Clinical Services

Small Animal Internal Medicine

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A full range of internal medicine problems are diagnosed, treated and managed by this service. Endoscopy and hemodialysis functions are also provided by the Small Animal Internal Medicine Service.

Veterinarians

Catharina Broemel

Larry Cowgill, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Dr. Cowgill received his D.V.M. from the University of California at Davis in 1971 and his PhD in Comparative Medical Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976, where he also completed an Internship and Residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine between 1971 and 1973. He became a Diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 1977. Dr. Cowgill joined the School of Veterinary Medicine in 1976 and is a Professor in the Department of Medicine and Epidemiology. Dr. Cowgill's specialty interest is veterinary nephrology and hemodialysis. His research activities include renal medicine, companion animal hemodialysis, blood purification techniques, and systemic hypertension.

Autumn Davidson, DVM, DACVIM

Gina Davis, DVM

Edward Feldman, DVM, DACVIM

Melissa Herrera, DVM

Lynelle Johnson, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM
Dr. Johnson received her DVM from The Ohio State University, was in private practice on Long Island for 3 years, and completed a Masters Degree and residency program at the University of Illinois. She is Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Dr. Johnson's Masters research investigated an experimental model of feline asthma, and she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in radiation oncology at Colorado State University. She received a grant from the National Institute of Health Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to study the effects of exercise on pulmonary vascular function and received her Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Missouri in 2000. Dr. Johnson is the respiratory section editor for the 5 Minute Veterinary Consult and Feline Internal Medicine Secrets, and she has manuscripts in various textbooks and journals. Dr. Johnson is a member of the Executive Board for the Veterinary and Comparative Respiratory Society. Her research interests include pulmonary vascular biology, cardiopulmonary interactions, and clinical respiratory disease of dogs and cats. Dr. Johnson joined the faculty as an assistant professor in December 2000. She is a member of the Comparative Pathology graduate group and the Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology graduate group.

Stan Marks, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM

Richard Nelson, DVM, DACVIM

Jane Sykes, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM, Chief of Service

Jodi Westropp, DVM

Todd Cohen, DVM

Emily Kruger, DVM


Erica Queen, DVM


Sameer Trivedi

Matthew Vaughan, DVM

Christine Wu, DVM


Staff
Susan Cox, RVT
Katie Douthitt, RVT
Darlene Riel, RVT
Valerie Walker, RVT