Dr. Eric Chafetz
DVM, Diplomate ABVP, Specialty Canine and Feline

Dr. Chafetz, born and raised in New York City, graduated from Cornell University in 1976, and received his D.V.M. from Cornell in 1980.  After practicing near Albany, New York, he joined the Henry Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital of the ASPCA in New York City in 1981.  At that time the Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital was the fourth largest hospital in the country.   In 1985 he became head of medicine and staff surgeon at the hospital, and remained there until 1989 when he joined the Vienna Animal Hospital.  In 1987 he sat for, and passed his board exams, and became a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, a level of expertise attained by less than 800 of the 75,000 veterinarians practicing in the United States and Canada.  Unlike other specialty boards, the ABVP required recertification every 10 years, and Dr. Chafetz has resat and passed in 1997 and 2007.  He has also been an editor for a prestigious national veterinary journal, The Compendium of Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian.   Dr. Chafetz, his wife Diana, a pre-school teacher, and their 2 children, Aaron and Emma have lived in Vienna since 1989. Currently their house is ruled by their 9 years old mixed breed dog Tikka. Dr. Chafetz has been active in youth sports in Vienna, serving on boards in Little League, Babe Ruth, and the Vienna Baseball foundation, as well as coaching baseball, basketball and lacrosse.  His hobbies include, obviously, baseball, as well as reading and politics.   





Dr. Juli Westfall
DVM
Dr. Juli Westfall was born in near Cleveland, Ohio, and was raised there and in Pelham, New Hampshire.  She received her undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire, and is a 1988 honors graduate of the veterinary college at The Ohio State University.  Dr. Westfall joined the Vienna Animal Hospital immediately after graduation.   Besides working in the Animal Hospital she is actively involved in the PTA at South Lakes High School and Langston Hughes Middle School.  She is very active in  “Paws for a Cure”, our fund raiser for The American Cancer Society.  She has served as the Continuation Education Chair for the DC Academy of Veterinary Medicine since 1997.  A New Hampshire native, she lives with her husband, Barry, also from New Hampshire, and daughters Alison and Melissa.  The Westfalls also live with Jane a great dane, Kacey a mixed breed, and Calvin, an impish black cat.











Dr. Eric Wolff
DVM


Originally from Massachusetts, Dr. Wolff attended Drew University.  He went to Ross University College of Veterinary Medicine on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean, with his clinical year completed at the University of Tennessee.  After working in Milan, Ohio for 3 years, he joined Vienna Animal Hospital in July of 2007.  He is living here in Vienna with his wife, 2 dogs, 4 cats, a bird and a snake