At Franktown Animal Clinic, we understand how overwhelming it can feel to hear that your pet may have cancer. Our goal is to help families feel supported, informed, and cared for through every step of the journey.
Through our partnership with MOVES and Dr. Arthur, we are now able to offer veterinary oncology services at our hospital. This partnership brings advanced specialty cancer care into a familiar setting, allowing pets to receive care through a hospital team they already know and trust.
Dr. Arthur fell in love with both Dr. Doolittle and James Herriot at a young age, and decided she would spend her life telling the amazing stories of animals far and wide. She obtained an undergraduate degree in English from Gettysburg College and just before graduation realized she wasn’t that great of a writer. She then obtained a second undergrad degree in Biology and Genetics from CSU with the intent of heading to veterinary school. Dr. Arthur attended Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine on the island of St Kitts, completed her clinical year at Texas A&M CVM, followed by a one year general internship at Kansas State Veterinary School where she discovered her love of Oncology. A Radiation Oncology Residency at NC CVM was then completed, followed by board certification.
At that time Dr. Arthur realized she was frustrated with not being able to treat her patients with everything that they needed, including chemotherapy. So, she then completed a Medical Oncology Residency at a private practice outside Phoenix, Arizona. The next six years were spent back in NC providing medical oncology services at a large private practice and working with the Duke Comparative Oncology department on several research projects. An opportunity to return to Colorado came up and Dr. Arthur and her family moved back to her favorite state five years ago. She has worked at two private practices in Lafayette and then in Castle Rock since then. While in Castle Rock, Dr. Arthur realized there was a significant need for Oncology south of Denver, with clients coming to see her from as far as New Mexico. Dr. Arthur is joining Moves and helping to develop the Oncology department to be able to extend oncology services to clients over a much wider geographical range.
Dr. Arthur’s primary goal as a veterinary oncologist is to be able to provide an amazing quality of life to patients with cancer, while extending the time they have with their families. She encourages any owners faced with cancer in their pets to meet with an oncologist to get all their options outlined. She is fond of saying that there is almost never a case where nothing can be done, and there are always options, ranging from the most intense, to palliative/hospice care.
Dr. Arthur is lucky to have a very supportive husband, two goofy dogs (Lula Mae and Archie) and two handsome cats (Abner and Melvin), who rule the home.
