Ophthalmology & Oncology

Ophthalmology Topics

  • Practical approach to corneal ulcer management

  • It’s a Cat Thing- Feline specific ocular disease

  • What medications should I keep on my shelf and what do they do?

  • Practical ophthalmic surgical tips for the general practice vet

  • The pressure is rising- How to approach canine glaucoma

  • Eye have no idea what to do with this! Ophthalmology emergencies

  • The fight for sight- canine and feline lens disease

Dr. Stacy Santoro Binstock

DVM, DACVIM (Oncology)

Oncology Topics

  • Mast cell tumors

  • Oral tumors

  • Advances in Veterinary Oncology

  • Realistic Oncology

  • Practical Chemotherapy

  • Cat Cancer

  • Oncologic Emergencies

Dr. Stacy Santoro Binstock is a board-certified medical oncologist with over 15 years of experience in clinical practice. She was born and raised in New Jersey and graduated from Rutgers University in New Jersey.  After college, Dr. Binstock attended veterinary school at Iowa State University and graduated in 2002.  Dr. Binstock’s medical oncology residency began at Kansas State University and was completed at the University of Wisconsin in 2006.  She is the owner and founder of Lotus Pet Oncology, a virtual oncology consulting service for pet owners and general practice veterinarians.  Dr. Binstock sees patients in person at two veterinary specialty hospitals in the Philadelphia metro area. 

Dr. Binstock’s special interests include oral tumors, minimal invasive diagnostics, advanced imaging for cancer patients, and customized care for individual patients based on their specific situation.  She approaches each case with honesty, care, compassion, and is committed to providing excellent quality of life for her patients. She provides an individualized, personal approach her patients, with the ultimate goal being to help pets live their best life despite a cancer diagnosis. Dr. Binstock welcomes collaboration with primary care veterinarians forming a comprehensive, unified care team for every patient and client.

In her spare time, Dr. Binstock enjoys riding horses, mixing cocktails, baking, and spending time with her husband and two children. She has a dog who is a sweet, snuggly couch potato and 2 cats who plot to steal food every waking minute of the day.

Dr. Kristin Fischer

DVM, DACVO

Dr. Kristin Fischer grew up in a small town called Oak Ridge, TN. She attended The University of Georgia for undergrad and then moved back home to attend The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine (DVM, Class of 2007). Dr. Fischer headed West to Denver, CO, for her rotating internship at VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital before heading back home to Knoxville for her ophthalmology residency at UT. She became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in 2012.

After her residency, Dr. Fischer started a new ophthalmology service at a multi-specialty hospital in Columbia, SC, before settling finally in the Lowcountry of South Carolina with her husband, Scott, and their two amazing children.

Currently, Dr. Fischer is a lead doctor at Animal Eye Care of the Lowcountry in Charleston, SC and actively donates her time and services to local rescue organizations and raptor rehabilitation centers in the Lowcountry.

Dr. Fischer is the founder of OphthoVet Consulting, LLC which is a veterinary ophthalmology teleconsulting business she created to help primary care veterinarians manage their complicated ophthalmology cases when referral is not an option.  

Dr. Fischer is also an ophthalmology specialty guide with the online education community VetHive, and she is passionate about sharing her knowledge with general practitioners locally and beyond.

In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and her pets (Dogs- Tater Tot & French Fry and Cat-Yoda) and riding horses.

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