Speaker bio page for DeeAnn Wilfong

Bio

DeeAnn grew up in rural western Wyoming and knew from a very young age that working with animals was to be her life calling. She attended Idaho State University where she earned a Bachelors degree in biology. She moved to Denver and attended Bel-Rea Institute of Veterinary Technology and in 2000 became a Credential Veterinary Technician (CVT). After completing an internship at an equine practice she joined the staff of Littleton Large Animal Clinic (now Littleton Equine Medical Center) as the lead ICU technician from 2000 until 2005. During that time, in 2002, DeeAnn was part of a small group of technicians who created an equine specific veterinary technician society, which eventually became the American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians (AAEVT). AAEVT has over 1000 members worldwide and in 2008 created the veterinary technician specialty (VTS) group in equine veterinary nursing (EVN). In 2005, she took a position in the Internal Medicine Department at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital to focus on a neonatal caseload. In 2007, she joined Oregon State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital in their anesthesia department. Missing the Colorado sunshine she took an offer to come back to Littleton Equine Medical Center as the lead technician. In 2013 she decided to follow her dream of working with exotic hoofstock and is currently the hospital manager at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, CO.