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Faculty

Our faculty are highly respected and often called upon to participate in national media stories. Working side-by-side with our students, they are dedicated to student success and creating healthy communities for our pets and pet families.

Faculty

Cherein Abdel Massih, DVM

Assistant Professor

abdelmassihc@westernu.edu

Ana Alcaraz DVM, PhD, DACVPA

Anatomic Pathology

Professor

aalcaraz@westernu.edu

Randall Anderson, DVM, MPVM

Clinical Field Liaison

Instructor

rjanderson@westernu.edu

Samuel Antillon, DVM

Adjunct Instructor

samuel.antillon@westernu.edu

Jordan Arana, DVM

Adjunct Instructor

jarana@westernu.edu

Carolina Beato, DVM

Clinical Education Instructor, Clinical Field Liaison

cbeato@westernu.edu

Joe Bertone, DVM, MS, DACVIM

Professor Emeritus

jbertone@westernu.edu

Domenico Bianco

Associate Professor

dbianco@westernu.edu

Frank Bossong, BS, DVM

Shelter Medicine

Associate Professor

fbossong@westernu.edu

Elizabeth P. Boynton, DVM, FNAP

Wellness and Communication

Professor

bboynton@westernu.edu

Erika Budde

Adjunct Instructor

ebudde@westernu.edu

Hillary Carroll, DVM

Adjunct Instructor

hcarroll@westernu.edu

David Clark, DVM, DABVP

Associate Professor

dclark@westernu.edu

Susan Davis

Clinical Instructor

daviss@westernu.edu

Maisie Dawes, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Immunology, Large Animal Internal Medicine

Associate Professor

mdawes@westernu.edu

Yvonne Drechsler, Dipl.Biol (eq MS), PhD

Immunology and Virology

Professor

ydrechsler@westernu.edu

Karen Eiler

Veterinary Medicine

Professor

keiler@westernu.edu

Kevin Ellis, DVM

Small Animal Medicine

Assistant Professor

ellisk@westernu.edu

Curtis Eng, DVM

Professor

ceng@westernu.edu

Helen Engelke, BVSc. MPVM Dipl. ACVPM MRCVS

Public Health

Assistant Professor

hengelke@westernu.edu

Maria A. Fahie, DVM, MS, DACVS

Small Animal Surgery

Professor

mfahie@westernu.edu

Babak Faramarzi, DVM, MSc, CVA, PhD

Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery

Professor

bfaramarzi@westernu.edu

David Forster, DVM, MRCVS, MAICS

Director of North Central Clinic

Assistant Professor

dforster@westernu.edu

Stephanie Frank

Equine Medicine

Assistant Professor

sfrank@westernu.edu

Christine Tindal Green, BVSc, Cert.V. Ophthal (RCVS)

Associate Professor

cgreen@westernu.edu

Michelle Greenberg, DVM

Assistant Professor

mgreenberg@westernu.edu

Rhea Hanselmann, DVM, MPVM, PhD

Veterinary Epidemiology

Assistant Professor

rhanselmann@westernu.edu

Jijun Hao, PhD

Stem Cell Biology

Professor

jhao@westernu.edu

Yiling Hong, PhD

Stem Cell Biology and Nanotoxicity

Professor

yhong@westernu.edu

Kristopher Irizarry, PhD

Associate Professor

kirizarry@westernu.edu

Malika Kachani, DVM, PhD, NAPF

Parasitology

Professor

mkachani@westernu.edu

Gagandeep Kaur, DVM, PhD

Physiology

Associate Professor

gkaur@westernu.edu

Wael A. Khamas, BVM&S, MS, PhD

Anatomy & Histology

Professor

wkhamas@westernu.edu

Young Joo Kim, DVM, MS

Surgery & Emergency

Associate Professor

yjkim@westernu.edu

Priyank Kumar

Associate Professor

pkumar@westernu.edu

Lyon Lee, DVM, PhD, DACVA

Anesthesiology

Professor

llyon@westernu.edu

Ohad Levi, DVM

Professor

olevi@westernu.edu

Annika Linde, DVM, PhD, MPH

Cardiology, Physiology, IPE

Associate Professor

alinde@westernu.edu

Thomas Marino, EdD, MS

Anatomy

Assistant Professor

tmarino@westernu.edu

Allison Marsh, DVM, MPH

Clinical Field Liaison

Instructor

allisonmarsh@westernu.edu

Diane McClure, DVM, PhD, DACLAM

Laboratory Animal

Associate Professor

dmcclure@westernu.edu

Leslie McLaughlin, VMD, MPH

VBS

Adjunct Instructor

lmclaughlin@westernu.edu

Tracey McNamara, DVM, DACVP

Pathology

Professor

tmcnamara@westernu.edu

L. Tonatiuh Melgarejo, DVM, MS, PhD

Translational Medicine & Antimicrobial Resistance

Professor

tmelgarejo@westernu.edu

Mohammad Mir, PhD

Virology

Professor

mmir@westernu.edu

Sheema Mir, PhD

Infectious Diseases

Assistant Professor

smir@westernu.edu

Stewart Morgan, DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM

Animal Nutrition

Assistant Professor

morgans@westernu.edu

Teresa Y. Morishita, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACPV

Poultry Medicine & Food Safety

Professor

tmorishita@westernu.edu

Ayman Mostafa, DVM, PhD

Clinical Sciences

Associate Professor

mostafaa@westernu.edu

Andrew Muir

Assistant Professor

muira@westernu.edu

Arvin Najarian, DVM

VBS

Adjunct Instructor

anajarian@westernu.edu

Theros Ng, PhD

Foundational Sciences

Assistant Professor

therosng@westernu.edu

Ken C. Noriega, BA, MS

Veterinary Anatomy

Instructor

knoriega@westernu.edu

Brian Oakley, PhD

Microbial Ecology

Professor

boakley@westernu.edu

Jose Peralta, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACAW, Dipl. ECAWBM (AWSEL)

Animal Welfare

Professor

jperalta@westernu.edu

Joyce Riveroll

Assistant Professor

jriveroll@westernu.edu

Miguel D. Saggese, DVM, MS, PhD

Microbiology & Avian/Wildlife Medicine

Associate Professor

msaggese@westernu.edu

Janna Shreffler-Perez, DVM

VBS

Adjunct Instructor

jshrefflerperez@westernu.edu

Wayne Smith, VMD

Small Animal Surgery/Medicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor

wsmith@westernu.edu

John Tegzes, MA, VMD, Dipl. ABVT

Dean

jtegzes@westernu.edu

Suzana Tkalcic, DVM, PhD

Veterinary Pathology

Professor

stkalcic@westernu.edu

Bridgid Twomey

North Central Clinic

Assistant Professor

btwomey@westernu.edu

Peter Weinstein, DVM, MBA

Adjunct Associate Professor

pweinstein@westernu.edu

Sarah Wills

Adjunct Instructor

swills@westernu.edu

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