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Small Animal Medicine and Surgery

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Anesthesia
Cardiology
Community Practice
Dermatology
Emergency/Critical Care
Internal Medicine
Neurology
Oncology

Ophthalmology
Surgery
Exotic Animal, Wildlife & Zoological Medicine

Anesthesia

 
Juliana Figueiredo, BVM, MS
Assistant Professor

  Erik Hofmeister, DVM, BS, DACVA
Assistant Professor
Cardiopulmonary critical care; medical decision making; evidence-based medicine; opthalomologic anesthesia

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Cardiology

 

Clay Calvert, DVM, DACVIM
Professor Emeritus
Cardiomyopathy in Doberman pinschers; general internal medicine; cardiology
  Gregg Rapoport, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology)
Assistant Professor


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Dermatology

 

Michaela Austel, DVM
Assistant Professor
Parasitic and allergic skin disease
  Patrick Hensel, Dr. med. Vet, DACVD
Assistant Professor
Allergic skin diseases; Allergy testing

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Emergency/Critical Care

 

Ben Brainard, VMD, DACVA, DACVECC
Assistant Professor
Management and anesthesia of critically ill patients; mechanical ventilation; thrombosis; platelet function testing and thrombelastography; fish anesthesia
  Amie Koenig, DVM, BS, DACVIM, DACVECC
Assistant Professor
General internal medicine; critical care; endocrinology

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Community Practice

 

Kathy Kero, DVM, BS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Dentistry
  April Chambers, DVM
Veterinary Educational Specialist

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Internal Medicine

 

Scott A. Brown, VMD, PhD, DACVIM
Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor and Department Head
  Kate E. Creevy, DVM, MS, DACVIM
Assistant Professor
Infectious diseases and immunology; general internal medicine; toxicology

 

Jo Smith, MA, VetMB, PhD, DACVIM
Assistant Professor
General internal medicine; immunology; haematology; endocrinology
  Steffen Sum, DVM
Instructor
General internal medicine; infectious diseases, nephrology/urology
   
Cynthia Ward, VMD, PhD, DACVIM
Associate Professor, Chief of Staff of In-patient Medicine
General endocrinology; feline hyperthyroidism; general internal medicine
 

 

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Neurology

 

Marc Kent, DVM, BS, DACVIM (Internal Medicine & Neurology)
Assistant Professor
Neurologic diseases of small animals
  Simon Platt , BVM&S, DAVCIM (Neurology), DECVN, RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Neurology
Associate Professor
Brain tumors; cerebrovascular disease; head traumas
   
Scott Schatzberg, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Neurology)
Assistant Professor
Inherited neurological diseases of dogs and cats & meningoencephalitis of small breed dogs
   

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Oncology

 
Nicole Northrup, DVM, BS, DACVIM (Oncology)
Associate Professor, Chief of Staff of Out-patient Medicine
Genetic predisposition to cancer; cancer therapy
  Corey Saba, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology)
Assistant Professor
     

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Ophthalmology

   
P. Anthony Moore, DVM, BS, DACVO
Associate Professor
Hypertensive retinopathy
   

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Surgery

 

Sheila Allen, DVM, MS, DACVS
Dean
General surgery; oncology; reconstructive surgery; peroperative analgesia

  Steve Budsberg, DVM, BS, MS, DACVS
Professor
Fracture repair; antibiotic delivery to bone infections; computer-assisted gait analysis; joint disease

 

Jon Chambers, DVM, DACVS
Professor
Fracture repair; hip disease diagnosis and surgery; reconstructive surgergy, especially use of vascularized muscle grafts; lumbosacral disease diagnosis and surgery

  Karen Cornell, DVM, PhD, DACVS
Associate Professor
Surgical oncology; tumor biology; wound healing and reconstructive surgery
 
Spencer Johnston, DVM, DACVS
Gunst Professor, Chief of Staff of Surgery
Osteoarthritis; joint injury; joint replacement; fracture repair; NSAIDs; pain management


  MaryAnn Radlinsky, DVM, MS, DACVS
Associate Professor
Abdominal and thoracic surgery; minimally invasive surgery

 
Chad Schmiedt, DVM, DACVS
Instructor
General surgery; urinary, vascular, and oncologic surgery
  Michael Weh, DVM, DACVS
Assistant Professor
Fracture repair; spinal surgery; arthroscopy

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Exotic Animal, Wildlife & Zoological Medicine

 

Christine Fiorello, DVM, PhD, MS, DACZM
Assistant Professor
Disease ecology; conservation medicine; carnivore conservation; immobilization and pain management in nondomestic species

  Stephen Divers, BVetMed, CBiol MIBiol, DZooMed, MRCVS, DACZM
Associate Professor
Medical & surgical diseases of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, exotic mammals (including carnivores and primates), & wildlife species
 
Branson Ritchie, DVM, MS, PhD, DABVP, ECAMS
Professor
Viral disease, particularly the development of diagnostic tests and vaccines (examples are Beak and Feather Disease, avian polyoma virus, and proventricular dilation syndrome)

  Chris Gregory, DVM, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Molecular and pathologic studies of avian and exotic animal diseases, research and development of diagnostic tests and vaccines
   
Paula Ciembor, DVM, MS, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist
Co-Director, Infectious Disease Laboratory
   

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