Dr. Charles
Curie
I am an Ashtabula County native. My family has been here since the 1800s. They came here to farm and raise their families in the beautiful wooded North Country of Ohio. After graduating from Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine in 1978 I decided that my ancestors had the right idea and I too returned home to raise a family and practice veterinary medicine.Â
The faculty at OSU bestowed upon me the great honor of being the most outstanding large animal veterinarian in the class of ’78. I practiced large animal medicine and surgery almost exclusively for the next 20 years. I had built the Country Doctor Veterinary Clinic in 1983 and my associate veterinarians attended to small animals for many years while I stayed focused on the areas of dairy and horse farms.Â
In 1996 a horse that I was working on attacked me and severely injured my neck. I was forced out of large animal practice and transitioned into small animal medicine and practice management. I love this every bit as much as my large animal days.Â
Over the years our clinic has evolved from a premier large animal practice into three premier small animal practice which has been nationally recognized for excellence in patient care and practice management. The original clinic is the Country Doctor Veterinary Clinic in Jefferson, Ohio. In 2011 we opened the Geneva Veterinary Clinic on South Broadway in Geneva, Ohio. The Conneaut Creek Veterinary Clinic opened on West Main Road in Conneaut, Ohio in 2015. Collectively we call ourselves the Country Doctor Family of Veterinary Clinics.Â
I truly believe that our incredible Doctors and staff deserve most of the credit for our success. I have had the privilege of working with many amazing people over the years. This has been the greatest pleasure of my long career. If you think about it; a veterinary clinic is just brick, mortar, medicine and equipment. Every clinic has the same 'stuff' and offers the same services. It is the people that set it apart. I have been blessed with the greatest Doctors and staff on the planet! Our continued success and growth are a testimony to these dedicated individuals who have such a passion for helping people and their animals.
The clients have been wonderful as well. We have over 19,000 clients in our database and I can truly say that it has been a pleasure to know and work with so many people who are dedicated to their animals. We are really in the people business……..the animals don’t bring themselves to the Vet! Thankfully through the people, we get to meet and help so many wonderful animals.
In closing, I would like to thank each and every Doctor, staff member and client both past and present who have made the Country Doctor Family of Veterinary Clinics the outstanding animal health facilities they are today.