Dr. Dial received her DVM from Colorado State University in 1982. She began her career practicing in a small rural community before returning to CSU for a residency in clinical pathology, a PhD in pathology studying the treatment of ethylene glycol toxicity in dogs and cats, and a post-doctoral study of bone marrow transplantation for mucopolysaccharidosis VI in cats. Dr. Dial has been a diagnostic pathologist for the last 25 years and has enjoyed working with veterinarians across the nation in the diagnosis of disease with a particular interest in oncologic pathology and infectious disease.