About Our Doctors

Dr. Mark Roma is the owner of the Animal Hospital of North Dover and a life-long resident of the Jersey Shore area. He graduated salutatorian from Wall High School in 1983 and completed an undergraduate degree, magna cum laude (B.S. in Animal Science) at Cook College, Rutgers University in 1987. During his school years, he was a veterinary technician at the Neptune Animal Hospital before becoming a volunteer and paid Emergency Medical Technician for six years.

In 1991, he received a Doctorate Degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania. His first staff veterinary position was in a 24-hour emergency hospital in Columbus, New Jersey. Following that experience, he became an associate at a veterinary hospital in West Windsor, New Jersey, for 11 years.

Every day that I work as a veterinarian, I am thankful for the opportunities that allowed me to pursue this rewarding career.  I was very lucky to have parents that instilled in me a love and respect for animals. I grew up with all sorts of pets…dogs, cats, ducks, hamsters, mice, birds, a ferret, and even three pet skunks. We would take in any unwanted stray that came our way including an orphaned raccoon and a few squirrels and chipmunks.  There is not a time I can remember in which we did not have animals.  These early experiences taught me that all creatures, even the smallest, deserve to be treated well and with kindness.