Dr. Abigail Walls
Board-Certified Small Animal Internal Medicine Specialist
Dr. Abigail Walls is a board-certified small animal internal medicine specialist in Jacksonville, FL. She is based in the Jacksonville Beach area and is available to serve general practices and emergency animal hospitals throughout her service area in the Jacksonville metropolitan region.
Biography
Dr. Abigail Walls was born and raised in the Poconos, in Pennsylvania, and attended Penn State University for her undergraduate degree in Animal Science from 2002-2006. She completed veterinary school at the University of Pennsylvania from 2006-2010 and graduated summa cum laude. Her rotating internship from 2011-2012 was with Red Bank Veterinary Hospital in Tinton Falls, NJ. During that year, Dr. Walls knew that she wanted to be a small animal internal medicine specialist due to the variety of cases presented and their complex, multi-faceted nature. She accepted her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and, upon finishing in 2014, decided the northeast climate was too cold and moved to Jacksonville, FL, to work with Southeast Veterinary Oncology and Internal Medicine from 2014-2025 as a small animal internist.
Dr. Walls joined MOVES in March 2025. Her career has been rewarding, challenging, and filled with vast experiences that shape her contributions to each pet and client she meets. Outside of work, she is married to her husband Ryan, and they live in Jacksonville Beach with their Golden Retriever Charlie and her Persian cat Goblin. Her hobbies include reading fashion magazines and traveling with her husband. Her non-veterinary interests are skincare and researching Russian history. If she weren’t a veterinarian, she would love to be an aesthetic dermatologist. Dr. Walls’ favorite internal medicine cases are immune-mediated and hematologic diseases. She looks forward to helping the veterinary community and enjoying a new chapter with MOVES!
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2025
Joined MOVES -
2014–2025
Internal Medicine Specialist at a specialty and emergency hospital -
2014
Achieved board certification through ACVIM -
2011–2014
Completed Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) -
2010–2011
Completed Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Internship at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital -
2010
Earned V.M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Philadelphia, PA) -
2006
Earned B.S. in Animal Science from Penn State University (State College, PA)
Neurologic manifestations of hypothyroidism in dogs. Bertalan, A, Kent, M., Glass, E. Compend Contin Educ Vet. 2013 Mar;35(3)
Hypothyroid-associated neurologic signs in dogs: case series. Bertalan A, Glass E., de Lahunta, A. Veterinary Medicine. 2013 May. 108 (5): 242-250
Late onset cerebellar abiotrophy in a Labrador Retriever. Bertalan A, Kent M, Glass E. Aust Vet J. Accepted for publication 1/20/14.
Effects of treatment with lispro and neutral protamine Hagedorn insulins on serum fructosamine and postprandial blood glucose concentrations in dogs with clinically well-controlled diabetes mellitus and postprandial hyperglycemia Bertalan A, Drobatz K, Hess R. Am J Vet Res 1/1/20
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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.