A graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College in 1990 I spent three years in small animal and exotic practice before returning to the OVC to complete my DVSc degree in anatomic pathology. My research was on glomerular disease in mink as a result of excessive vaccination strategies. From this developed an interest in renal pathology that has continued to this day and resulted in my authoring the renal chapter in Pathologic Basis of Disease by McGavin and Zachary. Additionally, research interests include veterinary neoplasia with special interests in ferret tumors and canine mast cell tumors. I oversee the immunohistochemistry service here at UTCVM and enjoy offering that ancillary test for challenging diagnostic and research cases. I teach in the veterinary curriculum in General Pathology and Oncology. I am involved heavily in the day to day interactions with our anatomic residency program.
Articles
Evaluation of tyrosinase expression in canine and equine melanocytic tumors (with J C. Phillips, L M. Lembcke, C E. Noltenius, James T. Blackford, D A. Grosenbaugh, and A T. Leard), American Journal of Veterinary Research (2012)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the tissue-restricted expression pattern of tyrosinase mRNA in canine and equine melanocytic...
Vulvar pythiosis in two captive camels (Camelus dromedarius). (with Ricardo Videla, Sarel van Amstel, Sarah H. O'neill, Linda A. Frank, Raquel Vilela, and Leonel Mendoza), Medical Mycology (2012)
Two camels (Camelus dromedarius), 3- and 4-years-old, respectively, from an eastern Tennessee wildlife farm presented...
Renal pathology of non-domestic felids (with Kim Newkirk, LA White, Barton Rorhback, and Edward C. Ramsay), Veterinary Pathology (2011)
To comprehensively evaluate the occurrence of renal lesions in a variety of nondomestic felids, necropsy...
Specificity of a canine pancreas-specific lipase assay for diagnosing pancreatitis in dogs without clinical or histologic evidence of the disease (with S Neilson-Carley, J Robertson, D Kutchmarick, R Relford, K Woosley, and J Steiner), American journal of veterinary research (2011)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the specificity of a canine pancreas-specific lipase (cPSL) assay for diagnosing pancreatitis...
A gastric neuroendocrine carcinoma expressing somatostatin in a bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps). (with Jerry Lyons, Cheryl Greenacre, and John Duncan), Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (2010)
A metastatic gastric neuroendocrine carcinoma in a 2.5-year-old inland bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) with a...