Califon Animal Hospital is a mixed animal practice. There are currently four veterinarians who practice on the "small animal" side, treating dogs and cats: Dr. Deborah Cronin VMD, Dr. Mary Beth Hamorski VMD, Dr. Andrea Freeman VMD and Dr. Carla Drozdowicz VMD.
On the "large animal side", there are currently two veterinarians treating equines and camelids: Dr. Mary Beth Hamorski VMD, and Dr. Christina Wilson DVM.
Bios
Dr. Mary Beth Hamorski, VMD:
Dr. Hamorski grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She always loved animals and began riding horses as a young girl. From an early age she had aspirations of being a jockey and of becoming a veterinarian. During her college years at the University of Scranton she worked as a groom at the Pocono Downs Racetrack. She spent her summers during college in Lexington, Kentucky where she worked handling mares and foals, with lay-ups, and yearling prep. During that time, she also exercised horses and showed successfully in Western Pleasure.
After graduating cum laude from the University of Scranton in 1982, Dr. Hamorski began veterinary school at the University of Pennsylvania. During vet school, Dr. Hamorski focused on equine medicine, particularly in the areas of reproduction and sports medicine where she worked closely with faculty on research projects in these areas. She was also the President of the Penn Student Chapter of the American Association of Equine Practitioners. Dr. Hamorski graduated from veterinary school and obtained her VMD in 1986. Immediately following graduation, she joined Califon Animal Hospital. In her 20 years of mixed animal practice, Dr. Hamorski has helped to grow Califon Animal Hospital into the successful, progressive practice that it is today. As camelid patients gained popularity in the area, she attended continuing education to gain camelid expertise, seeing the practice’s first camelid patient in 1988. Dr. Hamorski became a practice owner in 1994. Her professional interests and expertise include reproduction, sports medicine, pleasure horses, and camelid medicine. She is active in a number of professional veterinary organizations serving as President of the NJ Association of Equine Practitioners and Vice President of the NJ Veterinary Medical Association. She is a member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners as well as the American Veterinary Medical Association. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Mylestone Equine Rescue.
Dr. Hamorski and her husband, a small animal veterinarian, live on their farm in Round Valley, NJ with their son, daughter and mother. They share their home with their two dogs, four cats, eight horses, and flock of chickens. The family takes pleasure in breeding Laborador Retrievers. Dr. Hamorski enjoys Three-day eventing and also breeds and shows Welsh-cross ponies in hand. She also enjoys skiing and working in pastels, for which animals are often her subjects.
Deborah Cronin VMD:
Dr. Cronin was born in Indianapolis and grew up in Short Hills, NJ. She always wanted to be a veterinarian and as a child had as many pets as her parents would tolerate – dogs, cats, rabbits, lizards, snakes, turtles and when older, horses. She spent summers riding horses on pack trips through Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. She attended Colorado State University for two years before transferring to the University of Connecticut where she graduated Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a major in biology and a minor in parasitology.
She worked in the pharmaceutical industry for a short time doing research in microbial biochemistry before entering veterinary school at the University of Pennsylvania. In the summers during vet school she worked with Dr. John Kenney in his equine practice and upon graduation joined his practice.
Along with Dr. Hamorski, she began to grow the small animal portion of the practice. After twenty years of doing primarily equine practice, Dr. Cronin made the decision to focus only on small animals to allow her to spend more time with her family. Her professional interests are wellness plans including individualized vaccination protocols and internal medicine. She is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Animal Hospital Association, the American Association of Equine Practitioners and the NJ Veterinary Medical Association.
Dr. Cronin resides in Tewksbury along with her husband, two daughters, horses, dogs and cats. In her spare time she enjoys riding and showing her horse as well as attempting to garden with plants that the deer will not eat.
Dr. Christina Wilson DVM:
The former Dr. Christina Watson recently married and her new name is Dr. Wilson. Dr. Wilson grew up in Clark, New Jersey. She inherited her love for animals from her father and at the age of twelve got her first horse, “Mr. Cashman” who she still has today. She attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a major in Biochemistry and minor in International Studies. During the summers she worked with a Standardbred veterinarian in Freehold, NJ.
Dr. Wilson received her doctorate of veterinary medicine with honors from University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. During vet school she was an active member of numerous organizations
as well as president and treasurer of her student chapter of the American Association of Equine Practitioners. After graduation Dr. Wilson completed an internship at Blue Ridge Equine Clinic in Earlysville, Virginia. She joined Califon Animal Hospital in 2008. Her professional interests include reproduction, internal medicine, and general wellness plans.
She is a member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners and American Veterinary Medical Association.
Dr. Wilson resides in Califon with her husband and two dogs, Max and Violet. Her adopted Percheron “Karly” and Paint “Mr. Cashman” live on her parents farm in Manalapan, NJ. Dr. Wilson loves to travel and in her free time, she enjoys cooking, baking and crocheting.
Dr. Andrea S. Freeman, VMD, MS:
A native of Hunterdon County, NJ, Dr. Freeman always wanted to be a veterinarian. She started volunteering at Califon Animal Hospital at the age of twelve and throughout high school she worked as a technician's assistant during which time she cared for small animal patients as well as assisted with farm calls. Dr. Freeman obtained her bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis. While in college, she worked as a veterinary technician in small animal and equine general practice as well as at a small animal emergency and referral practice. She also raised and assisted in the training of service dogs. Dr. Freeman then completed a master's degree at Columbia University with a focus on wildlife health and parasitology. Following graduate school, she moved to Philadelphia to continue her research in parasitology at the University of Pennsylvania for two years prior to obtaining her veterinary degree also from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Freeman's veterinary parasitology research conducted at field sites in Africa and Argentina for the Wildlife Conversation Society and Smithsonian Institute, at the Bronx Zoo, and at the University of Pennsylvania have led to a number of publications in peer-reviewed veterinary journals.
After veterinary school Dr. Freeman practiced at a busy small animal practice in Middlesex County, NJ prior to transitioning to the full time practice of small animal emergency medicine. Dr. Freeman re-joined the staff at Califon Animal Hospital, this time as a part-time associate veterinarian in 2008, and enjoys the opportunity to practice routine medicine and surgery in the very practice where her early love of veterinary medicine was developed.
Dr. Freeman shares her home with three dogs and three cats. She enjoys gardening, traveling, playing the piano and spending time with her pets, including visiting hospitals with her certified therapy dog, Annie.
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