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

Kathleen Backus, DVM
Adjunct Instructor
Small Animal Medicine and Surgery

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

Claud ‘CB’ Chastain, DVM, MS, ACVIM
Professor Emeritus
Small Animal Internal Medicine

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.

Ross P. Cowart, DVM, MS, ABVP
Associate Professor Emeritus
Food Animal 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.

Josephine ‘Josie’ Dornbusch, DVM
Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Surgery
CLINICAL INTERESTS
Minimally invasive surgery and wound 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

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.

Kelly Gravitt, DVM
Clinical Instructor
Equine Ambulatory & ER

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.

Elena Leavitt, DVM
Clinical Instructor
Nutrition

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.

Tay Marquardt, DVM, MS, ACVIM-Oncology
Associate Teaching Professor
Oncology

Lynn Martin, DVM, MPH, ACVIM-Large Animal
Assistant Teaching Professor
Equine Medicine

Jodi Matheson, DVM, ACVR
Associate Teaching Professor
Radiology

Dudley L. McCaw, DVM, ACVIM
Professor Emeritus
Small Animal Medicine

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.

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

Amy Molitoris, DVM
Clinical Instructor
Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

Cecil P. Moore, DVM, MS, ACVO
Professor Emeritus
Ophthalmology

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

Kristina Narfstrom, DVM, PhD, ECVO
Professor Emerita
Ophthalmology

Dennis O’Brien, DVM, PhD, ACVIM
Professor Emeritus
Neurology

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.

James E. Tomlinson, DVM, MVSci, ACVS
Professor Emeritus
Small Animal Surgery

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.

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

Kelly Wiggen, DVM, DACVIM-Cardiology
Assistant Teaching Professor
Cardiology

David A. Wilson, DVM, MS, ACVS
Professor Emeritus
Equine Medicine and Surgery

Robert S. Youngquist, DVM, ACT
Professor Emeritus
Theriogenology
