Jamie Kozelka, DVM

Dr. Kozelka grew up in Westchester County, New York and studied music at Lafayette College in Easton, PA. Inspired by his grandmother to study veterinary medicine, he earned his DVM from Ross University School of Medicine in St. Kitts in 2011. His experience includes work in Delaware in emergency medicine and in New York as a general practitioner. Dr. Kozelka relocated to North Carolina to be closer to friends and family and joined St. Francis Hospital for Animals in February of 2018. His areas of interest in veterinary medicine are ultrasound and deciphering the never-ending mysteries of a cat’s brain.

You may often find Dr. Kozelka is accompanied by his dog Gus, a rescue from the Outer Banks. When not working, he enjoys listening to music and playing a variety of instruments including bass, mandolin, and keyboards. Dr. Kozelka also likes participating in trivia games and is very rarely without the answers.