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.