Linda J. Cimetti, D.V.M

Linda J. Cimetti, DVM, is originally from the South Shore town of Scituate. She graduated high school from Thayer Academy in Braintree and went onto earn a B.S in Biology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), where she graduated summa cum laude.  While at WPI she was an assistant investigator in her major qualifying research that developed bench top methods of measuring airway reactivity in cats using a non-invasive method of whole body plethysmography. This technology has since been adapted and applied for use in other species, including horses.  After college and during her first 2 years in veterinary school, Dr. Cimetti worked as an intern at the Genetics Institute in the Bone, Biology and Applications group. Her focus was in preclinical orthopedic research, investigating bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) and its role in osteoporosis and fracture healing. She also investigated the effects of nicotine and glucocorticoids on BMP-2 stimulated bone development. Dr. Cimetti graduated from Tufts University with a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine (DVM) in 2001. 

After graduation, Dr. Cimetti worked for a performance horse practice for four years focusing on preventative health, lameness and diagnostics, before joining Dr. Reilly in the spring of 2005.  Additionally, since 2001, Dr. Cimetti has been a clinical instructor at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine teaching Large Animal Gross Anatomy to first year veterinary students. She also participates in numerous hands-on training labs for first, third and fourth year veterinary students.

After graduation, Dr. Cimetti worked for a performance horse practice for four years focusing on preventative health, lameness and diagnostics, before joining Dr. Reilly in the spring of 2005.  Additionally, since 2001, Dr. Cimetti has been a clinical instructor at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine teaching Large Animal Gross Anatomy to first year veterinary students. She also participates in numerous hands-on training labs for first, third and fourth year veterinary students.

In 2001 Dr. Cimetti became involved in Project Samana, an outreach program of the Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA) to provide medical and surgical services to the horse and mule population of Samana, Dominican Republic, the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Annually she travels to Samana and volunteers her time, knowledge and supplies. She has dewormed, castrated and tended to the needs of hundreds of animals as well as helped educate local veterinarians and horse owners as to the proper care and use of their animals. She also contributes to horses in need on a local level, working with horse rescues and the MSPCA on an as needed basis.

Dr. Cimetti has given numerous talks to local and national equine groups (including pony clubs, 4-H and discipline and breed-specific groups); as well as presented at the 2004 American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Convention in Denver on managing lower limb infections using a regional antibiotic perfusion technique. She has had advanced training in dentistry, ophthalmology, lameness diagnostics (Ultrasonography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Nuclear Scinitgraphy) and is currently studying equine acupuncture. She has developed and oversees the MRI service at South Shore Equine Clinic, utilizing one of only 16 standing units in the country.

Her professional interests include lameness diagnosis, diagnostic imaging (Ultrasound, MRI), acupuncture therapy, podiatry, ophthalmology, and dentistry. In her free time she enjoys running, skiing, reading, going to the beach, gardening and long walks with her dogs.