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Faculty

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Essam Abdelfattah, BVetMed, MVetMed, PhD

Food Animal Science

Assistant Professor

eabdelfattah@westernu.edu

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Samuel Antillon, DVM

Adjunct Instructor

samuel.antillon@westernu.edu

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Jordan Arana, DVM

Adjunct Instructor

jarana@westernu.edu

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Margaret C. (Peggy) Barr, DVM, PhD

Virology & Immunology, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Professor

pbarr@westernu.edu

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Carolina Beato, DVM

Clinical Education Instructor, Clinical Field Liaison

cbeato@westernu.edu

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Domenico Bianco

Associate Professor

dbianco@westernu.edu

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Frank Bossong, BS, DVM

Shelter Medicine

Associate Professor

fbossong@westernu.edu

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Elizabeth P. Boynton, DVM, FNAP

Wellness and Communication

Professor

bboynton@westernu.edu

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Erika Budde

Adjunct Instructor

ebudde@westernu.edu

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Hillary Carroll, DVM

Adjunct Instructor

hcarroll@westernu.edu

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David Clark, DVM, DABVP

Associate Dean of Clinical Services

Associate Professor

dclark@westernu.edu

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Susan Davis

Clinical Instructor

daviss@westernu.edu

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Maisie Dawes, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Immunology, Large Animal Internal Medicine

Associate Professor

mdawes@westernu.edu

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Pedro Paulo V. P. Diniz, DVM, PhD

Director of Outcomes Assessment

Professor

pdiniz@westernu.edu

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Karen Eiler

Veterinary Medicine

Professor

keiler@westernu.edu

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Kevin Ellis, DVM

Small Animal Medicine

Assistant Professor

ellisk@westernu.edu

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Curtis Eng, DVM

Director of Clinical Rotations

Professor

ceng@westernu.edu

Portrait of Babak Faramarzi, DVM, MSc, CVA, PhD

Babak Faramarzi, DVM, MSc, CVA, PhD

Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery

Professor

bfaramarzi@westernu.edu

Portrait of David Forster, DVM, MRCVS, MAICS

David Forster, DVM, MRCVS, MAICS

Director of East Valley Clinic

Assistant Professor

dforster@westernu.edu

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Stephanie Frank

Equine Medicine

Assistant Professor

sfrank@westernu.edu

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Paul Gordon-Ross, DVM, MS

Director of Year Four Curriculum

Associate Professor

pgordon@westernu.edu

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Christine Tindal Green, BVSc, MRCVS

Small Animal Surgery

Associate Professor

cgreen@westernu.edu

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Michelle Greenberg, DVM

Adjunct Clinical Instructor

mgreenberg@westernu.edu

Portrait of Rhea Hanselmann, DVM, MPVM, PhD

Rhea Hanselmann, DVM, MPVM, PhD

Veterinary Epidemiology

Assistant Professor

rhanselmann@westernu.edu

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Jijun Hao, PhD

Stem Cell Biology

Professor

jhao@westernu.edu

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Yiling Hong, PhD

Stem Cell Biology and Nanotoxicity

Professor

yhong@westernu.edu

Portrait of Kristopher Irizarry, PhD

Kristopher Irizarry, PhD

Director of Year 2 Curriculum

Associate Professor

kirizarry@westernu.edu

Portrait of Gagandeep Kaur, DVM, PhD

Gagandeep Kaur, DVM, PhD

Physiology

Associate Professor

gkaur@westernu.edu

Portrait of Young Joo Kim, DVM, MS

Young Joo Kim, DVM, MS

Surgery & Emergency

Associate Professor

yjkim@westernu.edu

Portrait of Ohad Levi, DVM

Ohad Levi, DVM

Director of Year Three Curriculum

Professor

olevi@westernu.edu

Portrait of Annika Linde, DVM, PhD, MPH

Annika Linde, DVM, PhD, MPH

Cardiology, Physiology, IPE

Associate Professor

alinde@westernu.edu

Portrait of Allison Marsh, DVM, MPH

Allison Marsh, DVM, MPH

Clinical Field Liaison

Instructor

allisonmarsh@westernu.edu

Portrait of Diane McClure, DVM, PhD, DACLAM

Diane McClure, DVM, PhD, DACLAM

Laboratory Animal

Associate Professor

dmcclure@westernu.edu

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Leslie McLaughlin, VMD, MPH

VBS

Adjunct Instructor

lmclaughlin@westernu.edu

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L. Tonatiuh Melgarejo, DVM, MS, PhD

Translational Medicine & Antimicrobial Resistance

Professor

tmelgarejo@westernu.edu

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Sheema Mir, PhD

Infectious Diseases

Assistant Professor

smir@westernu.edu

Portrait of Trusten Moore, DVM, MBA

Trusten Moore, DVM, MBA

Clinical Veterinary Practice, Urgent Care

Assistant Professor

trustenmoore@westernu.edu

Portrait of Stewart Morgan, DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM

Stewart Morgan, DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM

Animal Nutrition

Assistant Professor

morgans@westernu.edu

Portrait of Ayman Mostafa, DVM, PhD

Ayman Mostafa, DVM, PhD

Clinical Sciences

Associate Professor

mostafaa@westernu.edu

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Arvin Najarian, DVM

VBS

Adjunct Instructor

anajarian@westernu.edu

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Theros Ng, PhD

Foundational Sciences

Assistant Professor

therosng@westernu.edu

Portrait of Ken C. Noriega, BA, MS

Ken C. Noriega, BA, MS

Veterinary Anatomy

Instructor

knoriega@westernu.edu

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Brian Oakley, PhD

Microbial Ecology

Professor

boakley@westernu.edu

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Joyce Riveroll

Assistant Professor

jriveroll@westernu.edu

Portrait of Allison Rowland, MS, DVM

Allison Rowland, MS, DVM

Small Animal Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor

rowlanda@westernu.edu

Portrait of Miguel D. Saggese, DVM, MS, PhD

Miguel D. Saggese, DVM, MS, PhD

Microbiology & Avian/Wildlife Medicine

Associate Professor

msaggese@westernu.edu

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Janna Shreffler-Perez, DVM

VBS

Adjunct Instructor

jshrefflerperez@westernu.edu

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Wayne Smith, VMD

Small Animal Surgery/Medicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor

wsmith@westernu.edu

Portrait of John Tegzes, MA, VMD, Dipl. ABVT

John Tegzes, MA, VMD, Dipl. ABVT

College of Veterinary Medicine

Dean

jtegzes@westernu.edu

Portrait of Suzana Tkalcic, DVM, PhD

Suzana Tkalcic, DVM, PhD

Veterinary Pathology

Professor

stkalcic@westernu.edu

Portrait of Peter Weinstein, DVM, MBA

Peter Weinstein, DVM, MBA

Admissions

Adjunct Associate Professor

pweinstein@westernu.edu

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Sarah Wills

Adjunct Instructor

swills@westernu.edu