Dr. Alice Villalobos is author of Canine and Feline Geriatric Oncology: Honoring the Human-Animal Bond by Blackwell Publishing. She is the immediate Past President of the American Association of Human Animal Bond Veterinarians (AAHABV).

She is a well-known pioneer in the field of cancer care for companion animals and a founding member of the Veterinary Cancer Society. She authors The Bond and Beyond, a column in Vet Practice News.

A 1972 graduate of UC Davis, she completed Dr. Gordon Theilen’s first mock residency program in oncology and has served the profession by consulting, writing and lecturing in the field of veterinary oncology and end of life care “Pawspice.”

She was awarded the UCD Alumni Achievement Award in 1994 and the Leo Bustad Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year Award in 1999. She is Editor-in-Chief of the AAHABV Newsletter; Secretary of the Animal Health Foundation of the SCVMA and Founder of the Peter Zippi Memorial Fund for Animals, with over 11,400 rescued and placed pets.