Faculty and Administration

Office of the Dean

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Neil C. Olson, DVM, PhD

Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine

Ray Kaplan, DVM, PhD, DipEVPC, DiplACVM

Senior Associate Dean

RKaplan@sgu.edu

David Hogg, PhD, BVMS, DHLitt

Dean Emeritus

Timothy H. Ogilvie, DVM, MSC, LLD, Dipl. ACVIM

Dean Emeritus

Anne Marie Corrigan

Anne Marie Corrigan, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Professor

acorrigan@sgu.edu

Muhammad Iqbal Bhaiyat, BVM, PhD

Associate Dean of Students
Professor

mibhaiyat@sgu.edu

Sonia Cheetham-Brow, DVM, PhD

Professor, Associate Dean of Research

scheetha@sgu.edu

David Marancik, DVM, PhD, DABVP (Fish Medicine), CertAqVet

Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
Professor

DMarancik@sgu.edu

Tara Paterson, DVM, MSc

Associate Dean, 4th Yr. Clinical Training, Associate Professor

tpaterson@sgu.edu

Adria Rodriguez, DVM, MSc, MS TCVM, CVA, CVCH, ACC

Assistant Dean, 4th Yr. Clinical Training, Associate Professor

AIRodriguez@sgu.edu

Mercedes Velazquez

Mercedes Velazquez, DVM

Coordinator of Students and Curriculum Outcomes Assessment
Assistant Dean of Students

mvelazqu@sgu.edu

Arend Hilberts Werners

Arend Hilberts Werners, DVM, MEd, PhD, Dipl. ECVPT

Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
Professor

AWerners@sgu.edu

Joanne Buckland

Joanne Buckland, EdD, MA

Director of Student Achievement
Associate Professor

jbucklan@sgu.edu

Peter Slinger

Peter Slinger, PhD, MA, BSc

Associate Professor

pslinger@sgu.edu

Tori Jackson

Tori Jackson, MSc, MSc, EdD

Instructor

tcjackson@sgu.edu

Tyson Charles, BS, MS

Tyson Charles, BS, MS

Demonstrator

tcharle5@sgu.edu

jessie-fullerton

Jessieanne Fullerton, BBA, MIB

Director of SVM Activities and Continuing Education

JFullerton@sgu.edu

Donna-Neckles-Charles

Donna Neckles-Charles, MBA, MS, PhD

Director of Development

dnecklescharles@sgu.edu

Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology

FACULTY
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Hector Zerpa

Hector Zerpa, MV, MS, PhD

Department Chair, Professor

hzerpago@sgu.edu

Professor Hugo Fonseca, School of Veterinary Medicine

Hugo Fonseca, MV, MSc, PhD

Professor

hfonseca@sgu.edu

Kumar Kamashi

Kamashi Kumar, BVSc & AH, MVSc, PhD

Professor

kakumar@sgu.edu

Arend Hilberts Werners

Arend Hilberts Werners, DVM, MEd, PhD, Dipl. ECVPT

Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
Professor

AWerners@sgu.edu

Ulrike Zieger

Ulrike Zieger, DVM, BSc (Hon), MSc

Professor

uzieger@sgu.edu

Sunil Gupta, BVSc & AH, MVSc

Professor Emeritus

Deokar-Mahesh-Shriram

Mahesh Shriram Deokar, BVSc&AH, MVSc

Associate Professor

MDeokar@sgu.edu

Mohamed Maher

Mohamed Maher, BA, MA, PhD

Associate Professor

mmaherhu@sgu.edu

Eugene Rennie

Eugene Rennie, DVM, MSc

Associate Professor

erennie@sgu.edu

Bjoern Schaeffner

Bjoern C. Schaeffner, PhD, MS

Associate Professor

Narindra Roopnarine

Narindra Roopnarine, DVM, MSc

Assistant Professor

NRoopna1@sgu.edu

Crissy Ann Harrylal

Crissy-Ann Harrylal, DVM

Instructor

charryl1@sgu.edu

Christiane Jordan

Christiane Jordan, DVM

Instructor

cjordan@sgu.edu

Rhea St. Louis

Rhea St. Louis

Instructor

rstloui2@sgu.edu

Farah Mohammed

Farah Mohammed, DVM

Instructor

FMohamm5@sgu.edu

Matthew Charles

Matthew Charles, BSc

Demonstrator

mcharle6@sgu.edu

Curtis Hopkin

Curtis Hopkin

Demonstrator

chopkin2@sgu.edu

Large Animal Medicine and Surgery

FACULTY
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Satesh Bidaisee, DVM, MSPH, EdD

Professor and Associate Dean for School of Graduate Studies, Interim Chair, Department of LAMS

sbidaisee@sgu.edu

Catherine Werners-Butler, DVM, MBA, PhD, Dipl. ECEIM

Professor

CWerners@sgu.edu

Dr. Stuart Gordon, BVSC, MS, PHD

Professor

Sgordon3@sgu.edu

Heidi Janicke, BVM, PhD, Dipl. ECVS, MRCVS, FHEA

Professor

hjanicke@sgu.edu

Allison Stewart

Allison Stewart, DVM, MS, DACVS

Professor

Astewart7@sgu.edu

Inga Emma Karasek, DVM, MSc

Associate Professor

ikarasek1@sgu.edu

Firdous Ahmad Khan, BVSc, MVSc, DVSc, Dipl. ACT

Associate Professor

afroza khanam

Afroza Khanam, BSc, MSc, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor

AKhanam@sgu.edu

Kelly Nigito

Kerri Nigito, DVM, CPH, MPH, DABVP (Food Animal Practice)

Assistant Professor

knigito1@sgu.edu

Gabrielle Beckford, DVM

Instructor

gbeckfor@sgu.edu

jaelene haynes

Jaelene Haynes, DVM, BVSc

Instructor

JHaynes2@sgu.edu

Urfeya Mirza

Urfeya Mirza, BVSc, MVSc, PhD

Instructor

umirza1@sgu.edu

racquel oakley

Racquel Oakley, DVM

Instructor

roakley1@sgu.edu

Nyoni Winchester

Nyoni Winchester, DVM, MVS

Instructor

nwinches@sgu.edu

Marie Jose Zouein

Marie Jose Zouein

Instructor

mzouein@sgu.edu

irfan ahmad khan

Irfan Ahmad Khan

Demonstrator

IKhan10@sgu.edu

Pathobiology

FACULTY
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Melinda J. Wilkerson, DVM, MSc, PhD, Diplomate ACVP

Department Chair
Professor

mwilkers@sgu.edu

Ray Kaplan, DVM, PhD, DipEVPC, DiplACVM

Senior Associate Dean

RKaplan@sgu.edu

Andy Alhassan, DVM, PhD

Professor

AAlhass1@sgu.edu

Muhammad Iqbal Bhaiyat, BVM, PhD

Associate Dean of Students
Professor

mibhaiyat@sgu.edu

Sonia Cheetham-Brow, DVM, PhD

Professor, Associate Dean of Research

scheetha@sgu.edu

Richard M. Kabuusu, BVM, MPH, PhD, CPH, Diplomate ACVP

Professor

rkabuusu@sgu.edu

David Marancik, DVM, PhD, DABVP (Fish Medicine), CertAqVet

Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
Professor

DMarancik@sgu.edu

Rohini Roopnarine, DVM M.Phil, EdD, MRCVS, Dipl. AVES

Professor

rroopnarine@sgu.edu

Dawn Seddon, BVSc, MSc VetPath, Diplomate ACVP, MRCVS, NHD Microbiol

Professor

dseddon@sgu.edu

Diana Stone

Diana Stone, DVM, PhD, Dipl.ACVPM, MPH

Professor

Harry Hariharan, DVSM, MSc, PhD

Professor Emeritus

hhariharan@sgu.edu

Rhonda Pinckney, DVM, PhD, MS

Professor Emeritus

rpinckney@sgu.edu

Josephine Azikuru Afema, BVM, MPVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM, Dipl. Epidemiology

Associate Professor

jazikuru@sgu.edu

Alfred Chikweto, BVM, MSc, PhD

Associate Professor

achikweto@sgu.edu

Mauricio Seguel

Mauricio Seguel, DVM, PhD, DACVP

Associate Professor

mseguel@sgu.edu

Sharianne Suepaul

Sharianne Suepaul, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor

ssuepaul@sgu.edu

katharina kopp

Katharina Kopp, BSc, DVM, DAHM

Assistant Professor

Sophie Moittie

Sophie Moittie, LicVet, DVetMed, DipECZM(ZHM), DACZM

Assistant Professor

smoittie@sgu.edu

India Paharsingh

India Paharsingh, DVM, MSC

Assistant Professor

ipaharsi@sgu.edu

Bhumika Sharma, MS, PhD

Assistant Professor

bsharma@sgu.edu

Camille-Marie Coomansingh Springer, BSc, MSc

Instructor

ccoomansingh@sgu.edu

Noor Ul Huda

Noor ul Huda, PhD

Instructor

Vanessa Matthew Belmar, BSc, MSc, PhD

Instructor

VMatthew@sgu.edu

Dexton St. Bernard

Dexton St. Bernard, DVM, MSc

Instructor

dstbern2@sgu.edu

Aranza Gómez

Aranza Gómez

Demonstrator

Agomez13@sgu.edu

Aca McIntyre

Ava Mc Intyre, BSc, MPH

Demonstrator

amcinty4@sgu.edu

Jodi Simeon

Jodi Simeon, BSc, MSc

Demonstrator

jsimeon@sgu.edu

Small Animal Medicine and Surgery

FACULTY
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Rodolfo Bruhl-Day

Rodolfo Bruhl-Day, DVM (Hons), ChD. SAS, Dipl. CLOVE, Ed.D., Cert. SAS (ST)

Department Chair and Professor– Small Animal Medicine and Surgery

rbruhl-day@sgu.edu

Anne Marie Corrigan

Anne Marie Corrigan, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Professor

acorrigan@sgu.edu

Dr. Thomas Hanson School of Veterinary Medicine

Thomas Hanson, DVM

Professor

thanson3@sgu.edu

Samar Elsharkawy, BVSc., MVSc., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

selshark@sgu.edu

Talia Guttin

Talia Guttin, M.Ed., VMD, DACVIM (SAIM)

Associate Professor

tguttin@sgu.edu

Francesca Ivaldi, DVM, MSc

Associate Professor

fivaldi@sgu.edu

Marta Lanza Perea

Marta Lanza Perea, MRCVS, MSc

Associate Professor

Adria Rodriguez, DVM, MSc, MS TCVM, CVA, CVCH, ACC

Assistant Dean, 4th Yr. Clinical Training, Associate Professor

AIRodriguez@sgu.edu

Nuri Quesada Vincent

Nuria Quesada Vincent, DVM, MVetMed, MRCVS, DipACVAA, DipECVAA

Associate Professor

nquesada1@sgu.edu

Nathalie Dowgray

Nathalie Dowgray, BVSc, MANZCVS (feline), PGDip IAWEL, PhD, MRCVS

Assistant Professor

Keith Kalasi

Keith Kalasi, DVM, MSc.

Assistant Professor

kkalasi@sgu.edu

Julieta Mallea

Julieta Mallea, DVM

Assistant Professor

mmallea@sgu.edu

Amanda Marancik

Amanda Marancik, DVM

Assistant Professor

amaranci@sgu.edu

Maria Mercedes Miccio

Maria Mercedes Miccio

Assistant Professor

mmiccio@sgu.edu

Peter Augustine

Peter Augustine, DVM

Instructor

paugusti@sgu.edu

Naudia Dundas

Naudia Dundas, MIB, Post Grad. Edu, BSc, Dip.

Instructor

ndundas@sgu.edu

Michel O’Brien

Dr. Michel O’Brien, DVM

Instructor

MObrien2@sgu.edu

Allana Singh

Allana Singh, DVM

Instructor

asingh70@sgu.edu

Lucian Thomas

Lucian Thomas, DVM, MSc.

Instructor

lthomas8@sgu.edu

Elizabeth Peach, BSc

Demonstrator

Small Animal Clinic

FACULTY
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Wayne Sylvester, DVM, MSc

Medical Director

wsylvester@sgu.edu

Ashiq Hussain Bhat, BVSc and A.H, MVSc, ICAR-NET

Assistant Professor

Christianne Shaw

Christianne Shaw, DVM

Assistant Professor

Britian Tully

Britain Tully, DVM

Assistant Professor

Abid Ali Bhat

Abid Ali Bhat

Instructor

Jhanelle Dennis

Jhanelle Dennis, DVM

Instructor

JDennis1@sgu.edu

Justine John

Justine John, DVM

Instructor

Katherine Moreton

Katherine Moreton, RVN, Cert PM&A

Instructor

kmoreton@sgu.edu

Demy van der Togt

Demy van der Togt, DVM

Instructor

dvandert@sgu.edu

Elizaveta Vasechkina

Elizaveta Vasechkina , DVM

Instructor

EVasechk@sgu.edu