Doctors
Dr. Carlos Augusto Duarte Silvera received his BS in pre-veterinary medicine in 1995 from the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Silvera then studied at the University of Liverpool in England. He graduated in 2001 with BVSC degree. He is a member of the Massachusetts Veterinary Medicine Association, Rhode Island Veterinary Medicine Association (and previous member on the Board), International Veterinary Medicine Association, member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and the Fall River Chamber of Commerce.
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Dr. Carlos E. Silvera was born in Lima, Peru, he graduated from the Universidad Rural do Brazil. He did his post graduate work at Texas A & M University for medicine and surgery. He is member of the American Veterinary Medicine Association, Massachusetts Veterinary Medicine Association, Rhode Island Veterinary Medicine Association, Peruvian Medical Association, Brazilian Veterinary Association, International Veterinary Medicine Association and the Fall River Chamber of Commerce.
Anna Portnoy, DVM is returning home after living away from the area to join the SVC and the FRAH. She grew up in Newton Mass and spent many years in Connecticut where she owned a catering business. She moved to Prince Edward Island in Canada, bought a small farm with Holstein cattle, sheep goats and chickens, and was able to fulfill a life long dream of going to veterinary school. Upon graduation she moved back to the US. Her interests include small animal surgery and dermatology, large animal medicine specifically ruminants (cattle sheep and goats) and Camelids. She is an active member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Association of Bovine Practitioners and the Association of Small Ruminant Practicioners. In the summer of 2008, she participated in a weekend seminar at the UMass Camelid studies program. She is looking forward to building the large animal side of the practice and plans on being able to go out on farm visits in the near future.