Dr. Ronald Hodges graduated in 1987 from Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine. He completed one year rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine.  Dr. Hodges then accepted and completed a three year internal medicine residency program at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine.  Upon completing his formal training, Dr. Hodges operated an internal medicine referral practice in Philadelphia for six years and then became a founder of VCVRC in 1996. He became Board Certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 1996.

Dr. Candace Carter graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine in 1996 and completed a one year small animal rotating internship at Rowley Memorial Animal Hospital in Springfield, MA.  She also practiced small animal medicine at Walbert Animal Hospital in Allentown, PA. After practicing for two and one half years as a general practitioner, Dr. Carter completed a three year small animal medicine residency at Michigan State University in 2002. She spent one year as a clinical instructor at the University of Pennsylvania before returning to practice in the Lehigh Valley at VCVRC. She became board Certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2002.  Dr. Carter joined VCVRC in 2003.