*Theresa E. Rizzi, DVM, DACVP—Clinical Professor and interim VCS Department Head
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences is one of four academic departments at the CVM. The Veterinary Clinical Sciences faculty are an integral part of the Boren Veterinary Medical Hospital. The faculty train veterinary students through hands-on experience and provides the highest quality of care to clients and patients. In addition to training veterinary students, there are several residents and interns in various sections of the hospital who are guided by the VCS faculty.
Visit the Veterinary Medical Hospital webpage to learn more about the faculty and staff and the services they provide.
Internship and Residency Programs
The department offers graduate professional programs (internships and residencies). Internships are one-year post-DVM clinical training programs.
Internships are designed in part to prepare DVM graduates for residencies or graduate academic programs. Currently, internships are offered in equine internal medicine and surgery rotating, small animal emergency and critical care, equine surgery & sports medicine, food animal medicine & surgery, shelter medicine and surgery, ophthalmology, theriogenology, and avian, exotics, and zoological medicine.
Residencies are three-year clinical programs in various disciplines designed in part to prepare for specialty board certification. Currently, residencies are offered in equine internal medicine, equine surgery, food animal medicine and surgery, ophthalmology, and theriogenology. Graduate academic programs may be available in association with residencies.
Application Procedure
Most open positions are listed in the Veterinary Internship/Residency Matching Program at www.virmp.org and applications are submitted through the VIRMP. Some programs may be offered outside the match.
Regents Professor and Endowed Chairs: Kenneth Bartels, DVM, MS, and Cohn Family Chair for Animal Care (emeritus); *Melanie Boileau, DVM, MS, DACVIM, and Clinical Professorship in the College of Veterinary Medicine; *Joao Manuel Lemos Brandao, LMV, MS, DECZM, and Deborah and Wayne Bell Professorship; *Daniel J. Burba, DVM, DACVS, and McCasland Endowed Chair; *Danielle Dugat, DVM, MS, DACVS, Cohn Family Chair for Animal Care; *Lyndi Gilliam, DVM, DACVIM, and Jack and June Jacobs Chair; G. Reed Holyoak, DVM, PhD, DACT, Regent's Professor and Bullock Professor; *Michael D. Lorenz, DVM, DACVIM, and Regents Service Professor (emeritus); *Lara Sypniewski, DVM, DABVP, and Henthorne Clinical Professorship
Professors: *Joseph Alexander, DVM, DACVS (President, CIED) (emeritus); *Kenneth Bartels, DVM, MS (emeritus); *Melanie Boileau, DVM, MS, DACVIM; *Daniel J. Burba, DVM, DACVS; *Lionel J. Dawson, BVSc, MS, DACT; *Lyndi Gilliam, DVM, DACVIM; *Margi A. Gilmour, DVM, MS, DACVO (emeritus); *G. Reed Holyoak, DVM, PhD, DACT; *John P. Hoover, DVM, MS, DACVIM, DABVP (emeritus); *Meredyth Jones, DVM, MS, DACVIM; *Charles G. MacAllister, DVM, DACVIM (emeritus); *Mark Neer, DVM, DACVIM (emeritus); *Michael J. Schoonover, DVM, MS, DACVS, DACVSMR; *Richard Shawley, DVM, MS, DACVA (emeritus)
Associate Professors: *Robert J. Bahr, DVM, DACVR (emeritus); *Mary H. Bowles, DVM, DACVIM (emeritus); *Joao Manuel Lemos Brandao, LMV, MS, DECZM, DACZM; *Daniel Dugat, DVM, MS, DACVS; *John Kirkpatrick, DVM, DABVP (emeritus); Carolynn T. MacAllister, DVM (emeritus); *Gregor L. Morgan, MVSc, PhD, DACT (emeritus)
Assistant Professors: *Dale Kelley, DVM, MS, PhD, DACT; *Megan Williams, DVM, DACVS
Clinical Professor: *John Gilliam, DVM, MS, DAVBP, DACVIM; *Marjorie Gross, DVM, MS, DACVA (emeritus); *Robert Streeter, DVM, MS, DACVIM (emeritus); *Lara A. Sypniewski, DVM, DABVP
Clinical Associate Professor: Kimberly D. Carter, DVM; *Paul DeMars, DVM, DABVP; Katrina Meinkoth, DVM (emeritus); Sarah Peakheart, DVM
Clinical Assistant Professors: David Bailey, DVM; *Allison Biddick, DVM, MS, DACVECC; Rosslyn Biggs, DVM; Brandy L. Close, PhD, MeD; Leandro Fadel, DVM, MSc; Leticia Fanucchi, DVM, PhD; *Katelyn Fentiman, DVM, MS, DACVO; Nancy Henslee, DVM; Alexis Jennings, DVM; *A.J. Manship, DVM, DACVIM; *Emily McCool, DVM, MS, DACVO; Julianne McCready, DVM; M. Blake Murray, DVM; Franciele Panato Back, MV; Marcelo Rodrigues de Oliveira, MV; Melissa Raymond, DVM; *Asitha Vasudevan Pillai, DVM, MS; Brandon M. Raczkoski, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professors: *Drew Hanzlicek, DVM, DACVIM; *Cheryl Lopate, DVM, MS, DACT; *Mark Munson, MD; Daqing Piao, PhD; *Gary Spodnick, DVM, DACVS
Adjunct Assistant Professors: Jason Anton, DVM; *Kay Backues, DVM, DACZM; Derek Burney, DVM; *Jennifer D'Agostino, DVM, DACZM; *Brent Hague, DVM, DACVS; *David Russell, DVM, DACVD; *Janice Seahorn, DVM, MS, DACVAA
Adjunct Clinical Instructors: Kyle Abbott, DVM; *Tiffany Granone, DVM, DACVAA; Mark Higgins, DVM; Tracie Holder, DVM; Mike Jones, DVM; Kevin Long, DVM; Jarrod Roach, DVM; Mark Shackelford, DVM
Lecturers: Kevin Grisham, DVM; Daneeya Guthrie, DVM; Jennifer Wyrick, DVM
Residents: Rebecca Abanto, DVM, Equine Medicine (2023-26); Nicholas Lani, DVM, Equine Surgery (2023-26); Sheila Megehee, DVM, Theriogenology (2021-24); Megan, Righi, DVM, ACVIM, Food Animal (2022-25); Brittnee Sayler, DVM, Equine Surgery; (2022-25); Taylor Strickland, DVM, Food Animal (2022-25); Paul Wallace, DVM, Equine Surgery and Sports Med (2022-25); Alex Wittorff, DVM, Theriogenology (2022-25)
Interns: Katherine Cantrell, DVM, Small Animal Shelter Medicine and Surgery; Kaitlyn Crocker, DVM, Avian, Exotics, and Zoological Medicine; Greta Doden, DVM, Avian, Exotics and Zoological Medicine; Andrea Messina, DVM, Equine Medicine and Surgery; Flora Okwuagwu, DVM, Small Animal Emergency Critical Care Specialty; Brianne Randulovich, DVM, Ophthalmology Specialty; Haley Wilkerson, DVM, Theriogenology
*Board Certification in Specialty Area
