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Audrey K. Cook

Audrey Cook, BVM&S, DACVIM, DECVIM

Clinical Associate Professor

BVM&S - Edinburgh University, Scotland
MRCVS - London, England
Diplomate, ACVIM - Internal Medicine
Diplomate, ECVIM - Companion Animal

Service Assignment: Canine Internal Medicine, Feline Internal Medicine

Audrey Cook graduated with Distinction from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1989. The following year, she completed an Internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, and then spent three years at the University of California at Davis College of Veterinary Medicine as a Resident in Small Animal Internal Medicine. In 1994, she passed the examinations and completed the requirements to become a Diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. In 1996, she achieved Diplomate status in the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. From 1997 to 2007, Audrey Cook owned a specialty referral practice in Newport News, Virginia, before joining the faculty at Texas A&M.

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Katherine Scott

Katherine Scott, DVM, DACVIM

Lecturer

DVM - Oklamhoma State University
Diplomate, ACVIM - Internal Medicine

Service Assignment: Canine Internal Medicine, Feline Internal Medicine

Kathy Scott obtained her DVM from Oklahoma State in 2003. She completed an internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at Kansas State University before starting her Residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine here at Texas A&M in 2004. She completed this program in 2007, and achieved Board Certification with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2009. Since 2007, Dr. Scott has been on faculty here, assigned primarily to the Feline and Canine Internal Medicine Services. Her professional interests include feline medicine, nephrology, and gastrointestinal disorders. She particularly enjoys working with and teaching veterinary students. In her spare time she enjoys watching movies and going hiking.

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Jörg M. Steiner

Jörg M. Steiner

Professor - SA Internal Medicine

med. vet. - Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich
Dr. med. vet - Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich
PhD - Texas A&M University
Diplomate, ACVIM - Internal Medicine
Diplomate, ECVIM - Companion Animal

Service Assignment: Gastrointestinal Laboratory; Canine Internal Medicine

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 Professor with the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery and the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at Texas A&M University. Dr. Steiner also serves as Director of the GI Laboratory at Texas A&M University and is involved in a wide variety of research in small animal gastroenterology.

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Michael D. Willard

Michael D. Willard

Professor

BS - Texas A&M 1974
DVM - Texas A&M 1975
MS - Kansas State 1977
Diplomate ACVIM-Internal Medicine 1981

Service Assignment: Canine Internal Medicine

Mike Willard graduated from Texas A&M in 1975, spent 2 years at Kansas State doing an internship and a Master's program, and then went to Michigan State as a resident, staying on as an assistant professor. He then was an assistant professor and an associate professor at Mississippi State University before going back to Michigan State as an associate professor in 1985. He returned to Texas in 1988 where he has been since. Mike has also consulted at a private referral practice in San Antonio.

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Debra L. Zoran

Debra Zoran, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM

Associate Professor, Chief of Small Animal Internal Medicine

BS, DVM - Kansas State
MS - Iowa State
PhD - Texas A&M
Diplomate, ACVIM - Small Animal Internal Medicine

Service Assignment: Feline Internal Medicine, Canine Internal Medicine

Dr. Deb Zoran is an Associate Professor and Chief of Small Animal Internal Medicine in the Department of Veterinary Small Animal Clinical Sciences at Texas A&M University. She is a 1984 graduate of Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Following graduation, she entered private clinical practice in the Phoenix, Arizona area until returning in 1987 to Iowa State University for her small animal internal medicine residency. She completed a Master's degree and became a Diplomate of the ACVIM - Small Animal Internal Medicine during her time there. In 1992, she moved to Texas A&M University to undertake a PhD in Nutrition with Dr. Joanne Lupton, and completed her dissertation: "Butyrate and the colonocyte: Effect on cellular events and role in protection against colon cancer" in 1997. Since that time, Dr. Zoran has been a member of the clinical faculty in the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at Texas A&M University where she is actively involved with clinical, teaching, and research activities in small animal gastroenterology, nutrition, and feline medicine.

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Jean Laird

Jean Laird

Veterinary Technician

Jean has worked on the Internal Medicine Service for several years. She has extensive experience in small animal care and the special tests performed by internists such as endoscopy. She also teaches clinical skills such as blood collection and catheter placement to the veterinary students.
Katy W Waddell

Katy W Waddell

Veterinary Technician III

AAS- Texas State Technical Institute, Waco, TX
RVT - Texas
Veterinary Technician Specialist - Emergency and Critical Care
Veterinary Technician Specialist - Anesthesia

Service Assignment: Floater Technician for Feline and Canine Internal Medicine and Endoscopy Services

Ms. Waddell graduated in 1976 with Associates in Animal Health Technology and was credentialed as a Registered Veterinary Technician in Texas in 1977.  In 2002, she qualified as a Veterinary Technician Specialist in Emergency and Critical Care and in 2006 qualified as a Veterinary Technician Specialist in Small Animal Anesthesia.  During her years in the field of Veterinary Medicine, she has had the opportunity to teach veterinary technician students and veterinary students.  As a patient advocate, Ms. Waddell has lectured at international meetings as well as national, state and regional symposiums.  Her work with the College of Veterinary Medicine has allowed her to participate in clinical trials as well as publish articles and book chapters.  In her away from work time, she participates in providing on -line continuing education for technicians and helping to organize and instruct wet labs for student chapters of VECCS, ACVIM, and IVAPM.  She has been recognized as the recipient of many awards, the most current being the TVMA 2013 Technician of the Year.