Professor List – 14 Veterinary Professors Online

Dr. Johnson, an alumni of Auburn University in Alabama, became the school’s seventh dean of the College of Medicine in 2013.  Previously, he was a department head and a professor of pathology in the school’s Department of Pathobiology. He is also a diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists and he’s been published many times with articles appearing in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery and the American Journal of Veterinary Research.

Dr. Smith is Professor of Surgery and Dean Emeritus at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and also a diplomat for the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. He maintains a blog called “Veritas  DMV” to provide students with tips for succeeding when applying to vet school. In 2007, he was selected New York State Veterinarian of the Year and he’s been published multiple times in the Journal of American Veterinary Medicine as well as in other journals.  He primarily teaches the history of veterinary medicine and problem-based learning to new students.

Dr. King is dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State University and has research interests in emerging zoonoses (diseases that can be transmitted between species), epidemiology, and infectious disease. He is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and in 2012 was the recipient of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges Senator John Melcher Leadership Award. King previously served as president of the Association of American Veterinary MedicalColleges and a legislative liaison for the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Dr. Brooks, clinical assistant professor and veterinary pathologist at Penn State University’s Department of Veterinary and Medical Sciences, has done research into respiratory disease in White-tailed deer and also field investigation into deer farming. He is a diplomate with the American College of Veterinary Pathologists, and a member of the Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association.

Earlier this year, Dr. Knapp, professor of comparative oncology at Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine,received $50,000 in grant funding from the American Cancer Foundation to study a deadly form of bladder cancer that appears in both humans and dogs. She is a diplomate with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and has authored or co-authored a vast number of articles for publication in academic journals, such as the Journal of American Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Aire is the program director in anatomy and physiology in the School of Veterinary Medicine at Grenada’s St. George’s University. His interest is in the reproductive biology of male wildlife including birds and he was recently inducted into the Fellowship of the Academy of Sciences. He has served on the World Veterinary Association and the Commonwealth Veterinary Association  and he has published more than 100 papers and received awards including a second prize from the European Academy of Andrology.

Dr. Fuller, a distinguished professor at Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,  has focused much of his research on anatomy, cell biology, reproductive biology and toxicology. He’s served on the editorial boards of various academic journals including Domestic Animal Endocrinology and Reproduction in Domestic Animals and has obtained three funding grants, totaling more than $2 million, for research.  He’s received multiple recognitions including the Society for Research and Fertility Distinguished Research Award in 2007 and the Society for the Study of Reproduction Carl Hartman Award in 2004.

Dr. Hart, a UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Director of the school’s Program for Companion Animal Behavior, was just named the Bustad Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year by the American Veterinary Medical Association for his research into the effects of early neutering on Golden Retrievers. The award comes with a $5,000 grant to further research, which has shown that early neutering may effect a dog’s risk for certain types of cancers and some joint disease.  His research interests include clinical animal behavior and behaviors of domestic animals, and he acts as an expert witness in cases involving animal aggression. As well, he is a diplomate for the American College of Veterinarian Behaviorists and has been published numerous times in the likes of the Journal of Veterinary Medicine.

For his research into dairy cow reproduction, Dr. Galvao, an assistant professor of large animal clinical sciences at University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine, received one of the school’s 2013 Excellence Awards for Assistant Professors, which came with $5,000 to support research. He’s authored or co-authored more than 35 journal articles, many of which have been published in the Journal of Dairy Science or Theriogenology.

Dr. Cornell has been a member of University of Georgia faculty since 1998, and now serves as a professor and assistant department head for the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery. Her specialty is as a soft tissue surgeon and she holds a particular interest in communication skills in training and teaching methodologies and reconstructive surgery.  She has received the Carl Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teaching Award twice and also received the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor award from the school.

Just this year, Dr. Brown, an anatomic pathology professor in the school’s College of Veterinary Medicine, received the XIIth International Veterinary Congress Prize from the American Veterinary Medical Association. She has co-authored many articles that have appeared in various veterinary journals, served on the  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Livestock Expert Advisory Panel, and as an associate editor for the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.

As a clinical assistant professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Dr. O’Brien teaches veterinary anesthesiology and fluid therapy, emergency and critical care pathophysiology and more. Her research interest is in the effects of Vitamin D on animal health and she has a number of professional affiliations including with the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society. In 2012, she was among a team of researchers to help develop guidelines for CPR for cats and dogs.

As a recipient of the Carl J. Norden Distinguished Teacher Award, Dr. Talcott is an associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University. Her specific interest is in veterinary toxicology and she also provides her services to the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. She is a diplomate for the American Board of Veterinary Toxicology and she has given numerous presentations including at the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians and the Western Veterinary Conference.