Biography for Dr. Jane Cho, DVM, DACVO
Dr. Cho is originally from New York and earned her DVM from Cornell University, where she graduated in the top 10% of her class. She completed an internship at the Animal Medical Center in New York and then worked in a general small animal practice in Manhattan before returning to Cornell for a 3-year residency in Comparative Ophthalmology. Specializing in ophthalmology for over 10 years, she has worked as a clinical ophthalmologist in New Jersey and Alaska, and has lectured on diverse topics in ophthalmology at meetings across the country. She has also published in both veterinary journals and in veterinary ophthalmology textbooks, with the latest scientific journal manuscript published in the spring of 2008 and another upcoming textbook chapter to be published in 2011.  This summer, she served as a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals.  She is currently on the Editorial Board of the journal Veterinary Ophthalmology ,and recently completed a tenureship on the Board of Examiners for the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. She is a Diplomate and a Board Certified Member of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, as well as a member of the Westchester-Rockland Veterinary Medical Association and the New York State Veterinary Medical Society.

Dr. Gaarder received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree with honors from Colorado State University in 1992. After practicing in a mixed animal practice in North Dakota, he began a 3-year residency in Comparative Ophthalmology at Cornell. Upon residency completion, he practiced as an Associate Ophthalmologist at the Eye Clinic for Animals in California. He has practiced ophthalmology in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Anchorage, Alaska, where he has treated not only pet dogs, cats, and horses, but also racing sled dogs, marine mammals, raptors, and zoo animals. He is Board Certified by the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists and is a Diplomate of the College; he has been in ophthalmology for over 15 years. He currently serves on the important Credentials Committee of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, and is a frequent reviewer of manuscripts for the journal Veterinary Ophthalmology.  He has authored multiple veterinary journal articles and ophthalmology textbook chapters on various ophthalmology topics including infectious corneal diseases in horses, glaucoma in dogs, and ophthalmology in exotic animals.  He is also a member of the Westchester-Rockland Veterinary Medical Association and the New York State Veterinary Medical Society.