Speakers

Dr. Adam Breiteneicher received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine. He then completed a clinical internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Additionally, he continued advanced surgical training by completing a small animal surgery residency at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Breiteneicher recently presented his scientific research on the Sliding Humeral Osteotomy (a procedure used to treat canine elbow dysplasia), at the Veterinary Orthopedic Society’s National Meeting and also has a publication on this topic. He continues to collaborate with researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine to explore improved techniques aimed at treating cranial cruciate ligament rupture in dogs. Dr. Breiteneicher has special interests and experience in minimally invasive fracture repair, arthroscopy, laparoscopy, and other minimally invasive surgical procedures.

Dr. Rudinsky is part of the Small Animal Internal Medicine service at The Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center.  He provides the service with a specialized interest, clinical perspective and clinically applicable research in gastroenterology, pancreatology, hepatology and immunology.  Dr. Rudinsky received his DVM degree from The Ohio State University, completed a small animal rotating internship at Purdue University, a combined residency in internal medicine and MS degree at The Ohio State University, a fellowship in mucosal immunology at The Ohio State University, and a fellowship in microbial pathogenesis at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He is now on faculty at Ohio State as a faculty internist and research scientist. His current clinical and research interests include chronic enteropathies, pancreatic and hepatic disease, mucosal immunology, and the intestinal microbiome as it relates to small animal gastrointestinal disease pathophysiology and treatment. During his time at Ohio State he has received several teaching awards and hospital service awards.

Alex Lynch graduated from the University of Bristol Veterinary School, England, in 2009 with honors. After a period in general and specialty practice in the UK, he moved to Tufts University in North Grafton, Massachusetts, to undertake further clinical training in emergency and critical care. He became board certified by the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care in 2015. Following his residency, he joined the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida as a Clinical Faculty member in emergency and critical. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Emergency and Critical care at North Carolina State University. He splits his time between clinics, research and teaching. He is particularly interested in coagulation, transfusion medicine and trauma.

Dr. Amelia White received her DVM from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in 2010 followed by a one year internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at Auburn University.  She was accepted to a Dermatology residency at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana the following year where she completed three years of specialty training and a Master’s Degree in 2014.  Dr. White completed her board certification exam in Veterinary Dermatology in the fall of 2014, and is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine.  She has authored or contributed to various abstracts, case reports, primary research, and a book chapter in her short career.  Her research interests include allergic skin and ear diseases, as well as infectious diseases.

Ana graduated from the University of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain in 1998 with a degree in Veterinary Medicine which she followed with a PhD in platelet function in dogs with neoplastic disease. She finished her PhD in 2003 and following this moved to Ohio State University in the USA where she first completed an internship in oncology, and then a residency in haematology and oncology, obtaining her  diploma in Veterinary Oncology by the American College of Veterianry Internal Medicine (ACVIM) in February 2008. She also holds the Oncology diploma by the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ECVIM-CA)  in December 2008 and is an RCVS recognised specialist in Veterinary Oncology.

Ana was a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Oncology and the Director of the Royal Veterinary College’s ACVIM oncology residency training programme and the Vice-President of the European Society of Veterinary Oncology until 2017. 

Ana Lara currently works at IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. UK and is also director of Lara Oncology Veterinary Experts Ltd.. Ana does research in veterinary and comparative oncology, currently her focus is canine and feline lymphoma, mesothelioma, mast cell tumors, quality of life in pets with cancer and hemostasis and cancer. Their most recent publication is Prognostic significance of clinical presentation, induction and rescue treatment in 42 cases of canine centroblastic diffuse large B-cell multicentric lymphoma in the United Kingdom

Veterinary School- Oregon State University (2001-2005)

Internship-Oregon State University (2005-2006)

Residency in cardiology-North Carolina State University (2006-2009)

Assistant Professor at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine-(2009-2011)

Staff Cardiologist at Veterinary Emergency and Referral Group (Brooklyn,NY) from 2011-2016

Staff Cardiologist at Blue Pearl Veterinary Partners (Paramus, NJ) 2016- present

Lecturer for International Veterinary Seminars (2009-present)

Telemedicine Consultant for IDEXX-(2009-present)

Dr. Ann Hohenhaus lives and works in New York City.  She is a graduate of Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and completed her specialty training at the Animal Medical Center in New York City.  Dr. Hohenhaus is board certified in both Oncology and Small Animal Internal Medicine by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.  She is also a Certified Veterinary Journalist and has written for diverse news outlets such as WedMD, Real Simple Magazine, and Vetstreet.com.  Currently, she hosts the monthly Ask the Vet radio program on SiriusXM Radio.   Dr. Hohenhaus is a staff veterinarian at the Animal Medical Center and her research interests focus on hematology and oncology.

Dr. Carr received his veterinary education at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich Germany. After 3 years in practice he returned to the US to complete an internship at the University of Missouri-Columbia and a medicine residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since then he has worked as an emergency clinician, telemedicine consultant with Dr. Larry Tilley and traveling endoscopist before moving to Saskatoon. He is a professor of small animal medicine in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. His main areas of interest are hard to pin down other than it is all clinically relevant.  He is widely published in the US and Europe and is co-editor of three books.

Dr. Ashley Saunders is a Professor of Cardiology and Assistant Department Head for Teaching at Texas A&M University.  She is board certified in the specialty of cardiology by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.  Dr. Saunders has a PG Cert Vet Ed from the Royal Veterinary College, London and is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and fellow of the Michael E. DeBakey Institute for Comparative Cardiovascular Science and Biomedical Devices.  She is a recipient of the Texas A&M Association of Former Students College and University Level Teaching Awards.  Her research interests and publications are in cardiovascular imaging, interventional techniques for congenital heart disease, heart failure management and novel teaching methods. 

Dr Barbro Filliquist is an Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. She is a DVM from the University of California, completed an internship at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and returned to UC Davis to complete a Small Animal Surgical Residency. Dr. Filliquist became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2012 and a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2013. Her main areas of interest are minimally invasive surgery, including arthroscopy and fracture repair, traumatology and joint disease. 

Dr Brad Case is an Associated Professor at the University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine. He is a DVM from the University of California and gained his Masters in clinical science from Colorado State University

He did his Small Animal Surgical Residency at Colorado State University and after became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2012.

He is a ACVS Founding Fellow for Minimally Invasive Soft Tissue Surgery (Small Animal) since 2017.

His areas of main interest are Laparoscopic surgery, Video assisted thoracic surgery and Vascular interventional surgery.

• DVM – University of Minnesota 1974

• Small Animal Internship & Residency – University of Illinois, 1974-1977

• Diplomate ACVIM (Subspecialty of Internal Medicine) 1980

• Member of the medicine staff in the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois in Urbana, IL for 24 years, having served as professor and Head Small Animal Medicine Section prior to leaving in 1998. Dr. McKiernan's responsibilities included teaching in all years of the veterinary professional curriculum, in house veterinary technician training, house officer training (over 275 interns, residents and graduate students), research and clinical service. Founder (1978) and first President (1978-1985) of the Veterinary Comparative Respiratory Society. He is best known for his research, numerous publications (including over 90 scientific articles and book chapters), his clinical expertise and local, national and international seminars on respiratory problems in companion animals.

• Dr. McKiernan moved to Denver, CO in 1998 where he joined the Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital as staff internist with the Wheat Ridge Veterinary Specialists, a large full service general, emergency and specialty referral practice (staff total ~ 130). During these years he also was an Affiliate Faculty member of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University. In 2007 Dr. McKiernan became a partner in the Southern Oregon Veterinary Specialty Clinic in Medford, Oregon and served as their Staff Internist. He was involved in house officer training programs in both private specialty practices and continued to present scientific lectures at veterinary meetings while continuing his research and clinical work in Internal Medicine and on respiratory problems in dogs and cats.

• In 2011 Dr. McKiernan returned to the University of Illinois and to be closer to his extended family in the Midwest. He was a Professor of Small Animal Medicine and Directory of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital until his retirement in April, 2015. He returns to the VTH as Professor Emeritus where he continues to provide his expertise dealing with respiratory cases and specifically his interest in brachycephalic dogs and cats

Dr. Beale received his veterinary degree from The University of Florida (UF) in 1985. He completed an internship at Friendship Hospital for Animals in Washington, D.C., and a surgical residency at UF. He is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1991. He was an assistant professor of surgery at the UF prior to joining Gulf Coast Veterinary Surgery in 1992. Dr. Beale is an adjunct assistant professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, and is a co-author of the industry-defining textbook, Small Animal Arthroscopy

Dr. Catherine Milley grew up in western Canada where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in zoology from the University of Calgary and went on to earn her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in 2006.  After graduation, she spent one year as a mixed animal practitioner in rural Alberta followed by six years practicing small animal medicine and surgery at a busy practice in St. Albert. Dr. Milley completed her residency in veterinary dermatology with the Animal Dermatology Clinic in Louisville, Kentucky and obtained her board certification and Diplomate status with the American College of Veterinary Dermatology in 2016. Dr. Milley moved to Portland, Oregon in 2017 and works full time at the Animal Dermatology Clinic Portland. She also works as a dermatology consultant on the Veterinary Information Network (VIN). Dr. Milley has a particular clinical interest in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies and infectious diseases in companion animals.

Dr. Cynthia Ward received her VMD and PhD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.  She completed residency training at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania in small animal internal medicine and a reproductive endocrinology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.  She was on faculty at the University of Pennsylvania until 2005 when she moved to the University of Georgia where she is currently Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine.  Dr. Ward has been honored by numerous teaching awards including the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Teaching Award, the Norden/Pfizer Distinguished Teaching Award twice, and the National SCAVMA Teaching Award.  She was named the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Georgia in 2015.  She has an active research program in clinical and basic endocrinology and has authored numerous journal articles, book chapters, and research abstracts. Dr. Ward is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (small animal internal medicine).

Dr. Daniel Foy graduated from Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in 2005. He completed a small animal rotating internship at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital outside of Denver, Colorado and subsequently moved to Madison, Wisconsin where he completed a residency in small animal internal medicine and a fellowship in emergency & critical care. He became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2009 and of the American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care in 2011. He returned to Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital and worked as a staff veterinarian for 4 years. In 2015, Dr. Foy returned to the academic arena as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona.

Dr. Biller is a professor and head of the radiology department at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

He holds a DVM degree from Auburn University and completed an internship at New Haven Hospital in Connecticut and residency at The Ohio State University.

Dr. Biller’s research centers around the use of ultrasound in the diagnosis and evaluation of spontaneous animal diseases and polycystic kidney disease in cats.

His major clinical interest is diagnostic ultrasound of small and large animals, and he is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology.

Dr. Dycus attended Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine for his veterinary degree, Auburn University for a small animal rotating internship, and Mississippi State for a combined surgical residency and Masters degree.

Dr. Dycus is frequently asked to lecture locally, nationally, and internationally. He has given over 100 continuing education lectures and taught over 50 laboratories. He has published numerous research articles and authored or co-authored several book chapters. He was named by DVM360.com as one of the 10 veterinarians to watch in 2018. Dr. Dycus is a frequent contributor for updates in orthopedics to several veterinary websites and magazines. Dr. Dycus has also been featured on Sirius XMs Doctor Radio’s segment on Pet Health and Orthopedics. His passion for teaching has allowed Dr. Dycus to become a laboratory instructor for the CBLO, TPLO, extra-capsular stabilization, medial patella luxation, and fracture repair. He is on faculty for AO, and he is an orthopedic consultant for VIN.

Along with being a scientific reviewer for multiple journals, he serves on the editorial review board for Veterinary Surgery, the official publication of the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons. He has previously held an appointment on the research committee for the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. Currently Dr. Dycus is on the Board of Trustees for the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and is a council member for the Association for Veterinary Orthopedic Research and Education (AVORE).

Dr. Dycus became a certified canine rehabilitation practitioner through the University of Tennessee in 2015. He is the co-founder and co-director of the Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute (VSMRI), an online veterinary rehabilitation learning platform. In addition he practices orthopedic surgery at the Veterinary Orthopedic and Sports Medicine (VOSM) group in Annapolis Junction, Maryland.  

David Sobel, DVM, MRCVS began his veterinary training at the University of Glasgow in Scotland before returning to the US to receive his DVM from Tufts Veterinary School in 1992.  He was on the staff of the Dover Veterinary Hospital during which time he received advanced training in human endoscopic surgery at the New England Medical Center in Boston.  He later served on the staff of the Hanover Veterinary Clinic before starting his mobile outreach service, Metropolitan Veterinary Consultants, in 2000.  This is his effort to make his services accessible to small animal patients and practices across Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.  He also is a consultant, providing referral services at the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Center of Portsmouth, NH.

Dr. Sobel also serves as a consultant at the Elands Veterinary Clinic, in England where he has worked with his colleague, Philip Lhermette, to introduce non and minimally invasive surgery to small animal practices across the United Kingdom.  David was one of the first practitioners to begin incorporating the use of diode lasers into minimally invasive surgery for dogs and cats, taking what had previously been purely diagnostic procedures into the realm of interventional surgical endoscopy.

He has lectured on endoscopy, endoscopic surgery and laser endoscopic surgery worldwide, including the North American Veterinary Conference, the North Carolina VMA annual meeting, the Pennsylvania VMA annual meeting, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine annual meeting, the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Bristol University Veterinary School (UK), University of Sydney (Australia), Royal Veterinary College (UK), Hawaii VMA annual meeting, BSAVA Congress (UK), and many others.

Dr. Sobel has served as a reviewer of the journal Veterinary Surgery and has worked with many corporate and industrial colleagues on developing and marketing products for the veterinary endoscopy market.

He is the co-editor and author of the  BSAVA Manual of Small Animal Endoscopy and Endosurgery currently being revised for a second edition as well as having written extensively for other volumes on small animal endoscopic surgery, including the most recent edition of Ettinger et. al. Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine.  He is licensed to practice in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and the United Kingdom.

Dr. David C. Twedt graduated from Iowa State University and entered an internship and medicine residency in gastroenterology at The Animal Medical Center in New York City.  Dr. Twedt then joined the staff of the Animal Medical Center and was also a research associate at the Liver Research Center of Albert Einstein Medical School.  Dr. Twedt is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Colorado State University in small animal internal medicine.  He is also currently the Associate Director of the Center for Global Education in Medicine and Surgery (GEMS) focused on endoscopic education at CSU. 

            Dr. Twedt is past President of the ACVIM and Comparative Gastroenterology Society. Publication and research interests include liver disease, gastrointestinal disease and endoscopy.  He has also been the recipient of a number of teaching and research awards.  He is also the co-editor of the textbook Current Veterinary Therapy 14 and 15 editions.

Dr. Debra Horwitz received her DVM from Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine and is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists. She is a frequent lecturer in both North America and abroad on behavioral topics to veterinarians and pet owners and often featured on both television and radio and is a behavioral consultant on VIN.  Her newest Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Canine and Feline Behavior 2nd edition was published in January 2018.  She has authored and edited several books and book chapters including ISFM’s Feline Stress and Health (2016) and Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare (Rodan & Heath 2016). Her other books include the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Behavioural Medicine 1st and 2nd  editions, and co-author of the Lifelearn Behavior Client Handouts. She is also the lead editor of a book for pet owners authored by diplomates of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists Decoding your Dog published in January 2014. She was president of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists 2006-2008.  In 2012 she received the Veterinarian of the Year by Ceva Animal Health and has been voted NAVC 2012 and NAVC 2014 Small Animal Speaker of the Year.

Dr. Marcellin-Little is a French-born veterinarian who graduated from the veterinary college of Toulouse in France. Dr. Marcellin-Little is a Diplomate of the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons and Charter Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is a Professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of California, Davis. 

 Beyond orthopedics, Dr. Marcellin-Little has specific knowledge of animal physical therapy and rehabilitation. He is an adjunct clinical faculty member of the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. He is actively involved in teaching and investigating this emerging field and is very interested in applying evidence-based medicine to the management of chronic orthopedic problems.

 Dr. Marcellin-Little has written approximately 120 articles – 100 of these are peer-reviewed research projects in the fields of joint replacement, circular external fixation, biomodeling, and biomanufacturing. 

Dominique Griffon is a Professor in Small Animal Surgery and Associate Dean for Research at Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine. She is a clinician scientist with experience in soft tissue, orthopaedic and spinal surgery. Her research focuses on biomaterials and stem cells for orthopaedic applications. Her clinical interests primarily deal with the pathogenesis of canine cranial cruciate ligament disease and the arthroscopic management of elbow dysplasia. She has published over 80 refereed research publications, contributed to more than 100 scientific conferences and serves on several national committees, editorial and grant review panels and professional societies. Among those, she co-edited the textbook on Complications in Small Animal Surgery and is the current Editor-in-Chief for Veterinary Surgery, the journal of the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons.

Dr. Hulse graduated from Texas A&M in 1970 and completed his surgical training at Kansas State University in 1973. After becoming board-certified in 1977, Dr. Hulse worked as a staff surgeon at Louisiana State University and Oklahoma State University until 1984. For the past 30 years, he has served as a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Texas A&M University.

Dr. Hulse is a recognized leader in veterinary orthopedics and is frequently an invited speaker at national and international veterinary conferences. He has developed techniques commonly used for treatment of bone and joint disorders in dogs and is a co-author of the industry-defining textbook, Small Animal Arthroscopy. His clinical research interests focus on minimally invasive surgery for joint disorders and for fracture treatment. Dr. Hulse has been performing surgery in the Austin area for over 10 years and is a partner at AVES.

Dr. Mazzaferro is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, completing an internship at the Veterinary Institute of Trauma in Wisconsin. She completed a residency in Emergency-Critical Care at Colorado State University, where she also earned her PhD. She was board certified by the American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care in 2002. Dr. Mazzaferro was the Director of Emergency Services at a multispecialty practice in Colorado for 10 years before joining CUVS in 2012.

Dr. Mazzaferro is internationally renowned and a leader in her field. She is President of the American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care. She is also a prolific publisher, having authored four manuals as well as numerous chapters and manuscripts on a range of topics relating to Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. She lectures extensively nationally and internationally, having given presentations in more than 21 US states and 9 countries.

Internationally, Dr. Mazzaferro is recognized for her accomplishments as a lecturer and author. At CUVS, she is known for her upbeat, warm personality and unwavering positivity. She simultaneously conveys her tremendous experience and expertise with warmth and compassion – a combination that is reassuring and invaluable in the emergency setting.

Dr Eric Monnet graduated from veterinary school in Maisons Alfort, France in 1985. He worked for four years in a Paris private practice performing small animal medicine and surgery. In 1994, he completed a small animal surgery residency at Colorado State University and concurrently finished a Master of Sciences degree. In 1997, Dr. Monnet received his PhD in Clinical Sciences studying cardiac efficiency in dogs. In 2003, he became a fellow of the American Heart Association. Dr Monnet is currently a professor in small animal surgery (soft tissue) at CSU. He is a Diplomate of both the American and European College of Veterinary Surgeons. Also he was the founding president of the Society for Soft Tissue Surgery and the Veterinary Endoscopy Society. He is the editor of the first edition of Textbook ”Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery” and a co-editor of the  second edition of  “Mechanism of Diseases in Small Animal Surgery” and the second edition of “Small Animal Thoracic Surgery”.

Dr. Erin Epperly is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine. She received her DVM from Colorado State University in 2007. After eight years in rural, mixed animal practice, she returned to academia to complete a diagnostic imaging residency at Cornell University. She was board certified as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiologists in 2018.

Dr. Frederic Gaschen is a graduate of the University of Bern, Switzerland. After a few years in mixed practice, he trained as a veterinary internist in North America (Ontario Veterinary College, Canada, and University of Florida, USA). He is a specialist in small animal internal medicine and a Diplomate of both the American and the European Colleges of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVM and ECVIM-CA). After teaching for 15 years at his alma mater, he moved to Louisiana in 2006 where he is currently a professor and chief of small animal medicine at Louisiana State University. Frederic has a passion for the canine and feline gastroenterology. He has directed research and published on chronic enteropathies of the dog and digestive motility of dogs and cats. He loves to share his passion with his students at LSU and with colleagues at congresses worldwide. He has been involved in professional associations for many years. Currently, he is the Chair of the Scientific Program Committee for the annual Congresses of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA).

Freya Mowat received her veterinary degree from the University of Bristol School of Veterinary Medicine in the UK. She received her PhD. in Molecular Genetics from University College London in 2009, and was board certified in both the European and American Colleges of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in 2015 following residency  and post-doctoral training at Michigan State University. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, splitting her time between research into animal and human retinal blindness, clinical ophthalmology and teaching in the DVM and graduate curricula. She has authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications and 3 book chapters, including Veterinary Ophthalmology, 6th edition

Dr. Heather M. Wilson-Robles received her DVM from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Wilson-Robles then completed a small animal rotating internship at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center and a residency in medical oncology at the University of Wisconsin. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in the specialty of oncology. Her research and clinical interests include cancer stem cells, osteosarcoma, and clinical trials.

Dr. Seim is a Professor of Small Animal Surgery, Colorado State University. He is a graduate of Washington State University. He did his internship at Saskatoon, Canada, residency at the Animal Medical Center in New York City and has been teaching small animal surgery at Colorado State University for 30 years. He was Chief of the Small Animal Surgery section at Colorado State University from 1992 to 2002.

Graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1992 and spent one year working in feedlot medicine near Dodge City Kansas (loved the cows and the people but not the hours or the reconstructive surgery).  Joined Army in 1993 and spent the next 5 years in clinical Army practices in both Missouri and Germany.  In 1998 selected for a 3 year residency in Veterinary Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington DC.  Spent 4 additional years in Maryland serving at the Institute of Chemical Defense, moved to San Antonio in 2005 and served 6 years at the Institute of Surgical Research and continued to serve in San Antonio at the Tri Service Research Laboratory until retirement in 2013.  In 2007 started Texas Veterinary Pathology as a local San Antonio alternative for histology, cytology and necropsy services.

James graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2010 with degrees in pathology and veterinary medicine.  Over the last four years, completed advanced clinical training at the Royal Veterinary College (University of London), receiving the diplomas of the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2016.  During this time, Dr.Swann also investigated the autoimmune response of dogs with immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia (IMHA); He received an International Canine Health Award from the Kennel Club Charitable Trust for this work in 2015.

Dr. Jeanne Budgin recently joined the staff of Riverdale Veterinary Dermatology in 2016. Prior to this, she established and directed the Dermatology and Allergy Service at the Animal Specialty Center in Yonkers, NY.

Dr. Budgin received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Iowa State University in 1999 and spent two years in private general practice in New Jersey. In 2002, she completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the University of Pennsylvania and was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship in immunodermatology through the school of medicine, where she pursued research in human and animal skin cancer. Dr. Budgin completed her residency training in veterinary dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania and received Diplomate status in 2005.

Her primary areas of interest include feline dermatology, diet and nutrition in the management of allergic skin disease, treatment of drug resistant infections and immune-mediated skin diseases. Dr. Budgin has published articles pertaining to veterinary dermatology in various journals and has presented at conferences throughout the world.

She is the former treasurer, vice president and president of the American Academy of Veterinary Dermatology (AAVD). She is the current chair of the organizing committee of the North American Veterinary Dermatology Forum and was recently appointed as the AAVD representative to the World Association of Veterinary Dermatology (WAVD) and contributes to the education and website committees of the WAVD. Dr. Budgin also recently joined the Ethics and Professional Development board of the American College of Veterinary Dermatology. In addition, she is actively involved with the Global Veterinary Dermatology Education Group, which provides education in veterinary dermatology to underserved areas of the world.

Dr. Budgin’s hobbies include photography, gardening, cooking, yoga and spending time outdoors.

Dr. Jenelle Sharpley received her DVM degree from Colorado State University in 2006.  She completed a small animal rotating internship at the University of Illinois, worked as an emergency veterinarian in Denver for a year, and then competed a diagnostic imaging internship in Los Angeles.  She then returned to Colorado State University for a combined residency and master’s degree program in Diagnostic Imaging.  She became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology in 2012.  Since that time, Dr. Sharpley has been a mobile radiologist in Colorado, radiologist in a private specialty hospital in Seattle and is currently working in teleradiology.  Ultrasound is her passion and is excited to have the opportunity to teach.

Jennifer is a graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph.  She completed an internship and an emergency and critical care residency at the Animal Emergency Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care in 1996. She completed a surgical residency in 2004 studying at several private practices in the USA. Jennifer has been director of emergency and intensive care services at a number of large private referral practices in Canada and the United States. She is currently working as an independent consultant and emergency and critical care specialist. She has published over 50 articles and book chapters, is actively involved in research, and is a member of seven professional veterinary organizations around the world. Jennifer enjoys teaching and is actively involved in training residents as well as lecturing and teaching workshops to nurses and doctors.

Dr. Jessica Vallone received both her DVM and MS degrees from Mississippi State University, pursued a small animal rotating internship at VCA Veterinary Referral Associates, and spent 3 years as an emergency veterinarian before completing her diagnostic imaging residency at Texas A&M University.  She is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor in the diagnostic imaging service at Texas A&M University.  

Dr. Jessica Ward  obtained her DVM degree from North Carolina State University in 2011.  After a small animal rotating internship at the Ohio State University, she returned to NC State for her residency in Cardiology. Dr. Ward completed her residency and became ACVIM board-certified in Cardiology in 2015. She was subsequently hired as an Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Ward has authored a number of manuscripts and scientific proceedings, and is an editor of the Cardiovascular Diseases section of the 6th edition of Nelson & Couto's "Small Animal Internal Medicine."  Her research interests include the use of lung ultrasound for the emergency diagnosis of congestive heart failure, the cardiovascular effects of glucocorticoids, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.  Dr. Ward has also given invited lectures in the United States and China, and recently received the Iowa State College of Veterinary Medicine Award for Early Achievement in Teaching. 

Joana qualified from Porto University in 2009. Following a year in clinical practice she joined the Queens Veterinary School Hospital, Cambridge as Junior Clinical Training Scholar. After a few years working at Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital in London she underwent her residency training in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the Royal Veterinary College. Here she gained her Master of Veterinary Medicine in 2017 and obtained specialist recognition from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) and from the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ECVIM) in Small Animal Internal Medicine. She is currently studying for her PhD at the Royal Veterinary College. 

Dr. Westropp is the director of the G. V. Ling Urinary Stone Analysis Laboratory. She did her undergraduate work at The Ohio State University and stayed at Ohio State to complete her veterinary degree in 1997. She then moved NYC for a one year internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Animal Medical Center and returned to Ohio for her internal medicine residency and PhD. She was board certified in veterinary medicine in 2001 and completed her PhD in 2004. She is currently an associate professor in the Department of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Her primary research focus is lower urinary tract disorders in dogs and cats.