Theresa M. Ortega

Dr. Ortega received her Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences and her veterinary degree from the University of California, Davis. She completed her small animal medicine and surgery internship at the Santa Cruz Veterinary Hospital in 1993, and then returned to UC Davis for her internal medicine residency training, which she completed in 1995.

After finishing her residency, Dr. Ortega served as a faculty replacement for the UC Davis Small Animal Medicine service (1995-1996), and then served as an internal medicine consultant for Veterinary Centers of America hospitals in the South Bay and northern Orange County. Dr. Ortega, a Board Certified Internist, joined our specialty consulting staff in 1997.

She sees cases involving all aspects of small animal internal medicine, including endocrinology, gastroenterology, oncology, nephrology, urology, pulmonology, immune-mediated disease, infectious disease and critical care. Her primary clinical interests are endocrinology, endoscopy and critical care, while her special area of expertise is canine hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing’s disease).

Currently, Dr. Ortega is publishing her clinical research on systemic hypertension, proteinuria, hyperlipidemia and hypercoagulopathy in Canine Cushing’s syndrome.

Dr. Ortega enjoys running, cycling, hiking, camping, gardening and music.