Patrick Smith, DVM, MVPM
nspired by James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small, Dr. Patrick Smith received his veterinary degree from Michigan State University. Dr. Smith began making house calls while working at a small animal clinic in Southern New Hampshire. He spent five years working in the central highlands of Papua, Indonesia with Christian Veterinary Mission doing village animal health work where he met his wife, Wendy. Dr. Smith received a master’s degree in preventive veterinary medicine (MPVM) at The University of California, Davis. He has engaged in veterinary collaboration in Haiti, Nepal, China, Myanmar, and Tonga. After a very satisfying twenty years of house calls, while raising his five children in Fresno, CA, Dr Smith is happy to be working at Rainbow Veterinary Hospital.