Dermatology
Offering daytime veterinary dermatology
services from our Watertown location
347 Main St
Watertown, MA 02472
Mon - Thurs: 7:30 am - 3:30 pm
Fri: 7:30 am - 1:00 pm every other week
Call now: 617-744-9540
About this specialty service
Care for your pet’s skincare needs with PetMedic: we teamed up with Dr. Christine McKinney Zewe, DVM, DACVD to offer much-needed veterinary dermatology in Watertown, Massachusetts. The dermatological practice is open during the week and does not overlap with PetMedic’s urgent care services.
Our dermatology services
We treat many dermatology-related issues including (but not limited to) the following:
- Comprehensive management of allergic skin disease, including medical management, allergy testing and immunotherapy, and food allergy management
- Treatment of bacterial skin infections, including methicillin-resistant and multi-drug resistant strains
- Treatment of fungal dermatitis
- Skin biopsies
- Cryotherapy
- Video otoscopy
- Management of otitis externa and otitis media
- Diagnosis and treatment of metabolic disorders affecting the skin
- Diagnosis and treatment of immune-mediated skin and claw disease
- Diagnosis and management of endocrinopathies affecting the skin
- Diagnosis and management of alopecia and disorders of hair growth
- Other areas of expertise include: keratinization disorders, hereditary skin disease, cutaneous drug reactions, parasitic skin disease, viral skin disease, and cutaneous neoplasia.
- Comprehensive management of allergic skin disease, including medical management, allergy testing and immunotherapy, and food allergy management
- Treatment of bacterial skin infections, including methicillin-resistant and multi-drug resistant strains
- Treatment of fungal dermatitis
- Skin biopsies
- Cryotherapy
- Video otoscopy
- Management of otitis externa and otitis media
- Diagnosis and treatment of metabolic disorders affecting the skin
- Diagnosis and treatment of immune-mediated skin and claw disease
- Diagnosis and management of endocrinopathies affecting the skin
- Diagnosis and management of alopecia and disorders of hair growth
- Other areas of expertise include: keratinization disorders, hereditary skin disease, cutaneous drug reactions, parasitic skin disease, viral skin disease, and cutaneous neoplasia.
Our Team
Meet Dr. McKinney
Dr. McKinney comes to PetMedic with a wealth of knowledge and experience. She attended veterinary school at Louisiana State University (LSU), and stayed at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine to complete a year-long internship in Companion Animal Medicine and Surgery. She subsequently completed her residency in Dermatology at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and was accepted as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Dermatology in 2017. She has been in private practice in the New England area since completion of her residency.
