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Monday Lunch | Rob Coke

San Antonio Zoo

The Speaker

Dr Rob Coke is a 1996 graduate of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine.  He spent 4 years in Houston, Texas in a small animal and exotics practice.  After learning more about what is not known versus what is known, he decided to go back to do an internship in Exotic Animal, Zoo, and Wild Animal Medicine at Kansas State University.  Afterwards, he did his zoo medicine residency at the Oklahoma City Zoo in conjunction with Oklahoma State University.  In 2002, He started his current position of Director of Veterinary Care at the San Antonio Zoo.  He is a Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine and one of the first Diplomates of the Reptile and Amphibian Practice category of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners.  He also decided to delve into the realm of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine and obtained his Certificate of Veterinary Acupuncture.  As a personal hobby, Dr. Coke has kept and bred dozens of species of reptiles including chameleons, snakes, geckos, tortoises, etc.

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