Speaker bio page for Dr Missy Carpentier

Bio

Dr. Missy Carpentier grew up in Massachusetts and pursued her dream of becoming a veterinarian at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. Following veterinary school, she completed a rotating internship in Connecticut at VCA Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center. As her interest in neurology peaked during the internship, she then completed a one-year post doctoral fellowship in the Comparative Neurology Program at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Carpentier stayed in Missouri to pursue a three-year neurology/neurosurgery residency that was jointly performed at The University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Specialty Services in St. Louis. At the completion of her residency, Dr. Carpentier received the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Resident Research Award for her work on 3D Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Dog Spine in Hansen Type I Intervertebral Disk Disease. Following completion of her residency, Dr. Carpentier moved back to her forever home of Minnesota to join her husband. She has been serving the Twin Cities and surrounding areas for the past 7 years and she is eager to bring this state-of-the-art hospital to Minnesota. Dr. Carpentier enjoys all aspects of neurology, from the medical side of managing an epileptic patient to improve and maximize their quality of life, to the surgical side assisting a patient to be able to walk again and live a pain free life. Dr. Carpentier also brings the experience from the pet owners side, having to manage her own dogs with epilepsy, atlantoaxial luxation, and intervertebral disk disease (yes she takes her work home with her even when she tries not to!). Outside of neurology, Dr. Carpentier enjoys spending her time with her husband, their two children, their Alaskan Husky kennel of competitive sled dogs, their numerous house dogs (Aidni is by far the best), and her two off the track thoroughbred mares.