​Dr. Juanita Monteiro is a graduate of the Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine and completed a one-year small animal medicine and surgery internship at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Monteiro has gained extensive medical and surgical experience during her twenty-year tenure in private and corporate veterinary hospitals in Philadelphia and Montgomery counties. In addition to her clinical background, Dr. Monteiro is a published scientific investigator and has a PhD in Immunology from the University of Pennsylvania. She has presented her research on the immune response in vaccine models at both national and international scientific conferences. In 2009, Dr. Monteiro was appointed to the Pennsylvania State Board of Veterinary Medicine by former Gov. Edward Rendell. She enjoys spending time with her children and pets in Harleysville, PA.