Dr. Acacia M. Roman Latorre was born in San Juan P.R. May 18, 1965. She moved to San Sebastian when she was 13 years old. Attended Manuel Mendez Liciaga High School and moved to Orlando FL for her senior year and graduate from Apopka High School in 1983. She began her undergraduate studies in Valencia Community College in Orlando Fl. In 1989 she graduated from University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez with a Bachelor in Science in Agriculture. She worked as an Animal Science specialist at Isabela Farm Development, Inc. The following year. In 1990 she was accepted in Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine where she obtained a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine degree in 1994. She came back to San Sebastian that year and became part of the Hospital Veterinario Central’s team. Now Acacia balances her life as a mother, wife and mixed practice veterinarian.
Dr. Acacia M. Roman Latorre, DVM
Dr. Edgardo R. Rivera Colon, DVM
Dr. Edgardo R. Rivera Colon was born in San Juan, PR and finished High School at the University High School in Rio Piedras. Later on he went to the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez where he finished a Bachelor in Science in Agriculture in 1975. That same year he moved to North Carolina where he finished a Master of Science in Animal Science at N.C. State University in 1977. After working for almost 3 years at he Agricultural Extension Service in Puerto Rico, he went to Tuskegee University, School of Veterinary Medicine to become a Veterinarian. In 1984 he finished the Doctor in Veterinary Medicine Degree and joined the Faculty at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez. Besides teaching and Research, Dr. Rivera also devoted time to private practice and became the local zoo Veterinarian in 1985.
People from San Sebastian told Dr. Rivera that there were no veterinarians in this town and surrounding area. So by 1987 Dr. Rivera opened a small clinic in this town that took care of all species, except humans. Almost 10 years later the Clinic was moved to the present location and the named was changed to Hospital Veterinario Central.
Dr. Noelia Moyeno Rivera was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on May 31, 1978. She lived in Barceloneta, PR and Brooklyn, NY during her childhood and returned to Barceloneta, PR were she graduated from Fernando Suria Chaves High School in 1995. Shortly after high school graduation, Dr. Moyeno enrolled at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo and graduated with an Associates Degree in Veterinary Technology in 1997. During her studies at UPRA she worked for several veterinarians in the Arecibo area and discovered a unique interest in the field of Veterinary Medicine. In 1997 she enrolled at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK and began to study Pre-Veterinary Sciences through the College of Animal Sciences and after two years of undergraduate studies she was accepted in the College of Veterinary Medical Sciences. Dr. Moyeno graduated in May 2003 from OSU with a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine. Later that year she joined the Colorado State University, College of Veterinary Medicine in Fort Collins, CO as a Food Animal Intern at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. After her one-year internship at CSU she returned to Puerto Rico were she currently is practicing Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Noelia Moyeno is a mixed practice Veterinarian at the Hospital Veterinario Central in the town of San Sebastian, PR. She also joined the Biology Department Faculty at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo where she currently teaches undergraduate courses within the Animal Science and Veterinary Tecnology Program.
Dr. Noelia Moyeno Rivera, DVM
Carlos A. Barbosa
Veterinary Technician
Rhianna Smith
Veterinary Technician
Glenda Liz Torres
Veterinary Technician
Mirna M. Rosa
Veterinary Technician Administrative Assistant
Doramis Santiago
Administrative Assistant
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