Dr. George Ross, DVM
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons

Dr. George Ross received his DVM and Masters degrees from Kansas State University. He was an Associate Professor of Small Animal Surgery at Cornell until he founded our practice. Dr. Ross has retired from surgical practice but continues to provide consultant services to our veterinarians.

Specialty: Surgery

J. Thomas Ross, DVM
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons

Dr. J. Thomas Ross, the owner of Colonial Veterinary Hospital, joined the practice in August 1990 after serving as an intern and surgical resident at the Animal Medical Center in New York City. During his four years there, he developed special interests in orthopedic, reconstructive, oncologic, and neurosurgery. He obtained his veterinary degree from the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1986, and became board certified in veterinary surgery in February 1993. Dr. Ross limits his practice to the diagnosis and treatment of surgical diseases. He also offers minimally invasive arthroscopic joint surgery and other endoscopic procedures.

Specialties: Surgery (including orthopedics, neurosurgery and soft tissue surgery)

Susan R. Yanoff, DVM
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Diplomate, American Board of Veterinary Practitioners

Dr. Yanoff graduated from Cornell University in 1980. After three years in private practice, she joined the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps. While in the Army Dr. Yanoff completed a small animal surgery residency and became board certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. In June 2004, Dr. Yanoff retired from the Army, at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, after almost 21 years of service. She spent a year working on a horse farm in Idaho before joining Colonial Veterinary Hospital. Dr. Yanoff's family includes a 13 year old golden retriever, a 3 year old beagle, 2 cats, 1 horse, 2 donkeys, and 6 chickens.

Specialty: Surgery

Catherine Hegarty Ross, DVM

Dr. Catherine Hegarty joined Colonial Veterinary Hospital after graduating from the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1997. In addition to providing primary care to our general practice patients, she is also passionate about improving the level of care we offer in her role as the Director of the General Practice. She has special interests in general practice preventative medicine, feline medicine, dentistry, and oncology.

Areas of Practice: Health Maintenance, Emergency

Brian Collins, DVM

Dr. Brian Collins has worked at Colonial Veterinary Hospital since 1997. He grew up on a farm and managed a humane society before pursuing a degree in veterinary medicine from the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Collins' professional interests lie in general life-stage medicine, surgery and dentistry. Dr. Collins is a past board member of the Tompkins County SPCA. Currently he is the board president and one of the part-time surgeons for Shelter Outreach Services, a local non-profit organization that provides cat and dog sterilization services for animal shelters and rescue groups in the Fingerlakes area.

Areas of Practice: Health Maintenance, Emergency

Katherine Goldberg, DVM

Dr. Katherine Goldberg received her DVM from Cornell in 2004. After veterinary school, Katherine completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery and stayed in the referral and academic emergency/critical care field until 2007. While she enjoyed the intellectual challenge of critical care medicine, Katherine felt she was missing out on the bond that general practice veterinarians enjoy with their clients and patients. Katherine's professional interests include animal welfare and humane education, veterinary medicine in underserved areas, pain management, hospice care and complementary medicine. Katherine is passionate about her work with Rural Area Veterinary Services (RAVS), a program that provides free veterinary services and community education to economically disadvantaged communities within the U.S and abroad. Katherine lives in Brooktondale with Sydney, her "so ugly she's beautiful" street dog from Mexico, and an assortment of laying hens.

Area of Practice: Health Maintenance

Ellen Tremante, DVM

Dr. Ellen Tremante graduated in May 2006 from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota. In June of 2007 she completed a 1 year internship in small animal internal and emergency medicine and surgery at Long Island Veterinary Specialists in Plainview, New York. Dr. Tremante’s professional interests include feline medicine, emergency medicine and animal welfare. She enjoys performing volunteer work for feral spay/neuter programs. She currently lives in Ithaca with her two cats Franklyn and Elliot.

Heather Murley, DVM Veterinary Acupuncture

Dr. Heather Murley joined the Colonial Veterinary Hospital team in 2005. Dr. Murley received her DVM degree from Michigan State University in 1999. She worked in mixed and small animal general medicine practice for five years before focusing her practice on acupuncture and surgery. Dr. Murley received her certificate in Veterinary Acupuncture from Colorado State University in 2002 and was a teaching assistant for the course in 2003. Dr. Murley has been active with animal shelter organizations since 1991. She currently works with Shelter Outreach Services (SOS) performing high-volume high-quality spay and neuter services for regional shelters. Dr. Murley is a past board member of the Humane Society of Schuyler County. While Dr. Murley’s practice is focused on acupuncture, her professional passion is helping animals live as vibrantly as possible through nutrition, activity, and integrated wellness practices.

Area of Practice: Acupuncture

Alain Giroux, DVM
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Radiologists

Dr. Giroux graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal in 1995. Since completion of his residency at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in 2000, Dr. Giroux has served as a Board-Certified Radiologist performing radiology, ultrasounds, and MRI consultations. Also, he led and participated in numerous ultrasound labs and lectures for veterinarians, in upstate New York and in major veterinary conferences. Dr. Giroux lives in Ithaca, NY with his two children.

Specialties: Radiology & Ultrasound

Jenneka McCarty, VMD

Dr. Jenneka McCarty is an Ithaca native who received her veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007. She completed a one-year rotating small animal medicine and surgery internship at Cornell University, followed by a year of private small-animal practice in Syracuse, New York, before joining our practice in December of 2009. Dr. McCarty lives with her husband, daughter, and two mixed-breed dogs, Homer and Nell. They are thinking of adding a few chickens, horses and goats to the family sometime soon as they recently moved to a 50-acre farm outside Ithaca. In her free time Dr. McCarty enjoys spending time with her family, hiking and skiing, and enjoying all the fun activities Ithaca and the surrounding area have to offer.