Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences (VBS)
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences faculty members explore and teach important animal health concepts at multiple levels of biological organization, from molecular to whole animal. The department offers courses in anatomy, anatomical and clinical pathology, bacteriology, epidemiology, food safety, histology, immunology, mycology, parasitology, physiology, pharmacology, public health, toxicology and virology.
Department Directory
Oscar Illanes, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Professor and Head of Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Director of Diagnostic Services
Reta Abdi, DVM, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor, Food Safety and Public Health
Maziel Arauz, DVM, MSc
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology
Meir Barak, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor, Veterinary Anatomy
Dianjun Cao, DVM, MS, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Microbiology
Umer Chaudhry, DVM, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor of Veterinary Parasitology
Blanca Esparza, DVM, MSc
Assistant Professor of Veterinary Histology
José Godoy, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor, Veterinary Physiology
Maged Hemida, BVSc, MVSc, PhD
Professor, Virology
Thomas Inzana, PhD, (D) ABMM, (D) ACVMH, (F) AAM
Professor and Associate Dean of Research; Microbiology
Irina Irimescu, DVM, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor, Veterinary Anatomy
Soo Jin Jeon, BS, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Infectious Disease and Fish Health
Anait Levenson, MD, PhD
Professor, Comparative Pharmacology
Marcela Moncada, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor, Veterinary Pharmacology
Rodolfo Niño-Fong, DVM, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor, Veterinary Immunology
Sarad Paudel, BVSc & AH, MVSc, PhD
Assistant Professor, Veterinary Anatomy
Ravinder Sappal, DVM, MVSc, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor, Veterinary Toxicology
Xiaolei Tang, MD, MSc, Ph.D
Professor, Physiology and Immunology
Ching Yang, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Assistant Professor, Anatomic Pathology