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IntroVet™ is thrilled to welcome Dr. Brian DiGangi, Jen Hobgood, Aimee St. Arnaud, and Angele Bice, a team dedicated to expanding veterinary care access for every family.

Brian A. DiGangi

DVM, MS, Diplomate, ABVP
(Canine & Feline Practice, Shelter Medicine Practice) 

Dr. Brian DiGangi is Clinical Associate Professor of Shelter Medicine at the University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine. After earning his DVM at the University of Florida in 2006, Dr. DiGangi completed a rotating internship in small animal medicine, surgery, and critical care, a residency in Shelter Animal Medicine, and received his MS in Veterinary Medical Sciences in 2010. Dr. DiGangi has published peer-reviewed research on canine heartworm disease, veterinary field clinics, feline adoption, pregnancy detection and immunology and authored textbook chapters on sanitation and asepsis, infectious disease management, animal welfare, and animal relocation. He is the lead editor of the 2nd edition of Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff and is board certified in both Canine and Feline Practice and Shelter Medicine Practice by the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. Dr. DiGangi has served on the Board of Directors of the American Heartworm Society from 2016-2022 and two terms as President of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians from 2015-2016. Prior to his current role at UF, Dr. DiGangi worked as Senior Director of Shelter Medicine for the ASPCA providing consultative support for animal shelters engaged in animal transportation and relocation efforts nationwide.

Jen Hobgood

Ph.D., Senior Director of State Legislation,
ASPCA Government Relations Southern Division

Jen is based in Tallahassee, Florida. In this role, she oversees the ASPCA’s legislative initiatives in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Since coming on board at ASPCA six years ago, Jen has worked with policymakers to pass into law legislation to advance animal welfare, including state legislation to help shelters quickly and reliably return lost or stray pets to their families, enable veterinarians to report animal cruelty to law enforcement, and ensure that domestic violence protection orders can include family pets. In recent years, Jen has spearheaded ASPCA’s efforts to enact laws that expand access to veterinary telemedicine. Prior to joining the ASPCA, Jen was the Florida state director for The Humane Society of the United States, where she became passionate about access to care while tagging along with HSUS’ Rural Area Veterinary Services (RAVS) Appalachian program team and providing client support. She has two decades of experience in animal welfare and is based in Tallahassee, Florida.

Aimee St. Arnaud

Open Door Veterinary Collective

Aimee St.Arnaud is a business partner in two full-service veterinary clinics (Community Pet Care Clinic in Ohio and Open Door Veterinary Care in North Carolina) that focus on removing barriers to care and increasing access to veterinary services while still maintaining a net positive revenue. She has created a non-profit mentorship training called Open Door Veterinary Collective for clinics that want to replicate their business model, including giving back through their revenue, providing incremental care and creating strong community partnerships with human social service and animal non-profits.

She has experience in mentoring from her time at the ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance where she helped develop six training programs that mentored over 170+ clinics to open that perform 1.5 million spay/neuter surgeries annually and trained over 1,000 veterinary professionals annually in efficient spay/neuter techniques.

She founded Humane Ohio, a non-profit spay/neuter clinic and has spent the last 20 years working for national organizations including Best Friends Animal Society, ASPCA and PetSmart Charities.

Angele Bice

DVM

Angele Bice is a 2013 graduate of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. She owns a private practice clinic and has worked with a variety of animal shelters and rescues in South Carolina since graduation. She treats over 250 heartworm positive dogs a year in South Carolina. Dr. Bice joined the American Heartworm Society as a Board Member in 2019 and strives to improve accessibility and affordability of veterinary care with an emphasis on community education while maintaining the value and integrity of the veterinary profession.