Michele Steffey received her veterinary degree from the University of California-Davis, and subsequently completed her surgical training via a general rotating internship at the University of Pennsylvania and a surgical residency at Cornell University. She is board certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, and is an ACVS Founding Fellow in the 2 sub-disciplines of Surgical Oncology and Minimally Invasive Surgery. She is currently a Professor of Small Animal Surgery at the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.