Dr. Lauren McGowan has been a resident of Massapequa Park, where she still currently resides. She is a graduate of Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, where she completed her Bachelor of Science with honors. She obtained her Degree of Veterinary Medicine from Ross University in Basseterre, St. Kitts. Her clinical rotations were completed in Blacksburg, Virginia at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. She then completed a general rotating small animal internship at Long Island Veterinary Specialists (LIVS) in Plainview, New York.

She spent an additional two years at LIVS as an Emergency and Critical Care Staff Clinician before joining the wonderful team at West Hills Animal Hospital. Dr. McGowan has a strong interest in Radiology and is always attending national meetings for Continuing Education. She has a dog named Madison that was rescued from the island of St. Kitts, seven cats (Magic, Chicklet, Tuxedo, Oreo, Bubbles, Jezebel, and Waldo), and two cockatiels (Cookie and Jade).