Douglas Palma, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM), is a veterinary internist, head of the internal medicine department, and residency director at The Animal Medical Center in New York, New York, where he also completed a small animal internal medicine residency. Dr. Palma earned his DVM from The Ohio State University. He has spoken at various conferences, coauthored multiple publications, and trained hundreds of interns and residents in internal medicine. His special interest is in respiratory medicine.