About Dr. Jean Herrman

Dr. Herrman’s mission is to provide access to comprehensive and compassionate dental care for pets. Dental skills take time and patience to both acquire and deliver to patients. Dr. Herrman is motivated by the results she has seen in the improvement of the quality of life in her patients.

Education

Dr. Jean M. Herrman received her DVM from the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, in 1998 after eight years of biomedical research in Boston and Palo Alto, CA, and a BS in Chemistry/Biology from Boston University in 1987.

While in veterinary school, she had the unusual good fortune to do her dentistry clinical rotation with a renowned oral surgeon and veterinary dentist, when many schools even now don’t offer dentistry as a clinical option. She also continued her research efforts and received scholarships and awards for her immunology research on marine mammals.

Dental Services Practice

In 2015, Dr Herrman opened a dental care clinic for pets in Bolton, CT. Prior to opening her own clinic Dr Herrman partnered with several veterinary clinics in the region providing general and advanced dental services, including Suffield Veterinary Hospital, Tolland Veterinary Hospital, South Windsor Veterinary Clinic, Piper Olson Veterinary Hospital, New England Veterinary Center and Cancer Care. She has provided radiology education to the staff of other veterinarians in the region.

Dr. Herrman’s practice is limited to dentistry, she has extensive post graduate training in dentistry and works regularly with the dental care community.

Professional Affiliations

Personal

Dr. Herrman grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and is the eighth of nine children, she is married with one dog and two cats and resides in Coventry, CT. She enjoys spending her free time with her large extended family and pets, traveling, skiing, hiking and boating.

Dr. Genevieve Filion, DVM, Elite FFCP, CFV, CPEV

Associate Veterinarian

Dr. Genevieve Filion grew up in the suburbs of Quebec City, Canada. She graduated High School and College from Le Petit Seminaire de Quebec where she obtained her International Baccalaureate in 1996. She then went on to the University of Montreal, Faculte de Medecine Veterinaire. After graduating in 2000, she moved to Ithaca, NY to start an internship at Cornell University in the large animal ambulatory service. From there she practiced for 5 years in upstate New York in a variety of mixed, small animal, and emergency practices. In 2007, she moved to Connecticut where she immediately fell in love with the area and all it has to offer. For the past 18 years, she has worked in various small animal hospitals in Guilford, Branford, Clinton, and Higganum. Throughout her career Dr. Filion furthered her training to become Elite Fear Free Certified, obtained her Cat Friendly Veterinarian Certification, Humane Animal Bond Certification. During her 25 years of practice Dr. Filion has developed a special interest in dentistry and attended multiple continuing education training. She is looking forward to this next phase of her career and providing dental care to your pets.

Dr. Filion lives in Killingworth with her husband Jeffrey and 2 children Alexandre, and Maxime. She also shares her home with 2 Golden Retrievers, and 1 cat, Vale, Aspen, and Jimmy. Alex and Max are also the owners of 2 rescue guinea pigs named Coco and Marshmallow. When she is not working you can find Dr. Filion watching Alex play Football and Lacrosse for Xavier High School, but her all-time favorite thing to do is watch both her boys at wrestling meets. Go Falcons!!! In her free time, Dr. Filion also enjoys cooking, baking, skiing, hiking, and traveling. She particularly enjoys spending time with family in Caroga Lake, NY at their family camp or visiting her family in Quebec.

Kristina

Office/Practice Manager

Kristina has been with Companion Animal Dental Services since September 2022. She earned her Associates of Science degree in Animal Science in 2021 and Bachelors of Science degree in Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Connecticut in 2024. She first started working with us as an intern/vet assistant and has moved up to being our vet tech and office manager. During her time at UConn, she has primarily worked with large animals, but has found that her passion resides in helping small companion animals. While she loves working beside the doctor at the surgery table, she enjoys working with clients and the business aspect of veterinary medicine. She enjoys reading books and spending time with her cats, Mooky and Splash. She also spends her free time painting pet portraits.

Lori

Certified Veterinary Technician

Lori has been with Companion Animal Dental Services since June of 2022. Having grown up around cats, dogs , horses and other farm animals she knew at a young age she wanted to work with and care for animals. After working at the Mystic Aquarium for several years, she started as a Veterinary Assistant at a small animal general practice. While working there, she attended Middlesex Community College and received an Associates Degree of Science in Veterinary Technology in 2021. She then went on to pass the Veterinary Technician National Exam to become certified. After 5 years in a general practice animal hospital, she discovered a passion for dentistry and radiology. Her next goal is to become a Specialized Veterinary Technician in Dental Radiology. During her time off she loves to spend time with her Standard Poodle and four cats. She also enjoys hiking, kayaking and photography.

Crystal

Veterinary Technician

Crystal has been working as a Veterinary Technician at Companion Animal Dental Services since January, 2023. She has a BS in Biology and Marine Science from the University of Tampa. Crystal always knew she wanted to work with animals, so she started volunteering, working with animals at a local museum and a local horse barn, when she was 12 years old. She had the time of her life doing a week-long internship with the aquarium at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo during her senior year of high school. She worked as a dog bather and then a professional groomer before finding her place in small animal veterinary medicine in 2013. After cross-training from receptionist to kennel assistant to veterinary assistant and finally veterinary technician, Crystal realized her passion for anesthesia and dentistry and found herself here. In her free time, she enjoys reading, gaming, and spending time with her husband, pets, and friends.

Meya

Veterinary Technician

Meya has been working at Companion Animal Dental Services since February 2021 as a Vet Assistant. She has obtained her BS in Animal Science from the University of Connecticut. During her undergraduate years she has worked with only dairy cattle as a herdsman. During her time as a herdsman she helped underclassman gain hands on experience with the Dairy cattle and showed Holstiens for 3 years in Dairy shows. She is currently applying to schools of Veterinary Medicine. Before working here she always thought she would go into Livestock Veterinary Medicine, but soon learned that her passion to help animals lied in Dentistry. She spends her free time going to parks and beaches with her two American Pitbulls named MJ and Iris. She truly enjoys working in veterinary medicine and being apart of Companion Animal Dental Services makes her excited to become a Veterinarian in the near future!

Aimee

Veterinary Assistant/Intern

Aimee has been working at Companion Animal Dental Services since July 2023 as a Vet Assistant/Intern. She is currently working to obtain her Bachelors of Science degree in Animal Science from the University of Connecticut. Her favorite part of being an intern at Companion Animal Dental Services is constantly gaining hands on experience with small animals, while also gaining large animal handling at UConn. When she’s not studying, Aimee enjoys working out and playing with her chihuahua CoCo. In the future Aimee plans on serving for the US Army National Guard and continuing her education in veterinary school to be a small animal veterinarian.

Alannah

Veterinary Assistant/Intern

Alannah joined our team in December of 2024. She is currently an undergraduate student at UConn pursuing a degree in Animal Science. Alannah hopes to attend veterinary school in the future. She started at CADS to further her education and gain valuable experience within the field of veterinary medicine. She loves spoiling her four dogs, Macklemore, Maeve, Harley, and Zoe. When Alannah is not working or studying, she loves drinking coffee and spending time with family and friends.