Robin W. Allison

Associate Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology

Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University

DVM – 1996, Colorado State University

PhD – 2002, Colorado State University

ACVP – 2003 (Clinical Pathology)

Point of Interest – Diagnosis of infectious and neoplastic diseases in blood and cytologic specimens; teaching veterinary students and mentoring clinical pathology residents

Career Highlight – Finding out I inspired a former student to become a clinical pathologist!

Gordon Andrews

Professor, Veterinary Pathology

Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Department Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine

DVM – 1984, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 1991, Kansas State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 1993

Point of Interest – Diagnostic Pathology, Teaching DVM students and Veterinary Pathology residents

Career Highlight – Elucidating the molecular identity of the feline blood group antigens; being part of a pathology residency training program whose trainees have had a 100 percent success rate on the ADVP Board Exam

K. Lance Batey, LTC, U.S. Army

Chief, Veterinary Sciences Branch

Air Force Research Laboratory, San Antonio, Texas

DVM – 1991, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Pathology Residency – 1998, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

ACVP – 1998 (Anatomic Pathology)

Point of Interest – Diagnostic pathology; infectious diseases; playing guitar

Career Highlight – Serving my country and using my great Oklahoma training – thanks OSU CVM!

Sylvie Beaudin

Clinical Pathologist

Idexx Canada, Montreal, Canada

DVM – 1996, University of Montreal

Clinical Pathology Residency – 2003, Oklahoma State University

ACVP – 2004 (Clinical Pathology)

Point of Interest – Diagnostic Cytology, Hematology and Biochemistry Interpretation; add-on testing using available samples to make the practitioner's life easier

Career Highlight – a) Resident training with Jim Meinkoth and Rick Cowell who made a challenging experience fun; b) bringing some Oklahoma culture back to Quebec; c) winning an AFI screenwriting contest right after passing the ACVP Boards.

Brian Berridge

Director, Regulatory & Discovery Pathology

GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

DVM – 1993, Oklahoma State University

PhD – 1998, Texas A&M University

ACVP – 1999 (Anatomic Pathology)

Point of Interest – Comparative toxicologic pathology of the cardiovascular system; renal pathology

Career Highlight – When you enjoy doing this as much as I do, every day is a new highlight and they pay me to do it! I have had two pivotal experiences thus far – working with Dr. George Lees to develop the Texas Veterinary Renal Pathology Service at TAMU and time spent with Dr. Fred Clubb working at the Texas Heart Institute

Manoj Bhaskaran

NRSA fellow/Pathologist, Infectious Diseases and Aerobiology

Tulane National Primate Research Center

DVM – 2002, Kerala Agricultural University, India

PhD – 2008, Oklahoma State University,  College of Veterinary Medicine

Residency training in Vet. Anatomic Pathology-2009-11- Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine

DACVP (Anatomic Pathology)– 2012

Point of Interest – Experimental Pathology, Animal Models of  Diseases, Primate Pathology, Infectious Diseases, Select Agents,  Diagnostic Pathology (biopsy and necropsy)

Career Highlight – Receiving The Liaison with Industrial Committee Novel Disease Model International Award from The American Physiological Society; being selected to the Advanced Research Training Program in Experimental Pathology at TNPRC;having the opportunity to interact with pathologists with a wide range of expertise.

Sharla Birch

3^rd year Anatomic Pathology Resident

Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, College Station, Texas

DVM – 2008, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

MS – 2008, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Oklahoma State University

PhD – 2011, Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine

Point of Interest – Neuropathology and neuroimaging, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Terrell Blanchard

East Region Head of Anatomic Pathology

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee

DVM – 1987, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 1999 (Anatomic Pathology)

ACVPM – 1995

Point of Interest – Diagnostic surgical pathology

Career Highlight – Serving as Chair, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

Denise Bounous

Group Director, Clinical Pathology, Discovery Toxicology

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey

DVM – 1986, Oklahoma State University

PhD – 1990, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

ACVP – 1992 (Clinical Pathology)

Point of Interest – Biomarkers of Toxicity

Career Highlight – a) seeing students I have trained become clinical pathologists and feeling that I was a mentor; b) heading up the ACVP exam committee (anatomic and clinical) in 2001 during the 9/11 bombing

Mike Breider

Senior Director, Exploratory Toxicology

Celgene Corporation, San Diego, California

DVM – 1978, Oklahoma State University

PhD – 1985, Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University

Point of Interest – Pharmaceutical safety assessment

Career Highlight – Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine (1984-1992) with a focus on infectious disease research and teaching veterinary students; involved in pharmaceutical research and development (1992-present); contributing to market approval of Lipitor, Troglitazone, Lyrica and Revlumid

Melanie A. Breshears

Assistant Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology

Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences

DVM – 1998, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 2004, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 2005 (Anatomic Pathology)

Point of Interest – Teaching veterinary students and anatomic pathology residents; diagnostic pathology (biopsy and necropsy) and infectious diseases

Career Highlight – Receiving the Pfizer Distinguished Veterinary Teaching Award in 2011; having the opportunity to interact with and teach veterinary students in many different stages of the curriculum.

Gregory Campbell

Chief Pathologist, OADDL and Associate Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology

Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Stillwater, Okla.

MS – 1981, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

DVM – 1985, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Point of Interest – Dermatopathology, Oncologic pathology

Career Highlight – a) Being the college's first recipient of the Regents Distinguished Teacher Award; b) playing a role in the lives of so many young veterinarians; c) piping for the college hooding ceremony for the past 16 years; and d) having a career that allows time for winning two national bag piping championships.

David Caudell

Assistant Professor, Pathology and Hemato-oncology

Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

DVM – 2000, Virginia Tech, Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

Residency – 2003, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

Fellowship – 2008, National Institutes of Health

PhD – 2008, University of Maryland

Point of Interest – Mouse models of leukemia, disorders of Megakaryocytes, training graduate students

Career Highlight – Traveling through India

Jerry R. Cowart

Chief, Veterinary Pathology Division

United States Army Public Health Command Region Europe, Landstuhl, Germany

DVM – 1995, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 2004, Anatomic Pathology

Point of Interest – Diagnostic pathology; teaching; clinical research

Career Highlight – Supporting our nation's war fighters by providing pathology services to military working dogs and family owned pets; teaching Veterinary Corps officers and technicians; contributing to clinical research that impacts the treatment of battlefield injuries; privileged to have a job that allows me and my family to live and work in many different countries.

Rick Cowell

Veterinary Pathologist, IDEXX Laboratories

Stillwater, Oklahoma

DVM – 1978, Oklahoma State University

MS – 1985, Oklahoma State University

ACVP – 1983 (Clinical Pathology)

Point of Interest – Fishing, judging BBQ contests, and when time permits, some diagnostic pathology

Career Highlight – Being able to work with many great faculty (especially Drs. Ron Tyler, Sr., and Jimbo Meinkoth), residents, students, and practitioners and developing many great friendships along the way.

Sarah Cramer

Anatomic Pathology Resident

Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences

DVM – 2008, Cornell University

Point of Interest – Animal models of human disease, infectious disease, neuropathology

Patricia Coutinho de Souza

Anatomic Pathology Combined Residency/PhD program

Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences

DVM – 2004, Universidade Federal do Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Residency in Veterinary Anatomic Pathology – 2007, Universidade Federal do Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

MS – 2010, Universidade do Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Clifton P. Drew

Veterinary Medical Officer, Staff Pathologist

Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

DVM – 2001, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 2010, University of California-Davis

ACVP – 2007 (Anatomic Pathology)

Point of Interest – Infectious disease pathology

James "Scott" Estep

Chief Comparative Pathology

United States Army Institute of Surgical Research and

CEO, Texas Veterinary Pathology Associates, LLC, San Antonio, Texas

DVM – 1992, Oklahoma State University

Pathology Residency – 2001, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

ACVP – 2001

Point of Interest – Diagnostic pathology, primate pathology, wound healing and combat casualty care research, teaching pathology at the Army Medical Center and School

Career Highlight – a) identified risks & proved that granular hemostatic agents are hazardous for humans and animals, which resulted in elimination of these products from Department of Defense medical systems; b) traveling the world (performed a root canal in Iceland), coaching youth sports, getting to love what I do and be a great Dad at the same time.

Patty Ewing

Director of Pathology

Animal Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

DVM – 1988, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

MS – 1993, Pharmacology, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 1992 (Anatomic Pathology); 2003 (Clinical Pathology)

Point of Interest – Hematopathology, cytology, surgical pathology, teaching veterinary interns and residents

Career Highlight – a) being a part of training programs that help veterinary residents achieve their career goals; b) Mary Mitchell Humane Award for work which contributed significantly to the health, comfort and well-being of pet animals

Susan Felder

Veterinary Clinical Pathologist

Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

DVM – 2003, Oklahoma State University

ACVP – 2007, Clinical Pathology

Point of Interest – Cytology and hematology

Herschell Giles

Retired

Birmingham, Alabama

DVM – 1967, Oklahoma State University

PhD – 1971, Oklahoma State University

Career Highlight – Becoming Head, Pathology Department at Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, and working on numerous projects for the National Cancer Institute and the National Toxicology Program

Tanya D. Graham

Professor and Associate Director

Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, South Dakota State University

DVM – 1994, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

DACVP – 1999

Point of Interest – Zoonotic diseases and public health, regulatory medicine

Career Highlight – Development of international databases so that diagnosticians in laboratories throughout the U.S. can quickly find which lab(s) perform a specific immunohistochemistry or PCR test (http://ihc.sdstate.org and http://pcr.sdstate.org).

Greg Hall

Research Advisor – Pathology

Eli Lilly and Company

DVM – 1984, Oklahoma State University

PhD – 1993, Pathology, Texas A&M University

ACVP – 1994

S. Mark Hall

Head, Pathology

National Veterinary Services Laboratory

DVM – 1982, Louisiana State University

PhD – 1986, Oklahoma State University

Point of Interest – Scrapie, CWD, Tuberculosis, BSE

Career Highlight – Diagnosing BSE in the United States

Gerald Hegreberg

Retired

DVM – 1961, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 1968, Veterinary Pathology, Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Point of Interest – Comparative Pathology

Career Highlight – Describing several previously unrecognized conditions, including Ehler's Danlos syndrome in dogs, cats, mink, horses, and cattle; muscular dystrophy in mink and Labrador retrievers; equine myotonic dystrophy; inherited epilepsy in Beagle dogs; congenital myasthenia gravis in smooth Fox terriers; and familial canine dermatomyositis.

Clay Hodgin

Owner and Pathologist

PATHodgin Veterinary Dermatopathology Service, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

DVM – 1972, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 1976, Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 1982

Point of Interest – Dermatology; surgical pathology

Career Highlight – Love the job

Charles A. Holmberg

Retired

Erick, Oklahoma

DVM – 1969, Oklahoma State University

PhD – 1975, University of California, Davis

ACVP – 1979

Point of Interest – Virological and immunological aspects of natural disease in primates (UCD), Genetics of Immune response to Rabies (TAMU), and Pathology of dairy cattle (UCD at the VMTRC)

Gene B. Hubbard

Research Professor

Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, Texas

DVM – 1967, Oklahoma State University

Veterinary Pathology Residency – Texas A&M University

ACVP

Point of Interest – Cancer, aging, nonhuman primate pathology

Career Highlight – Diplomate ACVP and ACLAM and approximately 235 scientific publications

David L. Hutto

Senior Director

Eisai, Inc., Andover, Mass.

DVM – 1985, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 1996, Pathology, Iowa State University

ACVP – 1997

American Board of Toxicology – 2010

Point of Interest – Nonclinical safety assessment of novel human biotechnology medicines; immunology and immunopathology

Career Highlight – Played a key role in FDA approval of two significant new biotechnology medicines for Multiple Sclerosis and Psoriasis

Carney Jackson

Associate Professor

University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

DVM – 1977, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 1992

Point of Interest – Diagnostic pathology, teaching pathology residents

Career Highlight – Year tour as the Large Animal Specialist/Veterinarian/Pathologist on the first Kentucky National Guard Agriculture Development Team at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. Traveled to 11 provinces teaching veterinarians, veterinary students, extension agents on food safety, physical exams, veterinary medicine, rabies and other topics.

Sabu Kuruvilla

Senior Investigator

Merck & Co., West Point, Penn.

MVSc – 1980, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India

PhD – 2003, Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences

ACVP – 2005 (Anatomic Pathology)

Point of Interest – Toxicologic pathology; industrial toxicology

Career Highlight – Participating in the process of developing new drugs

Catherine Lamm

Anatomic Pathologist

University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine, Bearsden, Glasgow, United Kingdom

DVM – University of California-Davis

DACVP – 2007

MRCVS – 2010

Point of Interest – Food animal diseases; reproductive pathology

Diana Loeffler

Owner

DVM Pathology Associates, Phoenix, Ariz.

DVM – 1973, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

MS – 1977, Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Pathology residency – 1985, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine

Point of Interest – Dermatopathology, ophthalmic pathology, general pathology, cytopathology

Career Highlight – Being asked to take over a friend's private biopsy/cytology service, allowing me more freedom as well as periodically being able to visit relatives and friends in Oklahoma City and occasionally other places and still do my work there.

James Meinkoth

Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology

Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University

DVM – 1985, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

MS – 1988, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 1993, Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 1994 (clinical pathology)

Point of Interest – Diagnostic cytology; Teaching DVM students and clinical pathology resident; Hemoparasites

Career Highlight – (A) Getting to watch, and be a part of, the training and maturation of two decade's worth of students turning into veterinarians. (B) Having a job that allows me a little time off when Bruce Springsteen in on tour.

Robert B. Moeller, Jr.

Professor of Clinical Veterinary Pathology

California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, University of California, Tulare, Calif.

DVM – 1977, Oklahoma State University

Residency in Veterinary Pathology – 1986, USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, Md.

DACVP – 1986

Point of Interest – Infectious diseases particularly foreign animal diseases;

Toxicology

Career Highlight – a) Having a change to participate in important environmental and infectious disease outbreaks such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Kuwait Oil fires, Foot and Mouth outbreak in England and the Exotic Newcastle disease outbreak in Southern California; b) working with and training many pathologists to better our profession

Charles A. Montgomery

President, ComPath Biomedical

Professor, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

DVM – 1963, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

1971 – Veterinary Pathology Residency, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C.

ACVP – 1973 (Anatomic Pathology)

ACLAM – 1981

Point of Interest – Comparative pathology and development of animal models for human disease, primate diagnostic pathology

Career Highlight – a) Director of the Center for Comparative Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (14 years); b) Receiving the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine Distinguished Alumnus Award (2008); c) Living on Lake Eucha where I go fishing every morning – then read slides!

Brad Njaa

Associate Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology

Residency Coordinator, Anatomic Pathology

Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University

DVM – 1991, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan

MVSc of Veterinary Sciences-Pathology, WCVM University of Saskatchewan

ACVP – 2000

Point of interest – otic diseases and residency training

Kiran Palyada

Principle Pathologist

MPI Research, Inc., Mattawan, Mich.

PhD – 2005, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Anatomic Pathology Residency – 2008, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 2008 (Anatomic Pathology)

Point of Interest – Toxicologic pathology; medical device

Roger J. Panciera

Professor Emeritus, Veterinary Pathobiology

Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences

DVM – 1953, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

MS – 1955, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 1960, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

Point of Interest – Diagnostic pathology; stimulating learning

Career Highlight – too many to list

Karamjeet Pandher

Associate Research Fellow

Pfizer, Inc.

BVSc – 1992, Punjab Agricultural University, Punjab, India

PhD – 1998, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

Pathology Residency – 2001, Kansas State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 2001 (Anatomic Pathology)

ABT – 2010

Point of Interest – Pulmonary and hepatic pathology, ultrastructure, toxicologic pathology

Career Highlight – A career in pathology has allowed me to experience extraordinary developments in both veterinary and human medicine. Icing on the cake is to have the opportunity to interact with colleagues with different professional backgrounds and different parts of the world and to learn from their unique perspectives.

Penny K. (Hylton) Patten

Veterinary Clinical Pathologist

Antech Diagnostics, Dallas, Texas

DVM – 2003, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 2006 (Clinical Pathology)

Point of Interest – Diagnostic Cytology and Hematology of all species, great and small

Career Highlight – Having the pleasure of assisting excellent veterinarians from across the U.S. and Canada as they tackle challenging cases.

Clark Stephens Patton

Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology

College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.

DVM – 1964, The Ohio State University

MS – 1974, Oklahoma State University

ACVP – 1976 (Anatomic Pathology)

Point of Interest – gross diagnostic pathology, pathology of bone, and histologic identification of parasites

Career Highlight – mentoring with Dr. Roger Panciera from 1969 to 1976

Roy R. Pool, Jr.

Clinical Professor of Pathology

Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

DVM – 1964, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Anatomic Pathology Residency – 1967, University of California-Davis

PhD – 1967, University of California-Davis

ACVP (Hon) – 2010, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Point of Interest – Only Veterinary Orthopedic and Dental Pathologist offering a national/international diagnostic service for diagnoses of bone, joint, tendon/ligament and dental specimens
Career Highlight – 40+ years of teaching musculoskeletal pathology to veterinary students and residents at several American and European veterinary colleges

Charles Qualls

Executive Director

Comparative Biology and Safety Sciences, Thousand Oaks, Calif.

DVM – 1973, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Pathology Residency – 1976, University of California—Davis

PhD – 1978, Comparative Pathology, University of California—Davis

Point of Interest – Toxicologic Pathology; mechanism of disease

Career Highlight – Seeing students develop and make a difference in the world

Grant Rezabek

Assistant Clinical Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology

Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Stillwater, Oklahoma

MPH – 1982, University of Oklahoma

DVM – 1986, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

Residency, Veterinary Pathology – 1992, University of Kentucky

Point of Interest – Diagnostic Veterinary Pathology, Equine Pathology, Beef Cattle Production and Pathology, Musculoskeletal Pathology, Emergency Preparedness and Foreign Animal Diseases

Jerry W. Ritchey

Professor, Veterinary Pathology

Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences

DVM – 1991, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 1997, North Carolina State University

ACVP – 1996

Point of Interest – Immunology; infectious diseases; animal models

Career Highlight – Sigma Xi Young Investigator (2002); Regents Distinguished Teacher (2003, 2006); front man for top-selling pathology rock-n-roll band of all time, AC/VP.

Theresa E. Rizzi

Clinical Assistant Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology

Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences

DVM – 1998, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 2005 (Clinical Pathology)

Point of Interest – Teaching DVM students, mentoring Clinical Pathology residents, diagnostic cytology and clinical pathology consulting

Career Highlight – Witnessing the transformation of veterinary student to doctor and feeling very fortunate to have played a small role

Robert E. Schmidt

Veterinary Pathologist

Zoo/Exotic Pathology Service

DVM – 1962, University of California-Davis

MS – 1966, Michigan State University

PhD – 1973, Oklahoma State University

ACVP – 1968 (Anatomic Pathology)

Point of Interest – Pathology of non-domestic animals, reptiles and birds

Career Highlight – First author of text, "Pathology of Pet and Aviary Birds"

Trenton R. Schoeb

Professor

Department of Genetics and Animal Resources Program Comparative Pathology Laboratory, University of Alabama at Birmingham

DVM – 1974, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 1981, University of Alabama at Birmingham

ACVP – 1980 (Anatomic)

Point of Interest – Pathology of genetically engineered mice; models of chronic inflammatory diseases in genetically engineered and gnotobiotic mice

Career Highlight – 30+ years of seeing progress in biomedical science close up. It gets more fascinating all the time.

Will Sims

Anatomic Pathology Resident/Lecturer

Texas A&M University

DVM – 2007, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

MS – 2011, Veterinary Pathology, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine

Point of Interest – Diagnostic pathology

Career Highlight – Mixed animal practice (2007); ACVP/STP Fellowship and anatomic pathology residency at Texas A&M University

Kuldeep Singh

Assistant Professor of Pathology

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.

BVSc – 1999, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India

MS – 2002, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Anatomic Pathology Residency – 2002-2005, Oklahoma State University

PhD – 2008, Oklahoma State University

ACVP – 2009

Point of Interest – Working with Dr. Anthony Confer, teaching pathology and conducting autopsies

Career Highlight – Conveying to a practitioner how he/she can save the life of Fluffy the dog.

Steve Smith

Veterinary Pathologist

Montana Diagnostic Laboratory

DVM – 2008, University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine

Residency – 2008-2011, Anatomic Pathology, Oklahoma State University

Point of Interest – Diagnostic pathology; ocular pathology; pathology of non-domestic species

Career Highlight – Living, working, and spending time outdoors in Montana in close proximity to countless trout streams and elk herds

Timothy Allen Snider

Associate Professor

Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Stillwater, Oklahoma

DVM – 1996, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 2004

PhD – 2005, Biomedical Science, Oklahoma State University

Point of Interest – Enjoy teaching pathology, infectious disease, zoonotic diseases, and international veterinary medicine

Career Highlight – International travels for veterinary and food safety extension to Bolivia, Paraguay and Mongolia, Plum Island Foreign Animal Disease course

Eric Stair

Veterinary Toxicologist/Pathologist

Prosar Corporations, St. Paul, Minnesota

DVM – 1990, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD Pathology – 2000, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

Dipl. American Board of Veterinary Toxicology – 1996

Point of Interest – Travel within and outside of the United States

Career Highlight – Getting to work with my father at Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory as a veterinary student and toxicology resident.

Adam W. Stern

Clinical Assistant Professor

University of Illinois

DVM – 2007, The University of Prince Edward Island Atlantic Veterinary College

Certified Medical Investigator – 2010, American College of Forensic Examiners

Certified Forensic Consultant – 2010, American College of Forensic Examiners

Point of Interest – Forensic pathology and dermatopathology

Mee-Ja Sula

Resident, Anatomic Pathology

Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences

DVM – 2007, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

Craig Thompson

Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology

Purdue University

DVM – 1998, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

Residency Clinical Pathology – 2002, Texas A&M University

ACVP – 2005, Clinical Pathology

Dale Thurman

Principle Pathologist, AstraZeneca, Safety Assessment

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai, China

DVM – 1977, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

MS – 1983, Pathology, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Pathology Residence – 1987, U.S. Army

ACVP – 1987

Point of Interest – Pharmaceutical Safety Assessment

Career Highlight – 30 year Active Duty/Reserve Military Career; diverse and rewarding civilian career including current 2-year Secondment to Shanghai, China

Ronald Dale Tyler, Sr.

Retired (last post – Vice President, Preclinical Safety Assessment, GlaxoSmithKline, Ware, England)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

DVM – 1977, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 1986, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 1982 (Clinical Pathology); 1993 (Anatomic Pathology)

American Board of Toxicologist – 1993

Points of Interest – Diagnostic clinical and anatomical pathology, toxicology and toxicogenomics

Career Highlight – studying, working, and teaching with Dr. Rick Cowell at Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Ronald Dale Tyler, Jr.

Anatomic Pathology Resident and Graduate Student

Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Va.

DVM – 2004, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Point of Interest – Diagnostic pathology, neuropathology, mycobacteriosis, nanomedicine and toxicology

Career Highlight – a) Awarded Indo-US Science and Technology Research in Science and Engineering Fellowship, March – July 2011, Chennai, India; b) Annual BMVS Softball Team Co-Captain; and c) Annual Virginia-Tech Hokies football season.

Steven Vonderfecht

Pathologist Director

Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California

DVM – 1976, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 1981, University of California—Davis

ACVP – 1981

Point of Interest – Toxicologic pathology; pathology in drug discovery and development

Career Highlight – For me and for many of my colleagues in pathology, Dr. Roger Panciera was a motivating and inspiring force to make pathology a career choice. I have been privileged to work with many excellent scientists and am continuing to be challenged and to learn new things.

Dana B. Walker

Team Lead Aggregate Safety Reporting, Global Pharmacovigilence and Epidemiology

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Wallingford, Connecticut

DVM – 1986, University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 1994, Clinical Pathology, Residency at Oklahoma State University and Texas A&M University

MS – 1998, Toxicology, Texas A&M University

PhD – 2002, Immunology/Immunotoxicology, North Carolina State University

Point of Interest – Clinical Pathology, Laboratory Animal Clinical Pathology, Immunoixicology, translational Laboratory (Toxicology/Safety) Biomarkers, Drug Safety, Emergency and Critical Care Veterinary Medicine

Career Highlight – DVM degree that has led to six very different, challenging careers so far.

Derek Whitley

Anatomic Pathology Resident

Texas A&M University

DVM – 2008, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicien

Point of Interest – Diagnostic pathology; infectious disease

Career Highlight – Graduating veterinary school; obtaining an anatomic pathology residency

Greg Wilkerson

Assistant Professor/Anatomical Pathologist

MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Michale E Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research

DVM – 2001, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 2011, Colorado State University

ACVP – 2010, Anatomic Pathology

Point of Interest – Laboratory animal diagnostic pathology and human brease cancer carcinogenesis research

Career Highlight – Completing an anatomical pathology residency, a laboratory animal/comparative medicine residency and nonhuman primate clinical residency which has allowed me to specialize in laboratory animal pathology, complete my PhD research and become eligible to sit for the ACLAM boards in 2012.

Sharon R. Wilson

Veterinary Pathologist

Animal Reference Pathology, ARUP, Salt Lake City, Utah

DVM – 1975, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

MS – 1981, Veterinary Pathology, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

ACVP – 1994 (Anatomic)

Point of Interest – I'm amazed that after all this time in diagnostic pathology, I still say "I've never seen this before!" almost every week.

Career Highlight – Just constantly grateful that my job is so interesting and that I get to work with great clinicians across the country.

Petrina York

Veterinarian, Anatomic Pathologist, Florida Veterinary Pathology Consultants, Inc., Fayetteville, Arkansas

DVM – 1991, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Anatomic Pathology Resident – 2004-2007, Oklahoma State University

Point of Interest – Diagnostic pathology and consultation

David H. Zeeman

Professor, Head, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Department and Director, South Dakota Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory

South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

DVM – 1980, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 1986, Pathology, Louisiana State University

Point of Interest – Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathology

Career Highlight – AAVLD Pope Award, highest honor given to my specialty of diagnostic Veterinary Medicine; President of AAVLD (2001).

Talmage Brown

Professor of Pathology, Emeritus

North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, N.C.

DVM – 1965, Oklahoma State University, College of Veterinary Medicine

PhD – 1973, Cornell University

Point of Interest – Diagnostic pathology, resident training, gene therapy research

Career Highlight – Hired by North Carolina State University to lead development of pathology program in a new veterinary school.