Professional Profile

• DVM, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Neurology)
• Certification in Veterinary Medical Acupuncture (Colorado State University)
• ACVIM Certificate in Hypophysectomy Technique
• Certificate in Adamo Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Technique
• ACVIM Neurosurgery Certificate of Training
• Chi University Mixed Animal Acupuncture Certification courses completed
• Chi University Herbal Certification courses completed

• Neurologist/neurosurgeon, Veterinary Specialty Hospital of Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
• Neurologist/neurosurgeon, Medvet New Orleans and Medvet Mandeville, Metairie and Mandeville, LA
• Neurology/Neurosurgery resident, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
• Neurology/Neurosurgery intern, Veterinary Surgical Centers, Vienna, VA
• Head of the Emergency Service, Southeast Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Services, Metairie, LA
• Emergency medical clinician, Southeast Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Services, Metairie, LA
• Emergency medical clinician, VCA Aurora Animal Hospital, Aurora, IL
• Rotating intern, VCA Aurora Animal Hospital and Berwyn Animal Hospital, Aurora and Berwyn, IL

1. Partnering with the referral community to provide compassionate, excellent patient care and support for families across a spectrum of goals, values, expectations, beliefs, abilities, and resources. 
2. Passion for education – Dr. Peters works to develop “best-practice” methods to effectively teach veterinary students and our house officers in preparation for “day-one” competent and confident practice. She also loves to bring practical neurology to our referral veterinary community. 
3. Expanding the therapeutic “toolbox” – Dr. Peters enjoys applying new skills and philosophies to veterinary neurology including advanced neurosurgical procedures, improving advanced diagnostics and therapeutics, and including integrative modalities. 
4. Special interest in non-traditional species – Dr. Peters enjoys assisting with non-traditional species cases and has had the opportunity to work with several groups including the University of Illinois Zoological Medicine and Wildlife Medical Clinic teams, University of Florida Zoological Medicine program, Palm Beach Zoo, Theater of the Sea, Panther Ridge Conservation Center, etc. Dr. Peters hopes to expand the available information on neurological problems in a variety of species.

View Dr. Peters's publications in PubMed

Dr. Rose Peters graduated from the University of Illinois in 2005 and went on to complete a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery with VCA. Afterwards, she worked as an emergency clinician for canine, feline, and non-traditional species in a New Orleans multi-specialty practice where she ultimately became the head of the department. She also became certified in veterinary acupuncture through CSU to expand the Rehabilitation department services during that time. Neurology has been a long-time passion, and Dr. Peters finally left New Orleans to complete a Neurology internship at a multispecialty practice in Virginia, and then completed a residency with board certification in Neurology at the University of Florida. She also holds the ACVIM certification in Neurosurgery and has enjoyed a broad range of medical and surgical cases in her time working in multispecialty private practices in New Orleans and South Florida. She is happy to have returned to the University of Illinois to join old friends on the clinical neurology team as an assistant professor of veterinary clinical neurology. 

She is interested in finding the most effective ways to empower veterinary students, house officers, and graduated veterinarians with the skills required to serve today’s community needs. Dr. Peters’ research focus is on veterinary neurology medical education with additional special interests in neurologic problems in non-traditional species and integrative medicine for the neurologic patient. Dr. Peters is the recipient of the Heiligenstein Excellence in Teaching Award and is repeatedly ranked “excellent” by her students. 

Dr. Peters has also completed the Illinois Extension Master Gardener’s program and volunteers throughout the community to help maintain gardens that educate and feed the local community. She supervises the University of Illinois Poisonous Plant Garden as an extension of the veterinary toxicology courses for vet students and a form of educational outreach to the local community.