Officers
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- President: Joerg Steiner
- Immediate Past President: Steve Hill
- President Elect: Craig Ruaux
- Secretary-Treasurer: Jan Suchodolski
- At-Large Member 1: Peter Kook
- At-Large Member 2: Bob Sherding
- Webmaster: Karin Allenspach
Dr. Jörg M. Steiner
Contact Information
E-mail: jsteiner@cvm.tamu.edu
Phone: 979-862-4046
FAX: 979-458-2230
Professional Appointment
Associate Professor with Tenure, Small Animal Internal
Medicine
Director, Gastrointestinal Laboratory
Texas A&M University
Bio sketch
Jörg Steiner received his veterinary degree from the
Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany in 1992. He did an
internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the University
of Pennsylvania from 1992 to 1993 and a residency in small animal
internal medicine at Purdue University from 1993 to 1996. He
received his Dr.med.vet. degree from the Ludwig-Maximilians
University in Munich, Germany in 1995 in recognition of research on
feline trypsin and feline trypsin-like immunoreactivity. In 1996 he
achieved board certification with the American College of
Veterinary Internal Medicine and the European College of Veterinary
Internal Medicine. In 2000 Dr. Steiner received a PhD from Texas
A&M University for his work on canine digestive lipases and
their use for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal disorders in the
dog. He currently serves as Associate Professor with the Department
of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at Texas A&M University.
Dr. Steiner also serves as Director of the GI Laboratory at Texas
A&M University (vetmed.tamu.edu/gilab) and is involved in a wide
variety of research in small animal gastroenterology.
Jan S. Suchodolski, med.vet., Dr. med. vet., PhD, DACVM
Professional Appointment
Clinical Assistant Professor, Small Animal Internal
Medicine
Associate Director, Gastrointestinal
Laboratory
Texas A&M University
Contact Information
4474 TAMU
VSCS, GI Lab, Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4474
E-mail: JSuchodolski@cvm.tamu.edu
phone: 979-458-0933
fax: 979-458-4015
Jan Suchodolski
graduated with a veterinary degree from the University of
Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria in 1997. In 2005 Dr.
Suchodolski received his PhD in Veterinary Microbiology from Texas
A&M University for his work on molecular markers for the
assessment of the intestinal microbiota. His research is focused on
the canine and feline
microbiome, with an emphasis on how intestinal pathogens
lead to disturbances in the intestinal microbiota. Dr. Suchodolski
currently serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at Texas A&M
University and as the Associate Director of the GI Laboratory.
Karin Allenspach, Dr.med.vet. FVH ECVIM-CA PhD FHEA
Contact Information
E-mail: kallenspach@rvc.ac.uk
Phone: ++44 (0) 1707 666 655
FAX: ++44 (0)1707 666 298
Professional Appointment
Associate Professor and Reader in Small Animal Internal
Medicine
Royal Veterinary College, London
Bio sketch
Karin Allenspach received her veterinary degree from the
University of Zürich, Switzerland, in 1993 and her Dr.med.vet.
degree from the University of Zürich, in 1995 in recognition of
research on feline immunodeficiency virus load. She did an
internship in small animal emergency medicine and critical care at
Tufts University from 1996 to 1997 and a residency in small animal
internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania from 1997 to
1999. In 2001, she achieved board certification with the European
College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. In 2005 Dr. Allenspach
received a PhD from the University of Bern, Switzerland, for her
work on canine chronic enteropathies. She currently serves as
Associate Professor with the Department of Veterinary Clinical
Sciences at the Royal Veterinary College, London. Dr. Allenspach
divides her time between seeing cases and supervising the small
animal medicine service, teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
in medicine and doing clinical research. Her main research interest
lies in canine gastroenterology.
Steve Hill, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVIM (SAIM)
Professional Appointment
Veterinary Speciality hospital, 10435 Sorrento Valley
Rd
San Diego, CA 92121
Contact information: steve.hill@vshsd.co
Bio sketch
Dr. Steve Hill graduated with honors from Colorado State
University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
in 1991. He completed an internship at the San Diego Veterinary
Referral Hospital in 1992. He then returned to Colorado State
University where he completed a residency in internal medicine and
a master's degree in clinical sciences in 1995. Dr. Hill joined the
Veterinary Specialty Hospital of San Diego in 1995 and he is now a
partner and hospital co-owner. He has a special interest in
gastroenterology, immune-mediated and infectious diseases and he
has authored multiple scientific articles and textbook
chapters.
Peter Kook, Dr.med.vet., ACVIM, ECVIM-CA
Contact Information
E-mail: pkook@vetclinics.uzh.ch
Phone: ++41 44 6358686
FAX: ++41 44 6358920
Professional Appointment
Associate Professor, Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine,
Vetsuisse Faculty, Universit of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Bio sketch
Peter Kook received his veterinary degree from
the University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, in Germany
in 1999. He did an internship in small animal medicine and surgery
at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover from 1999 to 2000
and after a 2-year excursion as an alternative ECVS resident, he
started a residency in small animal internal medicine at the
Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich in Switzerland and the
University of Georgia from 2003 to 2007. In 2007 he achieved board
certification with the American College of Veterinary Internal
Medicine. He currently serves as Associate Professor with the
Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University
of Zürich. Peter supervises the gastroenterology service of the
Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine and divides his time
between seeing cases, teaching residents and students and doing
clinical research. He is interested in all aspects of
gastroenterology with special focus on esophageal, pancreatic, and
hepatobiliary disease.
Bob Sherding, DVM, ACVIM
Contact Information
Email:
Sherding.1@osu.edu
Phone:
614-602-7768
Professional Appointment
Professor Emeritus, Small Animal Internal Medicine, Dept.
of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary
Medicine, The Ohio State University
Bio sketch
Dr. Sherding is a Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine at the
College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University in Columbus,
Ohio. He received his DVM from OSU in 1973 followed by an
internship at Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston and residency
training at OSU, which led to ACVIM Board Certification in the
Specialty of Internal Medicine. During his 35-year tenure as a
faculty educator at Ohio State, Dr. Sherding has taught over 4,600
veterinary students and 50 internal medicine residents. He served
as Department Chair from 1993 to 2006.Dr. Sherding has been an
invited lecturer at over 200 veterinary conferences, including
international veterinary meetings in 13 countries. He has authored
or co-authored 142 journal articles and book chapters; and he is an
editor of 4 textbooks, including the 3 editions of Saunders
Manual of Small Animal Practice and 2 editions of The
Cat: Diseases and Clinical Management. Dr. Sherding's
honors include the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the OSU College
of Veterinary Medicine, the Faculty Achievement Award of the
American Association of Veterinary Clinicians, the Bourgelat Award
presented of the British Small Animal Veterinary Association, and
the Friskies Award for achievement in feline medicine. Dr.
Sherding's interests include all aspects of clinical
gastroenterology, hepatology, and endoscopy.