Dr. Joyce E. Obradovich, DVM
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Oncology)   

Dr. Obradovich earned her Bachelor of Science Degree from Michigan State University in 1977 in Microbiology and Public Health.  She worked as a research technician at Yale University’s School of Medicine for a short time in pulmonary cancer research.  This sparked her desire to return to pursue a medical career, however with her long time love of animals, she elected to pursue veterinary medicine.  At the onset of her veterinary training, her strong interest was in equine medicine (having owned horses since age 13), but when her own dog, Buff, a golden retriever, developed lymphoma while she was a junior veterinary student, her entire focus changed.  This personal experience, along with her past cancer research experience, led her to actively pursue a residency training program in oncology.  After graduation from MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 1985 (DVM degree) she spent 2 years in private practice, then returned to MSU for a medical/surgical internship in 1987.  From there, she was accepted into Colorado State University’s prestigious oncology residency.  While at CSU Dr. Obradovich won two national awards through the Veterinary Cancer Society and the American College of Veterinary Medicine for her research with “granulocyte colony stimulating factor” or G-CSF.  G-CSF helps prevent and alleviate serious side effects to chemotherapy in patients. 

Since becoming board certified with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in the subspecialty of oncology, Dr. Obradovich has been in private oncology practice in southeastern Michigan.  In July of 2000, she opened the Animal Cancer & Imaging Center (ACIC), which was the culmination of her career long dream to run a free-standing veterinary cancer clinic.  Dr. Obradovich is also an adjunct faculty member of the Michigan State Universities College of Veterinary Medicine, where for the past 7 years she has lectured in veterinary oncology and sponsored a clinical rotation at ACIC for senior veterinary students. Dr. Obradovich has numerous publications and book chapters to her credit.