Dr. Rosenthal leads the team at both our Columbia and Hunt Valley locations.
Dr. Rosenthal is the Co-Chief Medical Officer but continues to maintain a clinical role in our Maryland offices (and occasionally our Kentucky, Texas and Florida locations).
Steven Rosenthal, DVM joined CVCA in 1994. A graduate of the University of Maryland, Dr. Rosenthal went on to receive his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine where he will be honored with the Alumni Achievement Award in 2024.. He completed both his small animal internship and cardiology residency at the Animal Medical Center in New York, after which he was a staff cardiologist for one year.
Dr. Rosenthal is the cardiology consultant for the Smithsonian Institute National Zoo in Washington DC, the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, and the National Aquarium and has been part of a number of cardiac publications in reference to zoo animal cardiac disease.
He has been honored to be part of the education and training of numerous veterinary students, interns and cardiology residents. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in Cardiology and has been a contributor to many monumental clinical trials and veterinary publications. His interests include the management of chronic heart failure, minimally invasive treatment of cardiac disease, nutritional relationship to heart disease, clinical use of new cardiac medications, and comparative cardiology within animal species. Dr. Rosenthal has been active in the ACVIM College of Cardiology and has served most recently as the President of the Cardiology Specialty of the ACVIM, and in the past as chairman of the cardiology examination, forum, and residency training committees. Dr Rosenthal currently serves as a member of the National Association of Veterinary Technicians of America Committee of Veterinary Technician Specialties.
He is an avid University of Maryland sports fan and enjoys golfing, poker and skiing as well spending time with his three adult children.
