The practice of County Line Animal Hospital began it's life on 3 acres
of land along the banks of the DuPage River in 1971. The first
few years Dr. Kilburn practiced out of his house. By 1974 the new
small animal hospital was built and Dr. Kilburn moved in. We took
advantage of the beautiful setting and designed the building to face
away from busy Washington Street, not only to take advantage of the
beautiful view but, to provide an increased buffer of safety for
potentially playful patients escaping from their owners. It seems
to have worked in that, in over 30 years of practicing nobody's best
friend has run away from them into the heavy traffic of Washington
Street.
Dr.
Richard F. Kilburn
Richard F. Kilburn, son
of veterinarian
Friend L. Kilburn of Sigourney, IA., graduated Iowa State University
May 25th, 1968. The following day, May 26th (mustn't forget
that) he married Mary Helen Osth in LaGrange, IL. They have
two beautiful grown children, Erin and David. After three years
working in the Boston area, Dr. Kilburn established his practice in
Naperville, IL. focusing on small and pet
animals. Professionally he works to master all the
disciplines, dermatology, dentistry immunology, ophthalmology,
radiology, ultrasonology, echocardiography
, soft tissue surgery and so on, but probably endoscopy and
orthopedics, having performed through his career literally hundreds of
successful orthopedic procedures and joint repairs, are his greatest
loves. Education for Dr. Kilburn is a continuous ongoing
quest
completing over 100 hours of classwork and continuing education every
year. Dr. Kilburn's most recent accomplishments besides his
arthroscopy work is having become certified to perform the TPLO
procedure for the rupture
of the anterior cruciate ligament in the dog and his
certification to perform the advanced PennHip
evaluation for predicting hip displasia in the dog
. Most recently he has become credentialed to perform Stem Cell
transplant in the dog, an exciting new modality to repair
arthritis. Dr. Kilburn thinks himself a regular handiman/"Mr.
Fix-it", as
it is uncommon for him to call a repair man to fix about anything from
electronic and computer equipment to engines and cars.. In his
personal life he has a large variety of hobbies and
interests. He is a private pilot and part owner in three
airplanes. He is an avid wookworker, (bragging that orthopedic
work is just fine cabinet making with blood), a metal
worker/welder, mechanic and is currently involved in a long term
project of restoring an early 1928 Ford Sport Coupe for fine point judging
. His greatest challenge in life is getting the antique car
grease from under his finger nails before he goes to work.
Recreation loves are skiing, windsurfing and tennis. Community
involvement is strong, among other activities has been a Kiwanian for
over 32 years. He has held just about every office in the Naperville
Evening Club .
Dr.
Jennifer Parvin
Dr. Parvin attended
Augustana College in
Rock Island for her undergraduate schooling. After three years
she transfererred to the University of Illinois College of Veterinary
Medicine where she graduated in 1994.
Dr. Parvin joined County
Line Animal Hospital
Hospital in 1996. Her practice philosophy focuses on client
education and the importance of preventative medical care for her
patients.
When not at work, Dr. Parvin
is an avid reader and enjoys experiencing the great outdoors through
hiking and bicycling.
Dr.
Steven Peduska
Dr. Peduska had his first day with
County
Line Animal Hospital on August 2, 2010. Dr. Peduska is an Iowa
boy and is a graduate of Iowa State University, College of Veterinary
Medicine. He interned with VCA in Berwyn and Aurora. in his first
post graduate year.
What do we do at County Line Animal Hospital, P.C.? What makes us
special? Telling you what we don't do whould be a much shorter
list. We, for example, don't board animals. The reasons
why would be a long essay, involving a great long
discussion of how we envision our ethical responsibility to you and is,
perhaps, inappropriate for this forum. But it suffices to say
that we can make a living caring for the medical needs of your friends
and there is no doubt that mixing populations of well and ill animals
is the obviously wrong thing to do. What we do is a very long
list. Virtually any diagnostic, medical or surgical is done here
at County Line Animal Hospital.
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