VMS Faculty


Pamela Adkins, DVM, MS, PhD, ACVIM-Large Animal

Assistant Professor
Food Animal Medicine & Surgery

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Bovine mastitis; molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Food animal internal medicine

Pamela Adkins

Matthew Allen, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency Critical Care

Matthew Allen, DVM

Ashley Anderson, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Internal Medicine

Ashley Anderson, DVM

Kathleen Backus, DVM

Adjunct Instructor
Small Animal Medicine and Surgery

Kathleen Backus, DVM

Robert Backus, MS, DVM, PhD, ACVN

Associate Professor Emeritus
Small Animal Nutrition

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Companion animal obesity; feline diabetes; vitamin D metabolism.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Clinical nutrition

Robert Backus

Gabriela Baers, DVM, ACVR-Radiology

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Radiology

Gabriela Baers

Julia Baldrighi, DVM, PhD, ACT

Associate Teaching Professor
Theriogenology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Bovine and equine follicular dynamics, canine biotechnologies.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Comparative theriogenology

Julia Baldrighi

Michael Barchilon, DVM, ACVIM-Small Animal

Assistant Teaching Professor
Small Animal Internal Medicine

Michael Barchilon, DVM

Faolain Barrett, DVM

Assistant Teaching Professor
Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery

Faolain Barrett, DVM

Sandra Briesacher, MA, DVM

Adjunct Instructor
Shelter Medicine

Sandra Briesache

Corinne Bromfield, DVM

Assistant Extension Professor
Extension – Swine Production

Corinne Bromfield, DVM

Jeffrey Bryan, DVM, MS, PhD, ACVIM-Oncology

Professor
Oncology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Epigenetics of cancer; targeted imaging and therapy; epidemiology of cancer.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Novel therapy for lymphoma; targeted radiopharmaceutical imaging and therapy; immunotherapy of cancer.

Jeffrey Bryan

Alex Bukoski, DVM, PhD, ACVAA

Associate Professor
Anesthesiology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Medical education and the biophysical foundations of anesthesia.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Anesthesiology

Alex Bukoski

Amie Burling, DVM, ACVPM, AVBP-Shelter Medicine

Associate Teaching Professor
Shelter Medicine

RESEARCH AND CLINICAL INTERESTS

Infectious disease prevention; veterinary education; improving the health and welfare of animals in shelters.

Amie Burling

Gretchen Carlisle, PhD, MEd, RN, CHES

Research Scientist
Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction

Gretchen Carlisle, PhD, MEd, RN, CHES

Claud ‘CB’ Chastain, DVM, MS, ACVIM

Professor Emeritus
Small Animal Internal Medicine

Claud 'CB' Chastain, DVM, MS, ACVI

Joan Coates, DVM, MS, ACVIM-Neurology

Professor
Neurology and Neurosurgery

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Canine degenerative myelopathy as a model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease).

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Neurodegenerative diseases; neurosurgery CNS inflammatory diseases.

Joan Coates

Leah Cohn, DVM, PhD, ACVIM-Small Animal

Professor
Small Animal Internal Medicine

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Infectious and immune-mediated disease; respiratory medicine.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

All aspects of internal medicine.


Ross P. Cowart, DVM, MS, ABVP

Associate Professor Emeritus
Food Animal Medicine

Ross P. Cowart, DVM, MS, ABVP

Cindy Cravens, DVM

Clinical Instructor
BSVT Program Coordinator

Cindy Cravens, DVM

Kathryn Darr, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Shelter Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS

High quality, high volume spay and neuter techniques, improving the welfare of shelter animals, veterinary education, and well-being of veterinarians and their support team.

Kathryn Darr

John Dodam, DVM, MS, PhD, ACVAA

Professor and Chair
Director, Veterinary Health Center
Anesthesiology 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Respiratory pathophysiology; pain; inflammation.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Anesthesiology; perioperative medicine; pain management.

John Dodam

Josephine ‘Josie’ Dornbusch, DVM, MS, ACVS

Assistant Teaching Professor
Small Animal Surgery

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Minimally invasive surgery and wound management.

Josephine ‘Josie’ Dornbusch, DVM

Carrie Duran, DVM, PharmD

Pharmacist
Small Animal Community Practice Medicine

Carrie Duran, DVM, PharmD

Elizabeth Easley, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency Critical Care

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Fluid therapy; critical care nutrition; pain management.

Elizabeth Easley

Jason Eberhardt, DVM, MS, ACVIM-Small Animal

Assistant Teaching Professor
Small Animal Internal Medicine

Jason Eberhardt, DVM

Derek Fox, DVM, PhD, ACVS-Small Animal

Professor
Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Limb alignment and injuries in sporting, performance and service dogs.

Derek Fox

Melissa Franssen Weber, DVM, CCRP, CVSMT

Clinical Professor
Small Animal Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation


Laurie Frasher, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency Critical Care

Laurie Frasher, DVM

Harold E. Garner, DVM, PhD

Professor Emeritus
Equine Medicine and Surgery


Elizabeth Giuliano, DVM, MS, ACVO

Professor
Ophthalmology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Corneal fibrosis and equine periocular tumors.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

All surgical and medical aspects of veterinary ophthalmology.

Elizabeth Giuliano

Kelly Gravitt, DVM, DAVP-Equine

Assistant Teaching Professor
Equine Ambulatory & ER

Kelly Gravitt, DVM

Clinton Greene, DVM, ABVP-Canine and Feline

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Manager, Laboratory for Swallow & Airway Protection, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center

Clint Green

Suneel Gupta, PhD

Assistant Research Professor
One-Health/One-Medicine Vision and Ophthalmology Research Lab

Suneel Gupta, PhD

Lyndsey Hayden, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Equine Surgery

Lyndsey Hayden

Carolyn Henry, DVM, MS, ACVIM-Oncology

Professor
Oncology

ReCHAI Director

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Comparative oncology; animal models of human disease.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Small animal oncology; clinical trials.

Carolyn Henry, DVM

Alisa Hutchison, DVM, MPH

Assistant Teaching Professor
Community Practice and Shelter Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS 

Client communication; zoonotic diseases; elective surgical instruction; wellness and preventive care.

Alisa Hutchison

Yoshimi Iwaki, DVM, ACVIM-Oncology

Assistant Teaching Professor
Oncology

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

Osteosarcoma. Clinical interests: all aspects of medical oncology.

Yoshimi Iwaki

Dana Jarigese, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

Dana Jarigese, DVM

Philip Johnson, BVSc, MS, MRCVS, ACVIM-Large Animal, ECEIM

Professor
Equine – Internal Medicine

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Equine endocrinology; gastroenterology; laminitis.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Equine endocrinology; gastroenterology; neonatology.

Philip Johnson

James Karnia, DVM, ACVR-Radiology

Assistant Teaching Professor
Radiology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Cardiac-gated computed tomography and development of interventional radiology products.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

PET CT and interventional procedures such as stents and tumor embolization.

James Karnia

Kevin Keegan, DVM, MS, ACVS-Equine

Professor
Equine – Surgery

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Development of objective methods of lameness evaluation in horses; methods of wireless transmission of biological signals for health monitoring.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Equine lameness.

Kevin Keegan

Kun-eek Kil, PhD

Assistant Research Professor
Radiochemistry and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry

Kun-eek Kil, PhD

Joanne Kramer, DVM, ACVS-Large Animal

Teaching Professor
Equine – Surgery

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Veterinary education; lameness; podiatry.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Equine surgery; podiatry; student education.

Joanne Kramer

Juri Kuroki, DVM, MS, ACVO-Ophthalmology

Adjunct Professor
Ophthalmology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Canine ocular neurodegenerative diseases.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

All surgical and medical aspects of veterinary ophthalmology.

Juri Kuroki, DVM, MS, ACVO-Ophthalmology

Alison LaCarrubba, DVM, ABVP-Equine

Associate Teaching Professor
Equine – Ambulatory Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Equine dentistry, both routine and referral.

Alison LaCarrubba

Jimmy Lattimer, DVM, MS, ACVR-Radiology, ACVR-Radiation Oncology

Associate Professor
Radiology

Jimmy Lattimer

Elena Leavitt, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Nutrition

Elena Leavitt, DVM

Hannah Leventhal, DVM

Assistant Teaching Professor
Equine

Hannah Leventhal, DVM

Michael Lewis, MS, PhD

Professor
Tumor Biology and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry

Michael Lewis, MS, PhD

Leslie Lyons, MS, PhD

Gilbreath-McLorn Endowed Professor of Comparative Internal Medicine
Genetics, Comparative Medicine

Leslie Lyons

Charles Maitz, DVM, PhD, ACVR-Radiation Oncology

Associate Professor
Radiation Oncology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Traumatic spinal cord injury, regenerative medicine.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

All aspects of neurology and neurosurgery.

Charles Maitz

F.A. (Tony) Mann, DVM, MS, ACVS-Small Animal, ACVECC

Professor
Assistant Dean of Clinical Education
Small Animal Surgery and Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Clinical investigations in small animal soft tissue surgery and critical care.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Trauma management; critical care surgery; oncological surgery.

F.A. (Tony) Mann

Taya Marquardt, DVM, MS, ACVIM-Oncology

Associate Teaching Professor
Oncology

Tay Marquardt, DVM, MS, ACVIM-Oncology

Lynn Martin, DVM, MPH, ACVIM-Large Animal

Assistant Teaching Professor
Equine Medicine

Lynn Martin

Jodi Matheson, DVM, ACVR

Associate Teaching Professor
Radiology

Jodi Matheson

Jessica McCarthy, DVM

Associate Teaching Professor
Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery


Dudley L. McCaw, DVM, ACVIM

Professor Emeritus
Small Animal Medicine

Dudley L. McCaw

Megan McCracken, DVM, MS, ACVS-Large Animal

Assistant Teaching Professor
Equine Surgery

Megan McCracken

Anna McManamey, DVM, DACVIM-Cardiology 

Assistant Teaching Professor
Cardiology 

Anna McManamey

Richard Meadows, DVM, ABVP-Canine and Feline

Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
Small Animal Community Practice Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Dentistry; dermatology; vaccinology

Richard Meadows

Megan Mickelson, DVM, ACVS-Small Animal

Assistant Professor
Small Animal Surgery/Oncological Surgery

RESEARCH AND CLINICAL INTERESTS

Sentinel lymph node mapping, novel tumor margin assessment, PET-CT, and interventional radiology for cancer treatment.

Megan Mickelson

John Middleton, DVM, PhD, ACVIM-Large Animal

Professor
Food Animal Medicine and Surgery

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Bovine and caprine mastitis; molecular epidemiology of bacterial pathogens.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Internal medicine; general food animal medicine and surgery.


Rajiv Mohan, MSc, PhD, FARVO

Ruth M. Kraeuchi Endowed Professor, Director of International Outreach, & Curators Distinguished Professor in Veterinary Ophthalmology

Rajiv Mohan

Amy Molitoris, DVM, ACVECC

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

Amy Molitoris, DVM

Cecil P. Moore, DVM, MS, ACVO

Professor Emeritus
Ophthalmology


Celeste Morris, DVM, MBA, MPVM

Assistant Teaching Professor
Food Animal – Ambulatory Medicine

Celeste Morris

Mel Mosley, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

Mel Mosley

Joanna Murdoch, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Internal Medicine

Joanna Murdoch, DVM

Laura Nafe, DVM, MS, ACVIM-Small Animal Internal Medicine

Assistant Teaching Professor
Small Animal Internal Medicine

Laura Nafe

Ada Naramor, DVM, ACVIM-Oncology

Clinical Instructor
Oncology

Ada Naramor, DVM

Kristina Narfstrom, DVM, PhD, ECVO

Professor Emerita
Ophthalmology

Kristina Narfstrom, DVM

Dennis O’Brien, DVM, PhD, ACVIM

Professor Emeritus
Neurology

Dennis O'Brien, DVM, PhD, ACVIM

Kathryn O’Brien (Groom), DVM

Adjunct Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care


Craig Payne, DVM, MS 

Associate Extension Professor
Extension – Continuing Education

Craig Payne, DVM, MS 

Bess Pierce, DVM, ABVP, ACVIM, ACVSMR

Teaching Professor
Small Animal Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation

Bess Pierce

Fabio Pinaffi, DVM, MS, PhD

Assistant Teaching Professor
Theriogenology

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Comparative theriogenology and reproductive biotechnologies to improve fertility.

Fabio Pinaffi

Scott Poock, DVM, ABVP-Dairy

Associate Extension Professor
Extension – Continuing Education

Scott Poock, DVM, ABVP-Dairy

Satyanarayana Rachagani, BVSc, PhD

Associate Professor
Cancer Research

Satyanarayana Rachagani, BVSc, PhD

Meagan Rau, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Community Practice and Shelter Medicine

Meagan Rau, DVM

Lauren Reeves, DVM, ACVS-Small Animal

Assistant Teaching Professor
Small Animal Surgery

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Minimally invasive soft tissue surgical procedures and cardiothoracic surgery.

Lauren Reeves

Carol Reinero, DVM, PhD, ACVIM-Small Animal

Professor
Small Animal Internal Medicine

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Comparative and translational research in pulmonology and immunology; investigation of the respiratory microbiome.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Microbiome. Clinical interests:

Carol Reinero

Bevin Rippy, DVM

Assistant Teaching Professor
Oncology

Dr. Blevin Rippy

Luis Rivero, DVM, MS, ACVIM-Food Animal

Assistant Teaching Professor
Food Animal Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS

All aspects of food animal internal medicine and veterinary education.

Luis Rivero

Martha Scharf, DVM, ABVP-Equine

Assistant Teaching Professor
Equine – Ambulatory Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Equine ambulatory and emergency medicine.

Martha Scharf

Loren Schultz, DVM, MS, ACVPM-Beef

Associate Teaching Professor
Food Animal Medicine and Surgery

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Beef cattle production medicine and epidemiology.

Loren Schultz

Bryan Shedd, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency Critical Care

Bryan Shedd, DVM

Kevin Shull, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Shelter Medicine & Small Animal Emergency Critical Care

Kevin Shull, DVM

Nishant Sinha, PhD

Assistant Research Professor
Ophthalmology and Molecular Medicine

Nishant Sinha, PhD

Owen Skinner, BVSc, DECVS, DACVS-SA, MRCVS

Assistant Professor
Small Animal Surgery/Oncological Surgery

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Lymph node staging and management, neuroendocrine tumors, pre-operative staging, and surgical accuracy/planning.

Owen Skinner

Jessica ‘Lee’ Talbott, DVM, ACVIM-Oncology

Assistant Teaching Professor
Oncology

Jessica 'Lee' Talbott

Belinda Tedder, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

Belinda Tedder, DVM

Jessica Thiele, DVM, ABVP-Shelter Medicine

Assistant Teaching Professor
Shelter Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS

HQHVSN surgery, special surgical procedures, population management, shelter environmental design.

Jessica Thiele

James E. Tomlinson, DVM, MVSci, ACVS

Professor Emeritus
Small Animal Surgery

James E. Tomlinson, DVM, MVSci, ACVS

Jerry Toporis, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

Jerry Toporis

Kile Townsend, DVM, MS, ACVIM-Large Animal

Assistant Teaching Professor
Equine Internal Medicine

RESEARCH AND CLINICAL INTERESTS

Neonatology, emergency/critical care, equine neuromuscular diseases, and veterinary education.

Kile Townsend

Ratnakar Tripathi, PhD

Assistant Research Professor
One-Health One-Medicine Vision and Ophthalmology Research Lab

Ratnakar Tripathi

Eva Ulery, DVM, ABVP-Canine and Feline

Assistant Teaching Professor
Community Practice and Shelter Medicine

RESEARCH AND CLINICAL INTERESTS

Dental disease; shelter medicine; general practice.

Eva Ulery

Aida Vientós-Plotts, DVM, ACVIM-Small Animal

Assistant Professor
Small Animal Internal Medicine

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Investigation of the respiratory microbiota in health and infectious or inflammatory airway diseases of dogs and cats, influence of antimicrobials and probiotics on the respiratory microbiota.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases.

Aida Vientós-Plotts

Collette Wagner-Mann, DVM, PhD

Adjunct Associate Teaching Professor

Collette Wagner-Mann, DVM, PhD, Adjunct Associate Teaching Professor

Kelly Wiggen, DVM, DACVIM-Cardiology

Assistant Teaching Professor
Cardiology

Kelly Wiggen

David A. Wilson, DVM, MS, ACVS

Professor Emeritus
Equine Medicine and Surgery

David A. Wilson, DVM, MS, ACVS

Robert S. Youngquist, DVM, ACT

Professor Emeritus
Theriogenology

Robert S. Youngquist, DVM, ACT