Arathi Vinayak, DVM, DACVS-SA, ACVS Fellow (Surgical Oncology)

Vinayak is based at VCA West Coast Specialty and Emergency Animal Hospital in Fountain Valley, California. She regularly partners with academic institutions to complete surgical oncology studies, and she works to instill that same excitement in her interns about expanding medical knowledge through research. She performs specialized oncology surgeries including surgical limb spares; thoracic and abdominal wall resection and reconstructions; complex intrathoracic and abdominal tumors; minimally invasive urethral, tracheal, colonic, and esophageal stenting; and surgery for complex maxillofacial tumors. She also enjoys spending time with her husband, her 2 active boys, her Siberian cat, Kitten, and Ragdoll cat, Nettik.