Staff
Elena Donahue, DVM
Dr. Elena Donahue graduated from Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. She is originally from Southern Spain but moved to Maryland where she received a B.S in Biochemistry from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Dr. Donahue grew up helping her aunt care for rescued animals in southern Spain. What humbly started as a hobby for her…
Lindsay Edgar, DVM
Dr. Lindsay Edgar grew up in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia. She received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from St. George’s University and attended the University of Georgia during her clinical rotations. She also has a B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Before she entered Veterinary school, she worked…
Isabel Goldsmith, DVM
Dr. Isabel Goldsmith is a graduate from Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Originally from the Brooklyn NY, she studied biology and chemistry at the City College of New York for her undergraduate studies. After completing veterinary school, Dr. Goldsmith was excited to pursue general practice in Washington DC and see a wide variety of…
Laura Sloan, DVM
Dr. Laura Sloan graduated from Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Originally from the midwest, she attended Indiana University for her undergraduate studies. After completing veterinary school, Dr. Sloan pursued an internship in small animal specialty and emergency medicine in San Diego. She has lived in NW DC since 2020. In her free time she enjoys…
Ali Sanz, DVM
Dr. Ali Sanz received a double B.S. degree from the University of Maryland in Environmental Science and Animal Science, and her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania. She is originally from Boston, MA, and is happy to come back to DC after falling in love with the area during undergraduate years. After…
Brodie Morris, DVM
Dr. Brodie Morris is a graduate of Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. He is originally from Boston, MA, but earned a BA in Biology at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Dr. Morris grew up surrounded by animals of all kinds and worked at a wildlife medical center before attending veterinary school, rehabilitating injured…
Brittany Cartlidge, DVM
Dr. Cartlidge grew up in beautiful Jupiter, Florida. She is a graduate of University of Florida and completed her B.S. in Animal Sciences in 2004 and her DVM in 2008. Go Gators! After graduation, Dr. Cartlidge completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Blue Pearl Pet Hospital-Midtown in Manhattan. She started practicing…
Heather McCurdy, DVM
Dr. Heather McCurdy grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her mother was a docent at the local city zoo, and Dr. McCurdy spent her childhood helping raise orphaned animals such as a jaguar cub named Rema, a lion cub named Togo, several mischievous raccoons, a squirrel or two, and even a clutch of mallard ducks….
Christopher Miller, DVM
Dr. Christopher Miller founded AtlasVet with Dr. Matthew Antkowiak in 2011. He is originally from Birmingham, Alabama and attended the University of Southern Mississippi for his undergraduate degree and received his veterinary degree at Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. His veterinary interests include surgery, dentistry, dermatology and internal medicine. Dr. Miller volunteers with the…
Matthew Antkowiak, DVM
Dr. Matthew Antkowiak co-founded AtlasVet with Dr. Christopher Miller and has lived on Capitol Hill since 2000. Dr. Antkowiak is a graduate of the University of Minnesota (BS) in 1993 and the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University in 1997. Dr. Antkowiak was an emergency veterinarian for 15 years with…
