Susan Antes, DVM, joined the staff of AERC in 2004. She is a 1996 graduate of the University of Minnesota. Veterinary medicine is actually her second career; previously she was a nurse and worked in a Medical ICU.

She lives in south Minnneapolis with her husband Todd and son Matt. They are owned by Maggie, the Border Terrorist-Terrier, Josie the Rhodesian Ridgeback, and a posse of cats, Bob, Carl and Maarken.