Bahamas Atlantis Paradise Island 2026

Dr. Welch's passion is ensuring that all practitioners are able to practice the spectrum of care including affordable accessible specialty-level medicine. She is the founder of DVM STAT Consulting, a concierge specialist tele-consultation platform launched in 2019. With a team of 16 specialists in 6 specialties, and growing, DVM STAT provides remote phone and online specialty consultations across the US and Canada to veterinarians 24/7/365. Dr. Welch privately coaches veterinarians in all phases of their veterinary career on enhancing clinical confidence. Her special interests include diagnostic imaging, trauma management, transfusion medicine, and complex metabolic and respiratory emergencies.
Originally from Massachusetts, Dr. Welch is a 2005 graduate from Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed an Internship in Medicine and Surgery at The University of Pennsylvania in 2006 and Residency in Emergency Critical Care at Tufts University in 2010. She is a Diplomate of The American College of Veterinary Emergency Critical Care. Dr. Welch and her family of 5 have been anchored in coastal South Carolina for the past 14 years. For a decade, she played a pivotal role in establishing the Southeast's first VECCS Level I Emergency Critical Care certified hospital in Charleston, SC. More recently, she designed and co-founded a private specialty and emergency hospital in the southeast. Dr. Welch has been primary sonographer for over 13 years, both mobile and at large multi-specialty hospitals. She enjoys teaching ultrasound techniques to other veterinary practitioners. Dr. Welch has been an avid regional and national lecturer since 2006. She is a busy mom of three and in her free moments she can be found working out or enjoying the outdoors.