Dr. Justine Lee is a veterinarian double board-certified in emergency and critical care (DACVECC) and in toxicology (DABT). She earned her DVM at Cornell University after a B.S. in animal sciences at Virginia Tech, works as a criticalist at the Animal Emergency & Referral Center of Minnesota, consults in clinical toxicology for the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, and co-founded VETgirl, a continuing-education platform for veterinary professionals. On PawProof she owns the health and safety beat: first aid, poisoning, heatstroke, parasite prevention, vaccination timing, and the warning signs that mean call now. Her guidance is general information that points you to the veterinarian who can examine your animal, and in an emergency it always says the same thing first: call your vet or poison control.
Coversveterinary emergency and critical caretoxicologypet poisoningfirst aidheatstrokeparasite preventionvaccination timingwhen to see a vet
Dr. Lee's beat covers what to do in the first minutes of an emergency, the products and timing behind flea, tick, and worm prevention, the core puppy vaccine schedule, and the red flags that separate watch-and-wait from go-now. Her rule of thumb: first aid stabilizes, it never replaces the clinic. See how the whole team works on the about page.
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