Dr. Patricia  Carter

Dr. Patricia Carter


Dr. Patricia Carter is the Chief of Staff at the Helen Woodward Animal Center in California. Helen Woodward Animal Center is a unique, private non-profit organization in San Diego County that has been committed to the philosophy of people helping animals and animals helping people for over 40 years. Dr. Carter graduated from the U.C. Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in 1990 and was inducted into the Phi Zeta Society, a distinction awarded to graduating veterinary students in the top 10% of their class. She has been a small animal and exotic animal veterinarian for over 21 years. Dr. Carter currently leads the hospital’s efforts to lease facility space to the finest private practitioners and specialists in the area, along with her continued duties of overseeing the care of the orphaned animals in the Helen Woodward Animal Center Adoptions Department.