Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences faculty members instruct veterinary students, interns, and residents in the art and science of veterinary medicine, undertake clinical research for the benefit of both animals and humans, and provide specialized care for animal patients from Louisiana and surrounding states.
The department currently has more than 55 faculty members and more than 45 interns and residents who support state-of-the-art patient care in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
VCS offers graduate programs at the MS and PhD levels and has an average of 15 graduate students at any given time. Most master’s programs are linked to residencies, which can be applied for through the Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program. Programs not linked to residencies may be arranged through individual faculty members.
Research and Facilities
Our People
Frank Andrews
DVM, DACVIM
Department Head
Director, Equine Health Studies Program
Professor of Equine Medicine
Name | Position | Service | |
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Hugo Gonzalez | Intern | Anesthesia | hgonza10@lsu.edu |
Kristen McCurdy | Intern | Equine Medicine & Surgery | kmccur6@lsu.edu |
Ana Rangel | Intern | Equine Medicine & Surgery | arangel@lsu.edu |
Hannah Neill | Intern | Food Animal Medicine & Surgery | hneill2@lsu.edu |
Alejandro Zamot | Intern | Food Animal Medicine & Surgery | azamot1@lsu.edu |
Amber Moses | Intern | Medical Oncology | amoses10@lsu.edu |
Hannah Gafen | Intern | Ophthalmology | hgafen1@lsu.edu |
Kyra Kelly | Intern | Shelter Medicine | kkell81@lsu.edu |
Myriam Martin-Benito | Intern | Small Animal Internal Medicine | mbenito@lsu.edu |
Reanna Cantrall | Intern | Small Animal Medicine & Surgery | rcantr4@lsu.edu |
Lezith Chavez | Intern | Small Animal Medicine & Surgery | lchave5@lsu.edu |
Priscilla Groves | Intern | Small Animal Medicine & Surgery | pkgroves@lsu.edu |
Conner Hayes | Intern | Small Animal Medicine & Surgery | chayes10@lsu.edu |
Meghan Lancaster | Intern | Small Animal Medicine & Surgery | malanca6@lsu.edu |
Aiden Masri | Intern | Small Animal Medicine & Surgery | amasri1@lsu.edu |
Shelby Nester | Intern | Small Animal Medicine & Surgery | sneste3@lsu.edu |
Ellis Wright | Intern | Small Animal Medicine & Surgery | ewrigh10@lsu.edu |
Kathryn Paige Spivey | Intern | Small Animal Surgery | kspive5@lsu.edu |
Roman Torres | Intern | Small Animal Surgery | rtorre10@lsu.edu |
Lauren Dean | Intern | Small Animal Surgery Lab | ldean10@lsu.edu |
Connor Jacobson | Intern | Zoo Medicine and Small Animal Medicine | cjacob10@lsu.edu |
Megan Roeder | Intern | Zoological Medicine and Small Animal Medicine | mroede5@lsu.edu |
Gabriel Castro-Cuellar | Resident | Anesthesia & Analgesia | castrocuellar1@lsu.edu |
Kathryn Metcalf | Resident | Clinical Pathology | kmetcalf1@lsu.edu |
Nadia Richmond | Resident | Clinical Pathology | nkelly5@lsu.edu |
Daniel McCarthy | Resident | Companion Animal Surgery | mccarthy1@lsu.edu |
Chi-Yen Wu | Resident | Dermatology | cwu19@lsu.edu |
Carolyn Blank | Resident | Diagnostic Imaging | cblank8@lsu.edu |
Smaantha Miles | Resident | Diagnostic Imaging | samanthamiles1@lsu.edu |
Victoria Van | Resident | Diagnostic Imaging | van1@lsu.edu |
Kassandra Wilson | Resident | Diagnostic Imaging | kwilson1@lsu.edu |
Ashok Padmanabhan | Resident | Emergency & Critical Care | apadma3@lsu.edu |
Alasdair Botting | Resident | Equine Medicine | abotti2@lsu.edu |
Jose Santana | Resident | Equine Medicine | jsanta10@lsu.edu |
Michael St. Blanc | Resident | Equine Medicine | mstbla2@lsu.edu |
Lawrence Kadic | Resident | Equine Surgery | kadic1@lsu.edu |
Francisco Morales | Resident | Equine Surgery | fmoral5@lsu.edu |
Christopher Robinson | Resident | Medical Oncology | crobinson4@lsu.edu |
Christopher Alling | Resident | Ophthalmology | alling1@lsu.edu |
Melanie Mironovich | Resident | Ophthalmology | mironovich1@lsu.edu |
Yen-Hao Lai | Resident | Radiation Oncology | ylai@lsu.edu |
Laura Adams | Resident | Small Animal Internal Medicine | ladams10@lsu.edu |
Loni Albrecht | Resident | Small Animal Internal Medicine | lalbrecht@lsu.edu |
Tifin Batts | Resident | Small Animal Internal Medicine | batts1@lsu.edu |
Mary Kate Bollman | Resident | Small Animal Internal Medicine | mbollm1@lsu.edu |
Jamie Hui | Resident | Small Animal Internal Medicine | jhui2@lsu.edu |
Aki Otomo | Resident | Small Animal Surgery | otomo1@lsu.edu |
Tsz Ching "Achilles" Tang | Resident | Small Animal Surgery | tching@lsu.edu |
Fional Herzog | Resident | Theriogenology | fherzog@lsu.edu |
Corinne Mayer | Resident | Zoological Medicine | corinnemayer1@lsu.edu |
Laken Russell | Resident | Zoological Medicine | lrussell2@lsu.edu |
Name | Program | Mentor | |
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Kalie Beckers | DVM/PhD | Jenny Sones | kbeckers@lsu.edu |
Priscilla Devora | DVM/PhD | Mark Mitchell | pdevor2@lsu.edu |
Katie Metcalf | MS | Shannon Dehghanpir | kmetcalf1@lsu.edu |
Nadia Richmond | MS | Shannon Dehghanpir | nkelly5@lsu.edu |
Xiao Niu | PhD | Mandi Lopez | xniu2@lsu.edu |
Kimberly Boykin | PhD | Mark Mitchell | kboykin@lsu.edu |
Chi-Yen Wu | MS | Cherie Pucheu-Haston | cwu19@lsu.edu |
Viviane Gomes | PhD | Carlos Pinto | gomes3@lsu.edu |
Alasdair Botting | MS | Frank Andrews | botting1@lsu.edu |
Renee Carter | PhD | Carlos Pinto | reneecarter@lsu.edu |
Corinne Mayer | MS | Javier Nevarez | corinnemayer1@lsu.edu |
Alexandra Mason | MS | Mark Mitchell | mason1@lsu.edu |
Francisco Morales | MS | Laura Riggs | fmoral5@lsu.edu |
Linda Paul | PhD | Heidi Banse | lindapaul@lsu.edu |
Rita Aoun | PhD | Mandi Lopez | raoun1@lsu.edu |
Michael St. Blanc | MS | Britta Leise | mstbla2@lsu.edu |
Takashi Taguchi | PhD | Mandi Lopez | ttaguc2@lsu.edu |
Pengju Wang | MS | Mandi Lopez | pwang1@lsu.edu |
Md. Sanower Hossain | PhD | Mandi Lopez | mhoss45@lsu.edu |
Name | Title | Area | |
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Theresa Cosper-Roberts | Associate Clinical Specialist | Surgical Training Center | tcosper@lsu.edu |
Callie Culbertson | Research Associate | EHSP | cculbe6@lsu.edu |
Lee Ann Fugler, DVM, PhD | Post-doctoral Researcher | Large Animal | lfugler@lsu.edu |
Frank Garza | Research Associate | Large Animal | fgarza1@lsu.edu |
Nikole Ineck | Research Associate | Large and Small Animal | nineck@lsu.edu |
Sarah Keeton | Research Associate | Mixed Services | sorlik1@lsu.edu |
Michael Keowen | Research Associate | Large Animal | mkeowe1@lsu.edu |
Victor Medina, MVZ | Research Associate | Large Animal | vmedina@lsu.edu |
Rita Perry | Research Associate | Large Animal | rperry9@lsu.edu |
Catherine Takawira | Research Associate | LECOR | ctakawira@lsu.edu |
Mailing Address
Veterinary Clinical Sciences
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Name | Title | Duties | |
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Debbie Blanchard | Academic Coordinator | Faculty, Staff, Locum Contact | dblanchard@lsu.edu |
Kevin Oubre | Academic Coordinator | House Officer, Graduate Studies, PAVE/ECFVG Contact | koubre2@lsu.edu |