Dr. Marc Hirshenson grew up in Rockville, Maryland. He received a BS in Animal Science from the University of Maryland and his DVM from Tufts University. After graduation, Dr. Hirshenson completed a one-year internship in small animal medicine, surgery, and emergency and critical care and a three-year residency in small animal surgery at Cornell University. He then returned to Maryland where he worked as a staff surgeon at a large specialty referral practice. For the last two and a half years he has served as the Chief of Surgery for a specialty hospital on Long Island.
Although he enjoys all aspects of veterinary surgery, Dr. Hirshenson is particularly interested in surgical oncology, canine stifle disease and repair, elbow disease, and wound reconstruction. He is proficient in minimally invasive surgical procedures including arthroscopy, cystoscopy, laparoscopy, rhinoscopy and thoracoscopy.
Away from the hospital, Dr. Hirshenson enjoys swimming, spending time outside, traveling or catching an Orioles or Terrapins game.
