Our People
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Cindy Shmon Professor and Head, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Soft tissue surgery, neurosurgery, urogenital surgery, injuries in working and growing dogs, teaching of surgical skills
Faculty
Barbara Ambros Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences | Small Animal Clinical Head, VMC
Research Area(s): Veterinary Anesthesia and Pain Management
Gurpreet Aulakh Fedoruk Chair in Imaging Science | Assistant Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Imaging science
Anthony (Tony) Carr Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Electrocardiography, blood pressure and platelet function
Kevin Cosford Assistant Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Small animal internal medicine
Tanya Duke Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Anesthesia, pain control and critical care
Jerome Gagnon Assistant Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Veterinary oncology
Marina Leis Assistant Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Veterinary Ophthalmology
Kathleen Linn Associate Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Small Animal Surgery
Jennifer Loewen Assistant Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Emergency and critical care
Candace Lowe Assistant Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Veterinary Dentistry
Valerie MacDonald-Dickinson Associate Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Veterinary medical oncology
Monique Mayer Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Veterinary radiation oncology, medical physics, oncologic imaging
Stephanie Osinchuk Assistant Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Veterinary ophthalmology
Tammy Owens Assistant Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Small animal clinical nutrition
Dennilyn Parker Associate Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Avian, exotic and wildlife medicine
Lynne Sandmeyer Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences | Small Animal Clinical Head, VMC
Research Area(s): Veterinary ophthalmology
Cindy Shmon Professor and Head, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Soft tissue surgery, neurosurgery, urogenital surgery, injuries in working and growing dogs, teaching of surgical skills
Elisabeth Snead Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies | Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Feline infectious diseases, comparative prostatic disease in dogs and men using synchrotron imaging, canine obesity, canine and feline diabetes
Sally Sukut Assistant Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Medical education and cross sectional imaging (CT and MRI)
Behzad Toosi Allard Research Chair in Oncology | Assistant Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Oncology
Kimberly Tryon Assistant Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): MRI technology
Staff
Janna Boymook Finance Assistant, Dean's Office/Adminstrative and Finance Assistant, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Carol Wilson Department Office Assistant, Undergraduate Program Co-coordinator and Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Clinical Associates
Jordan Woodsworth Clinical Associate, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Professors Emeriti
Bruce Grahn Professor Emeritus, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Surgical therapy of glaucoma, retinopathies and ocular pathology
Susan Taylor Professor Emeritus, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Research Area(s): Medical, neuromuscular and neurological problems affecting canine athletes
Adjunct Professors
Residents
Kaustubh Dongaonkar Surgery Resident, Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Following graduation in 2009, Dr. Dongaonkar completed a MVSc in 2012 and then practiced in India. In 2016 he moved to the US and completed internships at North Carolina State University, Auburn University and Louisiana State University.
Jasmine Gu Medical Imaging Resident, Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Dr. Gu completed both a rotating internship and medical imaging internship at WCVM.
Alison Williams Medical Oncology Resident, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Graduate Students
