Meet Dr. Jesse Knibbs
Relief VeterinarianAt a young age, Dr. Knibbs, knew she was going to work with animals – though as a child she was more interested in dolphins and other marine mammals. After interviewing her family veterinarian in South Bend, IN for a high school project she realized she wanted to be a “dog-tor” and was able to start shadowing. Horses took sway in her heart after volunteering at a therapeutic horseback riding facility. In the years to follow she worked at multiple barns of various sizes from a home with 2 pasture pals to breeding and training facilities with 100+ horses. She even spent six months working nights in Oklahoma where she helped 300 foals be born.
Dr. Knibbs attended Michigan State University for her undergraduate coursework in animal science before concurrently attending both Purdue’s College of Veterinary Medicine to earn her Doctorate and University of Minnesota School of Public Health for her Master of Public Health degree. After graduation she worked for USDA FSIS as a supervisory public health veterinarian to help protect and ensure the safety of our food supply. She currently works full-time for the Indiana Department of Health as an enteric epidemiologist, investigating outbreaks of food borne illness. However, Dr. Knibbs missed clinical medicine and has been thrilled to join 30th Street Animal Hospital team part-time. She loves preventative medicine, healthy lifestyles, and nutrition to help keep our pets healthy from a young age and reduce disease burden and other chronic illnesses.
Outside of veterinary medicine, Dr. Knibbs is an avid reader, hiker, and coffee-haulic. She and her partner have four loveable furballs: Dandy Andy the Labrador Retriever and three cats that are out of this world – Moon, Sun, and Jupiter. She can often be found walking Andy at various parks across the Indy area, doing house renovation projects, and visiting friends and family.
