Vanessa was born and raised in New England. She joined LVH in 2017 as an intern and eventually worked her way up to becoming a vet assistant during her undergraduate and doctorate program. She is now very excited to be continuing her career at LVH as a veterinarian.

Dr. Lofton grew up in California but is happy to call New England her home. She graduated from Tufts Veterinary School in 1989 and has been working with a wide variety of species ever since. Dr. Lofton loves all aspects of veterinary medicine, with special interests in illnesses and conditions of a persistent and chronic nature.

“Dr. Val” moved to Massachusetts to attend Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, and never left. After graduating from Tufts in 1993 and Angell in 1994, she became a staff veterinarian at several animal hospitals and had her own veterinary relief practice.

In 1983, Dr. Flinkstrom settled in Lunenburg with wife Teresa and sons AJ and Sean, and opened Lunenburg Veterinary Mobile Facility, making house calls for “All Creatures Great and Small.” In 1988 the practice was moved from the pickup truck and the kitchen table to the current facility.