Elizabeth M. Hodgkins, D.V.M., Esq., graduated from the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and then the University of Kansas School of Law. She formerly served as Director of Technical Affairs at Hills Pet Nutrition, the largest proprietary pet food manufacturer in the world. In 2001, Dr. Hodgkins was awarded a US and international patent for a novel and highly successful approach to managing feline diabetes that has effected long-term remission in well over eighty percent of her diabetic patients.