Professional Activities

Professional Memberships, Service and Awards

• American Veterinary Medical Association, alternate representative for Animal Welfare Committee, 2007 to present
• Ohio Veterinary Medical Association, Member, 1999 to present
  • 1^st Vice President, 2009 - 2010
  • 2^nd Vice President, 2008 - 2009
  • Legislative Committee member, 2007 - present
  • Secretary, 2007-2008
  • Distinguished Service Award, 2006
  • Shelter Animal Committee, Chair, 2005 to present
  • Animal Task Force Committee, Chair, 2006 to present
  • Cat Legislation Subcommittee, Co-Chair, 2006 to present
• Phi Kappa Phi, Member, 2006 to present
• Other Memberships
  • Member, Association of Shelter Veterinarians, 2006 to present 
  • Member, Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease, December, 2007 to present
  • Member, Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, May, 2007 to present
  • Member, Columbus Academy of Veterinary Medicine, November, 2007 to present

Administrative Service

• Service Head, Community Practice/Shelter Medicine & Surgery/Outreach Medicine, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, 2008 to present
• Co-Chair, College Community Outreach and Engagement Task Force, 2007
• College of Veterinary Medicine Council on Education member 2007 to present
• College Curriculum Committee Member, 2007 to present
• College Clinical Trials Office, Oversight Committee member, 2007 to present
• Ad-hoc reviewer JAVMA, 2008 to present

Teaching

• VM 560 – Ethics and Jurisprudence
• VM 510 – Principles of Epidemiology
• VPM 696 – Contemporary Issues in Animal Welfare
• VPM 693 – Introduction to Shelter Medicine 
• VPM 796.04 – Zoonotic Diseases