Dr. Brosnan earned his DVM from the University of California at Davis followed by an internship at Tufts University, PhD in physiology from UC Davis, anesthesia and critical patient care residency at UC Davis, and finally a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California at San Francisco.  Dr. Brosnan has been board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia (ACVAA) since 2004 and is currently Professor of Anesthesiology at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.  Dr. Brosnan’s clinical practice is comprised of anesthesia and pain management in both large (horses and livestock) and small animals.  His research focuses primarily on mechanisms of anesthetic action.