The Division of Comparative Medicine, Former MIT Postdoctoral Trainees

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Former MIT Postdoctoral Trainees
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Former MIT Postdoctoral Trainees

	NAME	DEGREE/BOARDS	TRAINING PERIOD	CURRENT POSITION
1.	Karl Andrutis	Tufts U., DVM, DACLAM	1991-1994	Clinical Associate Professor Clinical Assistant Prof and Assistant Director, Animal Care Services University of Florida Gainesville, FL
2.	Keith Astrofsky	Tufts U., DVM	1998-2002	Senior Clinical Veterinarian, LAS Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. Cambridge, MA
3.	Peg Batchelder	Tufts U., DVM, DACLAM	1993-1995	Assoc. Dir. Veterinary Science, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Wallingford, CT
4.	Maike Beisele	DVM Freie Universität Berlin, Germany	2008-2009	ECLAM Resident, Research Scientist at the University of Mainz, Germany
5.	Ingrid Bergin	U. Penn, VMD, MIT, MS DACLAM, DACVP	1998-2002	Clinical Assistant Professor (comparative pathologist) Unit for Lab Animal Medicine University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
6.	Michael Blanco	Iowa State U., DVM DACLAM	1990-1993	Lab Animal Veterinarian Assistant Professor Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
7.	Sam Boutin	U. Chicago, MBA Illinois Institute of Technology, MSEE U. Minnesota, DVM MIT, PhD	1998-2002	Associate Director of Associate Director, US Veterinary Services Taconic Inc, Hudson, NY
8.	Erin Bridgeford	Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine, DVM	2004 - 2008	Clinical Veterinarian Boston University Boston, MA
9.	Rachel Cahil	Trinity College DublinPhD	1995-1998	Research Scientist Imperial College London, England
10.	Horacio Cantiello	DVM, PhD	1985-1987	Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Cambridge, MA
11.	Chih-Ching Chien	U. of Connecticut, PhD	1997-2000	Research Scientist, Genomics Department, Industrial Biomedical Technology Division, Taiwan
12.	Leslie Coleman	U.C. Davis, DVM, MIT, MS, DACLAM	1994-1997	Director, Pre-Clinical Research Abbott Vascular Santa Clara, CA
13.	Brian Corning	Colorado State U., DVM, DACLAM	1988-1991	Director of Professional Services Charles River Labs Wilmington, MA
14.	Bahgat Edrise	U. of Cairo DVM, PhD	1985-1987	Professor Cairo, Egyp
15.	Mary Ellenberger	Iowa State U., MS, DVM, DACLAM	1984-1986	Iowa State U., DVM, DACLAM; Senior Veterinarian, Washington U., School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
16.	Susan Erdman	Lehigh U., MS, Miss. St.U., DVM, Harvard U., MPH, DACLAM	1988-1991	Assist. Director, Chief of Clinical Resources Division of Comparative Medicine Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
17.	Marisa Esteves	U. Penn, VMD, DACLAM	1990-1993	Consulting Veterinarian Massachusetts General Hospital BASF, Abbott Boston, MA
18.	Alex García	U. of Florida, DVM	2000-2003	Research Scientist Division of Compartative Medicine, MIT Cambridge, MA
19.	Barbara Garibaldi	Purdue U., DVM, DACLAM	1984-1987	Director, Animal Resources Beth Israel Deconess Hospital Boston, MA
20.	Claudia Harper	Tufts U., DVM, DACLAM	1999-2002	Associate Director Amgen Inc Cambridge, MA
21.	Hilda Holcombe	North Carolina State U. DVM, PhD, DACLAM	2001-2004	Clinical Veterinarian, Mass General Hospital Charlestown, MA
22.	Richard Hurley	U. of NH, MS, Ohio State U., DVM, DACLAM	1991-1994	Senior Clinical Veterinarian Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA
23.	Melanie Ihrig	Texas A&M, MS, DVM	1997-2000	Director, Comparative Medicine The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Houston, TX
24.	Courtnye Jackson	Tuskegee U., DVM	2003-2006	Private Practice Chicago, IL
25.	Lynn Jackson	Ohio State U., DVM, MIT, MS, DACLAM	1991-1994	Director Veterinary Clinical Service Biogen Laboratories Cambridge, MA
26.	Sharron Kirchain	Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine, DVM, Suffolk U., MBA DACLAM	2003-2007	Assistant Director of the Chief of Clinical Resources Boston University Boston, MA
27.	Takeo Kosaka	Kyota U., Japan MD, PhD	1999-2000	Associate Professor Kanazawa Medical U. Kanazawa City, Japan
28.	Karen Krueger	Mount Holyoke, MS, Tufts U., DVM, DACLAM	1985-1988	Director Animal Resources Center Children's Hospital Boston, MA
29.	Chung-Wei Lee	MD, Taiwan PhD	2001-2007	Postdoctoral research fellow Department of Pathology Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Cambridge, MA
30.	Laura Lemke	U. of Minnesota, DVM, M.S., DACLAM	2004-2008	Clinical Veterinarian University of Texas Austin, TX
31.	Neil Lipman	U. Penn, DVM, DACLAM	1985-1986	Director, Professor of Pathology Sloan Kettering/Cornell School of Med. NY, NY
32.	Kirk Mauer	MS, Louisiana State U. DVM, M.S., PhD	2002-2006	Assistant Prof., Cornell School of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell, NY
33.	Sonya McCathey	Oregon State U., DVM,	1995-1998	Private Veterinary Practice Palouse, ID
34.	Edilberto Mendes	Univ. of Rio de Janeiro MD, PhD	1993-1994	Prof., School of Medicine U. of Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, Brazil
35.	Julian Mesina	DVM, PhD	1985-1986	Director, MLAS Graduate Program; Assistant Prof. Drexel U. Philadelphia, PA
36.	Claude Nagamine	UC-Davis, PhD, U Tennessee, DVM, DACLAM	2004 - 2007	Asst Prof-Med Ctr Line Comparative Medicine Stanford University
37.	Steve Niemi	Washington State U., DVM, DACLAM	1983-1985	Director Center for Comparative Medicine Assoc. Pathologist Dept. of Molecular Pathology Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA
38.	Masahiro Ohtani	Fukui Medical University MD, PhD	2004-2006	U. of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
39.	Glen Otto	U. of Minnesota, DVM, DACLAM	1987-1990	Director, Animal Resource Center Clinical Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
40.	Lori Palley	Tufts U., DVM, DACLAM	1988-1991	Consultant, Boston, MA
41.	Mary Patterson	U. of Southern California, MS,Tufts U., DVM, DACLAM	1997-2002	Clinical Veterinarian Division of Compartative Medicine Cambridge, MA
42.	Scott Perkins	U. Penn, VMD, Boston U., MPH, DACLAM	1992-1995	Director, Associate Professor Tufts New England Medical Center Boston, MA
43.	Theofilis Poutahidis	U. of Thessaloniki, DVM PhD	2000-2002	Assistant Professor Thessaloniki, Greece
44.	Eva Ryden	Boston U., PhD,Tufts U., DVM, DACLAM	1988-1991	Retired
45.	Mohammed Saifuddin	Massey Univ., DVM, PhD	1990-1992	Associate Professor, Preclinical Research Coordinator CONRAD, Eastern Virginia Medical School Arlington, VA
46.	Kim Saunders	Oregon State U., DVM, DACLAM	1995-1998	Director, Associate Professor Comparative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science U Portland, OR
47.	Joseph Scott	U. Penn, DVM, DACLAM	1985-1988	Assistant Director Laboratory Animal Research Ctr Rockerfeller U New York, NY
48.	Nirah Shomer	U. of Minnesota, DVM, PhD, DACLAM	1995-1998	Director of Laboratory Animal Resources Merck, Inc. Boston, MA
49.	Betsy Theve	DVM, Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine	2003-2006	Director of Veterinary Services CBSET, Lexington MA
50.	Rao Varada	DVM College of Vet. Sci., Tirupati, India; MVSc Ind. Vet. Res. Inst. India PhD Memorial Univ. of NF, Canada, DACLAM	2001-2005	Senior Principal Scientist & Clinical Veterinarian Pfizer Global Research & Development Groton, CT
51.	James Versalovic	Baylor University MD PhD	1997-1999	Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Baylor U. Waco, Texas
52.	Koichiro Watanabe	Oita Medical U. Physician MD, PhD	2005-2007	Assistant Professor, Oita U. Oita, Japan
53.	Lili Yan	Heibei Institute of Med. MD	1991-1994	Physician in Internal Medicine, The Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Modesto, CA
54.	Vincent Young	Stanford, U.MD, PhD	1998-2002	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology U. of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI