Susan Crowder, DVM, DAVDC
Board Certified Veterinary Dentist
Dr. Susan Crowder has served the Greater Kansas City area with advanced veterinary dentistry for over 23 years. She practiced general veterinary medicine for 10 years, including practice management, prior to specializing in dentistry. She graduated from Kansas State in 1998 and has practiced in the Kansas City area since 2002, after spending her first years of practice in Wichita, Kansas.
Dr. Crowder is President-elect and serves on the Executive Board of Directors for the American Veterinary Dental College, the specialty organization recognized by the AVMA. She also served on the Executive Board of the Foundation for Veterinary Dentistry. In 2022, Dr. Crowder received the Peter Emily Service Award from the American Veterinary Dental College for her years as an officer and website designer for the college.
She has published veterinary dental articles, participated in clinical research, authored several dental articles, and is an international speaker on veterinary dentistry, presenting at the Annual Veterinary Dental Forum, the Academy of General Dentistry national meeting, the Yankee Dental Congress in Boston, and at local veterinary associations. Dr. Crowder is also a Midmark Academy Instructor and in-clinic trainer.
She served as President, President-elect, and Treasurer of the American Veterinary Dental Society during a critical merger of the Society, Academy, and Foundation, and has been a member since 2002. Dr. Crowder served as a board examiner for the American Veterinary Dental College from 2012 to 2017 and fulfilled the role of head archivist. She is also a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
She shares her love of dentistry with her husband, Dr. Ric Crowder, a family dentist and owner of Crowder Family Dentistry, and their daughter Dr. Kayla Burdette, DDS. They have three children, Kayla, Brennan, and Madeline. Dr. Crowder enjoys gardening, travel, snow skiing, scrap-booking, and watching the Kansas City sports teams. She shares her life and treats with Owen, a lab pittie mix, and Tiger, a former barn kitten.