Dr. West graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Zoology in 1989 and UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine with her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1994. She completed a small animal internship at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1995 and a Radiology Residency at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine Athens in 1998. She has been a board-certified veterinary radiologist since 1998 and has run a successful radiology practice, West Radiologic Services, since June 1, 2000.

Dr. West currently lives in California with her husband Eric and her feline
overlords, Squirrel and Muppet. She is an EMT with the local volunteer fire department and she enjoys the ocean, reading, and traveling in her spare time.