The College of Veterinary Medicine is currently under the leadership of Dean Phillip Nelson, DVM, PhD. Other members of the College’s faculty and administrative staff are listed here with their contact information. For additional background information on selected faculty and staff, click on the name.
FACULTY
Professor
Anatomic Pathology
DVM, Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico 1987
Residency in Veterinary Pathology, Cornell University 1991
PhD, Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 1998
Intructor
Clinical Field Liason, Food Animal Medicine/Dairy
DVM, UC Davis, Davis, CA 1993
MPVM, UC Davis, Davis, CA 1993
Clinical Assistant Professor
Small Animal Medicine
BS in Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 2003
DVM, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 2007
Margaret C. (Peggy) Barr, DVM, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Professor
Virology & Immunology
DVM, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 1984
PhD, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1992
Joseph J. Bertone, DVM, MS, DACVIM
Professor
Equine Medicine
DVM, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1983
MS, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 1987
Assistant Professor
BS in Architecture, University of Virginia, 1988
DVM, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, 2001
Professor
Wellness
DVM, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 1980
Jennifer Buur, DVM, DACVCP, PhD
Associate Professor
Comparative Pharmacokinetics
DVM, University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI 1999
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, 2006
PhD, Comparative Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 2007
Associate Professor
Chief of Staff at the WesternU Pet Health Center
Professor
Microbiology
MS, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 1978
PhD, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 1980
Professor Emeriti, Texas A&M University, 2007
Maisie Dawes, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Assistant Professor
Immunology, Large Animal Internal Medicine
PhD, Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 2006
DVM, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 1999
Pedro Paulo V. P. Diniz, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor / Interim Director for Outcomes Assessment
Small Animal Internal Medicine
DVM, São Paulo State University, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (Unesp – FCAV), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil, 1999
Internship certificate, Veterinary Cardiology, École Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Paris, France, 1999
Residency certificate, Small Animal Internal Medicine, São Paulo State University, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (Unesp – FCAV), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil, 2002
PhD, Clinical Sciences, São Paulo State Univertsity, College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences (Unesp – FMVZ), Botucatu, SP, Brazil, 2006
Postdoctoral research, Microbiology, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC, 2009
Yvonne Drechsler, Dipl.Biol (eq MS), PhD
Associate Professor
Immunology and Virology
University of Tübingen, Germany
Helen Engelke, BVSc, MPVM, DACVPM, MRCVS
Assistant Professor
Veterinary Public Health
BVSc, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom 1990
MPVM, University of California, Davis, CA 1994
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, 2011
David Forster, DVM, MRCVS, MAICS
Assistant Professor
Royal Veterinary College (RVC) London University, 1988
Associate Professor, Director Year Four
MS, University of California, Davis, CA 1995
DVM, University of California, Davis, CA 1999
Christine Tindal Green, BVSc, MRCVS
Associate Professor
Small Animal Medicine & Surgery
BVSc, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia 1992
Certificate of Veterinary Ophthalmology, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, UK 2000
Dominique Griffon, DMV, MS, PhD, DECVS, DACVS
Professor, Associate Dean for Research
Small Animal Surgery
DMV, Ecole National Veterinaire Alfort, France 1989
MS, University of Minnesota, USA 1992
DECVS, European College of Veterinary Surgeons 1996
DACVS, American College of Veterinary Surgeons 1997
PhD, University of Helsinki, Finland 2002
Rhea Hanselmann, DVM, MPVM, PhD
Assistant Professor
Veterinary Epidemiology
DVM, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA 2005
MPVM, University of California, Davis, CA 2012
Graduate Certificate in College and University Teaching, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 2014
PhD, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 2016
Spring Halland DVM, CVA, DACVIM
Assistant Professor
Large Animal Internal Medicine, Veterinary Acupuncture
DVM, University of Minnesota 1997
Intership certificate, Rotating LA med & sx, University of Tennessee, 1998
Residency certificate, Large Animal Internal Medicine, UC-Davis 2001
Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist, Chi Institue of TCVM, Florida, 2008
Associate Professor
Stem Cell Biology
BS, Biochemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, 1996
PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 2003
Instructor
Clinical Field Liason
DVM, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany 1989
Associate Professor
Stem Cell Biology and Nanotoxicity
B. Sci. Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, 1984
M. Sci. Molecular Biology & Genetics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, 1987
PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Kentucky, Kentucky, USA, 1997
Associate Professor
Bioinformatics, Genetics, Genomics
PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2002
Professor
Primate, Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
DVM, The Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine 1975
Residency, Primate Medicine, UC Davis 1978
Professor
Parasitology
PhD, Parasitology, Brunel University, London, UK
DVM, Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco
Assistant Professor
Shelter Medicine
BS, Biology and Anthropology, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook NY, 2003
DVM, Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine 200
Rotating Internship-Small Animal Medicine, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls NJ 2010
CCRP, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN, 2018 (in process)
Associate Professor
Physiology
B.V.Sc & A.H, Punjab Agricultural University, India, 2005
DVM, ECFVG, 2009
Ph.D, Kent State University, Kent, 2009
Associate Professor
Physiology
Ph.D. George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 2009
Wael A. Khamas, BVM&S, MS, PhD
Professor, Director Year One
Anatomy & Histology
BVM&S, University of Baghdad 1973
MS Veterinary Anatomy, Iowa State University 1980
PhD, Veterinary Anatomy, Iowa State University 1983
Linda B. Kidd, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Associate Professor
Small Animal Internal Medicine, Course Leader CORE Internal Medicine
DVM, University of Wisconsin 1991
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin 2000
PhD North Carolina State University 2006
Assistant Professor
Small Animal Surgery & Emergency
DVM, Seoul National University – Collage of Veterinary Medicine, Korea, 1992
MS, Veterinary Anatomy & Histology, Seoul National University – College of Veterinary Medicine, Korea 1997
Residency in Small Animal Surgery, Surgical Group For Animals, Torrance, California 2010
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology
BSc Honours Biological Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada 1999
MSc in Epidemiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada 2004
PhD in Education, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont CA 2014
Professor
Anesthesiology
DVM, Seoul National University, Korea 1989
PhD, Veterinary Anesthesia, Royal Veterinary College, University of London 1997
Residency, Veterinary Anesthesia, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 2000
Professor
Surgery
DVM, Veterinary Medicine, University of Turin, Italy 1989
Equine medicine and surgery specialty certificate, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 2001
Equine Surgery Residency Certificate, University of California, Davis, CA 2010
Assistant Professor
Physiology
DVM, Cardiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 1999
Residency Certificate, Cardiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 2003
PhD, Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 2008
MPH, Interdisciplinary, University of California, Berkeley, CA 2018
Diane McClure, DVM, PhD, DACLAM
Associate Professor
Laboratory Animal Medicine
PhD, Physiology, University of California, Davis, CA 1988
DVM, Zoological Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 1990
Residency Certificate in Clinical Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 1993
Diplomate, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine 1995
Professor
Pathology
DVM, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca NY – 1982
Residency, Comparative Pathology, Animal Medical Center, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY 1988
L. Tonatiuh Melgarejo, DVM, MS, PhD
Professor
Translational Medicine & Antimicrobial Resistance
DVM, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City
MS, Clinical Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
PhD, Pathobiology, Purdue University,West Lafayette, Indiana
Associate Professor
Virology
PhD, Biophysics and Structural Biology, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics- Department of Atomic Energy of India, 2003
Assistant Professor
Infectious Diseases
PhD, Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, India, 2007
Teresa Y. Morishita, DVM, MPVM, MS, PhD, DACPV
Professor
Poultry Medicine & Food Safety
MS, Animal Science, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu, HI 1985
DVM, Master of Preventative Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 1989
Residency Certificate in Clinical Avian/Poultry Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 1991
PhD, Veterinary Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 1995
Phillip D. Nelson, DVM, BS, PhD
Dean, Professor of Immunology
DVM, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, AL 1979
B.S. Biology; Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 1980
PhD, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 1993
Ken C. Noriega, BA, MS
Instructor
Veterinary Anatomy
BA, Biology, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA 2000
Associate Professor / Interim Assistant Director, Year 3
Microbial Ecology
PhD, University of Washington, WA 2003
Associate Professor
Veterinary Ethics, Animal Welfare
DVM, University of Zaragoza, Spain, 1988
MSc, Animal Science, Cornell University, 1994
PhD, Animal Science, Cornell University, 1997
Josep Rutllant-Labeaga, DVM, PhD
Professor, Director Year Two
Anatomy
DVM, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 1990
PhD, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 1997
Miguel D. Saggese, DVM, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor
Veterinary Microbiology/Avian, Exotic, and Wildlife Medicine
DVM, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995
MSc University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota
PhD, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2007
Wayne W. Smith, VMD
Adjunct Professor
Surgery
VMD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1981
Associate Professor
Anatomy
DVM, University of Zagreb 1998
PhD, University of Tennessee 2004
John H. Tegzes, MA, VMD, DABVT
Professor
Veterinary Toxicology
MA, Applied Psychology, University of Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA 1989
VMD, Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1995
Residency Certificate, University of California, Davis, CA 2003
Diplomate, American Board of Veterinary Toxicology 2003
Associate Professor
Pathology
DVM, University of Zagreb, Croatia
MS, Veterinary Pathology, University of Georgia
PhD, Veterinary Pathology, University of Georgia 2001
Victoria L. Voith, DVM, DACVB, PhD
Professor
Behavior
DVM, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University 1968
MSc, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Ohio State University 1970
MA, Department of Psychology, Experimental and Comparative Psychology 1975
PhD, Neuroanatomy/Animal Behavior, University of California, Davis, CA 1982
Professor Emeritus
PhD, Physiology, Washington State University 1974
DVM, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University 1977