Dr. Leslie Sklena is a California native who earned her BS degree in Animal Science from Cal Poly in 2004 and her DVM from the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada in 2009. After shoveling snow from her driveway for the last time, she returned home to practice primary care for companion animals. Dr. Sklena transitioned from general practice to a rewarding career in shelter medicine where she spent over 10 years providing health care to underserved animals in San Diego and beyond.
Dr. Sklena remains passionate about teaching the next generation of veterinary professionals, and continues to travel domestically and internationally to coach students on humane and efficient techniques of general anesthesia and surgery. This transition to urgent care medicine loops back to the days prior to veterinary school when Dr. Sklena was an RVT working late nights at an ER. I guess you could say that she has always been hooked and is happy to be back in the ER.
Her free time is either spent doing work on the house (fixer-upper), riding horses, or doing absolutely nothing but hanging out with her husband and menagerie of pets.