Meet our Doctors!

Dr. LoPinto launched Veterinary Eye Center in order to establish a veterinary practice that focuses exclusively on ophthalmology. Dr. LoPinto’s clinical interests include cataract surgery, corneal diseases, and corrective eyelid procedures.

Dr. Becky Telle is a graduate of Mississippi State University for both her undergraduate and veterinary degrees. Dr. Telle also completed her ophthalmology residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and became a board certified veterinary ophthalmologist, as well as Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists.

Dr. Andréa Minella received her DVM and PhD from Michigan State University, during which she studied inherited retinal degenerations in cats and novel treatment strategies such as gene therapy and genome editing.

Dr. Steve Hanes completed his undergraduate degree at Cornell University, and his veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hanes also completed a small animal medicine and surgery internship at the University of Florida, and a comparative ophthalmology residency at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech.