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, especially arthroscopy 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
. 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. Andrea DiBartolo
Dr. DiBartolo has a
long and interesting history working not
only in veterinary medicine, but in human medicine. Dr. DiBartolo
started her
career as an intern at the Brookfield Zoo in the early 80's.
Working and
going to school part time she received her associates degree in
clinical
laboratory medicine from Triton college in River grove
Illinois. After
graduation she worked in her first animal hospital working as
a medical
lab technician and then trained as a veterinary technician. With a
still
pressing interest and love for both animals and medicine she then
went on
to take part time classes at The University Of Illinois at Chicago,
where she
studied forensic science courses and pre-veterinary studies before
transferring
to The Chicago Medical School/University of Health Sciences. There
she
graduated with a Bachelors in Science in Medical
Technology in
1993. Dr. DiBartolo then took a position as a Medical
Technologist at
the University of Chicago Brain Research lab, where she was able to use
her
skills both as a veterinary technician and medical
technologist. After years of
working in Research, Clinical
Pathology labs, and in both human and animal hospitals, She
finally
fulfilled her life long dream to become a Veterinarian and Graduated in
2006.
Dr. Di Bartolo having never had
any children has a strong
love of medicine and animals and enjoys treating her patients
as they
were her own, and has a passion for educating her clients. She enjoys
surgery,
ultrasound and the laboratory. She owns three Sphynx and a 13 year
old Cockatoo. Her other interests are
photography, landscaping,
softball, racquetball and scuba diving.
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.
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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