BluePearl Pet Hospital
Paramus, NJ

Dr. Carly Bloom particularly enjoys cases involving the urinary tract, anything from kidneys to bladder stones to incontinence. She also enjoys endocrinology, especially the management of diabetes mellitus in dogs and cats, and performing minimally invasive procedures such as endoscopy and cystoscopy.

Dr. Bloom has two children and two cats who have traveled the world with her. She also has a hearty group of guppies.

Dr. Jennifer Bonczynski's clinical interests include surgical oncology, minimally invasive surgery and interventional radiology. She is particularly skilled in thoracoscopic removal or treatment of lung masses and mediastinal masses, pericardectomies, thoracic biospies, laparoscopic abdominal exploratories, GI biopsies, cholecystectomies, adrenalectomies and gastropexies. Dr. Bonczynski is often sought out to remove masses that are deemed by others as not removable.

Dr. Bonczynski is married and has two daughters. She enjoys golfing, gardening, hiking and distance running with the family. Family pets include cat Olaf and dogs Karo, and Nola.

Dr. Kim Friedlander enjoys all aspects of emergency and critical care medicine.

Dr. Friedlander is the mother of two energetic children, and the family includes four pets.

An experienced criticalist, Dr. Carey Hemmelgarn's particular clinical interests include polytrauma and septic patients.

Dr. Hemmelgarn likes exercise, especially spinning and running outdoors, and she’s completed a number of half marathons. Married to another veterinarian, she and her husband have an active lifestyle and enjoy traveling. They have three pets, Rottweiler Louie and cats Ellie and Iggy.

An experienced emergency clinician, Dr. Maris Lee finds gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV), heat stroke and vehicular trauma cases particularly rewarding.

Dr. Lee likes trying exotic cuisines, traveling, baking, trying to conquer the Japanese language and hiking with her dog Kuro, a lab mix who once ate a whole pot of curry and left no traces.

Dr. Ellen Scherer finds jaw fractures and tumor resection particularly gratifying.

Dr. Scherer enjoys running, baking, cooking and reading. She shares her household with Hank, a domestic shorthaired cat.

Dr. Nikolas Schoonmaker enjoys treating diabetes, ocular injuries and trauma, especially orthopedic.

Dr. Schoonmaker’s favorite pastimes include cooking, camping and traveling. He has a dog and leopard gecko.

Dr. Matthew Sherger was drawn to veterinary oncology because the field is evolving so rapidly. Within the field, he is interested in tumor immunology and finds palliative care particularly gratifying.

Dr. Sherger’s favorite place to be when not at work is the beach. He spends most of my free time with my wife, their dog Fallon and rabbit who is named The Professor because he thinks he's smarter than his humans.

Dr. Kathleen Strampfer's clinical interests include oncology emergencies as well as orthopedics and cardio-thoracic and immune-mediated diseases, especially the work-up, diagnosis and treatment of hemolytic anemia cases.

Dr. Strampfer loves to travel, and she enjoys listening to music, including all Bruce Springsteen, and hiking with her yellow lab mix, Wallace. Bo is her cat.