 Pamela Adkins, MS, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-Large Animal Internal MedicineAssistant Professor, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery A graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (BS) and The Ohio State University (DVM, MS), Pamela Adkins completed an internship at The Ohio State University and a residency at the University of Missouri. She joined the MU faculty in 2015. Research interests: bovine mastitis; molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases. Clinical interests: all aspects of food animal internal medicine. |
 Robert Backus, MS, DVM, PhD, DACVNAssociate Professor, Small Animal Nutrition A graduate of the University of California, Davis (MS, DVM, PhD), Robert C. Backus completed specialty training at University of California, Davis. He joined the MU faculty in 2004. Research interests: companion animal obesity; feline diabetes; vitamin D metabolism. Clinical interest: clinical nutrition. |
 Keith Branson, DVM, MS, DACVAAAssistant Teaching Professor, Anesthesiology and Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care |
 Sandra Briesacher, MA, DVMAdjunct Instructor Shelter Medicine |
 Meagan Brophy, DVMClinical Instructor, Community Practice, Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care A graduate of the University of Missouri (BS, DVM), Meagan Brophy Rau is completing specialty training in small animal dentistry and oral surgery. She joined the MU faculty in 2016. Research interests: oral microbiome and oral tumors. Clinical interests: all aspects of small animal dentistry and oral surgery. |
 Jeffrey Bryan, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM-OncologyProfessor, Oncology A graduate of the University of California, Davis (BS, DVM), and the University of Missouri (MS, PhD), Jeffrey Bryan completed specialty training at MU. He joined the MU faculty in 2011. Research interests: epigenetics of cancer; targeted imaging and therapy; epidemiology of cancer. Clinical interests: novel therapy for lymphoma; targeted radiopharmaceutical imaging and therapy; immunotherapy of cancer. |
 Alex Bukoski, DVM, PhD, DACVAAAssociate Professor, Anesthesiology A graduate of Iowa State University (BS), the University of Virginia (PhD), and the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Alex Bukoski completed specialty training at the University of Florida. He joined the MU faculty in 2010. Research interests: medical education and the biophysical foundations of anesthesia. Clinical interests: anesthesiology. |
 Amie Burling, DVM, DACVPM, DABVP – Shelter Medicine PracticeAssistant Teaching Professor, Shelter Medicine A graduate of the University of Missouri (DVM), Amie Burling completed specialty training at the University of Florida before joining the faculty at the University of Missouri in 2015. Clinical and research interests: infectious disease prevention; veterinary education; improving the health and welfare of animals in shelters. |
 Joan Coates, DVM, MS, DACVIM-NeurologyProfessor, Neurology A graduate of the University of Missouri (BS, DVM) and Auburn University (MS), Joan Coates completed an internship at Texas A&M and residency at Auburn University. She joined the MU faculty in 2003. Research interests: canine degenerative myelopathy as a model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease). Clinical interests: neurodegenerative diseases; neurosurgery CNS inflammatory diseases. |
 Leah Cohn, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-Small Animal Internal MedicineProfessor, Small Animal Internal Medicine A graduate of the University of Tennessee (BS, DVM) and North Carolina State University (PhD), Leah Cohn completed specialty training at North Carolina State. She joined the MU faculty in 1995. Research interests: infectious and immune-mediated disease; respiratory medicine. Clinical interests: all aspects of internal medicine. |
 Kathryn Darr, DVMAdjunct Instructor Shelter Medicine |
 Amy DeClue, DVM, MS, DACVIM-Small Animal Internal MedicineProfessor, Small Animal Internal Medicine A graduate of the University of Illinois (BS, DVM) and the University of Missouri (MS), Amy E. DeClue completed specialty training at the University of Missouri. She joined the MU faculty in 2003. Research interests: sepsis; innate immunity; endocrinology. Clinical interests: critical care and endocrinology. |
 John Dodam, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVAAVMS Chair and Professor, Anesthesiology A graduate of The Ohio State University (DVM) and North Carolina State University (MS, PhD), John Dodam completed specialty training at North Carolina State before joining the MU faculty in 1995. Research interests: respiratory pathophysiology; pain; inflammation. Clinical interests: anesthesiology; perioperative medicine; pain management. |
 Kevin Donnelly, DVM, MS, DACVOAssistant Teaching Professor, Ophthalmology A graduate of Westminster College (BA) and the University of Missouri (DVM, MS), Kevin Donnelly completed an internship at the University of Pennsylvania and a residency at MU. After becoming board certified by the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmology in 2014, he spent time in practice in Oklahoma City. He joined the MU faculty in 2018. Clinical interests include medical and surgical aspects of veterinary ophthalmology. |
 Lindsay Donnelly, DVM, MS, DACVIMAssistant Professor, Medical Oncology A graduate of the University of Missouri (BS, DVM), Lindsay Donnelly completed an internship in radiation oncology at the University of Pennsylvania and a residency in medical oncology and master’s degree at MU. She joined the MU faculty in 2018. Research interests include the gut microbiome in cancer treatment and radiopharmaceuticals in companion animals. |
 Carrie Duran, DVM, PharmDAdjunct Assistant Professor, Community Practice A graduate of the University of Idaho (BS), Colorado State University (DVM) and University of New Mexico (PharmD), Carrie L. Duran joined the MU faculty in 2009. Clinical interests: all aspects of general medicine, especially dentistry and pharmacology. |
 Elizabeth P. Easley, DVMClinical Instructor, Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care A graduate of the University of Missouri (DVM), Elizabeth Easley completed an internship at Mesa Veterinary Hospital in Arizona. She joined the MU faculty in 2015. Clinical interests: fluid therapy; critical care nutrition; pain management. |
 Tara Ehling, DVM, DACVR-Radiation OncologyAssistant Clinical Professor of Oncology A graduate of Kansas State University (BS, DVM), Tara Ehling completed specialty training at Southwest Veterinary Oncology in Tucson, Arizona. She joined the MU faculty in 2015. Research interests: combination therapies involving radiation therapy and other medications to improve clinical outcomes. Clinical interests: all aspects of treatments involving radiation therapy. |
 Brian K. Flesner, DVM, MS, DACVIM-OncologyAssistant Professor, Oncology A graduate of the University of Illinois (DVM) and the University of Missouri (MS), Brian K. Flesner completed an internship at the Veterinary Specialty Hospital in San Diego and his residency at MU. He joined the MU faculty in 2016. Research interests: epigenetics; lymphoma; cancer immunology. Clinical interests: novel treatment approaches to cancer, specifically lymphoma. |
 Derek Fox, DVM, PhD, DACVSProfessor, Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery A graduate of Indiana University (BS), Michigan State University (DVM) and the University of Missouri (PhD), Derek B. Fox completed specialty training at MU. He joined the MU faculty in 2003. Research interests: limb alignment and injuries in sporting, performance and service dogs. |
 Elizabeth Giuliano, DVM, MS, DACVOProfessor, Ophthalmology A graduate of Cornell University (BS), the University of Wisconsin-Madison (DVM) and the University of Missouri (MS), Elizabeth Giuliano completed her ophthalmology specialty training at the University of Missouri in 2002 and joined the MU faculty that year. Research interests: corneal fibrosis and equine periocular tumors. Clinical interests: all surgical and medical aspects of veterinary ophthalmology. |
 Carolyn Henry, DVM, MS, DACVIM-OncologyProfessor, Oncology, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine A graduate of Eastern Kentucky University (BS) and Auburn University (DVM, MS), Carolyn Henry completed specialty training at Auburn University. She joined the MU faculty in 1997. Research interests: comparative oncology; animal models of human disease. Clinical interests: small animal oncology; clinical trials. |
 C. Austin Hinds, DVM, MS, DACVIM-LAAssociate Teaching Professor, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery A graduate of Mississippi State University (DVM) and Ohio State University (MS), Austin Hinds completed specialty training at The Ohio State University. He joined the MU faculty in 2019. Clinical interests: Food animal medicine and surgery in practice; teaching. |
 Sissy (Hsuan-Ping) Hong, DVM, MVM, MSClinical Instructor, Neurology and Neurosurgery A graduate of the National Taiwan University (DVM, MVM), Sissy Hong completed an internship at Atlantic Veterinary College, Prince Edward Island, and a neurology/neurosurgery residency and master’s degree at Purdue University. She joined the MU faculty in 2020. Clinical interests: seizures; inflammatory disease; neuromuscular disease. |
 David Hutcheson, DVM, DACVS-Small AnimalAssistant Teaching Professor, Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery David Hutcheson grew up in small town in Georgia and received his BS and DVM degrees from the University of Georgia. He completed a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery and Mississippi State University and a small animal surgery residency and clinical instructorship at MU. Research and clinical interests: limb salvage procedures and prosthetics, joint replacement, and fracture repair. |
 Laura Elyse Hutcheson, DVMClinical Instructor, Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care |
 Alisa Hutchison, DVMClinical Instructor, Community Practice and Shelter Medicine A graduate of Drury University (BS) and the University of Missouri (DVM), Alisa Hutchison joined the MU faculty in 2013. Clinical interests: client communication; zoonotic diseases; elective surgical instruction; wellness and preventive care. |
 Philip Johnson, BVSc, MS, MRCVS, DACVIM-Large Animal Internal Medicine, DECEIMProfessor, Equine – Internal Medicine A graduate of The University of Bristol (BVSc[Hons], MRCVS/veterinary degrees) and the University of Illinois (MS), Philip Johnson completed specialty training at the University of Illinois. He joined the MU faculty in 1991. Research interests: equine endocrinology; gastroenterology; laminitis. Clinical interests: equine endocrinology; gastroenterology; neonatology. |
 James Karnia, DVMClinical Instructor, Radiology |
 Kevin Keegan, DVM, MS, DACVSProfessor, Equine – Surgery A graduate of the University of Missouri (BS, DVM) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (MS), Kevin G. Keegan completed residency training at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He joined the MU faculty in 1990. Research interests: development of objective methods of lameness evaluation in horses; methods of wireless transmission of biological signals for health monitoring. Clinical interest: equine lameness. |
 Joanne Kramer, DVM, DACVSAssociate Teaching Professor, Equine – Surgery A graduate of the University of Minnesota (DVM) and the University of St. Catherine (BA), Joanne Kramer completed specialty training at the University of Missouri. She joined the MU faculty in 1997. Research interests: veterinary education; lameness; podiatry. Clinical interests: equine surgery; podiatry; student education. |
 Alison LaCarrubba, DVM, DABVP-EquineAssociate Teaching Professor, Equine – Ambulatory Medicine A graduate of Cornell University (BS) and the University of Missouri (DVM), Alison LaCarrubba completed specialty training at MU. She joined the MU faculty in 2003. LaCarrubba works both with the equine ambulatory and internal medicine services. Clinical interest: equine dentistry, both routine and referral. |
 Jimmy Lattimer, DVM, MS, DACVR-Radiation Oncology and RadiologyAssociate Professor, Radiology Jimmy Lattimer is an associate professor of veterinary medicine and surgery at MU and section head for radiology and radiation therapy in the Veterinary Health Center. He received his BS and DVM from Washington State University and completed a residency in veterinary radiology and an MS in radiological sciences at Colorado State University. He has been an MU faculty member for 40 years. |
 Stacey Leach, DVM, DACVIM-CardiologyAssociate Teaching Professor, Cardiology A graduate of Texas A&M University (BS, DVM), Stacey Leach completed specialty training at the University of Missouri. He joined the MU faculty in 2012. Research interest: canine cardiomyopathies. Clinical interests: all aspects of cardiology. |
 Michelle LeRoy, DVM, DACVDAdjunct Assistant Professor, Community Practice Medicine |
 Ji-Hey Lim, DVM, PhDClinical Instructor, Neurology and Neurosurgery A graduate of the Seoul National University (DVM, PhD) South Korea, Ji-Hey Lim completed postdoctoral research training in spinal cord injury at North Carolina State University and neurology/neurosurgery specialty training at the University of Florida. She joined the MU faculty in 2018. Research interests: traumatic spinal cord injury, regenerative medicine. Clinical interests: all aspects of neurology and neurosurgery. |
 Jill Luther, DVM, MS, DACVS-Small AnimalAssistant Teaching Professor, Small Animal Surgery A graduate of Southwest Missouri State University (BS) and the University of Missouri (DVM, MS), Jill Luther completed specialty training at the Animal Medical Center and MU. She joined the MU faculty in 2014. Research interest: advancement of minimally invasive and interventional procedures. Clinical interests: all aspects of soft tissue surgery. |
 Bridget Lyons, VMD, DACVECCAssistant Professor, Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (VMD), Bridget Lyons completed specialty training at the Animal Medical Center and the University of Pennsylvania. She joined the MU faculty in 2019. Clinical and research interests: the role of the microbiome in critical illness, sepsis, and all aspects of critical care. |
 Charles Maitz, DVM, PhD, DACVR-Radiation OncologyAssistant Professor, Radiation Oncology A graduate of the University of Missouri (BS, DVM, PhD), Charlie Maitz completed an internship at Bay Area Veterinary Specialists and residency at MU. Research interests: radiation biology; increasing tumor control with radiation while minimizing associated side effects. Clinical interests: treatment of head and neck cancer; integration of novel technologies into radiation oncology, including 3D printing. |
 F.A. (Tony) Mann, DVM, MS, DACVS, DACVECCProfessor, Small Animal Surgery, Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care A graduate of Morehead State University (AAS), The Ohio State University (DVM) and Texas A&M University (MS), Fred Anthony (“Tony”) Mann completed an internship at the University of Missouri and surgical residency at Texas A&M University. Research interests: clinical investigations in small animal soft tissue surgery and critical care. Clinical interests: trauma management; critical care surgery; oncological surgery. |
 Lynn Martin, DVM, MPH, DACVIM-Large Animal Internal MedicineEquine Internal Medicine Assistant Teaching Professor A graduate of North Dakota State University (BS) and the University of Missouri (DVM, MPH), Lynn Martin completed an equine internship in San Antonio, Texas and a residency at the University of Missouri. Martin provides veterinary care on the equine internal medicine service and is completing a PhD. |
 Jodi Matheson, DVM, DACVR-RadiologyAssociate Teaching Professor, Radiology A graduate of the University of Wisconsin‒Stevens Point (BS), and the University of Missouri (DVM), Jodi S. Matheson completed a clinical internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Kansas State University and a diagnostic imaging residency at the University of Wisconsin‒Madison. She joined the MU faculty in 2016. |
 Angela McCleary-Wheeler, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-OncologyAssistant Professor, Oncology A graduate of Iowa State (BS and DVM), Angela McCleary-Wheeler undertook a rotating small animal internship at MU. She completed a medical oncology residency at North Carolina State and PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology at Mayo Clinic. She joined MU’s faculty in 2018. Research interests: cancer epigenomics, particularly hematologic malignancies, cancer immunology, cell signaling pathways, and comparative biology. |
 Megan McCracken, DVM, MS, DACVS-LAAssistant Teaching Professor, Equine-Surgery A graduate of Cornell University (DVM), the University of Florida (BS), and the University of Missouri (MS), Megan McCracken completed residency training in equine surgery at the University of Missouri. She joined the MU faculty in 2019. Clinical and research interests: Equine lameness and general surgery. |
 Richard Meadows, DVM, DABVP-Canine and FelineCurators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor, Small Animal Community Practice A graduate of Texas A&M University (DVM), Richard Meadows completed specialty training at the University of Wisconsin. He worked in several private practices before joining the MU faculty in 1991. Clinical interests: dentistry; dermatology; vaccinology. |
 John Middleton, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-Large Animal Internal MedicineProfessor, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery A graduate of Washington State University (BS, DVM, PhD), where he completed specialty training, John Middleton joined the MU faculty in 2001. Research interests: bovine and caprine mastitis; molecular epidemiology of bacterial pathogens. Clinical interests: internal medicine; general food animal medicine and surgery. |
Katie O’Brien , DVMClinical Instructor, Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care |
 Rachel Oman, DVM, MS, DACVIM-Large AnimalAssistant Teaching Professor, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery A graduate of Colorado State University (DVM) and Oklahoma State University (MS), Rachel Oman completed an internship and residency at Oklahoma State University. She joined the faculty at MU in 2016. Clinical interests include metabolic diseases of small ruminants, neonatal care, and bovine lameness. |
 Colin Reich, DVM, DACVECCAssistant Teaching Professor – Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care |
 Carol Reinero, DVM, PhD, DACVIM-Small Animal Internal MedicineProfessor, Small Animal Internal Medicine A graduate of the University of California, Davis (DVM, PhD), Carol Reinero completed specialty training at Texas A&M University and UC Davis. She joined the MU faculty in 2004. Research interests: comparative and translational research in pulmonology and immunology; investigation of the respiratory microbiome. Clinical interests: respiratory and immune-mediated diseases. |
 Jonathan Schaefer, MSc, DVM, DACVECCAssistant Teaching Professor, Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care A graduate of the University of Melbourne (DVM), Jonathan Schaefer completed a small animal medicine/surgery internship at Colorado State University before moving on to specialty training at the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the MU faculty in 2019. Research interests: shock, point of care ultrasound techniques. Clinical interests: trauma, shock, sepsis, transfusion medicine. |
 Martha Scharf, DVM, DABVPAssistant Teaching Professor, Equine – Ambulatory Medicine A graduate of the University of Missouri (DVM), where she also completed specialty training, Martha Scharf joined the MU faculty in 2009. Clinical interests: equine ambulatory and emergency medicine. |
 Loren G. Schultz, DVM, MS, DACVPMAssociate Teaching Professor, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery Director of the MPH Veterinary Concentration Area A graduate of Kansas State University (DVM and MS). He joined the faculty at MU in 2001. Clinical interests include beef cattle production medicine and epidemiology. |
 David Senter, DVM, DACVDAdjunct Assistant Professor, Dermatology A graduate of Baylor University (BS) and Iowa State University (DVM), David Senter completed an internship at Newark Animal Hospital and a dermatology residency at Cornell University. He joined the MU faculty in 2003. Clinical interests: allergies in dogs, cats and horses; ear disease; immune-mediated disorders. |
 Brian Shoemake, DVM, MS, DACVIMAssistant Teaching Professor, Food Animal Medicine Brian Shoemake earned his DVM from the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. He spent three years in private practice before undertaking a production medicine residency at the University of Missouri. Shoemake joined the faculty at MU in 2017. His clinical interests are bovine herd health, production, and preventive medicine and bovine respiratory disease. |
 Owen Skinner, BVSc, DECVS, DACVS-SA, MRCVSACVS Fellow, Surgical Oncology Assistant Professor Small Animal Surgery |
 James Tomlinson, DVM, MVSc, DACVSAdjunct Professor Emeritus, Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery |
 Bryan Torres, DVM, PhD, DACVS – Small Animal, DACVSMRAssistant Professor, Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery A graduate of the University of Georgia (DVM, PhD), Bryan T. Torres also completed specialty and postdoctoral training there. He joined the MU faculty in 2015. Research interests: gait analysis; canine osteoarthritis; pain management. Clinical interests: orthopedic surgery; musculoskeletal injuries to sporting, working and service dogs. |
 Eva Ulery, DVMClinical Instructor, Community Practice and Shelter Medicine A graduate of Cornell University (BS) and Iowa State University (DVM), Eva Ulery completed an internship at Veterinary Specialists of Connecticut. She joined the MU faculty in 2014. Research and clinical interests: dental disease; shelter medicine; general practice. |
 Aida Vientós-Plotts, DVM, DACVIM-Small Animal Internal MedicineAssistant Professor, Small Animal Internal Medicine Originally from Puerto Rico, a graduate of Tuskegee University (DVM), Aida Vientós-Plotts completed specialty and postdoctoral training at Auburn University and the University of Missouri. She joined the MU faculty in 2020. Research interests: investigation of the respiratory microbiota in health and infectious or inflammatory airway diseases of dogs and cats, influence of antimicrobials and probiotics on the respiratory microbiota. Clinical interests: respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases. |
 Dawna Voelkl, DVM, DACTAssociate Teaching Professor, Theriogenology A graduate of Bryn Mawr College (BA) and Cornell University (DVM), Dawna Voelkl pursued a theriogenology residency at the University of Minnesota and the University of Pennsylvania New Bolton Center. In 2006, she joined the Equine Ambulatory Service faculty and moved to the Theriogenology Service in 2009. Research interests: genetic aspects of reproduction. Clinical interests: andrology in all species, canine reproduction. |
 Dietrich Volkmann, BVSc, MMedVet, DACTTeaching Professor, Theriogenology Dietrich Volkmann studied veterinary medicine at the University of Pretoria’s famed Onderstepoort campus in South Africa. He completed the MMedVet (Gyn) degree, a combination of clinical residency and master’s degree research program in animal reproduction, in 1987. He spent the next 10 years at Onderstepoort and became full professor and chair of the Department of Theriogenology. In 2000 he accepted a faculty position at Cornell University where he expanded his research to include canine estrus synchronization and embryo transfer. Volkmann then spent a year at New Bolton Center of the University of Pennsylvania before he accepted his current position at MU in 2006. |
 Kelly Wiggen, DVMClinical Instructor, Cardiology Kelly Wiggen is a native of the Chicago area. She undertook her veterinary education at the University of Illinois, graduating with her DVM in 2015. She returned to the Chicago suburbs to complete a rotating internship at VCA Aurora Animal Hospital followed by a cardiology internship at VCA Animal Specialty and Emergency Center in Los Angeles. She completed her cardiology residency here at the University of Missouri Veterinary Health Center in July 2020 and is very excited to be staying on as faculty! |
 David Wilson, DVM, MS, DACVSAdjunct Professor Emeritus – Veterinary Health Center Director A graduate of Illinois State University (BS) and the University of Illinois (BS, DVM, MS), David A. Wilson completed specialty training at Illinois Equine Center and the University of Illinois. He joined the MU faculty in 1988. Research interests: wound healing; biomechanics of fracture fixation; equine gait analysis. Clinical interests: orthopedic surgery; upper respiratory surgery; abdominal surgery. |
