Dr. Alaine Hu

Dr. Alaine (Lainey) Hu is a native of San Jose who received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine degree in 2004 from the University of California Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine.

Before joining Kirkwood Animal Hospital in 2011, Dr. Hu worked as a racetrack veterinarian in Southern California for 6 years. Dr. Hu has volunteered as an international outreach veterinarian in Mongolia and Nicaragua where she attended to large and small animals.  She has been the managing DVM at Kirkwood since 2021.

Her main interests in small animal veterinary medicine are surgery and emergency medicine.

In her spare time, Dr. Hu rides competed cowhorses and spends time with her family. She is the proud owner of several American Quarter Horses and two Australian Kelpies.