Emergency & Critical Care - StaffDOCTORS
Sam Romano owns and manages Central Veterinary Emergency Services located in the VRCC Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Hospital in Englewood, CO since 1992. Prior to his association with CVES and VRCC Dr. Romano was in small animal general practice from 1983 to 1991 in Denver.
Dr. Romano earned his DVM degree from Colorado State University in 1983 and an MBA in 2000. He has completed the Veterinary Management Institute program (VMI) at Purdue University. Sam is a longtime member of the American Animal Hospital Association and the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society and is the current President of the Denver Area Veterinary Medical Society.
Areas of interest include human resource management, organizational development, and championing the human-pet bond.
Dr. Luke Rump graduated from Iowa State University in 1993. Dr. Rump completed an internship in emergency and critical care at the Veterinary Institute of Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1994. Dr. Rump practiced emergency and critical care in St. Louis, Missouri and Boulder, Colorado before joining CVES in 1997.
Dr. Julie Aiello graduated from Colorado State University in 1980 and practiced small animal medicine and emergency medicine in the Denver area. Dr. Aiello joined CVES in 1990.
Dr. Sharkey is a Colorado native. She grew up in north Denver (Westminster) and pursued higher education at Colorado State University. She received two undergraduate degrees (Biology and Zoology) from CSU before attending the Veterinary School at CSU. Upon obtaining her DVM degree in 2001 she went into general daytime practice that had an emergency clinic at night. After covering several ER shifts Dr Sharkey fell in love with the veterinary specialty and has been practicing in Emergency Medicine for the past 4 1/2 years. She joined CVES in November of 2005. Special interests of Dr. Sharkey include Behavior Medicine (she did a preceptorship at the Animal Behavior Department at the University of California Davis) and soft tissue surgery.
Dr. Heather Gill completed a Small Animal Medicine and Surgery rotating Internship through the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 2007. Dr. Gill was awarded her DVM from Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine in May 2006. Her undergraduate Bachelor of Science and minor in business studies were earned through the State University of New York at Geneseo.
Dr. Shane Zambon completed a rotating Small Animal Internship through Ohio State University in July 2007 after receiving her DVM from Purdue University in 2006. Dr. Zambon also pursued education and gained experience at Southern Illinois University and the Dundee Animal Hospital in Dundee, Illinois, as well as the University of Glasgow and University of Glasgow Farm and O’Kane Farms in Glasgow, Scotland. Her varied educational and work background along with her interest in Emergency medicine make her a wonderful addition to our team.
Dr. Leslie Dawson graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007. Upon obtaining her VMD, she completed a one year rotating internship in small animal medicine, emergency and surgery at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital. Dr. Dawson’s interests include emergency & critical care, neurology, ophthalmology, radiology, and the human-animal bond. Dr. Dawson has spent time abroad, living in both Australia and Italy. She enjoys all outdoor activities including hiking with her two dogs, running, snowboarding, camping, scuba diving and biking.
MANAGERS
Joan joined the CVES staff in 2003 as Business Specialist. She received her B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Management from The Master's College in 1993. After moving to Colorado in 1995, she gained experience with an internet start-up before working for the Integrative Medicine Program at the University of Colorado Hospital. She then decided to take her experience and knowledge and apply it to animal medicine at CVES. Joan works in tandem with the management team that consists of Dr. Sam Romano, Dr. Luke Rump, and Tammi Abt to provide management and leadership to the exceptional CVES team of Doctors and Technicians.
LEAD TECHNICIANS
Charles DuBree
Charles has been a Certified Veterinary Technician for 10 years, graduating from Bel Rea in 1999. After pursuing an education in art history, he decided to take an alternate route working with animals, After working in general practice, Charles began to appreciate work involving emergency medicine and joined CVES in 2006. In his free time, Charles enjoys spending time with his cat “Puss”, studying French, and traveling the globe.
Olivia is a gradute of the Bel-Rea institute of Animal Technology. She gained three years of work experience in general practice before joining CVES in July of 2007. She also earned a BA from the American Univeristy in Paris in European Culture and Philosophy. A Colorado native, Olivia enjoys reading historical biographies and is “owned” by her chihuahua named “Pepin the Short”.
Kristine worked at a Veterinary hospital for 4 years while living in her home state of Connecticut. She moved to Colorado in 2002 to attend Bel-Rea Institue of Animal Technology, graduating as a Certified Veterinary Technician in 2003. She has a special interest in Emergency and Critical Care. She has crazy dogs, Linkin and Zartan, who love being at the dog park and swimming. She also enjoys being outdoors, skateboarding and reading.
TECHNICIANS
Jennifer moved to Colorado from St. Louis after attending college for Business Administration. During ten plus years in Operations Management in retail she went to school part-time graduating from Colorado State University with a B.A. in Equine Science. Immediately following graduation Jennifer enrolled in tech school and is a Bel-Rea graduate and Certified Veterinary Technician. Jennifer also has previous experience working with horses; riding, training and competitively showing in a wide range of equine events. Since 2004 Jennifer has been working as a nurse with small animals in General Practice and Emergency/Critical Care. In her limited spare time she enjoys the Colorado outdoors, horseback riding, spending time with her Quarter horse Devon and her Birman kitty Coconut.
Lisa is a Certified Veterinary Technician. She worked in general practice and emergency medicine for 8 years before joining VRCC. She first joined Veterinary Heart and Lung Specialty in December 2004 then became a CVES staff member after working some part-time shifts.
Determined at an early age to have a career that included cats, Jaci volunteered at a local animal hospital when she was a teenager. Deemed suitable for the work, she continued volunteering through high school, and participating in a mentoring program offered by the school district. After working other jobs in the field, Jaci decided to enroll in Bel-Rea Institute and graduated as a full-fledged Certified Veterinary Technician. After completing her internship at VRCC Emergency Services, Jaci joined the staff in June 2005 and also enjoys part time work at a general practice. When she is not spoiling her 4 cats, (a Scottish fold, pixie bob, domestic shorthair, and domestic long hair), one of which is a blood donor, she hangs out with family and friends, watching hockey or college football.
Crystal Mower is a Certified Veterinary Technician. She received her AAS in Veterinary Technology at the Community College of Denver in 2005. Crystal loves emergency medicine and was excited to join our team in July 2006. Crystal and her boyfriend have a beautiful baby girl named Chloe as well as two dogs and three cats. In her spare time she loves spending time with her family.
Stephanie moved to the great state of Colorado from Chicago in 1997. While pursuing a degree in business management at Metro State College of Denver Stephanie decided her real passion was working with animals and switched to Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology. She started working with CVES in February of 2009 and has since learned that she loves working in emergency medecine. When not at work or school, Stephanie likes to spend her free time hanging out with her dogs (she have four), skiing, hiking, reading and spending time with friends and family.
Being a Veterinary Technician has been a life-long goal for Jessie and she has worked in some form of the pet industry for the last 10 years. Jessie worked as a Veterinary Technician Assistant for 4 yrs in the Midwest before moving to Colorado in 2007 to attend Bel-rea Institute of Animal Technology where she gained her certification. Jessie enjoys taking care of her dachsund/chihuahua "Chiquita" and her Maine Coon mix "Rags".
Jennifer has always had an affinity towards animals and during her undergratuate studies in Gunnison, began an intership shadowing doctors at a local veterinary hospital. She soon began to realize that she loved the hands on training she was getting as a Technician and has since worked as a Veterinary Technician. Through her experience she has learned that Emergency medicine Tech work is her passion. Jennifer is a Colorado native currently living in the mountains. She enjoys spending free time with her friends, watching football, reading and playing with her Yellow lab, Great Dane mix “Dodge”.
Dina Viray
A Colorado native, Heather knew she wanted to be in the vet field since she was 10. Heather got her EMT certificate and knew right away that human medicine was not for her. She then persued training at Bel-Rea Animal Technical Institute from which she graduated in 2008. Heather completed an internship with Central Veterinary Emergency and had the opportunity to stay on as part of the team. Heather has two dogs; Maggie, a black lab mix and Willow, a german shorthaired pointer. She also has a horse named Leo and a lop eared bunny named Bailey.
Ray has been a Colorado Resident since moving from Ohio in 1998. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Science of Engineering from The Ohio State University where he went on to work as a software engineer. After being bored with staring at a computer all day, he switched careers and became a Certified Veterinary Technician. Ray enjoys biking and other outdoor activities and lives day to day through Seinfeld reruns.
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Sam Romano, DVM, MBA
Luke Rump, DVM
Julie Aiello, DVM
Cristina Sharkey, DVM 
Heather Gill, DVM
Shane Zambon, DVM
Leslie Dawson, VMD
Jeremy Sebor, DVM
Joan VanDewater - Business Specialist
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Jennifer Hardy, CVT
Lisa Holden-Smith
Jaclyn Martinez
Jessie Rosenfield
Heather Wallenburg
Ray Zeuner