For more than 30 years, Dr. Vanderlip has provided veterinary care to domestic and exotic animal species. She served as Clinical Veterinarian for the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, worked on collaborative projects with the Zoological Society of San Diego, was the Chief of Veterinary Services for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Chief of Surgery for a large government research institution focusing on comparative reproductive medicine. Dr. Vanderlip owns a veterinary practice that specializes in and is limited exclusively and entirely to reproductive medicine and surgery in domestic and exotic mammals. Dr. Vanderlip also owns and directs International Canine Semen Bank (ICSB) in San Diego and provides a wide variety of reproductive services, including semen freezing and storage.

For 25 years, Dr. Vanderlip has appeared regularly on television and radio. She is a popular speaker and has given seminars and lectures throughout the United States and Europe on a wide variety of veterinary topics.

Dr. Vanderlip has published several papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has written more than 20 books about animal care. She is the author of The Collie - A Veterinary Reference for the Professional Breeder (Biotechnical Veterinary Consultants, 1984). Her new Collie book has an anticipated release date of 2010.

Dr. Sharon Vanderlip lives with her husband, their daughter, Collies, and saddle mules, in sunny San Diego County.