MVMA is a volunteer-driven organization led by a five-member Executive Board.
The Executive Board also serves on the MVMA's Steering Committee, our board of directors. The Steering Committee also includes the chairpeople of the Standing Committee, representatives of the local VMAs, and the AVMA delegate and alternate delegate as voting members, and the Dean of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University (or her designee), two veterinary student representatives appointed by the Cummings Veterinary School Student Chapter of the AVMA, two representatives of the Massachusetts Veterinary Technician Association, and a representative of the MVMA Charities, Inc., all as non-voting members.
Contact the Executive Board through the MVMA office or officers individually using the contact information below.
MVMA Executive Board
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Dr. Kathleen Reilly
President
Kathy Reilly, D.V.M., is a small animal practitioner at the Park Place Veterinary Hospital, PLLC in Keene, NH. Dr. Reilly was elected at the May 2009 annual meeting, having served four years as Secretary on the Executive Board. She also represents MVMA in the AVMA House of Delegates as our Alternate Delegate, and has contributed to MVMA and Massachusetts veterinarians as Legislative Committee chair and as a founder of the South Shore Veterinary Association. You can reach Dr. Reilly by email by clicking on the address above, or at her office at 603-357-4049.
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Dr. Ilene Segal
President-Elect
Dr. Ilene Segal is a native of Newton, Massachusetts, and graduated from Newton South High School in 1979. She attended the University of New Hampshire where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Zoology in 1983. After completing her undergraduate studies, Dr. Segal attended Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and received her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine in 1987.
After working for almost a decade as an associate veterinarian in various local veterinary hospitals, Dr. Segal established Parkway Veterinary Hospital in 1996. Over the years, the positive feedback and expressions of satisfaction which Dr. Segal and her staff have received from their clients have made her work all the more rewarding and worthwhile.
Dr. Segal is a general veterinary practitioner with professional interests in acupuncture and canine rehabilitation therapy. She completed an International Veterinary Acupuncture Society course in 2001 and earned certification in Canine Rehabilitation from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Segal is also member of the advisory board and a visiting instructor at the Bancroft School of Massage Therapy in Winchester, MA.
Aside from her veterinary profession, Dr. Segal maintains active membership in several local organizations such as the State of Massachusetts Animal Response Team (S.M.A.R.T.) and the New England Women’s Business Owners Association. Ballroom dancing, hiking, knitting and kayaking are some of Dr. Segal's hobbies. She is the proud owner of a handsome young Dalmatian, Tycho, and a mischievous cat named Miss Kitty.
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Dr. Adam Arzt
Treasurer
Adam Arzt, V.M.D., owns and practices at Metrowest Veterinary Associates in Milford. Prior to joining the Executive Board, he was member and then chair of the Education Committee, and a member of the Budget Committee. Contact him by email by clicking on his name above, or by phone at 508-478-7300.
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Dr. Cynthia Fuhs, M.B.A.
Secretary
Dr. Cindy Fuhs graduated from Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2003, and has owned her own mixed large animal ambulatory practice (Still River Veterinary Services) since that time. Cindy provides general medical, surgical, reproductive, dental and emergency services to her equine, bovine, small ruminant and camelid patients, with a focus on wellness and prevention. She also provides general wellness services to her clients with dogs and cats on the farm. Cindy is a member of the AVMA, AAEP, AASRP and the ISDVMA and resides year-round in Bolton, MA with her family (both two and four-footed).
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Dr. Mary Anna Labato
Past-President
Mary Labato, D.V.M., D.A.C.V.I.M., a Clinical Associate Professor of Small Animal Medicine in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Cummings Veterinary School at Tufts University, has research interests in nephrology and urology disorders. Dr. Labato will continue MVMA's efforts to enhance relations between MVMA and the Veterinary School, and MVMA and the Massachusetts Veterinary Technician Association. You can reach her by clicking on her name above or calling 508-839-5395 x 84681.
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