Glenn A. Olah, DVM, PhD, DABVP (Feline), is the president of Winn Feline Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to funding feline health research and education, as well as an associate veterinarian at Albuquerque Cat Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He earned his PhD in biophysics from Rice University and his DVM from Oklahoma State University. His interests include all aspects of feline clinical medicine, particularly geriatric medicine.
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