Dr. Brandi Mattison is the Medical Director at ARISE Veterinary Center. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine (2002). In 2007, Dr. Mattison pursued advanced training and completed an emergency and critical care internship at Michigan State University. She stayed at MSU for a residency in emergency and critical care medicine and completed her training in 2011.  Dr. Mattison's special interests include immune-mediated thrombocytopenia and hemolytic anemia, disorders of coagulation, acute kidney injury, dialysis/therapeutic plasma exchange and care of the critically ill post-operative patient. She is a member of the Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Society and the American Veterinary Medical Association.