Dr. Charles A. Kuntz DVM, MS, MACVSc | Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, Registered Specialist of Small Animal Surgery, ACVS Founding Fellow of Surgical Oncology. 

Southpaws founder, Dr Charles Kuntz, graduated from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in 1990. He did an internship at the Animal Medical Center in New York City and completed a residency and Master’s degree in surgery at Virginia Tech in 1994. He achieved specialty board certification in surgery in 1996. Charles then did a one-year fellowship in cardiovascular research and surgery. He completed a fellowship in surgical oncology at Colorado State University and was later an Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery there before moving to northern Virginia where he started one of the busiest surgical referral practices in the Washington DC area. He was the program chair and a member of the Board of Directors of the District of Columbia Academy of Veterinary Medicine. Charles moved to Australia in 2004 and was the Founder of Southpaws Specialty Surgery for Animals in Melbourne. Charles has published many scientific articles, abstracts, patents, proceedings and book chapters on topics of surgical oncology.