veterinary medicine

Peter Vanderloo
Associate director, clinical associate professor, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Expert in veterinary medicine and livestock diseases

Keith Poulsen
Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and School of Veterinary Medicine
Expertise in veterinary infectious diseases, zoonotic food borne diseases, and large animal internal medicine

Dale Bjorling
Associate dean for research and graduate training, School of Veterinary Medicine
Expert on veterinary general surgery and bladder inflammation (cystitis)

Dörte Döpfer
Assistant professor, veterinary medicine, food animal medicine
Expert in veterinary epidemiology of infectious diseases with a focus on food safety, applied mathematical modeling and interdisciplinary communication

Robert Hardie
Clinical associate professor, small animal general surgery
Expert in veterinary surgery

Kurt Sladky
Clinical Professor and section head, zoological medicine, surgical sciences
Expert in zoological medicine (zoo animals, wildlife and non-domestic pets) and conservation medicine (ecosystem and global health)


Barry Hartup
Clinical instructor, surgical sciences (veterinary); director, Veterinary Services, International Crane Foundation
Expert on endangered species health management, e.g., whooping cranes and their recovery. Experience in wildlife and conservation medicine.

Christoph Mans
Clinical Assistant Professor, Zoological Medicine
Expert in zoological and exotic animal medicine, with an emphasis on birds, reptiles, small mammals

Peter Muir
Associate professor, orthopedics
Expert on small-animal veterinary orthopedics and neuronal regulation of skeletal adaptation

Howard Steinberg
Clinical Professor/Pathobiological Sciences
Expert in veterinary anatomic pathology, both gross and microscopic

Becky Johnson
Clinical Associate Professor and Section Head, Anesthesia and Pain Management; Chair - SVM Animal Care and Use Committee
Expert in the fields of veterinary anesthesia and acute and chronic pain management

David Vail
Professor, veterinary medical oncology; director, Center for Clinical Trials and Research, School of Veterinary Medicine
Expert on clinical trials for novel cancer therapies with companion (pet) animals with natural cancers

Christopher Olsen
Prof Emeritus, Vet Med; Dir, Grad/Prof Certif in Global Health, Sch Med & Public Hlth; Assoc Dir, Global Health Inst
Expert on influenza viruses and other zoonotic infections transmitted between animals and human beings


Sheila McGuirk
Professor, medical sciences, veterinary medicine
Expert on integrating diagnostic, therapeutic and preventative strategies and tools into dairy herds to improve health, welfare and productivity

Lisa Forrest
Professor, radiology and radiation oncology, veterinary medicine; director of Tomotherapy; section chief, radiotherapy
Expert on clinical trials for pet dogs with cancer, and diagnostic imaging for dogs, cats, horses, cows and exotic species

Ruthanne Chun
Clinical associate professor, veterinary medical sciences
Expert on the teaching and practice of clinical oncology, which encompasses client communication and cancer biology

Sandra Newbury
Director, University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program, Assistant Professor, UW School of Veterinary Medicine
Expert on animal sheltering, animal welfare, community efforts for homeless animals, infectious disease, canine influenza, canine distemper, and outbreak response

Mary Behan
Professor, comparative biosciences; associate dean for research and graduate training, School of Veterinary Medicine
Expert in vertebrate neuroanatomy

Sandra (Sandi) Sawchuk
Clinical instructor, section head, primary care service, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital
Small animal (dogs and cats) veterinarian with extensive media experience


Ian Duncan
Professor, medical sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
Myelination of the central nervous system; diseases such as multiple sclerosis; and stem cell repair of brain disorders

Michael Collins
Professor, Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
Expert on paratuberculosis, also called Johne's disease, in animals.

Linda Sullivan
Curriculum review coordinator, School of Veterinary Medicine
Pet Pals Pet therapy program

Freya Mowat
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Expert in vision in dogs, retinal disorders in dogs and comparative ophthalmology

Tony Goldberg
Professor, Pathobiological Sciences; Associate Director for Research, Global Health Institute
Expert on emerging infectious diseases of humans and animals

Mark Markel
Professor, chair, medical sciences; director, comparative orthopedic research lab; associate dean, vet school
Expert on bone and cartilage regeneration/healing and bone fracture. Also, focused on prevention of breakdown injuries in horses

Susan Schaefer
Clinical associate professor, small animal orthopaedics, surgical sciences
Expert on canine arthroscopic joint surgery and canine musculoskeletal MRI

Kenneth Nordlund
Clinical professor, veterinary medicine, medical sciences
Expert on dairy health management

Thomas Yuill
Professor emeritus, pathobiological science, forest and wildlife ecology; director emeritus, Nelson Institute
Expert on diseases of wildlife and emerging virus diseases that affect wild and domestic animals and humans

Masatoshi Suzuki
Associate professor, comparative biosciences
Expert on stem cell applications for developmental modeling and cell therapy against brain disorders

Paul Miller
Clinical professor, comparative ophthalmology
Expert on animal vision and diseases affecting the animal eye

Lyric Bartholomay
Associate Professor
Director of the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease and expert in mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases.

Sathish Kumar
Associate Professor, Comparative Biosciences
Expert on hormonal regulation of cardiovascular and placental function


Timothy Stein
Assistant professor, medical sciences
Expert in spontaneous and genetically modified animal models of cancer

Laurie Larson
DVM; director, Canine Vaccines and ImmunoDiagnostics Service Laboratory
Expert in canine and feline clinical immunology, vaccines, and infectious diseases

Susannah Sample
Assistant Professor, Surgical Sciences
Expert in small animal general surgery, canine laryngeal paralysis and companion animal genetics

Kristen Friedrichs
Clinical Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology
Laboratory and cytologic diagnosis of animal disease, establishment of normal blood values in animal species, laboratory quality assurance