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Dr. Sarah Cocker received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Oklahoma State University in 2011. She completed a small animal rotating internship in Austin, Texas from 2011 – 2012 and a specialty internship in internal medicine and critical care in Houston, Texas from 2012 – 2013 before starting her internal medicine residency in San Diego. She successfully completed her Internal Medicine residency training in July 2016 and continued to practice at VSH until joining Moves in 2023. 

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Dr. Sarah Cocker received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Oklahoma State University in 2011. She completed a small animal rotating internship in Austin, Texas from 2011 – 2012 and a specialty internship in internal medicine and critical care in Houston, Texas from 2012 – 2013 before starting her internal medicine residency in San Diego. She successfully completed her Internal Medicine residency training in July 2016 and continued to practice at VSH until joining Moves in 2023. 

Dr. Cocker enjoys many aspects of internal medicine, but has special interests in gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary diseases. She wrote one of the hepatobiliary chapters in Ettinger’s Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine and is a member of the Comparative Gastroenterology Society. In her free time, Dr. Cocker enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband, child, and fur babies.

Publications:

Cocker SE and Richter K: History, Clinical Signs, and Physical Findings in Hepatobiliary Disease. In Ettinger SJ, Feldman ED, editors; Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine: Diseases of the Dog and Cat. 8th edition 2017.

Cocker SE, Lawrence YA, Lidbury JA, Suchodolski JS, Steiner JM, Richter KP. Evaluation of canine pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity in dogs chronically administered glucocorticoids. Vet Clin Pathol. 2022 Feb; 50 Suppl 1:63-69. E pub 2021 Jul 19

Chow B, Hill SL, Richter KP, Marsilio S, Ackermann MR, Lidbury JA, Suchodolski JS, Cocker SE, Steiner JM. Comprehensive comparison of upper and lower endoscopic small intestinal biopsy in cats with chronic enteropathy. J Vet Intern Med. 2021 Jan; 35(1):190-198. Epub 2020 Dec 21.

Cocker SE and Theisen SK. Refractory Seizures in a Dog. Clinician’s Brief 2012; 10(5):71-73.

Liz grew up in Hawaii. She always had a love for all animals and would read books on them when she had the chance. She started as a veterinary assistant at an Emergency & Specialty Hospital in Los Angeles and was introduced to the world of Internal Medicine.

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Liz grew up in Hawaii. She always had a love for all animals and would read books on them when she had the chance. She started as a veterinary assistant at an Emergency & Specialty Hospital in Los Angeles and was introduced to the world of Internal Medicine. She obtained her California RVT license in 2010 and continued to hone her passion for internal Medicine.When she’s not working, she enjoys gardening and has a collection of tropical plants ranging from dragon fruit to plumerias. She has 2 dogs named Tabitha (Neapolitan mastiff)and Marilee (cane corso mix).