Meet Dr. Debra Smart

Debra J. Smart, DVM Owner & Director

Dr. Smart is from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Princeton University and then earned her DVM at Colorado State University. After practicing in Colorado for four years and in Minnesota for an additional four years, she moved to State College when her husband joined the meteorology department at Penn State. Dr. Smart has practiced at Centre Animal Hospital since 2001, and with Dr. Calvert assumed ownership of the practice in 2017.


Dr. Smart’s family includes two Petit Basset Griffon Vendéens, two cats, and two Morgan horses. Dr. Smart greatly enjoys all aspects of veterinary practice - preventative care, internal medicine, and surgery. She has special interests in dentistry and feline medicine, and she treats pocket pets (guinea pigs, gerbils, and hamsters) and rabbits.

Dr. Smart enjoys horseback riding, both dressage and trail riding, and traveling and camping with her family.