Radiation Oncology
At Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital
With best-in-class medicine, technology, and an expert team, we’re fully prepared to provide the complete, compassionate care your pet needs.
With best-in-class medicine, technology, and an expert team, we’re fully prepared to provide the complete, compassionate care your pet needs.
Our team of board-certified oncologists are highly skilled in managing cancer cases and providing comprehensive care.
We want you and your pet to have the best experience possible. If you need us to reach out to your primary care veterinarian for your records, we’re happy to do so.
The term radiation therapy refers to the use of directed energy (i.e. radiation) to kill cancer cells. The radiation most frequently used to treat tumors in dogs and cats is photon radiation. The properties of photon radiation used for cancer treatment are very similar to the properties of radiation used to create a diagnostic image (for example, an x-ray to evaluate a broken bone). However, therapeutic radiation is much higher energy, which means different tissue penetration and damage.
When your pet needs care, our highly trained specialists are here to help.
Dr. Katie Swift attended the University of Wyoming for undergraduate studies. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Animal Science with heavy attention to wildlife and agriculture. She continued to Colorado State University for veterinary school; in her junior clinical curriculum she became interested in radiation oncology. After veterinary school she practiced general medicine then returned to Colorado State University’s Flint Animal Cancer Center to pursue an internship and residency in radiation oncology. She was trained with heavy emphasis in stereotactic radiosurgery/stereotactic body radiation therapy (SRS/SBRT); the heart of her clinical specialty and research interests. Additionally, she has marked interest in the use of radiation to treat chronic inflammatory conditions and non-oncologic pathologies. Following her residency, she stayed at the Flint Animal Cancer Center for a year before continuing onto private specialty practice on the Front Range.
In addition to private practice, she remains strongly involved in clinical academia by remotely partnering with the University of Saskatchewan.
A rare true native of the Rocky Mountains, Dr. Swift enjoys spending time with her husband and family skiing, biking, wake boarding and surfing. She practices Krav Maga and has a deep avidity for fitness. She believes physical strength, physical accomplishments, and physical endurance are robust reciprocating mediators of mental strength, emotional stability, and professional ambition.
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Education
University of Wyoming
Bachelor of Science
Colorado State University
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Colorado State University
Specialty Internship, Radiation Oncology
Colorado State University
Residency, Radiation Oncology
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Radiology (Radiation Oncology)
Board Certified in Veterinary Radiation Oncology
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