Shana Filipek, CVT, VTS(EVN) graduated from Globe University and became a licensed veterinary technician in 2011. She started working at the University of Minnesota Large Animal Veterinary Medical Center that year and worked primarily after hours doing patient treatments and triaging emergencies. After 3yrs as an after hours technician, she moved to a day shift working on the surgery and lameness team in 2014. For the past 9yrs, Shana has been the lead technician on this 3 technician team. As a surgery and lameness technician, her job responsibilities range from medication administration, catheter placement and fluid therapy and jogging lameness cases to obtaining advanced imaging such as radiographs, CT and MRI. In addition, Shana is primarily responsible for preparing surgery patients and assisting in surgeries.Shana went on to obtain a veterinary technician specialty in Equine Veterinary Nursing in 2015. Her advanced knowledge and skills are utilized every day and have benefited every aspect of her career in equine medicine. She now serves on the board of the Academy of Equine Veterinary Nursing Technicians and mentors new specialty applicants.Her greatest interests outside of large animal surgery are emergency medicine and hippotherapy. Shana has also co-edited a few textbooks for Elsevier: Mosby’s Comprehensive Review for Veterinary Technicians, 5th and 6th edition and Large Animal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians, 2nd edition. She lives an hour south of the twin cities with her husband and 12yr old daughter. They have two dogs, a vizsla cross named Daisy and a field springer named Mazie.

Maggie is a licensed veterinary technician working in the small animal internal medicine department and blood bank at Auburn University’s Wilford & Kate Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital. Maggie is passionate about providing compassionate and expert patient care and strives to share her passion and knowledge with every veterinary student and technician she works with. Maggie is from the pacific north west but has lived in Alabama for the last 10 years. Maggie is a graduate of the PennFoster veterinary technician program and after graduation she accepted a position at Auburn University working as a Floater Assistant. In this position, Maggie learned and trained with many of the specialty services at the teaching hospital. Her favorite services were internal medicine, cardiology, and dermatology. After several months working as a general floater, she was designated the primary floater technician for cardiology and internal medicine. In the year she spent in that position she assisted with a variety of advanced procedures including bone marrow biopsies, endoscopic procedures, tracheal stent placements, PDA occlusions, balloon valvuloplasties and pacemaker placements. Eventually a permanent position became available in internal medicine and Maggie was eager to take it. She has held her position in internal medicine for the last 5 years and continues to love every minute of it. Maggie currently resides in Auburn, Alabama with her husband, 2 Dobermans and 1 cat.

Dr. Moore was born and raised in sunny California. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied economics and clinical laboratory science. She worked in small animal hospitals and as a dog trainer for several years before attending veterinary school at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, CA. After receiving her DVM, she completed an ambulatory equine internship at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, KY. She then accepted a comparative theriogenology residency position at Auburn University where she currently is working towards her board specialization. She is an avid member of the dog show community, where she actively competes with her boxers in conformation and several canine sports.