Meet the Doctor at North Houston Veterinary Ophthalmology
Get to know Dr. Sankey and the staff at North Houston Veterinary Ophthalmology. We’re dedicated to providing your pets with state-of-the-art, compassionate veterinary care.
Dr. Robin Sankey
Dr. Sankey and the staff at NHVO believe deeply in the human-animal bond. We work tirelessly as a team to provide cutting-edge medicine in a compassionate environment to maximize ocular health. Dr. Sankey uses a vast array of state-of-the-art instrumentation and technology such as slit lamp ophthalmoscopy, electroretinography, and ocular ultrasound to obtain an accurate diagnosis. Dr. Sankey and the staff are passionate about education and believe in educating pet parents about their pets’ diagnosis and available medical and surgical treatment options. We provide advanced medical and surgical treatments for ophthalmic conditions, including corneal ulcers, eyelid abnormalities, KCS (dry eye), glaucoma, cataracts, lens luxation, ocular trauma, ocular cancers, retinal detachment, and other ophthalmic conditions. We continually strive to attain optimal results for our patients and their owners.
Dr. Fred Pineda
Veterinarian
Dr. Fred Pineda was born in Bogota, Colombia, where he graduated as a veterinarian from La Universidad La Salle and immediately migrated to Mexico, where he did a residency and rotative program in medicine and surgery at the small animal teaching hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine, for three years in La UNAM, the most prestigious University in the country. Additionally, he obtained his Masters degree and became a veterinarian Ophthalmologist while he was still part of the staff of members in the same school and hospital. Dr. Pineda is a board member and became a Diplomate from the Latin American College of Veterinarian Ophthalmologists (CLOVE) in 2002. In 2018 he sold his practice and with his family decided to migrate to the United States of America, registered to the ECFVG (Educational Commission of Foreign Veterinarian Graduates – AVMA), completed the demanding accreditation program, and became licensed veterinarian in Texas.
He enjoys teaching to the students at La Universidad Popular Autonoma de Puebla (UPAEP), where he has taught for several years. During his free time. he likes travelling and has been speaker in; Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico, in different meetings and academic events, and he spent time; cooking, one of his passions, writing, riding his bicycle, and listening to piano music. Dr. Pineda has conquered multiple challenges in his life and believes that a person does not know what he is capable of until he meets his limits.
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