Faculty and Administration

Office of the Dean

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Neil C. Olson, DVM, PhD

Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine

nolson@sgu.edu

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

Dean Emeritus

Raymond Sis, DVM, PhD, MS

Dean Emeritus

David Hogg, PhD, BVMS, DHLitt

Dean Emeritus

Muhammad Iqbal Bhaiyat, PhD

Associate Dean of Students

mibhaiyat@sgu.edu

Rolf Larsen, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT

Senior Associate Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine
Professor of Theriogenology

RLarsen@sgu.edu

Anne Marie Corrigan, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM

Associate Dean of Academics
Professor

acorrigan@sgu.edu

Adria Rodriguez, DVM, MSc

Assistant Dean of Students
Associate Professor

airodriguez@sgu.edu

Brian P. Butler, DVM, MPH, PhD, Dipl. ACVP

Assistant Dean of Academics
Professor

bbutler@sgu.edu

Lauren Nicki Wise, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Assistant Dean of 4th Year Clinical Training
Associate Professor

lwise1@sgu.edu

Austin Kirwan, MA MBA BVSC MRCVS

Assistant Dean for UK Clinical Affairs

AKirwan@sgu.edu

Donna Neckles-Charles, MBA, MS, PhD

Director of Development

dnecklescharles@sgu.edu

Mercedes Velazquez, DVM

Instructor/Coordinator of Curricular and Student Assessment

mvelazqu@sgu.edu

Jessieanne Fullerton, BBA, MIB

Director of SVM Activities and Continuing Education

JFullerton@sgu.edu

ADJUNCT FACULTY

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Patrick Morgan, DVM, MPH, DrPH, Dipl. ACVPM

Adjunct Professor, Veterinary Public Health

Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology

FACULTY
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Hector Zerpa, MV, MS, PhD

Department Chair, Associate Professor

hzerpago@sgu.edu

Sunil Gupta, BVSc&AH, MVSc

Professor

sgupta@sgu.edu

Tom Aire, DVM, PhD, FCVSN, FAS

Professor

taire@sgu.edu

Arnend Hilberts Werners, DVM, M.Ed, PhD, Dipl. ECVPT

Professor

awerners@sgu.edu

Ulrike Zieger, DrMedVet, MSc

Professor

uzieger@sgu.edu

Mahesh Shriram Deokar, BVSc&AH, MVSc

Associate Professor

MDeokar@sgu.edu

Kamashi Kumar, MVSc, PhD

Associate Professor

kakumar@sgu.edu

Eugene Rennie, DVM, MSc

Associate Professor

erennie@sgu.edu

Ganesh Pathare

Assistant Professor

gpathare@sgu.edu

Rhea St. Louis

Instructor

rstloui2@sgu.edu

Crissy-Ann Harrylal, DVM

Instructor

charryl1@sgu.edu

Narindra Roopnarine, DVM

Instructor

nroopna1@sgu.edu

COOPERATING FACULTY MEMBER

Marios Loukas, MD, PhD

Dean of Basic Sciences
Dean of Research
Professor, Anatomical Sciences

mloukas@sgu.edu

Justina Aire, B.Ed, M.Ed, PhD

Assistant Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor, Preveterinary Program/Leadership Programs

jaire@sgu.edu

Randall Waetcher, BBA, PhD

Joint Professor, Bee Research

rwaechte@sgu.edu

Large Animal Medicine and Surgery

FACULTY
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Catherine Werners-Butler, DVM, DECEIM, PhD, MRCVS

Department Chair - Large Animal Medicine and Surgery
Professor

cwerners@sgu.edu

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

Associate Professor

fkhan8@sgu.edu

Stacey Byers, DVM, MS, DACVIM(LA)

Associate Professor

sbyers1@sgu.edu

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

Associate Professor

hjanicke@sgu.edu

Bowen Louison, DVM

Associate Professor

blouison@sgu.edu

Lauren Nicki Wise, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Assistant Dean of 4th Year Clinical Training
Associate Professor

lwise1@sgu.edu

Inga Emma Karasek, DVM

Assistant Professor

ikarasek1@sgu.edu

Thireshni Chetty, BVMCh

Instructor

tchetty@sgu.edu

Elizabeth Cooksey, DVM

Instructor

ecookse1@sgu.edu

Kerri Nigito, DVM

Instructor

nigker1@sgu.edu

Zainab Oluwatosin Momoh, DVM, MVPH

Demonstrator

ZMomoh@sgu.edu

Pathobiology

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

Department Chair - Pathobiology
Professor

mwilkers@sgu.edu

Muhammad Iqbal Bhaiyat, PhD

Associate Dean of Students

mibhaiyat@sgu.edu

Hugh Ferguson, MRCVS, FRCPath, PhD, Dipl.ACVP, BVM&S

Professor
Senior Research Fellow, WINDREF

hferguso@sgu.edu

Harry Hariharan, DVSM, MSc, PhD

Professor Emeritus

hhariharan@sgu.edu

Rhonda Pinckney, DVM, PhD, MS

Professor

rpinckney@sgu.edu

Dawn Seddon, BVSc, MSc, Dipl. ACVP

Professor

dseddon@sgu.edu

Ravindra Sharma, BVSc&AH, PhD, MVSc

Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in the School of Veterinary Medicine
Associate Director of Research
Professor of Veterinary Pathology and Avian Diseases

rsharma@sgu.edu

Diana Stone, PhD, Dipl.ACVPM, MPH

Co-Course Director, Veterinary Immunology
Professor, Pathobiology

dstone@sgu.edu

Brian P. Butler, DVM, MPH, PhD, Dipl. ACVP

Assistant Dean of Academics
Professor

bbutler@sgu.edu

Sonia Cheetham-Brow, DVM, PhD

Professor

scheetha@sgu.edu

Richard Kabuusu, BVM, MPH,CPH, PhD

Professor | Research Fellow, WINDREF

rkabuusu@sgu.edu

Andy Alhassan, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor

aalhass1@sgu.edu

Alfred Chikweto, BVM (DVM equivalent), MSc

Associate Professor

achikweto@sgu.edu

David Marancik, DVM, PhD, CertAqVet

Associate Professor, Director of the Aquatic Animal Medicine Research Laboratory

dmaranci@sgu.edu

Camila Dores, DVM, MSc, PhD

Associate Professor

cdores@sgu.edu

Rohini Roopnarine, DVM MPhil MRCVS

Associate Professor

rroopnarine@sgu.edu

Josephine Afema, PhD, MPVM, BVM

Associate Professor

Euan Allan, MSc, PhD

Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies, SVM
Assistant Professor

eallan1@sgu.edu

Victor Amadi, MSc

Instructor

vamadi@sgu.edu

Camille Coomansingh Springer, MS

Instructor

ccoomansingh@sgu.edu

Bhumika Sharma, MS

Instructor

bsharma@sgu.edu

Daniel Fitzpatrick, MS

Instructor

dfitzpat@sgu.edu

Jonnel Edwards, BSc

Aquatic Lab Demonstrator

jedward6@sgu.edu

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Satesh Bidaisee, DVM, MSPH, EdD

Assistant Dean for School of Graduate Studies in the School of Veterinary Medicine
Associate Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine

sbidaisee@sgu.edu

Rebecca Cole, DVM

Adjunct Professor, Wildlife

James Ellis, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Bee Research

Ernesto Guzman, DVM, MS, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Bee Research

Ray Kaplan, DVM, PhD, DEVPC

Adjunct Professor, Parasitology

rkaplan@sgu.edu

John Lumsden, DVM, PhD, MSc

Adjunct Professor

Jeffrey Pettis, BS, MS, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Bee Research

Denis vanEngelsdorp, MS, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Bee Research

Richard Linnehan

COOPERATING FACULTY MEMBER

Calum Macpherson, PhD

Dean of the School of Graduate Studies
Director of Research

cmacpherson@sgu.edu

Cheryl Cox-MacPherson, PhD

Chair, Bioethics
Course Director for Bioethics and the Professional
Professor of Bioethics

ccox@sgu.edu

Svetlana Kotelnikova, BA, MS, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Graduate Studies

skotelnikova@sgu.edu

Clare Morrall, PhD, MSc

Sr. Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Professor and Deputy Chair, Department of Biology, Ecology and Conservation

cmorrall@sgu.edu

Stephen Nimrod

Instructor

snimrod@sgu.edu

JOINT FACULTY

G. Richard Olds, MD, MACP

President

Small Animal Clinic

FACULTY
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Wayne Sylvester, DVM, MSc

Medical Director

wsylvester@sgu.edu

Lucian Peters, DVM

Assistant Professor | Veterinary Clinician

Keith Kalasi, DVM

Instructor

kkalasi@sgu.edu

Amanda Marancik, DVM

Instructor

amaranci@sgu.edu

Stacy Francis-Charles, DVM

Instructor

India Paharsingh

Instructor

ipaharsi@sgu.edu

Zsofia Vigh, MRCV

Instructor

zvigh@sgu.edu

Adam Evans, DVM, MEd

Instructor

Antia Escribano Carrero, DVM, CertAVP, MS

Instructor

Katherine Moreton, RVN, Cert PM&A

Small Animal Medicine and Surgery

FACULTY
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Rodolfo Bruhl-Day, DVM, ChD.SAS, Dipl. CLOVE, EdD.

Department Chair – Small Animal Medicine and Surgery
Professor

rbruhl-day@sgu.edu

Anne Marie Corrigan, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM

Associate Dean of Academics
Professor

acorrigan@sgu.edu

Tomas Guerrero, Dr. med. vet., Dipl. ECVS

Professor

tguerrer@sgu.edu

Hester McAllister, MVB, Dipl. DVR, Dipl. ECVDI

Professor

hmcallister@sgu.edu

Regine Hagen, DVM, CertAVP(VDI), dipECVDI

Associate Professor

rhagenar@sgu.edu

Francesca Ivaldi, DVM, MS

Associate Professor

fivaldi@sgu.edu

Tara Paterson, DVM, MSc

Associate Professor

tpaterson@sgu.edu

Marta Lanza Perea, MRCVS, MSc

Associate Professor

mperea@sgu.edu

Flavia Restitutti, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor

Talia Guttin, VMD, Dipl. ACVIM

Assistant Professor

tguttin@sgu.edu

Mercedes Miccio, DVM

Assistant Professor

mmiccio@sgu.edu

Adria Rodriguez, DVM, MSc

Assistant Dean of Students
Associate Professor

airodriguez@sgu.edu

Emily Turitto, DVM

Instructor

eturitt1@sgu.edu

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

Demonstrator

ndundas@sgu.edu

Elizabeth Peach, BSc

Demonstrator

epeach@sgu.edu

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Thomas Nemetz, PhD, DVM, MSc

Adjunct Professor, Small Animal Dentistry

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