Dr. Colleen Currigan is the founder of Hypurrthyroid Treatment for Cats. She splits her time between her radioiodine patients with Hypurrthyroid Treatment for Cats and her general practice feline patients at VCA Cat Hospital of Chicago.
Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Dr. Currigan has practiced her entire cat-exclusive veterinary career in Chicago. From 1993 through 1998 Dr. Currigan operated her own feline homecare practice, after which she opened Cat Hospital of Chicago (now VCA Cat Hospital of Chicago). She relocated to the Chicago area after veterinary school to practice at one of the few cat-exclusive veterinary practices in the country at that time.
Dr. Currigan serves on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP), where she was its President in 2016 and is currently its Treasurer. She is also an active member of the AAFP's Cat Friendly Practice Committee. Dr. Currigan also serves on the Tree House Humane Society Board of Directors in Chicago. She is an active member of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association, the American Animal Hospital Association, and the Colorado and Illinois State Veterinary Medical Associations.