Shiori Arai, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal), is an assistant professor of small animal surgery at University of Minnesota. She earned her DVM from Azabu University in Sagamihara, Japan, and her PhD from Colorado State University. Dr. Arai completed a small animal rotating internship at University of Pennsylvania and a residency in small animal surgery at University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, Canada.