Meet the residents and interns in Large Animal Clinical Services, Small Animal Clinical Services, and our International Training Scholar.
Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Tara Shearer – Large Animal Surgery
Education and Experience:
- University of Saskatchewan, BS, 2008
- The Western College of Veterinary Medicine, DVM, 2012
- University of Georgia, Large Animal Medicine and Surgery Intern, 2012-2013
- University of Florida, Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery Intern, 2013-2014
Specific interests include equine lameness and sports medicine as well as orthopedic surgical disease and gastrointestinal surgery.
Jillian Mills – Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
Education and Experience:
- University of California, Davis, BS, 2006
- University of California, Davis, DVM, 2013
- University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center, Veterinary Hospital Intern, 2013-2014
Specific interests include Equine Sports Medicine – Lameness and Diagnostic Imaging and Equine locomotor anatomy.
Jamie Kopper – Large Animal Medicine and Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
Education and Experience:
- Alma College, BS, 2006
- Michigan State University, PhD, 2011
- Michigan State University, DVM, 2013
- University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center, Rotating Equine Intern, 2012-2014
Specific interests include diseases and conditions of the gastro-intestinal tract.
Vighnesh Prabhu - Green Meadows
Education and Experience:
- University of Sciences in Philadelphia, BS, 2007
- Michigan State University, DVM, 2014
Specific interests include production medicine and herd health, with a focus on solving problems in a practical manner.
Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Ron Achiel – Emergency Critical Care Medicine
Education and Experience:
- Binghamton University, NY, BS, 2006
- Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, DVM (High Honors) , 2011
- The Animal Medical Center, NY, Small Animal Rotating Internship, 2012-2013
- University of Illinois, Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Internship, 2013-2014
Special interests include coagulation - specifically its relationship with inflammation and current research into neutrophil extracellular traps. I especially enjoy working with patients in critical condition such as polytrauma and sepsis.
Shane Andrews – Surgery
Education and Experience:
- Brigham Young University, UT, BS, 2005
- Western University of Health Sciences, CVM, DVM , 2009
- US Army Veterinary Corps Officer 2007 – present
- Yokota AFB, Japan District Veterinary Command, Section Chief, 2009-2012
- Fort Carson, Colorado, Public Health Command District Carson, Branch Chief, 2012-2014
Special interests include soft tissue surgery, trauma/wound management.
David Carabetta – Emergency Critical Care Medicine
Education and Experience:
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, BS, 2007
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Animal Science, 2008
- The Ohio State University, DVM, 2013
- MSPCA Angell Animal Medical Center, Boston, MA, Rotating Internship , 2013-2014
Special interests include emergency medicine, feline medicine, toxicology, anesthesia and pain management.
Kim Cronin – Diagnostic Imaging
Education and Experience:
- Taylor University, BA, 2000
- Atlantic Veterinary College-University of Prince Edward Island, DVM , 2005
- Panorama Equine Medical and Surgical Center, Equine Internship, 2006
Special interests include small animal emergency imaging; abdominal ultrasonography; CT.
Rachel Policelli – Diagnostic Imaging
Education and Experience:
- University of Michigan, BS, 2006
- Michigan State University, DVM, 2013
- North Carolina State University, Small Animal Rotating Internship in Medicine and Surgery, 2013-2014
Special interests include abdominal ultrasonography; MRI.
Magen Shaughnessy – Surgery
- Colorado State University, BS, 2009
- Colorado State University, DVM (Honors), 2013
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Small Animal Rotating Internship, 2013-2014
Special interests include orthopedic surgery and research.
Stacey Wylie– Internal Medicine
- Education and Experience:
- Millersville University, PA, BS (Honors), 2009
- Michigan State University, DVM, 2013
- Oradell Animal Hospital, NJ, Small Animal Rotating Internship, 2013-2014
Special interests include internal medicine with a special interest in hepatic diseases and hypoadrenocorticism.
International Training Surgical Scholar
Gruenheid, Michaela – International Surgical Scholar
Education and Experience:
- Justus Liebig University, Giessen – School of Agricultural Business, Germany, 2002-2003
- Szent Istvan University, Hungary, 2003-2005
- Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany, 2005-2009
Special interests include orthopedic surgery.
Interns
Isaac Cortes
- Campbell University, BS (Honors), North Carolina, 2010
- North Carolina State University, DVM, 2014
Special interests include small animal surgery with a particular interest in orthopedic surgery, especially total joint replacements and the use of additive manufacturing for the production of implants & prosthetics. Currently involved in neurosurgical research and co-author on an abstract expected for presentation at the 2014 ISERC conference.
Joseph Hicks
- Texas A&M University, BS (Honors), 2010
- Texas A&M University, DVM, 2014
Special interests include zoo and wildlife medicine, wildlife epidemiology.
Kiira Rodriguez
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BS (Honors), 2010
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, DVM, 2014
Special interests include cardiology.
Carissa Southard
- Florida State University, BS, 2008
- University of Florida, DVM, 2014
Special interests include veterinary diagnostic imaging; Comparative anatomy and physiology.