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
Colin Mitchell
BVM&S, DACVS
Department Head and Professor of Equine Surgery
Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Name | Position | Service | |
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Katie Bakalis | Intern | Integrative Medicine | kbakalis1@lsu.edu |
Timothy Brunner | Intern | Zoological Medicine | tbrunner@lsu.edu |
Shelby Ficher | Intern | Emergency & CriticalCare | sfincher@lsu.edu |
Theresa Frey | Intern | Food Animal | tfrey6@lsu.edu |
Edelicia Garcia | Intern | Food Animal | egarc29@lsu.edu |
Phonchein Gau-Pan | Intern | Anesthesia | pgaupan@lsu.edu |
Izabel Grazian | Intern | Shelter Medicine | igrazi1@lsu.edu |
Sydney Hall | Intern | Small Animal Rotating Internship | shall32@lsu.edu |
Sarang Im | Intern | Emergency Medicine | sim@lsu.edu |
Kylie Landry | Intern | Small Animal Rotating Internship | klan115@lsu.edu |
Navjit Mahal | Intern | Small Animal Rotating Internship | nmahal@lsu.edu |
Bruna Messler | Intern | Small Animal Rotating Internship | brunaf@lsu.edu |
Paulo Novelo | Intern | Equine Medicine & Surgery | pnovelo@lsu.edu |
Barbara Ontoveros | Intern | Equine Medicine & Surgery | bontiveros@lsu.edu |
Halley Penticoff | Intern | Small Animal Rotating Internship | hpenticoff@lsu.edu |
Joseph Preston | Intern | Small Animal Rotating Internship | jpreston1@lsu.edu |
Eliza Richartz | Intern | Small Animal Rotating Internship | erichartz@lsu.edu |
Eden Stark | Intern | Small Animal Rotating Internship | estark@lsu.edu |
Lauren Vincent | Intern | Anesthesia | lvinc12@lsu.edu |
Yen-Tse Wu | Intern | Emergency & Critical Care | ywu58@lsu.edu |
Loni Albrecht | Resident | Small Animal Internal Medicine | lalbrecht@lsu.edu |
Alasdair Botting | Resident | Equie Medicine | abotti2@lsu.edu |
Hannah Gafen | Resident | Ophthalmology | hgafen1@lsu.edu |
Hugo Gonzalez | Resident | Zoological Medicine | hgonza10@lsu.edu |
Jacquieline Hansen | Resident | Diagnostic Imaging | jhansen1@lsu.edu |
Fional Herzog | Resident | Theriogenology | fherzog@lsu.edu |
Brittany Hodgkiss | Resident | Medical Oncology | bhodgkiss@lsu.edu |
Kaitlyn Ieradi | Resident | Equine Surgery | kieradi@lsu.edu |
Robyn Jolly | Resident | Small Animal Internal Medicine | rjolly@lsu.edu |
Tomoe Kadowaki | Resident | Emergency & Critical Care | tkadowaki@lsu.edu |
Heather Kloft | Resident | Small Animal Surgery | hkloft@lsu.edu |
Yen-Hao Lai | Resident | Radiation Oncology | ylai@lsu.edu |
Regan Lee | Resident | Equine Medicine | rlee20@lsu.edu |
YeonHee Lee | Resident | Behavior | ylee20@lsu.edu |
Jocelyn Lee | Resident | Small Animal Internal Medicine | ljocelyn@lsu.edu |
Enjolie Levengood | Resident | Small Animal Internal Medicine | elevengood@lsu.edu |
Jiaqi Li | Resident | Oncology | jiaqili@lsu.edu |
Syon Link | Resident | Cardiology | slink@lsu.edu |
Nicholas LInzner | Resident | Diagnostic Imaging | nlinzner@lsu.edu |
Marley McInnis | Resident | Dermatology | mmcin14@lsu.edu |
Melanie Mironovich | Resident | Ophthalmology | mironovich1@lsu.edu |
Francisco Morales | Resident | Equie Surgery | fmoral5@lsu.edu |
Devin Osterhoudt | Resident | Diagnostic Imaging | dosterhoudt@lsu.edu |
Ashok Padmanabhhan | Resident | Emergency & Critical Care | apadma3@lsu.edu |
Tithipong Plangsangas | Resident | Zoological Medicine | tplangsangams@lsu.edu |
Nadia Richmond | Resident | Clinical Pathology | nkelly5@lsu.edu |
Murphy Sachse | Resident | Small Animal Internal Medicine | msachs1@lsu.edu |
Mchael St. Blanc | Resident | Equine Medicine | mstbla2@lsu.edu |
Achilles Tang | Resdient | Small Animal Surgery | tching@lsu.edu |
Brandon Thibodaux | Resident | Small Animal Surgery | bthib34@lsu.edu |
Victoria Van | Resident | Diagnostic Imaging | van1@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 |
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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Antonio Catunda | Post-doctoral Researcher | Large Animal | acatunda@lsu.edu |
Theresa Cosper-Roberts | Associate Clinical Specialist | Surgical Training Center | tcosper@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 | Recruiting Specialist | Faculty recruitment, interviews, and job advertisements/postings | dblanchard@lsu.edu |
Elizabeth Day-Schick | Faculty Support Coordinator | Faculty, Staff, Locum, and PLE contact, expense reports | eday4@lsu.edu |
Kevin Oubre | Academic Coordinator | House Officer, Graduate Studies, PAVE/ECFVG contact | koubre2@lsu.edu |