Scott Weber

head veterinarian, NEAQ

Scott received a B.S. in zoology with a major emphasis of marine biology at the University of California, Davis in 1992. He completed an intensive program in marine biology at the Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory in the spring of 1992. He also attended veterinary school at the University of Pennsylvania and completed several electives in aquatic animal medicine. After graduating in 1997 with a VMD from Penn, Scott received a Thouron fellowship to study for two years in the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, Scott completed an MSc in aquatic pathobiology from the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling University. During this time Dr. Weber performed surgery on numerous koi with gonadal tumors and was featured on the Discovery Channel show *A Pet Story*.* Since 2001 Scott has been the head veterinarian and a research scientist at the New England aquarium with responsibility for the veterinary care of the collection, rehabilitation, and research animals, a collection greater than 20,000 animals. Dr. Weber was featured in the PBS documentary *Windows to the Sea for the New England Aquarium*. In June 2007, Dr. Weber took a position at the UC Davis school of Veterinary Medicine to start an clinical Aquatic Animal Health program with an emphasis on fish.*