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Dr. Amy Attas

Biography

Dr. Amy Attas

Dr. Amy Attas is an award-winning veterinarian and the founder of City Pets, which for more than three decades has been the premier veterinary medical house call practice for dogs and cats living, working in or visiting Manhattan. She shares a home with her husband, Stephen Shapiro...and, if she is lucky, some rescued pugs.

Dr. Amy Attas

Books by Dr. Amy Attas

by Dr. Amy Attas - Memoir, Nonfiction

When a pet is sick, people --- even the rich and famous --- are at their most authentic and vulnerable. They could have a Monet on the wall and an Oscar on the shelf, but if their cat gets a cold, all they want to talk about are snotty noses and sneezing fits. That’s when they call premier in-home veterinarian Dr. Amy Attas. In PETS AND THE CITY, Dr. Amy shares all the funny, heartbreaking and life-affirming experiences she’s faced throughout her 30-year career treating the cats and dogs of New Yorkers from Park Avenue to the projects. Some of her stories are about celebs, like the time she saw a famous singer naked (no, her rash was not the same as her puppy’s). Others are about remarkable animals, like the skilled service dog who, after his exam was finished, left the room and returned with a checkbook in his mouth.