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MEET THE DOCTORS
EXPERIENCED VETERINARIANS IN SAN ANTONIO, TX
MERMAGYA DHAKAL, D.V.M.
Dr Dhakal has been practicing emergency veterinary medicine in San Antonio since 2014. He completed his clinical rotation at College of Veterinary medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO in 2014. He is also an advanced degree holder in immunology (PhD) and public health (MPH). He has contributed to numerous scientific publications focusing on human and animal health. He loves all aspects of emergency veterinary medicine. He is a member of AVMA, TXVMA and VMAH.
When not working, he spends time with his wife, two sons and a dog named Lenny.
DOCTOR'S ON STAFF
Deborah A. Ridder, D.V.M.
Dr. Ridder graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor of science in biomedical science and a bachelor of science in veterinary science. She has her doctor of veterinary medicine from Texas A&M University.
Dr. Ridder began her career in Euless, Texas, at Airport Freeway Animal Emergency Clinic, where she practiced emergency and critical care
medicine for 17 years.
She then returned to San Antonio, Texas, her hometown, in 2000 and established Angel of Mercy Animal Critical Care
to provide emergency veterinary services to the northwest area of the city. Dr. Ridder has made emergency and critical care her career since 1983.
Thomas J. Babbitt, D.V.M.
A native Cornhusker, Dr. Babbitt received his undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He returned to Kansas State University to study veterinary medicine, graduating in 1994.
In his first years, he practiced small animal medicine, mixed with exotic and large animal medicine. Dr. Babbitt moved to San Antonio in 1997. Since that time, he has practiced, almost exclusively, small animal medicine and surgery.
More than five years ago, Dr. Babbitt began his association with Angel of Mercy Animal Critical Care. In that time, his interests have gravitated more toward emergency and critical care of small companion animals.
