Dr. Carl B. Cornell

Veterinarian/Practice Owner

Dr. Cornell was born and raised on a family farm in Western Kentucky. His education includes: b.s. Pharmacy University of Kentucky (graduating with honors) and D.V.M. Auburn University (also graduating with honors.) After graduation, Dr. Cornell practiced retail pharmacy for 2 years, then was accepted into Auburn where he continued to practice pharmacy on the weekends to help pay his way through school. After Auburn, he interned at Audubon Veterinary Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Over the next four years, he worked with both small animals (dogs, cats and exotics) and large animals (cattle and horses) before moving to Charlotte, NC. His first 2 years here were spent working for the Emergency Veterinary Clinic before starting the sardis Animal Clinic in 1985. He has 31 years of veterinary animal clinical experience with an interest in behavior and canine medicine. Dr. Cornell is also currently serving as a Board member to the Emergency Veterinary Clinic. On a personal level, Dr. Cornell is married to a former pharmacy classmate, Kathy, who works at the Carolinas Medical Center. The Cornells have two dogs- "Annie", a stray lab cross and "Brooke" a Shetland Sheepdog.

Dr. Patreece Lanier Dr. Patreece Lanier received her B.S. degree from Tuskegee University (Alabama) in Animal and Poultry Science and her DVM degree from Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine.  She has special interest in soft tissue surgery, parasitology, diagnostics, and feline adult and geriatric medicine. Dr. Lanier is a member of AVMA, AAFP (Feline practicioners), Cornell Feline Health Foundation, NCVMA. Dr. Lanier enjoys fishing, bowling, and playing softball with friends.

 
Dr. Wendy J. Ryan

Dr. Wendy Ryan received her B.S. in Zoology from Auburn University. She then completed a Masters Degree in Physiology from Auburn University, with her research and thesis completed at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. After her Masters, Dr. Ryan went on to earn her D.V.M at Auburn University and has been practicing medicine for over 25 years. Her internship was at Animal Medical and Surgical Hospital, in Dallas, TX, a full-service AAHA 24-hour Animal Hospital. During this intense training she worked on many different species, from lions and tigers to falcons, hawks, lizards, and rodents. And of course, dogs, cats, ferrets and exotic birds, as well. She had further training at a dental specialty hospital in Illinois and here in North Carolina. Her current interests are in internal medicine and surgery, geriatric medicine, dentistry and feline and canine behavior.

In her spare time, Dr. Ryan trains and competes with her own dogs in Agility, Obedience and Conformation. (She even trained her cat, K.C, to fetch!) A long-time mixed-breed dog enthusiast, she was given a tiny Chinese Crested Powderpuff puppy by a show breeder. Until little Jo Jo came along, all she had ever owned, were large mixed-breed dogs and cats, but now, she has fallen in love with these small fluffy dogs. She now owns four of them, Jo Jo, Teddy, Chloe and her first home-bred AKC Champion, Annabelle. Reilly, her large Samoyed-Border Collie dog is now in charge of this tiny pack of Chinese Cresteds. Teddy, Annabelle’s father, is also a Champion, and to his dismay, Annabelle often beats her father in the Show Ring. Sigh. (But you know what they say: "If what you breed is better than what you had, then you’re doing a good job".)

To keep up with her training, Dr. Ryan goes yearly, to the largest Veterinary Conference in the world, The North American Veterinary Conference. It covers all aspects of medicine and surgery for most species and covers the most up-to-date trends in medicine and surgery. The Conference is 5 days long with classes 8 hours a day. A great place to learn new stuff!

Dr. Ryan’s other hobbies are gardening, painting, running around with her friends and walking with and training her dogs.