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

Matthew Allen, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency Critical Care

Robert Backus, MS, DVM, PhD, ACVN

Associate Professor
Small Animal Nutrition

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Companion animal obesity; feline diabetes; vitamin D metabolism.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Clinical nutrition

Gabriela Baers, DVM, ACVR-Radiology

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Radiology

Julia Baldrighi, DVM, PhD, ACT

Associate Teaching Professor
Theriogenology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Bovine and equine follicular dynamics, canine biotechnologies.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Comparative theriogenology

Michael Barchilon, DVM

Assistant Teaching Professor
Small Animal Internal Medicine

Sandra Briesacher, MA, DVM

Adjunct Instructor
Shelter Medicine

Corinne Bromfield, DVM

Assistant Extension Professor
Extension – Swine Production

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.

Alex Bukoski, DVM, PhD, ACVAA

Associate Professor
Anesthesiology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Medical education and the biophysical foundations of anesthesia.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Anesthesiology

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.

Gretchen Carlisle, PhD, MEd, RN, CHES

Research Scientist
Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction

Shirley Chu, DVM, MS, PhD, ACVIM-Oncology

Assistant Clinical Professor
Oncology, VHC – Wentzville

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.

Leah Cohn, DVM, PhD, ACVIM-Small Animal

Interim Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine
Professor
Small Animal Internal Medicine

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Infectious and immune-mediated disease; respiratory medicine.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

All aspects of internal medicine.

Cindy Cravens, DVM

Clinical Instructor
BSVT Program Coordinator

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.

John Dodam, DVM, MS, PhD, ACVAA

Professor and VMS Chair
Anesthesiology 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Respiratory pathophysiology; pain; inflammation.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Anesthesiology; perioperative medicine; pain management.

Carrie Duran, DVM, PharmD

Pharmacist
Small Animal Community Practice Medicine

Elizabeth Easley, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency Critical Care

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Fluid therapy; critical care nutrition; pain management.

Jason Eberhardt, DVM, MS, ACVS-Small Animal

Assistant Teaching Professor
Small Animal Internal Medicine

Tara Ehling, DVM, ACVIM-Oncology, ACVR-Radiation Oncology

Assistant Clinical Professor
Oncology, Veterinary Health Center — Wentzville

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Combination therapies involving radiation therapy and other medications to improve clinical outcomes.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

All aspects of treatments involving radiation therapy.

Derek Fox, DVM, PhD, ACVS-Small Animal

Professor
Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery

RESEARCH INTERESTS

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

Laurie Frasher, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency Critical Care

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.

Clinton Greene, DVM, ABVP-Canine and Feline

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Speech, Language, Hearing Lab

Suneel Gupta, PhD

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

Lyndsey Hayden, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Equine Surgery

Carolyn Henry, DVM, MS, ACVIM-Oncology

Professor
Oncology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Comparative oncology; animal models of human disease.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Small animal oncology; clinical trials.

Gerelyn Henry, DVM, MBA, ACVP

Clinical Professor
Director Veterinary Health Center

Austin C. Hinds, DVM, MS, ACVIM-Large Animal

Teaching Professor
Food Animal Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Food animal medicine and surgery in practice; teaching.

Hsuan-Ping “Sissy” Hong, DVM, MVM, ACVIM-Neurology

Assistant Teaching Professor
Neurology/Neurosurgery        

CLINICAL INTERESTS 

Seizures; inflammatory disease; neuromuscular disease.

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.

Yoshimi Iwaki, DVM, ACVIM-Oncology

Assistant Teaching Professor
Oncology

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

Osteosarcoma. Clinical interests: all aspects of medical oncology.

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.

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.

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.

Kun-eek Kil, PhD

Assistant Research Professor
Radiochemistry and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry

Sehwon Koh, PhD, MS

Assistant Research Professor
Neuroscience (Research)

Joanne Kramer, DVM, ACVS-Large Animal

Teaching Professor
Equine – Surgery

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Veterinary education; lameness; podiatry.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Equine surgery; podiatry; student education.

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.

Alison LaCarrubba, DVM, ABVP-Equine

Associate Teaching Professor
Equine – Ambulatory Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Equine dentistry, both routine and referral.

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

Associate Professor
Radiology

Stacey Leach, DVM, MS, ACVIM-Cardiology

Associate Teaching Professor
Cardiology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Canine cardiomyopathies

CLINICAL INTERESTS

All aspects of cardiology.

Michelle LeRoy, DVM, ACVD

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Small Animal Community Practice Medicine

Michael Lewis, MS, PhD

Professor
Tumor Biology and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry

Ji-Hey Lim, DVM, PhD, AACVIM-Neurology

Assistant Professor
Neurology/Neurosurgery

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Traumatic spinal cord injury, regenerative medicine.

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Traumatic spinal cord injury, regenerative medicine.

Leslie Lyons, MS, PhD

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

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.

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.

Lynn Martin, DVM, MPH, ACVIM-Large Animal

Assistant Teaching Professor
Equine Medicine

Jodi Matheson, DVM, ACVR

Associate Teaching Professor
Radiology

Megan McCracken, DVM, MS, ACVS-Large Animal

Assistant Teaching Professor
Equine Surgery

Richard Meadows, DVM, ABVP-Canine and Feline

Adjunct Professor
Small Animal Community Practice Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Dentistry; dermatology; vaccinology

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.

Rajiv Mohan, MSc, PhD, FARVO

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

Amy Molitoris, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

Celeste Morris, DVM, MBA, MPVM

Assistant Teaching Professor
Food Animal – Ambulatory Medicine

Joanna Murdoch, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Internal Medicine

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

Assistant Teaching Professor
Small Animal Internal Medicine

Kathryn O’Brien (Groom), DVM

Adjunct Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

Craig Payne, DVM, MS 

Associate Extension Professor
Extension – Continuing Education

Bess Pierce, DVM, ABVP, ACVIM, ACVSMR

Teaching Professor
Small Animal Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation

Fabio Pinaffi, DVM, MS, PhD

Assistant Teaching Professor
Theriogenology

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Comparative theriogenology and reproductive biotechnologies to improve fertility.

Scott Poock, DVM, ABVP-Dairy

Associate Extension Professor
Extension – Continuing Education

Satyanarayana Rachagani, BVSc, PhD

Associate Professor
Cancer Research

Meagan Rau, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Community Practice and Shelter Medicine

Lauren Reeves, DVM, ACVS-Small Animal

Assistant Teaching Professor
Small Animal Surgery

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Minimally invasive soft tissue surgical procedures and cardiothoracic surgery.

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:

Luis Rivero, DVM, MS

Assistant Teaching Professor
Food Animal Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS

All aspects of food animal internal medicine and veterinary education.

Martha Scharf, DVM, ABVP-Equine

Assistant Teaching Professor
Equine – Ambulatory Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Equine ambulatory and emergency medicine.

Loren Schultz, DVM, MS, ACVPM-Beef

Associate Teaching Professor
Food Animal Medicine and Surgery

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Beef cattle production medicine and epidemiology.

David Senter, DVM, ACVD

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Small Animal Community Practice Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Allergies in dogs, cats and horses; ear disease; immune-mediated disorders.

Bryan Shedd, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency Critical Care

Kevin Shull, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Shelter Medicine & Small Animal Emergency Critical Care

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.

Ashton Story, DVM, MS

Clinical Instructor
Orthopedic Surgery

Jessica ‘Lee’ Talbott, DVM, ACVIM-Oncology

Assistant Teaching Professor
Oncology

Belinda Tedder, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

Jessica Thiele, DVM, ABVP-Shelter Medicine

Assistant Teaching Professor
Shelter Medicine

CLINICAL INTERESTS

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

Jerry Toporis, DVM

Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

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.

Ratnakar Tripathi, PhD

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

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.

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.

Kelly Wiggen, DVM, DACVIM-Cardiology

Assistant Teaching Professor
Cardiology