Owner/Veterinarian
Dr. Zachary Smith is a Veterinarian and Co-Owner who has quite literally grown up in the practice. Yarmouth Veterinary Center was founded two years before he was born, and he has been part of the hospital family since the beginning. He officially joined the payroll in 2000 and returned as a practicing veterinarian in 2018.
Dr. Smith’s professional interests include exotics medicine, soft tissue and orthopedic surgery, and dentistry. He is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association and the Maine Veterinary Medical Association. What he finds most rewarding about veterinary medicine is being of assistance — to both pets and the people who care for them.
He earned his undergraduate degree from Emerson College in 2010 before graduating from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 2017. Originally from Yarmouth, Dr. Smith values the opportunity to serve the same community that shaped him.
At home, Dr. Smith shares life with his partner, Dr. Meredith Lancaster, their son Leo, two black Labrador Retrievers named Elle and Maverick (all dogs in the family are named after cars), and a spirited 6-pound cat named Rigatoni (all cats are named after pasta). Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his family — which, as he jokes, is what he does both inside and outside the hospital.