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OUR DOCTORS

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Meet the Doctors at 143 Veterinary Services!

Dr. Diana Watkins

Veterinarian

Diana Watkins graduated Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2010. During her time at Tufts, she received the highest honors and also pioneered a surgical externship program with general practice clinics. She spent one summer doing all the spays and neuters for Lowell Humane Society and Pets in Need Rescue. She was president of the Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Since graduation Diana has practiced at several local veterinary clinics, honing her craft and learning from the wonderful patients she has treated for over a decade. She loves surgery and finds it very calming and meditative, however her favorite thing about being a veterinarian is the client and patient relationships she gets to form. During exams, she very rarely uses the exam table, and can often be found snuggling on a chair with a cat or sitting on the floor with a dog. She considers herself so incredibly lucky that not only does she get to work with animals, but also the wonderful people that bring them in. Dr. Watkins has always had the dream to open up her own small animal clinic and is so excited that dream is finally coming to fruition.

Before veterinary school, Dr. Watkins got a graduate certificate degree in Biomedical engineering at Tufts, while also working as a scientist for Wyeth (currently Pfizer) Pharmaceuticals. She received her Bachelor of Science from University of New Hampshire where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and worked in the Microbiology Department.

Dr. Watkins lives with her husband and three beautiful boys here in Cohasset. She is currently hiking New Hampshire’s 48 four-thousand-foot mountains with her husband, and has run 6 marathons, and 16 half marathons. She can be found nearly every early morning running with her friends past her beloved Minot lighthouse, and ends many days visiting her horse Molly in marshfield with her boys

The Watkins share their home with three cats which are all bottle fed and hand raised orphans (Smitty, Kiki, and Chicken), one Miniature Poodle named “Shadow”, and an English Spot rabbit named “Snowgrace” who was obtained from a hoarding situation via the House Rabbit Network.