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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

Ana Alcaraz DVM, PhD, DACVPA

Anatomic Pathology

Professor

aalcaraz@westernu.edu

Randall Anderson, DVM, MPVM

Clinical Field Liason

Instructor

rjanderson@westernu.edu

Gillian Angliss, DVM

Small Animal

Assistant Professor

gangliss@westernu.edu

Margaret C. (Peggy) Barr, DVM, PhD

Virology & Immunology, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,

Professor

pbarr@westernu.edu

Frank Bossong, BS, DVM

Shelter Medicine

Assistant Professor

fbossong@westernu.edu

Elizabeth P. Boynton, DVM, FNAP

Wellness and Communication

Professor

bboynton@westernu.edu

David Clark, DVM, DABVP

Associate Dean of Clinical Services

Professor

dclark@westernu.edu

Maisie Dawes, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Immunology, Large Animal Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor

mdawes@westernu.edu

Pedro Paulo V. P. Diniz, DVM, PhD

Director of Outcomes Assessment

Associate Professor

pdiniz@westernu.edu

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

Immunology and Virology

Associate Professor

ydrechsler@westernu.edu

Curtis Eng, DVM

Clinical Rotations

Associate Professor

ceng@westernu.edu

Helen Engelke, BVSc, MPVM, DACVPM, 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, PhD

Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery

Professor

bfaramarzi@westernu.edu

David Forster, DVM, MRCVS, MAICS

Director of Spay/Neuter Clinic

Assistant Professor

dforster@westernu.edu

Paul Gordon-Ross, DVM, MS

Director of Year Four

Associate Professor

pgordon@westernu.edu

Christine Tindal Green, BVSc, MRCVS

Small Animal Surgery

Associate Professor

cgreen@westernu.edu

Dominique Griffon, DMV, MS, PhD, DECVS, DACVS

Associate Dean for Research

Professor

dgriffon@westernu.edu

Spring Halland DVM, CVA, DACVIM

Large Animal Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor

shalland@westernu.edu

Rhea Hanselmann, DVM, MPVM, PhD

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

Bioinformatics, Genetics

Associate Professor

kirizarry@westernu.edu

Janis Joslin, DVM

Primate, Zoo and Wildlife

Professor

jjoslin@westernu.edu

Malika Kachani, DVM, PhD, NAPF

Parasitology

Professor

mkachani@westernu.edu

Gagandeep Kaur, DVM, PhD

Physiology

Associate Professor

gkaur@westernu.edu

David C. Kersey, PhD

Director of Year One

Associate Professor

dkersey@westernu.edu

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

Anatomy & Histology

Professor

wkhamas@westernu.edu

Linda B. Kidd, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Small Animal Internal Medicine

Associate Professor

lkidd@westernu.edu

Young Joo Kim, DVM, MS

Surgery & Emergency

Assistant Professor

yjkim@westernu.edu

Suzie J. Kovacs, MSc, PhD

Epidemiology

Assistant Professor

skovacs@westernu.edu

Lyon Lee, DVM, PhD, DACVA

Anesthesiology

Professor

llyon@westernu.edu

Ohad Levi, DVM

Director of Year Three

Professor

olevi@westernu.edu

Annika Linde, DVM, PhD, MPH

Physiology

Assistant Professor

alinde@westernu.edu

Manel Lopez-Bejar, DVM, PhD

Executive Associate Dean

Professor

manel.lopezbejar@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, DVM

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

Teresa Y. Morishita, DVM, MPVM, MS, PhD, DACPV

Poultry Medicine & Food Safety

Professor

tmorishita@westernu.edu

Phillip Nelson, DVM, PhD

Professor

pnelson@westernu.edu

Arvin Najarian, DVM

VBS

Adjunct Instructor

anajarian@westernu.edu

Ken C. Noriega, BA, MS

Anatomy

Instructor

knoriega@westernu.edu

Brian Oakley, PhD

Microbial Ecology

Professor

boakley@westernu.edu

Dustin Ong, DVM

Clinical Liaison

Assistant Professor

dustinong@westernu.edu

Caitlin O’Shea, DVM, MS,DACVS-LA, CVA

Equine

Assistant Professor

osheac@westernu.edu

Catherine Pepper, DVM

VBS

Adjunct Instructor

pepperc@westernu.edu

Jose Peralta, DVM, MSc, PhD

Ethics, Animal Welfare

Associate Professor

jperalta@westernu.edu

Barrak Pressler, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Small Animal Internal Medicine

Associate Professor

bpressler@westernu.edu

Gustavo Ramirez, PhD

Ecology and Bioinformatics

Research Assistant Professor

ramirezg@westernu.edu

James Reynolds, DVM, MPVM, DACAW

Animal Welfare

Professor

jreynolds@westernu.edu

Josep Rutllant-Labeaga, DVM, PhD

Anatomy & Embryology

Professor

jrutllant@westernu.edu

Miguel D. Saggese, DVM, MSc, PhD

Microbiology/Avian, Exotic, Wildlife

Associate Professor

msaggese@westernu.edu

Donna Shettko

Clinical Liaison

Associate Professor

dshettko@westernu.edu

Janna Shreffler-Perez

VBS

Adjunct Instructor

jshrefflerperez@westernu.edu

Wayne Smith, VMD

Surgery

Professor

wsmith@westernu.edu

Suzana Tkalcic, DVM, PhD

Pathology

Professor

stkalcic@westernu.edu

Peter Weinstein, DVM, MBA

Admissions

Adjunct Associate Professor

pweinstein@westernu.edu

Jin Yu,DVM, MS

Radiology

Instructor

jinyu@westernu.edu

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