VDPAM Faculty Directory

Administration

Pat Halbur DVM, MS, PhD
Chair, Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
Professor
Executive Director, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Circovirus, Hepatitis E Virus, Swine Respiratory Disease, PRRSV
515-294-6970
pghalbur@iastate.edu
Rodger Main DVM, PhD
Director
Diagnostic Medicine, Area Regional Disease Control, Swine Production Medicine
515-294-6945
rmain@iastate.edu
Patrick J Gorden DVM, PhD, Diplomate ABVP-Dairy, Diplomate ACVCP
Professor
Dairy Production Medicine, Milk Quality, Clinical Pharmacology
515-294-3096
pgorden@iastate.edu

Faculty

Picture Name Focus Areas Phone Room
Marcelo Almeida
DVM, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Swine Diagnostics 515-294-7385 1912-1 Vet Med Annex
David Baum
DVM, MS, PhD
Clinical Professor
Serology 515-294-1186 2656 Patterson Hall
Theresa Beachler
DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACT
Assistant Professor
Theriogenology Large
Animal:
515-294-1500;
Small
Animal:
515-294-4900
2418 Lloyd
David Borts
MS, PhD
Clinical Professor
Analytical Chemistry 515-294-9267 1573 Patterson Hall
Justin Brown
DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor
Emerging Swine Disease, Foreign Animal Diseases and Emergency Preparedness 515-294-4508 2237 Lloyd Veterinary Med
Eric R Burrough
DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP
Professor
Pathology, Brachyspira, Enteric Diseases of Swine 515-294-0190 1911 Vet Med Annex
Maria Clavijo
DVM, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Bacteriology, Mycoplasma 612-868-4396 2201 Lloyd
Rachel Derscheid
DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP
Associate Professor
Pathology 515-294-1173 Lloyd
Grant Dewell
DVM, MS, PhD
Associate Professor
Beef Production Medicine, Epidemiology, Economics, Food Safety 515-294-2822 1255D Veterinary Field Services Building
Tyler Dohlman
DVM, MS, Diplomate ACT
Associate Professor
Theriogenology 515-294-1095 2432 Lloyd
Mohamed Medhat El-Gazzar
DVM, MAM, PhD, Diplomate ACPV
Associate Professor
Poultry 515-294-1763 2446 Lloyd
Terry Engelken
DVM, MS
Professor
Beef Production Medicine, Cow - Calf and Feedlot 515-294-2192 1255C Vet Field Services Building
Rachel Friedrich
DVM, Diplomate ABVP-Food Animal
Clinical Assistant Professor
Food Animal Production Medicine and Surgery 515-294-1185 1255B Veterinary Field Services Building
Phillip C. Gauger
DVM, MS, PhD
Professor
Pathology, Virology, Swine Influenza, PED, PRRSV, PCV2 515-294-2437 1580 Patterson Hall
Luis Gimenez-Lirola
MS, PhD
Associate Professor
Serology/immunology, Emerging Viruses, Disease Modeling 515-294-7025 2652 Patterson Hall
Chelsea Hamilton
DVM
Affiliate Assistant Professor
515-330-8221 Field Services 1255F
Megan Hindman
DVM
Clinical Assistant Professor
Bovine Reproduction, Bovine Colostrum, Production Records, Anaplasmosis 515-294-7595 1255A Veterinary Field Services Building
Mitch Hiscocks
DVM, Diplomate ACVPM
Clinical Professor
Bovine Clinical Production Medicine, Bovine Lameness 515-294-1720 2255 Lloyd
Derald J Holtkamp
DVM, MS
Professor
Swine Disease Risk Assessment, Economics of Disease 515-294-9611 2233 Lloyd
Anne Jablinski
DVM, MS
Assistant Professor
Anaplasmosis/hemolytic diseases, beef bull production, veterinary well-being and growth mindset, medical illustration in veterinary education 2442 Lloyd
Marianna M. Jahnke
MS
Associate Teaching Professor
Embryo Transfer, Bovine Reproduction 515-294-9110 2438 Lloyd
Phillip Jardon
MS, DVM, MPVM, PAS
Clinical Associate Professor
515-294-7424 2448 Lloyd
Locke A. Karriker
DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVPM
Morrill Professor
Swine Medicine, Field Study Design, Evidence-Based Practice, Clinical Teaching, Swine Pharmacology 515-294-2283 2227 Lloyd
Karen M. Krueger
PhD
Clinical Professor
Molecular and Viral Diagnostics, Characterization of Animal Bacteria and Viruses 515-294-1950 1505 Patterson Hall
Ganwu Li
MS, PhD
Professor
Molecular, Microbiology 515-294-3358 002 Vmri 01
Daniel C L Linhares
DVM, MBA, PhD
Associate Professor
Precision Swine Health & Production Management; PRRS; Field Epidemiology; Field Trial Design & Implementation Office:
515-294-9358
Mobile:
515-357-1044
2221 Lloyd
Nubia Macedo
DVM, MS, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Diagnostic Bacteriology 515-294-9074 1168 Vet Med
Darin Madson
DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP
Clinical Professor
Swine - Nursery/Grow Finish Health 515-294-9808 1915 Vet Med Annex
Drew Magstadt
DVM, MS
Clinical Associate Professor
Diagnostic Pathology, BRD, Johne’s Disease, Applied Infectious Disease Research 515-294-5720 Lloyd
Marta Mainenti
DVM, Diplomate ACVP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Diagnostic Pathology 515-294-1124 1917 Vet Med Annex
Vengai Mavangira
BVSc, PhD, Diplomate, ACVIM
Associate Professor
515-294-8716 2440 Lloyd
Enoch Meira
DVM, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
515-294-7463 Lloyd
Alyona Michael
DVM, PhD, DACVP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Diagnostic Pathology 515-294-9019 1819 Vet Med Annex
Suzanne Millman
PhD
Professor
Animal Welfare 515-294-2817 2201 Lloyd
Rahul Nelli
BVSc & AH, MVM, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
3D cell-cultures, Immune responses, Flow-cytometry assays, high throughput gene expression assays 515-294-7012 VMRI 2
Tanja I Opriessnig
DVM, PhD
Professor
Pathology, Porcine Circovirus, Erysipelas, Hepatitis E Virus, Porcine Parvovirus, Swine Respiratory Diseases 515-294-1137 2654 Vet Med
Pablo Pineyro
DVM, MVSc, DVSc, PhD
Associate Professor
Pathology, Swine medicine, PRRSV, PCV2, SVA, PEDV 515-294-6250 1913 Vet Med Annex
Paul J Plummer
DVM, Diplomate ACVIM-LA
Professor
Ruminant Medicine and Surgery, Molecular Biology, Campylobacter 515-294-9348 2426 Lloyd
Christopher James Rademacher
DVM
Clinical Professor
Swine Production Medicine 515-294-8792 2225 Lloyd
Scott Radke
DVM, MS, DABVT
Clinical Assistant Professor
Toxicology/Nutrition 515-294-9029 2659 Vet Med
Rachel Ruden
VMD, PhD
Affiliate Assistant Professor
Wildlife 515-294-8205 1653 Vet Med
Orhan Sahin
DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate ACVM
Associate Professor
Bacteriology 515-294-3861 1583 Vet Med
Yuko Sato
DVM, MS, Diplomate ACPV
Associate Professor
Poultry Diagnostics and Production Medicine 515-294-0710 2406 Vdl Bldg
Jan Shearer
DVM, MS, Diplomate ACAW
Professor
Dairy Production Medicine, Lameness, Animal Welfare 515-294-3731 2436 Lloyd
Chris Siepker
DVM, Diplomate ACVP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Diagnostic Pathology, Infectious Diseases of Livestock, Swine and Bovine Respiratory Disease, Applied Research Relating to Swine and Cattle 515-294-9404 1919 Vet Med Annex
Gustavo Silva
DVM, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology 515-294-3943 2231 Lloyd Vet Med
Joseph Thomas
DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVP (Anatomic Pathology), Diplomate ACVM (Virology), CPT USAR
Clinical Assistant Professor
Diagnostic Pathology 515-294-5750 1811-1 VDL Annex
Giovani Trevisan
DVM, MBA, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Veterinary Epidemiology 515-294-3556 1573 Lloyd
Chong Wang
PhD
Professor
Statistics 515-294-3836 2239 Lloyd
Caitlin Wiley-Messerschmidt
DVM, MS, Diplomate ACT
Clinical Associate Professor
Theriogenology 515-294-3837 2434 Lloyd
Kyoungjin J. Yoon
DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate ACVM
Professor
Viral Diseases and Diagnostics, PRRS, PED, Influenza, Parainfluenza, Rotavirus, Senecavirus, Teschovirus 515-294-1083 209 Vmri 01
Jianqiang Zhang
MD, MS, PhD
Professor
Molecular and Viral Diagnostics 515-294-8024 1577 Patterson Hall
Jeffrey J Zimmerman
DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVPM-Specialty Epidemiology
Professor
Ecology of Viral Infections of Swine 515-294-1073 Vmri 01