Dr. Silke Hecht received her veterinary degree in 1998 and her Doctorate (Dr. med. vet.) in 2001 both from Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany. She completed her residency in Diagnostic Imaging at Tufts University in 2005. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology (ACVR) and the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging (ECVDI). Dr. Hecht has been with the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine since 2005 and is currently a Professor of Radiology. She is also a consultant for VetCT. Her areas of interest include MRI, neuroimaging and oncologic imaging.