TOLEDO, OH -- The Toledo Zoo named their former Associate Veterinarian Dr. Chris Hanley as their Chief Veterinarian Wednesday.

Dr. Hanley was chosen from seven candidates, the result of a nationwide search. He was the only interviewee Board Certified in Exotic Animal Medicine

“Of all those candidates, he’s already demonstrated an amazing level of expertise in his time with us, and we look forward to working with him for a long time to come,” said Dr. Anne Baker, the Zoo’s Executive Director. 

Dr. Hanley received his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2000. Following two years in emergency medicine, he spent a year as the avian and exotics intern at the University of Georgia and then completed a zoological medicine residency at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, Milwaukee County Zoo, and International Crane Foundation. He passed his boards and became a Diplomat of the American College of Zoological Medicine in 2006.

-Kristen Zenz