college as well as her dog Sakura “Saki” and her cat Kipper. Her hobbies include snowboarding, hiking and going to the beach!

 

 
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