Dr. Alice Villalobos was elected 2016 Hermosa Beach Woman of the Year. She is President Emeritus of the Society for Veterinary Medical Ethics, Past President of the American Association of Human Animal Bond Veterinarians and Chair of the Veterinary Academy for the National Academies of Practice.
She operated Coast Pet Clinic/Animal Cancer Center for 25 years, which is now VCA Coast Animal Hospital. Her textbook, Canine and Feline Geriatric Oncology: Honoring the Human-Animal Bond, is out of print and offered for over $4,000 online! She has lectured worldwide on oncology, quality of life, the human-animal bond and end of life care and bioethics.
She is author of numerous articles, papers and chapters. She founded Pawspice, an end of life care program that embraces kinder, gentler palliative cancer medicine and integrative care for pets with cancer and terminal illness.
She is Director of Animal Oncology Consultation Service in Woodland Hills, CA, and Pawspice at VCA Coast Animal Hospital in Hermosa Bch., CA.