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.

Graduate ProgramInternships and ResidenciesForeign Graduate Training

Research and Facilities

VCS faculty members and graduate students conduct clinical research for the benefit of animals and humans. Research areas include equine health, ophthalmology, theriogenology (reproduction), surgery, dermatology, oncology, orthopedics, and more.
horseEquine Health Studies Program
equine treadmillLaboratory for Equine and Comparative Orthopedic Research
3D printerLaboratory for 3D Printing and Regenerative Medicine
canine liver histology slideJohnston Lab (Hepatobiliary Disease)
dermatology serviceNeoklis Apostolopoulos Veterinary Dermatology Laboratory

Our People

Colin Mitchell

Colin Mitchell

BVM&S, DACVS

Department Head and Professor of Equine Surgery

Veterinary Clinical Sciences

EMAIL DR. MITCHELL

Name Position Service Email
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 Email
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 Email
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 Email
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