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Locally Owned | 30 Years in Business | Same-Day Services

Locally Owned
30 Years in Business
Same-Day Services

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Get to Know the Team at Wickford Veterinary Clinic

Read through the information below to learn more about the dedicated doctors here at Wickford Veterinary Clinic. With more than 25 years of combined experience, our doctors are dedicated to providing you and your pets with the quality, friendly service you deserve. You'll truly appreciate the warm and welcoming way you and your pets are treated.

Contact us today for additional information or to schedule an appointment. Same-day and walk-in services are available whenever possible. Don't forget to ask about our referral program for existing clients!

Dr. Christina Lorenson

Christina Lorenson
Dr. Lorenson grew up in a small family in Salem, MA. Her first animal-related job was at the local animal shelter in town — Christina was only 14! She worked there for five years and  considers it an invaluable experience.

Next, Christina attended Michigan State University, settling on a biochemistry major. She worked at a local animal hospital throughout college before heading back east to attend Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Upon graduation, she took a job in a mixed animal practice in upstate NY. After marrying, she worked in a small North Providence practice for 10 years before purchasing Wickford Veterinary Clinic with Dr. Saslaw in 2010.

Dr. Lorenson finds general practice rewarding because it allows her to foster life-long relationships with her clients and patients. Her special interests include dentistry, pain management, behavior, and end of life care. She loves the challenge of solving any medical mystery. She served on the Rhode Island Medical Association board from 2007 to 2011 and is a Past President of the organization.

Christina lives with her husband John, a personal trainer, and their three children. When she is not in the clinic she loves swimming and runs a Masters Swim Club at the Kent YMCA. The rest of her time is spent as a leader to her daughter's Girl Scout Troop. 

Dr. Lorenson is lucky that her family also loves animals as they have many pets: Sophia, a cocker spaniel, four cats, two ferrets, two guinea pigs, one bearded dragon, and a cockatiel!

Dr. Susanne Saslaw

Susanne Saslaw
Dr. Saslaw grew up in Port Washington, New York. She attended Harvard University, receiving her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Social Relations. After a year spent in an immunology research lab at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, she attended Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine in Massachusetts. She moved south to Rhode Island with her newly minted DVM license, where she took a position at the largest veterinary hospital in the state at the time. She spent 5 years learning her craft and practicing emergency medicine and surgery there. At that point she realized that she wanted to get to know her patients and their owners in a more unhurried manner, so she left emergency medicine for smaller, more personal practice. She worked in a few smaller clinics until 2010, when she purchased Wickford Veterinary Clinic with Dr. Lorenson. 

Susanne makes it her mission to make exams a low-stress experience for pets, so they’re less anxious when they next visit. She enjoys treating many different species of pets, talking with clients, and discussing how to best take care of the pets they love. 

At home, Dr. Saslaw has several pets of her own: Calli, her young mixed labrador puppy from South Carolina; Coriander, Teddie, and Sage, the cats who rule the roost; and Agnes, the African Pygmy Hedgehog who came to the clinic needing a new home, and found one. 

When she’s not at work, Susanne relaxes by exploring museums and art festivals, kayaking the various bays, ponds, and rivers of Rhode Island with her husband, and creating hand blown glass objects whenever she can. 
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