{"id":33644,"date":"2017-08-30T17:49:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/?p=33644\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T19:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T01:26:15","slug":"arbona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/arbona\/","title":{"rendered":"Nichole Parand n\u00e9e Arbona DVM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Parand-Nichole-2022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-62452 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Parand-Nichole-2022-250x250.jpg\" alt=\"Parand\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Parand-Nichole-2022-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Parand-Nichole-2022-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Parand-Nichole-2022-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Parand-Nichole-2022-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Parand-Nichole-2022-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Parand-Nichole-2022.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><strong>Nichole Parand n\u00e9e Arbona<\/strong> graduated from The University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology before earning her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. While in school, Dr. Parand was a <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/lafeber-company-veterinary-student-program\/\">Lafeber Company student ambassador<\/a> and assisted with various LafeberVet articles. In school, she was highly involved in research and primary authored a paper in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery on a common southern fungal disease (valley fever) in cats. She also performed research in Madagascar on critically endangered lemurs. Dr. Parand joined <a href=\"https:\/\/vetncare.com\/irvington-pet-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Irvington Pet Hospital<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/vetncare.com\/dr-nichole-parand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VetnCare<\/a> team in February 2021 and soon after became clinical director and partner. 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