Get to know the talented researchers and professors behind the Department of Comparative, Diagnostic, & Population Medicine.
Department Chair
Subhashinie Kariyawasam BVSc, PhD, DACVM, DACPV, DACVPM, DABMM
Chair, Department of Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine; Professor, Microbiology
Phone: (352) 294-8794
Email:
skariyawasam@ufl.edu
Anatomic Pathology
Residency Coordinators: Drs. Ian Hawkins and Valentina Stevenson
Service Chief: Dr. Aline Rodrigues Hoffmann
Michael J Dark
Director & Clinical Associate Professor
Phone: (352) 294-4138
Email:
darkmich@ufl.edu
Lisa L Farina
Clinical Professor – Anatomic Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-4114
Email:
farinal@ufl.edu
Cristy Rocio Gonzalez Barrientos
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anatomic Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-4137
Email:
cr.gonzalezbarri@ufl.edu
Ian K Hawkins
Clinical Associate Professor – Anatomic Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-8300
Email:
iankhawkins@ufl.edu
Jackie Marr
Clinical Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 294-4161
Email:
j.marr@ufl.edu
Felipe Pierezan DVM, MS, PhD, DACVP
Clinical Associate Professor – Anatomic Pathology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
fpierezan@ufl.edu
Aline Rodrigues Hoffmann
Professor, Anatomic Pathology Service Chief
Email:
aline.hoffmann@ufl.edu
Valentina Stevenson
Assistant Professor – Anatomic Pathology
Email:
stevensovalentin@ufl.edu
Anesthesiology
Residency Coordinator: Dr. Lane Johnson
Service Chief: Dr. Marta Romano
Laura Adelina Bolaños Aguilar
Clinical Assistant Professor- Anesthesiology and Zoological Medicine
Email:
bolanosaguilarl@ufl.edu
Ludovica Chiavaccini
Clinical Associate Professor – Anesthesiology
Phone: (352) 294-4280
Email:
lchiavaccini@ufl.edu
Chiara De Gennaro DVM, DECVAA, MRCVS
Clinical Assistant Professor – Anesthesiology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
cdegennaro@ufl.edu
Alanna (Lane) Johnson DVM, DACVAA
Clinical Assistant Professor – Anesthesiology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
johnson.a@ufl.edu
Luisito S Pablo
Clinical Professor – Anesthesiology
Phone: (352) 226-4582
Email:
pablochi@ufl.edu
Diego A Portela
Associate Professor – Anesthesiology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
dportela@ufl.edu
Marta Romano
Clinical Associate Professor – Anesthesiology
Phone: (352) 294-4371
Email:
marta.romano@ufl.edu
Sarah Shippy
Clinical Assistant Professor – Anesthesiology
Email:
sarah.shippy@ufl.edu
Enzo Vettorato DVM, PhD, DECVAA, FRCVS
Clinical Associate Professor – Anesthesiology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
evettorato@ufl.edu
Aquatic Animal Health
Michael T Walsh
Clinical Associate Professor- Aquatic Animal Health
Phone: (352) 294-4199
Email:
walshm@ufl.edu
Aquatic, Amphibian, & Reptile Pathology
Residency Coordinator: Dr. Robert Ossiboff
Robert J Ossiboff DVM, PhD, DACVP
Clinical Associate Professor – Aquatic Pathology/Anatomic Pathology
Email:
rossiboff@ufl.edu
Clinical Pathology
Residency Coordinator: Dr. Christopher Lanier
Cleverson De Souza
Associate Professor – Clinical Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-4153
Email:
cdesouza@ufl.edu
Richard J Dulli
Clinical Assistant Professor – Clinical Pathology
Email:
rdulli@ufl.edu
Shir Gilor
Director of Clinical Pathology Laboratory and Service Chief, Clinical Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-4534
Email:
sgilor@ufl.edu
Christopher J Lanier
Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-4249
Email:
cjlanier88@ufl.edu
Forensic Pathology
Jamie McManus
Adjunct Lecturer in Animal Law
Phone: (361) 726-7241
Email:
j.mcmanus@ufl.edu
Beatriz N T Ribeiro
Clinical Assistant Professor of Veterinary Forensic Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-4222
Email:
b.ribeiro@ufl.edu
Adam W Stern
Professor – Veterinary Forensic Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-4077
Email:
adamstern@ufl.edu
Integrative and Mobility Medicine
Service Chief and Residency Coordinator: Dr. Erin Miscioscia
Internship Coordinator: Dr. Jennifer Repac
Erin Miscioscia
Service Chief, Clinical Associate Professor – Integrative and Mobility Medicine
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
emiscioscia@ufl.edu
Christina Montalbano VMD, DACVSMR
Clinical Assistant Professor – Integrative and Mobility Medicine
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
c.montalbano@ufl.edu
Jennifer A Repac
Clinical Assistant Professor – Integrative and Mobility Medicine
Email:
jrepac@vetmed.ufl.edu
Justin W Shmalberg
Clinical Professor – Integrative and Mobility Medicine
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
shmalberg@ufl.edu
Parasitology
Michael V Bowie
Assistant Dean and Clinical Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 294-8954
Email:
mbowie@ufl.edu
Alice C Y Lee
Clinical Assistant Professor of Parasitology
Phone: (352) 294-8664
Email:
alice.lee@vetmed.ufl.edu
Heather D S Walden
Associate Professor – Parasitology
Phone: (352) 294-4125
Email:
hdstockdale@ufl.edu
Virology, Microbiology, & Immunology
Andrew B Allison
Assistant Professor – Veterinary Virology
Phone: (352) 294-4127
Email:
aallison1@ufl.edu
Lekshmi K Edison MS, PhD, PGDBi, MB (ASCP)
Assistant Scientist – Molecular Biology
Phone: (732) 353-8580
Email:
edison.le@ufl.edu
Subhashinie Kariyawasam BVSc, PhD, DACVM, DACPV, DACVPM, DABMM
Chair, Department of Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine; Professor, Microbiology
Phone: (352) 294-8794
Email:
skariyawasam@ufl.edu
Jim Wellehan
Professor – Zoological Medicine/Microbiology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
wellehanj@ufl.edu
Janet K Yamamoto PhD
Professor – Immunology And Director Of LCIV-CA
Phone: (352) 294-4145
Email:
yamamoto@ufl.edu
Zoological Medicine
Residency Coordinator: Dr. Amy Alexander
Service Chief: Dr. James Wellehan
Amy B Alexander
Clinical Associate Professor – Zoological Medicine
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
alexandera@ufl.edu
Laura Adelina Bolaños Aguilar
Clinical Assistant Professor- Anesthesiology and Zoological Medicine
Email:
bolanosaguilarl@ufl.edu
Steven B Tillis
Research Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Clinical Molecular Diagnostics
Email:
reptillis@ufl.edu
Bridget Walker DVM
Clinical Assistant Professor
Email:
walkerb1@ufl.edu
Jim Wellehan
Professor – Zoological Medicine/Microbiology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
wellehanj@ufl.edu
Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (BADDL)
Lekshmi K Edison MS, PhD, PGDBi, MB (ASCP)
Assistant Scientist – Molecular Biology
Phone: (732) 353-8580
Email:
edison.le@ufl.edu
Abraham Joseph Pellissery
Clinical Assistant Professor – Microbiology
Phone: (321) 697-1426
Email:
a.pellissery@ufl.edu
Sivakumar Periasamy
Clinical Associate Professor
Phone: (321) 697-1434
Email:
periasamys@ufl.edu
Justin M Stilwell
Clinical Associate Professor
Email:
stilwellj@ufl.edu
Natalie K Stilwell
Clinical Associate Professor – Aquatic Diseases
Phone: (352) 727-0721
Email:
steckler@ufl.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Email:
ginnp@ufl.edu
Email:
greinere@ufl.edu
Email:
heardd@ufl.edu
Email:
longm@ufl.edu
Email:
xieh@ufl.edu
Joint Faculty
Phone: (352) 294-4086
Email:
rcurtiss@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 294-5481
Email:
amy.vittor@medicine.ufl.edu
Courtesy Faculty
- Dr. Bridget Baker – Aquatic Animal Health
- Dr. Marisa Bezjian – Zoological Medicine
- Dr. Emily Brenner – Zoological Medicine
- Dr. Jessica Emerson – Zoological Medicine
- Dr. Michael Garner – Anatomic Pathology
- Mr. Adam Leath – Forensics
- Dr. Natalie D. Mylniczenko – Anesthesiology
- Dr. Shannon Roff – Anatomic Pathology
- Dr. Eileen Roy-Zokan – Forensics
- Dr. Trevor Zachariah – Zoological Medicine