UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, One Health Institute

Jamie Peyton, DVM,DACVECC, CVA, CVC, CCRT  received her veterinary degree from the University of Florida and completed a small animal internship at Texas A&M University.  She completed her residency in Emergency and Critical Care at UC Davis and is board certified in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine.

Following her residency, she worked in private practice developing two ECC services and a residency program for ECC.  During this time, Dr. Peyton also completed certification in Animal Acupuncture, Physical Rehabilitation, and Chiropractic.  She returned to the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital in 2014 and served as Chief of the Small Animal Integrative Medicine service until 2021.  Dr. Peyton also co-founded the Wildlife Disaster Network and established a translational research program for pain and burn care within the One Health Institute.

Her clinical and research interests include the recognition and treatment of pain and advancing novel techniques for burn and wound management in all species.   She has cared for companion animals, livestock, and wildlife injured in several California Fires including the Thomas, Carr, Camp, LNU, and Dixie fires.  In 2019, Dr. Peyton received the UC Davis Chancellor’s Innovation Award for her development of a fish biological bandage and work with burned animals in wildfires.