Veterinarian
Dr. Mark Caldwell was born in Arizona and has been involved with veterinary medicine his entire life. Not only is his father a small animal veterinarian in Tempe, but his grandfather was a veterinarian for the US Government. Some of Dr. Caldwell’s first memories are assisting his dad at work. Dr. Caldwell attended the University of Arizona for undergrad where he received his bachelor’s in Veterinary Science and a minor in Chemistry. During his time at the UofA he regularly assisted in Thoroughbred breeding and foaling. He was also a member of the UofA TriCats for 3 years – the University Triathlon Team.
Upon graduation he chose to attend the same veterinary school as his father, Kansas State University. For two years in vet school, Dr. Caldwell lived and worked at KSU’s Large Animal Research Center where he worked weekends, holidays, and late nights, helping take care of the University’s equine teaching herd, as well as dogs, pigs, rats, cows, and even white-tailed deer, involved in medical studies. Dr. Caldwell graduated with Honors, and he received the following awards: Francis Lucille Koss Memorial Award for Demonstrating Proficiency in Both Large and Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, and The Society of Theriogenology- Proficiency in Theriogenology Award. He was also elected to membership of Phi Zeta – the honor society for veterinarians, and was a Veterinary Scholar at the American Royal Livestock Show in 2014.
After graduating, Dr. Caldwell progressively made his way back to his home state after working at small animal hospitals in both Colorado and Nevada. In 2017, Dr. Caldwell returned to Arizona where he became a private contractor working at multiple hospitals. Dr. Caldwell met Dr. Fornara while working at one of those hospitals where she was the Veterinary Medical Director- and the rest is history!
Dr. Caldwell is proficient in internal medicine, surgery, preventative medicine, and diagnostic labwork interpretation. He is also a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Dr. Caldwell is an advocate for client education as well. The Latin root of the word Doctor is the verb Docere which means “To Teach”. Dr. Caldwell believes that the more he teaches, and the more his clients understand, the better the care we can provide for our pets.
Phoenix is where he always wanted to start his family. Together with his wife they have two wonderful baby boys, four dogs, one cat, and ten chickens. Dr. Caldwell is always entertaining his hobbies, and although he no longer skydives, he loves to SCUBA dive, fish, travel, and cook on his multiple grills and wok. Dr. Caldwell is passionate about the international animal volunteer work that he and Dr. Fornara have done. He is excited to continue to make this a bigger project so Phoenix Mobile Veterinarians can continue to give back to animals in need. Dr. Caldwell and Dr. Fornara are proud to say that because of their volunteer work they were Commissioned Kentucky Colonels by Andy Beshear, the standing Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.