Staff

Robert J. Wendell, DVM, MS, graduated in a dual degree program, receiving a master's degree in cardiac physiology, as well as his DVM from the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1988. Bob practiced in New Hampshire before moving to Vermont in 1990.

He founded Aeolus Animal Hospital & Equine Center in the fall of 1992. "Dr. Bob's" special interest lies in equine medicine and surgery. He performs all of the equine anesthesia and cardiopulmonary monitoring for the hospital. Prior to and during veterinary school, Bob worked as an equine anesthesia technician at The Ohio State University for 6 years. Bob owns 2 horses, a pony and "Babes" the Macaw parrot, who can be admired in the lobby of the hospital. In his "spare time", Bob enjoys skiing, playing volleyball and ice hockey and shooting sporting clays.

  Jessica P. Meyer, Jessie graduated from the University of Muenster, Germany Medical School in 1992. She is a board-certified ophthalmologist in Germany. After moving to the United States in 1997, she decided to leave the fast pace of human medicine and found a fulfilling and rewarding position as a technician, assisting Dr. Wendell with ophthalmologic problems.". Jessie and her husband Rob have 2 Australian Shepherds who compete in agility, Obedience, Rally, Comformation, tracking and Dock Diving.  
 
Carolyn P. Graves, Before becoming a veterinary technician at Aeolus in 1998, Carolyn graduated from S.U.N. Y. at Morrisville with an associate’s degree in Standard Bred Management in 1986. Carolyn has lived in Vermont her entire life. She has 3 horses, 2 dogs and 1 cat. Her horses are, Maestoso Ambitious (Apollo) a 21 year old Lipizzan gelding, Rosalinda ABF a 13 year old KWPN/Lipizzan mare and Lilly Rufken a 24 year old Trakehner/Morgan mare. Her dogs are, Sebastian an 11 year old Border collie/ Labrador mix and Higgins a Boxer/Heeler cross, while Tink is her 1 year old black and white domestic shorthair cat. Carolyn rides dressage on Rosalinda and is doing puppy training with Higgins.