Dr. Lauren McGowan, a native long islander, grew up in Massapequa Park and then moved only a few miles west to Wantagh. She is a graduate of Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, where she completed her Bachelor of Science with honors. She obtained her Degree of Veterinary Medicine from Ross University in Basseterre, St. Kitts. Her clinical rotations were completed in Blacksburg, Virginia at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. She then completed a general rotating small animal internship at Long Island Veterinary Specialists (LIVS) in Plainview, New York. She spent an additional two years at LIVS as an Emergency and Critical Care Staff Clinician before joining the wonderful team at West Hills Animal Hospital. Dr. McGowan has a strong interest in Radiology and is always attending national meetings for Continuing Education. She has a dog named Madison that was rescued from the island of St. Kitts and a Yorkshire Terrier, named Kiwi. Dr. McGowan later rescued a dog named Mango after being hit by a car and sustained two serious fractures. Unfortunately after many surgeries, she needed to have her left hind leg amputated. Mango is doing very well after her surgery and she is running faster than ever with just three legs! Plus being the animal lover that she is, Dr. McGowan has adopted a fourth dog, a maltipoo named Pecan.