William Culp, VMD, DACVS, Chief of Service

Dr. William Culp graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine in 2004. After graduation from veterinary school, he remained at the University of Pennsylvania to complete a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery followed by a surgical residency.

Dr. Culp is board-certified as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, and he has pursued additional training in cancer surgery at the Colorado State University Animal Cancer Center, during which he completed a Surgical Oncology Fellowship. Additionally, he has participated in an Interventional Radiology Fellowship at the Animal Medical Center in New York City. 

He is currently a chief of the soft tissue surgery service at the University of California - Davis. He is interested in many areas of soft tissue surgery, but his major focuses are surgical oncology and interventional radiology.

Diseases of particular interest to Dr. Culp include malignant obstructions, non-resectable tumors, tumors that can be treated with direct delivery of chemotherapy to their blood vessels, vascular abnormalities (portosystemic shunts, arteriovenous malformations) and tumors causing blockage of the ureter.