Doctorate Veterinary Medicine
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology)

Doctor Steve Cole, who provides excellent care to his patients, is one of only a handful of “double boarded” veterinarians in Emergency Medicine and Cardiology. Doctor Cole has practiced Cardiology on both the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts.

After graduating from Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, Doctor Cole completed a Medical and Surgical rotating Internship at the Animal Medical Center in New York, followed by a three-year residency in Emergency and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania. Doctor Cole remained at the University of Pennsylvania to lecture in Emergency and Critical Care and to pursue a second three year residency in Cardiology.

Doctor Cole completed the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care board examinations in 2003 and in 2007 obtained board certification in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Cardiology.

Since that time, Doctor Cole has authored and co-authored scientific papers and textbooks in both Cardiology and Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. Doctor Cole has lectured and presented research in the United States and abroad at several veterinary colloquiums.

Doctor Coles’s clinical interests include congenital heart disease, interventional cardiology, pacemaker therapy, valvular and myocardial diseases, and pericardial disease as well as cardiac emergencies and intensive care.

When he isn’t busy caring for patients, Doctor Cole enjoys spending time with his family, their Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Piper and Hef the cat. You may even find him enjoying the California sunshine on a local hike, bike or hitting the waves kitesurfing