SHANA LEMMENES, CVT, VTS (EVN)

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA – ST. PAUL, MINN.

Shana Lemmenes has worked as a technician in both small animal and academia since 2011 and obtained a specialty in equine veterinary nursing in 2015. She is a senior veterinary technician at the University of Minnesota Large Animal Veterinary Medical Center, where she works mainly with surgery and lameness. Her greatest interests outside of large animal surgery are emergency medicine and hippotherapy. Shana has also co-edited a textbook for Elsevier: Mosby’s Comprehensive Review for Veterinary Technicians, 5th edition. She lives an hour south of the twin cities with her 9-year-old daughter and boyfriend. They have two dogs, a viszla cross named Daisy and a field springer named Mazie.