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Please note that DLACS Faculty members are unable to offer medical assistance or answer unsolicited questions about animal health and treatment via email. For information about scheduling a consultation, please visit the Harry T. Peters Large Animal Hospital web site.

Administration

David R. Hodgson Department Head hodgson@vt.edu
Ruth Meade Administrative Assistant rmeade@vt.edu
Heather Parrish Administrative Assistant parrish1@vt.edu
Linda Price Office Assistant liprice1@vt.edu

Professors

Mark V. Crisman DVM, MS, Diplomate, ACVIM, Large Animal Medicine farmuse@vt.edu
David R. Hodgson BVSc, PhD, Diplomate, ACVIM, Large Animal Medicine hodgson@vt.edu
Beverly J. Purswell DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate, ACT, Large Animal Medicine,
Theriogenology		 purswell@vt.edu
Craig D. Thatcher DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate, ACVN, Clinical Nutrition cthatche@vt.edu
W. Dee Whittier DVM, MS, Production Management Medicine/
Bovine Specialist, Veterinary Extension		 dwit@vt.edu

Associate Professors

Virginia Buechner-Maxwell DVM, MS, Diplomate, ACVIM, Large Animal Medicine bmax@vt.edu
Steven Craig MS, PhD, Fish Nutrition scraig@vt.edu
John J. Dascanio VMD, Diplomate, ABVP, Diplomate, ACT,
Production Management Medicine, Theriogenology,
Equine Field Service		 jjd@vt.edu
François Elvinger Dr. Med. Vet., PhD, Diplomate, ACVPM & ECVPH elvinger@vt.edu
Kevin D. Pelzer DVM, MPVM, Diplomate, ACVPM,
Production Management Medicine,
Epidemiology, Swine and Small Ruminant Medicine		 kpelzer@vt.edu
F. William Pierson MS, DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ACPV, Biosecurity and Infection Control, Avian Medicine, Interim Hospital Director pierson@vt.edu
R. Scott Pleasant DVM, MS, Diplomate, ACVS, Large Animal Surgery rpleasan@vt.edu
W. Kent Scarratt DVM, Diplomate, ACVIM, Large Animal Medicine kscrat@vt.edu
William S. Swecker, Jr. DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ACVN,
Production Management Medicine, Clinical Nutrition		 cvmwss@vt.edu
Sharon G. Witonsky DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ACVIM,
Production Management Medicine, Equine Field Services		 switonsk@vt.edu

Clinical Associate Professor

John F. Currin DVM, Diplomate ABVP, Production Management Medicine,
Ruminant Health Extension, Bovine Specialist 		jcurrin@vt.edu

Assistant Professors

Linda A. Dahlgren DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ACVS, Large Animal Surgery lad11@vt.edu
Ramanathan Kasimanickam BVSc, DVSc, Diplomate ACT,
Food Animal Theriogenology		 drram@vt.edu

Clinical Assistant Professors

Fernando Castro MV, Large Animal Surgery facastro@vt.edu
Wallace Palmer DVM, Diplomate ABVP, AVCA, Production Management Medicine, Equine Specialist wlpalmer@vt.edu

Research Associate Professor

Willard Eyestone MS, PhD, Reproductive Physiology, Biotechnology weyest@vt.edu

Clinical Instructors

Ondrej Becvar DVM, MS, Food Animal Ambulatory and
Production Management Medicine		 ondrejb@vt.edu
Iveta Becvarova DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVN, Veterinary Nutrition ivetak@vt.edu
Flavia Monteiro Lepene DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVIM, Large Animal Medicine monteiro@vt.edu
Dale Rigg DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS, Large Animal Surgery riggdl@vt.edu

Residents

Mike Cissell DVM, Large Animal Surgery jcissell@vt.edu
Laura Lee BVSc, Large Animal Medicine yosielee@vt.edu
Stephanie Lewis BVSc, Equine Field Service abyav2@vt.edu
Erik Noschka Med Vet, PhD, Large Animal Surgery enoschka@vt.edu
Rachel Tan BVSc, Large Animal Medicine tanr@vt.edu
Jamie G. Wearn BVSc, Large Animal Medicine jwearn@vt.edu

Interns

Andreas Bucher DVM, Food Animal Ambulatory and
Production Management Medicine		 buchera@vt.edu
Trevor Ferguson DVM, Equine Field Services trevor@vt.edu
Hollie Schramm DVM, Food Animal Ambulatory and
Production Management Medicine		 hschramm@vt.edu

PhD Graduate Students

Undine Christmann DVM, MS, Large Animal Medicine chrisun@vt.edu
Benjamin Lepene BS, MILES-IGERT student blepene@vt.edu
Angela Lunger BS, Veterinary Nutrition anlunger@vt.edu
Oscar Peralta DVM, MS, Reproductive Physiology operalta@vt.edu
Ashish Ranjan BVSc, Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery aranjan@vt.edu
Lori Settle
Naveen Surendran BVSc, Immunology/Infectious Disease naveenan@vt.edu

DVM/MS Parallel Graduate Students

Heidi Baitis MS, Animal Reproduction hbaitis@vt.edu

MS Graduate Students

Nathaniel C Burke Bovine Nutrition nburke@vt.edu
Mike Cissell DVM, Large Animal Surgery jcissell@vt.edu
Laura Lee BVSc, Large Animal Medicine yosielee@vt.edu
S. Rochelle Lewis BVSc, Equine Neurologic Disease r.lewis@vt.edu
Rachel Tan BVSc, Large Animal Medicine tanr@vt.edu

Paul Mellon Distinguished Chair of Agriculture and
Professor of Veterinary Medicine

Raymond J. Geor BVMS, MS, PhD, Diplomate, ACVIM,
Professor of Animal and Poultry Sciences		 rgeor@vt.edu

Emeritus Professors

John M. Bowen B.Vet. Med., F.R.C.V.S., Diplomate, ACT jmbowen@vt.edu
Charles H. Domermuth MS, PhD, Avian Medicine cdomer@vt.edu
G. Frederick Fregin VMD, Equine Cardiology
Walter B. Gross DVM, MS, Avian Medicine wbg@vt.edu

Emeritus Associate Professors

Calvert T. Larsen DVM, M.P.H., PhD, Avian Medicine, Avian Specialist clarsen@vt.edu
Kent C. Roberts DVM, Extension krdvm@vt.edu

Adjunct Professors

M. J. Bowen B.V.Sc., QLd. M.R.C.V.S., Theriogenology
Julie McGhee DVM, Diplomate ACVS, Equine Surgery
Stuart Porter DVM, Wildlife Medicine
Jonathan Sleeman VetMB, MRCVS, Wildlife Medicine
Scott J. Stahl DVM, Exotic Animal Medicine
Michelle Tilghman DVM, Complementary Medicine