Dr. Palmer graduated from Colorado State University as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1988.  After working for 2 years at a large 24 hour companion animal and emergency clinic in Littleton, CO,  Dr. Palmer moved to New Castle in 1990 to be able to care for the valley's small animals and fly fish too.  She has 2 children-daughter Jocelyn and son Dustin.  The first thing they learned after she was accepted to Vet. school in 1984 was how to spell "veterinarian."  In addition to Veterinary Medicine and Neuro-anatomical Veterinary Acupuncture, Dr. Palmer enjoys her Moluccan Cockatoo Ray, Linus the Corgi (you will see Linus every day and  Ray 1-2 days a week), Bertha the Golden Retriever, Honna the geriatric Siamese, Fiona, the Scottish Fold, Tiger the Persian, Jessup the Russian Blue  and Carl.  Dr Palmer has been with New Castle Veterinary Clinic for 16 years as a sole practitioner in companion animal medicine, acupuncture and surgery. She is an active member of the AVMA, CVMA, VIN and the Lions club.