Meet Our London Town Speaker

Aki Otomo, DVM, DACVS (SA)

Dr. Otomo was born in Sendai, Japan and grew up in Vancouver, Canada where she

completed her undergraduate degree. She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Degree at St. George’s University with completion of clinical year rotations at Oregon

State University. Following graduation from veterinary school, she completed a rotating

companion animal internship at the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of

Guelph followed by a surgery internship in private practice in Los Angeles. She then

completed a 3 year small animal surgery residency at Louisiana State University.

Immediately after residency, Dr. Otomo continued with additional subspecialized training

in surgical oncology via a surgical oncology fellowship at The Flint Animal Cancer

Center at Colorado State University.

Dr. Otomo has been board certified in small animal surgery with the American College

of Veterinary Surgeons since 2024. Her specific interests from a surgical oncology

stand-point consists of performing complex hepatectomy surgeries for primary liver lobe

tumors as well as challenging soft tissue reconstruction cases and use of pre and intra-

operative sentinel lymph node mapping techniques. In her free time, she enjoys outdoor

activities, trail riding her Arabian horse, competing in dog sports with her Belgian

Malinois, travelling the world and taking part in horse-back riding treks in other

countries, eating everything anywhere and spending time with her 3 cats (2 British

Shorthairs and a Munchkin).