A. J. Fales-Williams

Research interests are in educational assessment, peer education in medical curricula and in development of pathology diagnostics.  As a member of the Comparative Pathology Core, Dr. Fales-Williams serves as a project pathologist on a variety of studies.

V Pth 456, Necropsy Laboratory Practicum (senior necropsy rotation), instructor-in-charge.  Responsible for 24 rotations (1 credit per rotation) for each senior class.  Includes ISU College of Veterinary Medicine senior students, ECFVG students, and Ross University students (110-125 per year).

V Pth 409, Introduction to Veterinary Cytology and Laboratory Techniques, instructor-in-charge.  Required course for third-year veterinary students, 1 credit, meets once per week for 1-2 hours.

V Pth 551, Postmortem Pathology Laboratory, instructor-in-charge, 1-3 credits.

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Anatomic Pathology, 2001

Ph.D. and Residency in Veterinary Anatomic Pathology, Iowa State University, May 2000

DVM, University of Missouri, 1995

B.S., Zoology, Departmental honors; Minor in English, University of Kentucky, 1991

Danielson J, Fales-Williams A, Bender, H, Sorden, S, Myers, R. Peer Assessment of a Senior Year Capstone Experience for Formative Evaluation of a Pathology Curriculum. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. J Vet Med Educ. 35(3): 466-474, 2008

Fales-Williams A, Sponseller B, Flaherty H. Idiopathic arterial medial calcification of the thoracic arteries in an adult horse. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. J Vet Diagn Invest 20:692-697, 2008

Fales-Williams A, Danielson J, Myers R, Sorden S, Bender H. “The Case Correlation Assignment: Connecting Antemortem and Postmortem Data in the Senior Year at Iowa State University.” Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 34(2): 183-193, 2007

Wong, DM, Sponseller BT, Brockus CB, Fales-Williams A. “Neurologic deficits associated with severe hyponatremia in two foals.” Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. P. 1-11, 2007

Johnson CS, Fales-Williams AJ, Reimer BS, Lotsikas PJ, Haynes JS. “Fibrosing gastrointestinal leiomyositis as a cause of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in an 8-month-old dog.” Veterinary Pathology, 44:106-109, 2007

Morrison JA, Fales-Williams A. “Hypernatremia associated with intracranial B-cell lymphoma in a cat.” Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 35 (3): 362-365, September 2006

Fales-Williams, A. “A True Group Effort” Teaching and Learning Moments feature, Academic Medicine, 81 (5): 462, May 2006

Vandervoort JM, Nieves M, Fales-Williams A, Carter M, Tams, Evans R, Mason D. An investigation of misoprostol in the promotion of wound healing and wound strength. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology: VCOT, 19(4): 191-5. 2006

Meyerholz DK, Vanloubbeeck YF, Hostetter SJ, Jordan DM, Fales-Williams AJ:
Surveillance of amyloidosis and other diseases at necropsy in captive trumpeter
swans (Cygnus buccinator). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 17: 295-298. May 2005

Fales-Williams, A., Kramer, T., Heer, R., Danielson, J. “A Quiz Becomes a Multidirectional Dialogue with Web-based Instructional Tools.” Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. 32(1): 143-148. 2005

Fales-Williams, AJ., Guest Editor. Basics and Advances in Surgical Pathology. Advances in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery. 17(2): 1-3. February 2004

Sponseller BT, Valberg SJ, Ward TL, Fales-Williams AJ, Mickelson JR. Muscular weakness and recumbency in a Quarter Horse colt due to glycogen branching enzyme deficiency. Equine Veterinary Education; 15(4): 182-188, 2003

Fales-Williams AJ, Brogden KA, Huffman E, Gallup JM, Ackermann MR. Cellular distribution of anionic antimicrobial peptide in normal lung and during acute pulmonary inflammation. Veterinary Pathology 39: 706-711, 2002

Fales-Williams AJ, Gallup JM, Ramírez-Romero R, Brogden KA, Ackermann MR. Increased anionic peptide immunoreactivity distribution and intensity during the progression and resolution of bacterial pneumonia. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. 9(1): 28-32, 2002

Dr. William O. Reece Award for Outstanding Academic Advising, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 2007

Selected participant, CELT Miller Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institute, 2007

Iowa State University Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Teaching, 2005

Wakonse Fellow, 2004, Iowa State University

Teaching Excellence Award for Graduate Students, Iowa State University, December 1999

Travel Grant Recipient, 99th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, June 1999, Chicago, IL

Phi Zeta, Gamma Chapter, Iowa State University

Gamma Sigma Delta, Iowa State University

Loren D. Kintner Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Award, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, 1994 and 1995

American Royal Scholarship, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, 1994

Frank Wells Award, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, 1994

West Central Missouri Veterinary Medical Association Leadership Award, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, 1992

Mortar Board, University of Kentucky, 1991

Funkhouser Award, School of Biology, University of Kentucky, 1990

Oswald Research and Creativity Program, University of Kentucky, First Place in Biological Sciences, 1990

American Veterinary Medical Association

American College of Veterinary Pathologists

American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Iowa Veterinary Medical Association

Greater Des Moines Veterinary Medical Association

International Association of Science and Medical Educators

Phi Zeta

American Association of Veterinary Diagnosticians