Dr. Hammer is a native New Englander who did her undergraduate degree at Tufts University. She transplanted to the Philadelphia area for veterinary school in 1996 and never left.  She graduated University of Pennsylvania 2000, spent a year at Mississippi State University for a small animal rotating internship and returned to University of Pennsylvania for small animal internal medicine residency. Dr. Hammer achieved board certification in small animal veterinary internal medicine in 2004.  She then settled into private referral practice for 20 years. With 15 years of ultrasound experience and 20 years of internal medicine experience, Dr. Hammer brings these skills to private practice by offering travelling consults and ultrasound to private practices, like ours.  When not puzzling over complex cases, she can be found on the slopes snowboarding, at the shore, at a Flyers game, or traveling.