Veterinary Cardiology
in Charlottesville
Some dogs and cats are born with heart conditions, like heart valve malformations and holes in the septum. But many types of heart disease are acquired later in a pet’s life. With proper diagnosis and treatment, your pet can live a long and happy life with heart disease. We also offer Interventional Cardiology, providing innovative, minimally invasive procedures that enhance our ability to diagnose and treat complex heart conditions.
Specialty appointments require a referral, and pet owners must contact us directly to begin the scheduling process; we’ll work with your primary veterinarian as needed to obtain referral records.
Veterinary Cardiology
Common heart conditions for cats include:
Common heart conditions for dogs include:
If your pet shows abnormal symptoms such as weakness, difficulty breathing, coughing, weight loss, and lethargy — see your primary care vet right away. They can refer you to our specialists for advanced care and treatment. With early action, your pet gets the best chance of a positive outcome.
Cardiology Services for Your Pet.
Our cardiology team provides a variety of services for your pet, including:
What is a Veterinary Cardiologist?
A veterinary cardiologist treats conditions that involve the heart and circulatory system. The road to becoming a veterinary cardiologist is long.
That’s a total of 13-14 years of education—and it doesn’t even count the exams a veterinary cardiologist must pass to obtain board certification.
Cardiologist
Anna Paling, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM
Dr. Anna Paling was born in England and raised in Maryland and Virginia. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Biology with Honors from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA.
Dr. Paling then moved out to Southern California and taught high school for one year. After that time, she attended veterinary school at the University of California, Davis; School of Veterinary Medicine, in Davis, California. Dr. Paling completed her DVM from UC Davis and then completed a private practice internship in small animal internal medicine and surgery in Sacramento, CA. She then returned to UC Davis to go through the cardiology residency program at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. During her residency, Dr. Paling received several awards for excellent performance, including winning the residence research project award in 2008 for her clinical research in congenital heart disease: subaortic stenosis (SAS). Dr. Paling completed her residency and became a board-certified cardiologist in 2008.
From 2008 to 2010, Dr. Paling worked in a private veterinary specialty practice in the San Francisco Bay Area as their first cardiologist. In 2010, Dr. Paling and her family relocated to North Carolina, where she practiced for a year and a half. She returned to Charlottesville in 2013 to join Virginia Veterinary Specialty & Emergency as the first veterinary cardiologist in Charlottesville.
Dr. David Moses, DVM, MS, DACVIM
Dr. Moses was born and raised in Macon, Georgia, and earned his undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech. He received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in 2018.
After graduation, Dr. Moses spent three years practicing primary care medicine in Virginia Beach before returning to academia to pursue advanced training in veterinary cardiology. He completed a small animal rotating internship at Michigan State University, followed by an emergency and critical care internship at North Carolina State University. He then completed his cardiology residency at Purdue University.