Get to know the talented researchers and professors behind the Department of Comparative, Diagnostic, & Population Medicine.
Department Chair & Associate Chair
Subhashinie Kariyawasam BVSc, PhD, DACVM, DACPV, DACVPM, DABMM
Chair, Department Of Comparative, Diagnostic, And Population Medicine; Professor, Microbiology
Phone: (352) 294-8794
Email:
skariyawasam@ufl.edu
Robert J Ossiboff DVM, PhD, DACVP
Associate Chair And Clinical Associate Professor – Aquatic Pathology/Anatomic Pathology
Email:
rossiboff@ufl.edu
Anatomic Pathology
Residency Coordinators: Drs. Ian Hawkins and Valentina Stevenson
Service Chief: Dr. Aline Rodrigues Hoffmann
William F Craft
Clinical Assistant Professor – Anatomic Pathology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
craftw@ufl.edu
Michael J Dark
Director & Clinical Associate Professor
Phone: (352) 294-4138
Email:
darkmich@ufl.edu
Lisa L Farina
Clinical Professor – Anatomic Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-4114
Email:
farinal@ufl.edu
Ian K Hawkins
Clinical Assistant Professor – Anatomic Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-8300
Email:
iankhawkins@ufl.edu
Felipe Pierezan DVM, MS, PhD, DACVP
Clinical Associate Professor – Anatomic Pathology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
fpierezan@ufl.edu
Beatriz N T Ribeiro
Clinical Lecturer – Anatomic Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-4222
Email:
b.ribeiro@ufl.edu
John F Roberts
Clinical Associate Professor – Anatomic Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-4018
Email:
john.roberts1@ufl.edu
Aline Rodrigues Hoffmann
Associate Professor, Anatomic Pathology Service Chief
Email:
aline.hoffmann@ufl.edu
Valentina Stevenson
Assistant Professor – Anatomic Pathology
Email:
stevensovalentin@ufl.edu
Anesthesiology
Residency Coordinator: Dr. Lane Johnson
Service Chief: Dr. Marta Romano
Ludovica Chiavaccini
Clinical Associate Professor – Anesthesiology
Phone: (352) 294-4280
Email:
lchiavaccini@ufl.edu
Chiara De Gennaro DVM, DECVAA, FRCVS
Clinical Assistant Professor – Anesthesiology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
cdegennaro@ufl.edu
Alanna (Lane) N Johnson DVM, DACVAA
Clinical Assistant Professor – Anesthesiology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
johnson.a@ufl.edu
Luisito S Pablo
Clinical Professor – Anesthesiology
Phone: (352) 226-4582
Email:
pablochi@ufl.edu
Diego A Portela
Assistant Professor – Anesthesiology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
dportela@ufl.edu
Marta Romano
Clinical Associate Professor – Anesthesiology
Phone: (352) 294-4371
Email:
marta.romano@ufl.edu
Sarah Shippy
Clinical Assistant Professor – Anesthesiology
Email:
sarah.shippy@ufl.edu
Enzo Vettorato DVM, PhD, DECVAA, FRCVS
Clinical Associate Professor – Anesthesiology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
evettorato@ufl.edu
Aquatic Animal Health
Michael T Walsh
Clinical Associate Professor- Aquatic Animal Health
Phone: (352) 294-4199
Email:
walshm@ufl.edu
Aquatic, Amphibian, & Reptile Pathology
Residency Coordinator: Dr. Robert Ossiboff
Robert J Ossiboff DVM, PhD, DACVP
Associate Chair And Clinical Associate Professor – Aquatic Pathology/Anatomic Pathology
Email:
rossiboff@ufl.edu
Clinical Pathology
Residency Coordinator: Dr. Christopher Lanier
Cleverson De Souza
Associate Professor – Clinical Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-4153
Email:
cdesouza@ufl.edu
Richard J Dulli
Clinical Assistant Professor – Clinical Pathology
Email:
rdulli@ufl.edu
Shir Gilor
DIR & CLIN ASO PROF
Phone: (352) 294-4534
Email:
sgilor@ufl.edu
Christopher J Lanier
Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-4249
Email:
cjlanier88@ufl.edu
Forensic Pathology
Adam W Stern
Professor – Veterinary Forensic Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-4077
Email:
adamstern@ufl.edu
Courtney Valerio BVMS MRCVS, DACVP, Fellow VFP
Fellow – Veterinary Forensic Pathology
Phone: (352) 294-4296
Email:
cvalerio@ufl.edu
Integrative and Mobility Medicine
Service Chief and Residency Coordinator: Dr. Erin Miscioscia
Internship Coordinator: Dr. Jennifer Repac
Erin Miscioscia
Service Chief, Clinical Assistant Professor – Integrative And Mobility Medicine
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
emiscioscia@ufl.edu
Christina Montalbano VMD, DACVSMR
Clinical Assistant Professor – Integrative And Mobility Medicine
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
c.montalbano@ufl.edu
Jennifer A Repac
Clinical Assistant Professor – Integrative And Mobility Medicine
Email:
jrepac@vetmed.ufl.edu
Justin W Shmalberg
Clinical Professor – Integrative And Mobility Medicine
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
shmalberg@ufl.edu
Parasitology
Michael V Bowie
Assistant Dean And Clinical Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 294-8954
Email:
mbowie@ufl.edu
Jeff M Gruntmeir
Assistant Scientist
Phone: (405) 334-0018
Email:
jgruntmeir@ufl.edu
Alice C Y Lee
Assistant Professor – Parasitology
Phone: (352) 294-8664
Email:
alice.lee@vetmed.ufl.edu
Heather D S Walden
Associate Professor – Parasitology
Phone: (352) 294-4125
Email:
hdstockdale@ufl.edu
Virology, Microbiology, & Immunology
Andrew B Allison
Assistant Professor – Veterinary Virology
Phone: (352) 294-4127
Email:
aallison1@ufl.edu
Jeff M Gruntmeir
Assistant Scientist
Phone: (405) 334-0018
Email:
jgruntmeir@ufl.edu
Subhashinie Kariyawasam BVSc, PhD, DACVM, DACPV, DACVPM, DABMM
Chair, Department Of Comparative, Diagnostic, And Population Medicine; Professor, Microbiology
Phone: (352) 294-8794
Email:
skariyawasam@ufl.edu
Abraham Joseph Pellissery
Clinical Assistant Professor – Microbiology
Phone: (321) 697-1426
Email:
a.pellissery@ufl.edu
Jim Wellehan
Professor – Zoological Medicine/Microbiology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
wellehanj@ufl.edu
Janet K Yamamoto PhD
Professor – Immunology And Director Of LCIV-CA
Phone: (352) 294-4145
Email:
yamamoto@ufl.edu
Zoological Medicine
Residency Coordinator: Dr. Amy Alexander
Service Chief: Dr. Darryl Heard
Amy B Alexander
Clinical Associate Professor – Zoological Medicine
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
alexandera@ufl.edu
Darryl J Heard
Associate Professor – Zoological Medicine
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
heardd@ufl.edu
Jim Wellehan
Professor – Zoological Medicine/Microbiology
Phone: (352) 392-2235
Email:
wellehanj@ufl.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Phone: (352) 283-0364
Email:
castlemanw@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 294-4233
Email:
ginnp@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 294-4161
Email:
greinere@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 294-4277
Email:
jwharvey@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 294-8305
Email:
longm@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 294-4337
Email:
xieh@ufl.edu
Joint Faculty
Phone: (352) 294-4086
Email:
rcurtiss@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 294-5481
Email:
amy.vittor@medicine.ufl.edu
Courtesy Faculty
- Dr. Marisa Bezjian – Zoological Medicine
- Dr. Jason Byrd – Forensic Pathology
- Dr. Derek Cummings – Microbiology
- Dr. Jessica Emerson – Zoological Medicine
- Dr. Shir Gilor – Clinical Pathology (Service Chief)
- Dr. Dana Lanier – Aquatic Animal Health
- Mr. Adam Leath – Forensic Pathology
- Dr. Mushtaq A. Memon – Integrative Medicine
- Dr. Shannon Roff – Anatomic Pathology
- Dr. Eileen Roy-Zokan – Forensic Pathology
- Dr. Trevor T. Zachariah – Zoological Medicine