Lindsey Waxman, DVM

Staff Veterinarian

Dr. Lindsey Waxman serves as the staff veterinarian at The Florida Aquarium, responsible for the preventative, diagnostic and medical care of a large array of species including sharks and rays, sea turtles, otters, lemurs, fish and invertebrates plus reptiles and insects. Dr. Waxman and her team of veterinary professionals also provide specialized and compassionate care to the rescued animals in the Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center and Coral Conservation and Research Center. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University and her doctoral veterinary degree from Cornell University. Dr. Waxman is one of only a handful of veterinarians approved by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to examine corals, manatees and sea turtles and approve them for release into the wild.

In the course of obtaining her doctoral degree and in her postgraduate programs, she worked with a number of facilities, including Mystic Aquarium, SeaWorld and ZooTampa assisting in marine mammal and sea turtle stranding responses, rescue and rehabilitation. Lindsey became an associate veterinarian at BluePearl Veterinary Partners after receiving her doctorate. She completed the Aquatic Animal Health Program Internship at the University of Florida in 2017 and continued as the associate veterinarian at Miami Seaquarium. Lindsey joined The Florida Aquarium team in 2019 and became the staff veterinarian in 2020.

KEYWORDS: Veterinarian, Sharks, Rays, Sea Turtles, Otters, Lemurs, Fish, Reptiles, Insects, Sea Turtle and Marine Mammal Rescue and Rehabilitation