Dr. Elizabeth Golly
Board-Certified Small Animal Internal Medicine Specialist
Dr. Elizabeth Golly is a board-certified small animal internal medicine specialist serving Nashville, TN. She is available to serve general practices and emergency animal hospitals throughout the Nashville metropolitan region.
Biography
Dr. Golly earned her doctorate of veterinary medicine at North Carolina State University in 2016. She then completed a one-year small animal rotating internship at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital, a private practice in Denver, CO, followed by a three-year small animal internal medicine residency at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Golly is a board-certified veterinary internist. She practiced in Nashville for four years, then in Hilton Head Island, SC for two years, and is excited to be back in Nashville serving the veterinary community.
Dr. Golly’s professional areas of interest include gastroenterology and infectious, autoimmune, and endocrine diseases. Endoscopic procedures and ultrasounds are her favorite skill sets to use on the job. She enjoys teaching and has a practical approach to medicine.
In her free time, Dr. Golly enjoys running, workout classes, golf, music, binging TV shows, and reading. Her husband is a professional guitar player, and they have a rambunctious Australian Cattle Dog and two sweet cats.
CV
- 2026
Joined MOVES - 2020–2026
Practiced as an Internist - 2017–2020
Completed Small Animal Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine - 2016–2017
Completed Rotating Internship at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital, Denver, CO - 2016
Earned DVM from North Carolina State University - 2011
Earned BS of Public Health from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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What is a board-certified veterinary internal medicine specialist?
A veterinary internal medicine specialist is a veterinarian who has completed advanced training in internal medicine (including a one-year internship and three-year residency) following graduation from their veterinary college. The residency training culminates with a comprehensive examination covering all aspects of veterinary small animal internal medicine. Once these requirements have been fulfilled, the veterinarian is considered to be a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM).
The umbrella of small animal internal medicine includes many sub-disciplines including gastroenterology (esophageal, stomach and intestinal disease), hepatology (liver and pancreatic disease), endocrinology (hormonal disease), infectious diseases, urology (urinary tract disease), nephrology (kidney disease), respiratory medicine (nose, airway and lung disease), and hematology (blood cells) & immunology (immune diseases). In many cases, the signs of a patient may include many of these organ systems. Due to their holistic approach, internal medicine specialists may also manage cases of patients with neurologic, cardiovascular or cancerous diseases, especially when these patients also share diseases within the scope of internal medicine.
Adapted from “What is a Board-Certified Veterinary Internal Medicine Specialist?” on vetspecialists.com.