DVM
Dr. Nickerson has been a part of the Down Maine team since 2018. She grew up in New Hampshire and obtained her undergraduate degree in Biology from Bates College in 2007. While an undergrad, she earned All-American honors in Track and Field and Cross Country and won a Phillips Fellowship to study the diaspora of Celtic music on the Eastern Seaboard. She went on to graduate with her DVM from Tufts University in 2013 and is a member of Phi Zeta, the only honor society of veterinary medicine in the US. Dr. Nickerson is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Maine Veterinary Medical Association and enjoys helping solve the problems of both pets and people in her work. Her areas of interest include dermatology, behavior, feline medicine, and end-of-life care. Dr. Nickerson has a husband and a young son, and in her spare time, she likes skiing, canoeing, and gardening—primarily veggies, native plants, and cut flowers. Their family is rounded out by Ahab, a large and loveable Bernese Mountain Dog.