Associate Professor, Pre-Veterinary

Employment

• University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  
  Associate Professor | January 2024-present
• Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, NC
  
  Associate Professor and Veterinarian | August 2019-December 2023
  
  Assistant Professor and Veterinarian | July 2013-August 2019
• Artful Healing Veterinary Acupuncture, Cape Coral, FL
  
  Founder and Veterinarian | September 2011-June 2013

• Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, Sanibel, FL
  
  Clinic Director | August 2010-August 2011 
  
  Staff Veterinarian | July 2006-August 2010 
  
  Associate Veterinarian | June 2004-July 2006

Certifications

• Graduate Certificate in Veterinary Public Health, University of Florida
  
  May 2018
• Certification in Veterinary Acupuncture, Chi Institute and China National Society of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine
  
  December 2011 

Recent Speaking Engagements

• Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island
  
  Lecture: Integrative Therapies in Wildlife Medicine (virtual)
  
  October 2023
• Wildlife Rehabilitators of North Carolina State Symposium
  
  Lecturer: Anatomy for Wildlife Rehabilitation
  
  Lab instructor: Songbird Bandaging Techniques
  
  January 2023
• Wildlife Rehabilitators of North Carolina State Symposium
  
  Lecturer: Fracture Assessment in Wild Birds
  
  Lab instructor: Songbird Bandaging Techniques
  
  March 2022
• Wildlife Center of Virginia’s “Call of the Wild” Symposium (virtual)
  
  Lecturer: Triage Techniques: Setting Patients Up For Success From the Beginning
  
  Participant: Triage - Live Q&A
  
  November 2021
• Wildlife Rehabilitators of North Carolina State Symposium
  
  Lecturer: Fracture Assessment in Wild Birds
  
  Lab instructor: Mammal Necropsy Techniques
  
  January 2019
• Wildlife Center of Virginia’s “Call of the Wild” Symposium
  
  Lecturer: Fracture Assessment in Wild Birds
  
  Panel participant: The Veterinarian’s Role in Wildlife Rehabilitation
  
  November 2018
• Wildlife Rehabilitators of North Carolina State Symposium
  
  Lecturer: Antimicrobial Therapy in Wildlife Patients
  
  Lab instructor: Mammal Necropsy Techniques
  
  January 2018
• North Carolina Regional Wildlife Medicine Symposium
  
  Lecturer: Wildlife Rehabilitation at Lees-McRae College
  
  July 2017
• High Country Audubon Society
  
  Invited speaker: Wildlife Rehabilitation at Lees-McRae College
  
  May 2017
• Wildlife Rehabilitators of North Carolina State Symposium
  
  Lecturer: Acupuncture and Complementary Therapies in Wildlife Medicine
  
  Lab instructor: Avian Bandaging
  
  January 2017
• National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association National Symposium
  
  Lecturer: Avoiding the Brick Wall - Using Complementary Therapies in Wildlife Rehabilitation
  
  Lecturer: Fracture Assessment in Wild Patients: The Big Picture Panelist: Educational Opportunities in Wildlife Rehabilitation
  
  March 2014

Professional Memberships

• American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians
  
  2022-present
• Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honor Society
  
  2019-present
• Chi Alpha Sigma, National College Athlete Honor Society, Indiana Alpha Chapter
  
  Induction 1997