These talented clinicians have recently arrived in Pullman from across the country and around the world, bringing a wide range of experience and perspectives to our team.
Please join us in welcoming 20 interns and 12 residents to our hospital community.
You’ll find our new doctors working throughout the hospital in areas including emergency and critical care, equine medicine, small animal surgery, internal medicine, neurology, cardiology, oncology, theriogenology, wildlife care, and more.
We encourage you to extend a warm welcome when you see them and help make their transition to our community a memorable one.
Julia Amaral Piolla Rego — Emergency and Critical Care Intern (earned a DVM degree in 2025 from Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Dr.
Emily Austin — Small Animal Surgery Resident (earned a DVM in 2024 from Washington State University, completed a small animal rotating internship in 2025 at Texas A&M in 2025, and completed a surgery internship in 2026 at WestVet in Boise) Dr.
Lola Bouquet — Small Animal Internal Medicine Resident (earned a DVM degree from VetAgro Sup in Marcy-l’Étoile, France and completed a specialized internship in Internal Medicine in Montréal, Canada) Dr.
Laura Diaz Arranz — Emergency and Critical Care Intern (earned a DVM degree in 2024 from the University Complutense of Madrid and completed an emergency and critical care internship at the Puchol Veterinary Hospital in Madrid) Dr.
Karla Garcia Rojas Quilantan — Emergency and Critical Care Resident (earned a DMV degree in 2019 in San Luis Potosí, México and completed internships in Emergency and Critical Care at WSU in 2025 and 2026) Dr.
Maria Jose Gonzales Vigil de Cardenas — Emergency and Critical Care Intern (earned a DVM degree in 2017 from Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University) Dr.
Joao “Jo” Guerra Cascais — Equine Medicine & Surgery Intern (earned a DVM degree in 2023 from the University of Lisbon, Portugal and completed a medicine fellowship at Fethard Equine Hospital in Ireland and a surgery internship at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Kentucky) Dr.
The report adds to ongoing university-led research relevant to veterinary medicine, animal health, and clinical decision-making.
university website: Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine
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