About Dr. Johnson
Dr. Johnson completed her undergraduate studies at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts earning a Bachelor of Science in biology, awarded Cum Laude. Dr. Johnson completed her veterinary education at The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, earning a V.M.D. degree in 1986. After graduation from veterinary school, Dr. Johnson was awarded a one year internship in large animal medicine and surgery at The University of Pennsylvania’ s New Bolton Center. On finishing her internship, Dr. Johnson worked for two years at Almahurst Farms of Pennsylvania, a large Standardbred breeding farm. From there, Dr. Johnson went on to start her own equine racetrack practice based at Pompano Park in FL and Pocono Downs in PA. This practice also encompassed a variety of performance horses. In 1992, Dr. Johnson decided to devote all of her time to the performance horse aspect of her practice and established a full time base in Wellington, FL. Dr. Johnson developed a practice devoted to helping maintain upper level hunters, jumpers and dressage horses at their peak level of performance.
Dr. Johnson has had a life long love of horses and has ridden since the age of 4. Dr. Johnson was an active competitor in the hunter rings for many years on the east coast, and enjoyed numerous successful seasons in the amateur owner hunter ring at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. Since 1997, Dr. Johnson has enjoyed competing in the jumper ring, starting in the adult jumpers and advancing to the high amateur owner jumpers. She has competed in show jumping in Florida, Colorado, New Zealand, and now California.
With her own personal background in riding and showing, Dr. Johnson has been able to develop a keen appreciation for both the physical and mental demands placed on the equine athlete. This has enabled her to have a unique understanding of the importance of maintaining the equine athlete at the highest level of comfort so that they might perform their job with ease and confidence.
Seeing the myriad of applications for shockwave therapy to benefit other animals, Dr. Johnson has now expanded her practice to include companion and exotic animals.
Dr. Johnson moved to Calabasas in the spring of 2004 and started Oakhill Shockwave to bring this exciting technology to the animals of southern California.
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