Lynel J. Tocci DVM, DACVECC BS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Dr Tocci completed her undergraduate education at Northeastern University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Laboratory Science. She then completed a fellowship in Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine through the American Red Cross and has worked for 15 years in the area of human Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston Massachusetts. She subsequently went to Vet school and graduated with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. After receiving her degree she completed a one year rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston, were she stayed on to pursue a residency. She completed her residency in Emergency Critical Care in July of 2008 and received her board certification from the American College of Veterinary Emergency Critical Care. Until recently she worked as the Department Head, Intern director and staff criticalist at Lauderdale Veterinary Specialists in Fort Lauderdale Florida. She has lectured extensively, authored a number of journal articles and is one of the authors of a book chapter for the first veterinary transfusion medicine textbook. Her professional interests include veterinary hematology & transfusion medicine, fluid resuscitation and intraoperative cell salvage, as well as management of polytrauma. She has also had many years of volunteer experience and has helped animals around the world. She has been on 2 of the United States humanitarian missions, a vaccination campaign in Goa India with Mission Rabies, numerous spay/neuter missions with World Vets International Aid for Animals as well as the Iditarod every year in Alaska. She looks forward to bringing high level veterinary care to the Prespa-Pelagonia region of Macedonia and working with local citizens and government to establish long standing programs to improve the quality of life for all animals in the region.