About Us

We have highly qualified experienced pathologists that can help you with the routine cases and the very complex. Dr. Walberg, Dr. Monette and Dr. Mero resumes are available on this web-site under “Our Pathologists”. They are available to discuss with you any case that you have questions with on, in a timely fashion. The Pathology lab is owned exclusively by four veterinarians: * Dr. James Walberg is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathology since 1981. He has extensive experience in reading both Histopathology as well as Cytology. He served residencies in pathology at the Angell Memorial Hospital in Boston, as well as the Animal Medical Center in Manhattan. He was a teaching associate at Texas A & M University and did a postdoctoral program at The Rockefeller University. He also spent a few years at the Bronx Zoo studying wild life pathology. Dr Walberg worked as a pathologist in research in the United States as well as Switzerland. * Dr. Andrew Loar is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, certified in Oncology as well as Internal Medicine. He currently is a consultant in cytology at the Animal Medical Center in New York. Dr. Loar’s training as a clinical oncologist and an internist, combined with his twenty years of experience within the veterinary laboratory industry, are assets in providing quality control and clinician oriented customer service. * Dr. Dennis Moore is a retired private practitioner and is the managing partner of Animal Pathology Group. Dr. Moore practiced in South California for 24 years and gives the prospective of the practitioner to the group. * Dr. Lon Rich is also a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathology. Reasons that we are different: 1) We as veterinarians fully understand your needs as a practitioner. We realize that your reputation is based on accurate and timely results and we have set up a facility and staff that can deliver both of these in a professional and courteous manner. 2) Another reason we are different is because we understand that your time is valuable. When you call us you will get a live person on the phone to solve your problem and not a recording that wastes your time with promises of a call back. 3) Animal Pathology Group employees are reminded throughout their training and employment that every specimen we receive is important and that there is an owner waiting on information from their veterinarian regarding that specimen. Your submissions will be handled with care and monitored for utmost quality during every phase of processing from logging in to microscopic evaluation. 4) Animal Pathology Group operates under strict guidelines in compliance with the Federal Good Laboratory Practices Act (GLP). If you have an interest in our services give Vicky our Office Manager a call 800-345-7284 or e-mail her at animalpathgroup@aol.com and she will send you the necessary requisition forms to try us out.