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Faculty

Our faculty are highly respected and often called upon to participate in national media stories. Working side-by-side with our students, they are dedicated to student success and creating healthy communities for our pets and pet families.

Faculty

Essam Abdelfattah, BVetMed, MVetMed, PhD

Food Animal Science

Assistant Professor

eabdelfattah@westernu.edu

Cherein Abdel Massih, DVM

Assistant Professor

abdelmassihc@westernu.edu

Ana Alcaraz DVM, PhD, DACVPA

Anatomic Pathology

Professor

aalcaraz@westernu.edu

Randall Anderson, DVM, MPVM

Clinical Field Liaison

Instructor

rjanderson@westernu.edu

Samuel Antillon, DVM

Adjunct Instructor

samuel.antillon@westernu.edu

Jordan Arana, DVM

Adjunct Instructor

jarana@westernu.edu

Carolina Beato, DVM

Clinical Education Instructor, Clinical Field Liaison

cbeato@westernu.edu

Domenico Bianco

Associate Professor

dbianco@westernu.edu

Frank Bossong, BS, DVM

Shelter Medicine

Associate Professor

fbossong@westernu.edu

Elizabeth P. Boynton, DVM, FNAP

Wellness and Communication

Professor

bboynton@westernu.edu

Erika Budde

Adjunct Instructor

ebudde@westernu.edu

Hillary Carroll, DVM

Adjunct Instructor

hcarroll@westernu.edu

David Clark, DVM, DABVP

Associate Professor

dclark@westernu.edu

Susan Davis

Clinical Instructor

daviss@westernu.edu

Maisie Dawes, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Immunology, Large Animal Internal Medicine

Associate Professor

mdawes@westernu.edu

Yvonne Drechsler, Dipl.Biol (eq MS), PhD

Immunology and Virology

Professor

ydrechsler@westernu.edu

Karen Eiler

Veterinary Medicine

Professor

keiler@westernu.edu

Kevin Ellis, DVM

Small Animal Medicine

Assistant Professor

ellisk@westernu.edu

Curtis Eng, DVM

Professor

ceng@westernu.edu

Helen Engelke, BVSc. MPVM Dipl. ACVPM MRCVS

Public Health

Assistant Professor

hengelke@westernu.edu

Maria A. Fahie, DVM, MS, DACVS

Small Animal Surgery

Professor

mfahie@westernu.edu

Babak Faramarzi, DVM, MSc, CVA, PhD

Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery

Professor

bfaramarzi@westernu.edu

David Forster, DVM, MRCVS, MAICS

Director of North Central Clinic

Assistant Professor

dforster@westernu.edu

Stephanie Frank

Equine Medicine

Assistant Professor

sfrank@westernu.edu

Paul Gordon-Ross, DVM, MS

Associate Professor

pgordon@westernu.edu

Christine Tindal Green, BVSc, Cert.V. Ophthal (RCVS)

Associate Professor

cgreen@westernu.edu

Michelle Greenberg, DVM

Adjunct Clinical Instructor

mgreenberg@westernu.edu

Rhea Hanselmann, DVM, MPVM, PhD

Veterinary Epidemiology

Assistant Professor

rhanselmann@westernu.edu

Jijun Hao, PhD

Stem Cell Biology

Professor

jhao@westernu.edu

Yiling Hong, PhD

Stem Cell Biology and Nanotoxicity

Professor

yhong@westernu.edu

Kristopher Irizarry, PhD

Associate Professor

kirizarry@westernu.edu

Malika Kachani, DVM, PhD, NAPF

Parasitology

Professor

mkachani@westernu.edu

Gagandeep Kaur, DVM, PhD

Physiology

Associate Professor

gkaur@westernu.edu

Wael A. Khamas, BVM&S, MS, PhD

Anatomy & Histology

Professor

wkhamas@westernu.edu

Young Joo Kim, DVM, MS

Surgery & Emergency

Associate Professor

yjkim@westernu.edu

Priyank Kumar

Associate Professor

pkumar@westernu.edu

Lyon Lee, DVM, PhD, DACVA

Anesthesiology

Professor

llyon@westernu.edu

Ohad Levi, DVM

Professor

olevi@westernu.edu

Annika Linde, DVM, PhD, MPH

Cardiology, Physiology, IPE

Associate Professor

alinde@westernu.edu

Thomas Marino, EdD, MS

Anatomy

Assistant Professor

tmarino@westernu.edu

Allison Marsh, DVM, MPH

Clinical Field Liaison

Instructor

allisonmarsh@westernu.edu

Diane McClure, DVM, PhD, DACLAM

Laboratory Animal

Associate Professor

dmcclure@westernu.edu

Leslie McLaughlin, VMD, MPH

VBS

Adjunct Instructor

lmclaughlin@westernu.edu

Tracey McNamara, DVM, DACVP

Pathology

Professor

tmcnamara@westernu.edu

L. Tonatiuh Melgarejo, DVM, MS, PhD

Translational Medicine & Antimicrobial Resistance

Professor

tmelgarejo@westernu.edu

Mohammad Mir, PhD

Virology

Professor

mmir@westernu.edu

Sheema Mir, PhD

Infectious Diseases

Assistant Professor

smir@westernu.edu

Stewart Morgan, DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM

Animal Nutrition

Assistant Professor

morgans@westernu.edu

Teresa Y. Morishita, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACPV

Poultry Medicine & Food Safety

Professor

tmorishita@westernu.edu

Ayman Mostafa, DVM, PhD

Clinical Sciences

Associate Professor

mostafaa@westernu.edu

Arvin Najarian, DVM

VBS

Adjunct Instructor

anajarian@westernu.edu

Theros Ng, PhD

Foundational Sciences

Assistant Professor

therosng@westernu.edu

Ken C. Noriega, BA, MS

Veterinary Anatomy

Instructor

knoriega@westernu.edu

Brian Oakley, PhD

Microbial Ecology

Professor

boakley@westernu.edu

Jose Peralta, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACAW, Dipl. ECAWBM (AWSEL)

Animal Welfare

Professor

jperalta@westernu.edu

Joyce Riveroll

Assistant Professor

jriveroll@westernu.edu

Josep Rutllant-Labeaga, DVM, PhD

Anatomy & Embryology

Professor

jrutllant@westernu.edu

Miguel D. Saggese, DVM, MS, PhD

Microbiology & Avian/Wildlife Medicine

Associate Professor

msaggese@westernu.edu

Janna Shreffler-Perez, DVM

VBS

Adjunct Instructor

jshrefflerperez@westernu.edu

Wayne Smith, VMD

Small Animal Surgery/Medicine

Adjunct Assistant Professor

wsmith@westernu.edu

John Tegzes, MA, VMD, Dipl. ABVT

Dean

jtegzes@westernu.edu

Suzana Tkalcic, DVM, PhD

Veterinary Pathology

Professor

stkalcic@westernu.edu

Bridgid Twomey

North Central Clinic

Assistant Professor

btwomey@westernu.edu

Peter Weinstein, DVM, MBA

Adjunct Associate Professor

pweinstein@westernu.edu

Sarah Wills

Adjunct Instructor

swills@westernu.edu

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