Meet the Founders

  • Larry D. Cowgill, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)

    Elected President, ACVNU

    Professor, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology

    Associate Dean, Southern California Clinical Programs

    Director, UC Veterinary Medical Center-San Diego

    School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis

    Davis, CA

    ldcowgill@ucdavis.edu

  • Joe Bartges, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM), DACVN

    Professor of Medicine, Interventional Radiology, and Nutrition

    Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist®

    Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery

    Veterinary Medical Center

    College of Veterinary Medicine

    The University of Georgia

    Athens, GA

    jbartges@gmail.com

  • Shelly L. Vaden, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)

    Professor of Internal Medicine

    College of Veterinary Medicine

    North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, NC

    slvaden@ncsu.edu

  • Mary Anna Labato, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM)

    Clinical Professor and Associate Department Chair for Post Graduate Programs

    Service Head, Small Animal Medicine

    Director Dialysis and Renal Service Foster Hospital for Small Animals

    Department of Clinical Sciences

    Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

    Tufts University

    North Grafton, MA

    Mary.labato@tufts.edu

  • Rosanne E. Jepson, BVSc, MVetMed, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)

    DECVIM-CA PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS, RCVS

    Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine

    Department of Clinical Science and Services

    Royal Veterinary College

    University of London

    London, UK

    President, of European Society of Nephrology and Urology

    rjepson@RVC.AC.UK

  • JD Foster VMD, DACVIM (SAIM), DACVCP

    Internist and Director of Extracorporeal Therapies

    Friendship Hospital for Animals

    Washington, DC

    Past President, American Society of Veterinary Nephrology and Urology

    jdfostervmd@gmail.com

  • Cathy Langston, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM)

    Professor - Clinical

    Section Head, Small Animal Internal Medicine

    Veterinary Clinical Sciences

    College of Veterinary Medicine

    The Ohio State University

    Columbus, OH

    langston.35@osu.edu

  • Gilad Segev, DVM, DECVIM-CA

    Clinical Lecturer in Internal Medicine

    Head, Department of Small Animal Internal Medicine

    Koret School of Veterinary Medicine

    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Rehovot, Israel

    gilad.segev@mail.huji.ac.il

  • Thierry Francey, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM), DECVIM-CA

    Small Animal Internal Medicine - Nephrology

    Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    thierry.francey@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

  • Mark Acierno, DVM, MBA, DACVIM (SAIM)

    Professor, Small Animal Internal Medicine

    Midwestern University Animal Health Institute, Glendale, AR

    acierno@pocketdvm.com

  • Marilyn Dunn, DVM, MVSC, DACVIM (SAIM)

    Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

    Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada

    marilyn.dunn@umontreal.ca

  • Michael Wood, DVM, PHD, DACVIM (SAIM)

    Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Sciences

    School of Veterinary Medicine

    University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Madison, WI

    Mwood5@wisc.edu

  • Jody Lulich, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)

    Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

    Co-Director, Minnesota Urolith Center

    College of Veterinary Medicine

    University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

    lulic001@umn.edu

  • Jonathan Elliott, MA, Vet MB, PhD, Cert SAC, Dip ECVPT, FHEA, MRCVS

    Professor and Vice-Principal (Research and Innovation), Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences

    Royal Veterinary College

    University of London, London, UK

    elliott@RVC.AC.UK

  • Rachel Cianciolo, DVM. PhD, DACVP (Anatomic Pathology)

    Anatomic Pathologist

    Co-Director, International Veterinary Renal Pathology Service

    1310 Hunter Ave, Columbus, OH 43201

    recianciolo@gmail.com

  • Larry Adams, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)

    Professor and Co-Section Head Small Animal Internal Medicine

    Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

    College of Veterinary Medicine

    Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

    adamslg@purdue.edu

  • Mary Nabity, DVM, PhD, DACVP (Clinical Pathology)

    Associate Professor and Co-Director International Veterinary Renal Pathology Service

    Department of Veterinary Pathobiology

    College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

    Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

    mnabity@cvm.tamu.edu

  • Marie Kerl, DVM, MPH, DACVIM (SAIM), DACVECC

    Adjunct Teaching Professor for Online Education, Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care

    The University of Missouri, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Columbia, MO

    Chief Medical Officer, VCA Inc, Los Angeles, CA

    Marie.Kerl@vca.com

  • Leonel Londono, DVM, DACVECC

    Medical Director

    Department of Emergency and Critical Care

    Capital Veterinary Specialists- Jacksonville, FL

    leolondonodvm@gmail.com

  • Bernie Hansen, DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM), DACVECC

    Department of Clinical Sciences

    North Carolina State University

    College of Veterinary Medicine

    Raleigh, North Carolina 27607

    bdhansen@ncsu.edu

  • Ariane Schweighauser, Dr. Med.Vet, DACVIM (SAIM), DECVIM

    Small Animal Internal Medicine - Nephrology

    Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    ariane.schweighauser@unibe.ch

  • Julie Byron, DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM)

    Professor - Clinical

    Veterinary Clinical Sciences

    College of Veterinary Medicine

    The Ohio State University

    Columbus, OH

    byron.7@osu.edu

  • Eva Furrow, VMD, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)

    Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

    College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

    Furro004@umn.edu

  • Hattie Syme, BSc, BVetMed, PhD, FHEA, MRCVS, DACVIM (SAIM), DECVIM-CA

    Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine

    Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    hsyme@rvc.ac.uk

  • Rebecca Geddes, MA, VetMB, GPCert(FeIP), MVetMed, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM), MRCVS

    Clinical Scientist Fellow, Small Animal Internal Medicine

    Department of Clinical Science and Services

    Royal Veterinary College

    University of London

    Hertfordshire, UK

    rgeddes@rvc.ac.uk

  • Sarah Steinbach, Dr. med.vet, DACVIM (SAIM), DECVIM-CA

    Clinical Associate Professor

    Director of the Purdue Veterinary Hemodialysis Service

    Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

    Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, West Lafayette, IN

    ssteinba@purdue.edu

  • Greg Grauer, DVM, MS, DACVIM (SAIM)

    Professor and Jarvis Chair of Small Animal Internal Medicine

    Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan, KS

    ggrauer@vet.k-state.edu

  • Carrie Palm, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM)

    Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology

    School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis

    Davis, CA

    President, American Society of Veterinary Nephrology and Urology

    cpalm@ucdavis.edu

  • Sheri Ross, BSc, DVM, PhD, ACVIM (IM)

    Posthumous Emeritus Founder

    The late Dr. Sheri Ross was Associate Professor in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island.