Past Trainees

Karl Andrutis
Karl Andrutis , Clinical Associate Professor Animal Care Services University of Florida Gainesville, FL
Years in Residence/Training
1991-1994
Amanda Armijo
Amanda Armijo , Research/Clinical Veterinarian, DCM, MIT
Degrees and Boards

UCLA, PhD

Cornell University, DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2021-2023
Steve Artim
Steve Artim , Senior Clinical Veterinarian for Merck Research Labs in San Francisco
Years in Residence/Training
2015 - 2019
Keith Astrofsky
Keith Astrofsky , Head, Laboratory Animal Services (LAS) Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

Tufts U., DVM

Years in Residence/Training
1998-2002
Alanna Backx
Alanna Backx , Clinical Veterinarian, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Degrees and Boards

U. of Guelph, DVM, MS

Years in Residence/Training
2021 - 2024
Peg Batchelder
Peg Batchelder , Assoc. Dir. Veterinary Science, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Wallingford, CT
Degrees and Boards

Tufts U., DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1993-1995
Maike Beisele
Maike Beisele , Global Head Analytical Science and Technology, Glaxo Smith Kline, Belgium
Degrees and Boards

DVM Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Years in Residence/Training
2008-2009
Ingrid Bergin
Ingrid Bergin , Clinical Assistant Professor Unit for Lab Animal Medicine University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
Degrees and Boards

U. Penn, VMD, MIT, MS DACLAM, DACVP

Years in Residence/Training
1998-2002
Michael (Mike) Blanco
Michael Blanco , Lab Animal Veterinarian Assistant Professor Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
Degrees and Boards

Iowa State U., DVM DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1990-1993
Caroline Bodi Winn
Caroline Bodi Winn , Clinical Veterinarian, Harvard, Cambridge MA
Degrees and Boards

Tufts Cummings School of Vet Med DVM, MS

Years in Residence/Training
2015 - 2018
Tiffany Borjeson, DVM
Tiffany Borjeson , Associate Director for Clinical Services & AV • MIT Division of Comparative Medicine, Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

DVM from Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

Years in Residence/Training
2010 - 2013
Sam Boutin
Sam Boutin , Consultant, Hudson, NY
Degrees and Boards

U. Chicago, MBA Illinois Institute of Technology

Years in Residence/Training
1998-2002
Erin Bridgeford
Erin Bridgeford , Clinical Veterinarian Boston University Boston, MA
Degrees and Boards

Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine, DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2004 - 2008
erin bryant
Erin Bryant , Clinical Veterinarian, Merck, Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

Ohio State U College of Vet Med, DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2015 - 2018
Monika Burns
Monika Burns , Associate Director of External Animal Activities at Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine, DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2013 - 2016
Laura Cacioppo
Laura Cacioppo , Program Veterinarian Research Animal Resources Center School of Medicine and Public Health University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI 53706
Degrees and Boards

University of Illinois, DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2009 - 2012
Rachel Cahill
Rachel Cahill , Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University, UK
Degrees and Boards

Trinity College Dublin PhD

Years in Residence/Training
1995-1998
Horacio Cantiello
Horacio Cantiello , Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

DVM, PhD

Years in Residence/Training
1985-1987
Tyler Caron
Tyler Caron , Associate Director Clinical Services/Attending Veterinarian, Broad Institute
Degrees and Boards

Ross U School of Vet Medicine, DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2014 - 2017
Nathan Chan
Nathan Chan , Clinical Veterinarian, Office of Strategic Operation, Broad Institute
Degrees and Boards

Tufts Cummings School of Vet Med, DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2016 - 2019
Chih Ching Chien
Chih-Ching Chien , Professor Graduate School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering Yuan Ze University
Degrees and Boards

U. of Connecticut, PhD

Years in Residence/Training
1997-2000
Leslie Coleman
Leslie Coleman , Vice President, Regulatory and Medical Affairs, Santa Clara, CA
Degrees and Boards

U.C. Davis, DVM, MIT, MS, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1994-1997
Brian Corning
Brian Corning , Director, Harvard Center for Comparative Medicine Animal Care Administration Harvard School of Public Health-HCCM Boston, MA
Degrees and Boards

Colorado State U., DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1988-1991
Alison Darby
Alison Darby , Medical Director, VCA CAVES, Concord, NH
Degrees and Boards

Iowa State University, DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2009 - 2012
Bahgat Edrise
Bahgat Edrise , Professor Cairo, Egypt
Degrees and Boards

U. of Cairo DVM, PhD

Years in Residence/Training
1985-1987
Courtney Ek
Courtney Ek , Clinical Veterinarian Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Degrees and Boards

Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine MPH

Years in Residence/Training
2008-2011
Mary Ellenberger
Mary Ellenberger , Division Director Division of Comparative Medicine Washington U., School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Degrees and Boards

Iowa State U., MS, DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1984-1986
Susan Erdman
Susan Erdman , *retired* Assist. Director, Chief of Clinical Resources, Senior Research Scientist Division of Comparative Medicine Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

Lehigh U., MS, Miss. St.U., DVM, Harvard

Years in Residence/Training
1988-1991
Michael Esmail
Michael Esmail , Director of Animal Care Services at UMass Amherst, Somerville, MA, United States
Degrees and Boards

U Penn, VMD

Years in Residence/Training
2012-2015
Marissa Esteves
Marisa Esteves , Consulting Veterinarian Massachusetts General Hospital/MIT Boston, MA
Degrees and Boards

U. Penn, VMD, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1990-1993
Michael Estrin
Mike Estrin , Small Animal Internist Westford, MA
Degrees and Boards

DVM, ACVIM, MPH

Years in Residence/Training
2011-2014
Laura Lemke
Laura B. Eurell , Clinical Assistant Professor University of Florida Gainesville, FL
Degrees and Boards

Texas A&M U., DVM, M.S., DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
2004-2008
Niora Fabian
Niora Fabian , Research/Clinical Veterinarian in DCM and the Giovanni Traverso lab at MIT
Degrees and Boards

University of Florida, MS, & DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2018 – 2021
Olga Lucia Franco-Mahecha
Olga Lucia Franco-Mahecha , Clinical Veterinarian at Charles River Labs/NIAID-NIH. Bethesda, Maryland. Martin
Degrees and Boards

DVM. MSc. PhD.

Years in Residence/Training
2019 - 2022
Emily Franklin
Emily Franklin , Staff Veterinarian at Charles River Laboratories Reno, NV
Degrees and Boards

DVM - Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Years in Residence/Training
2020-2023
Jacqueline Fremont-Rahl
Jacqueline Fremont-Rahl , DLAM Clinical Veterinarian Novartis Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

Rutgers U., MS Cornell U., DVM DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
2007-2010
Galit Frydman
Galit Frydman , Scientist/Instructor, Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

U of Florida, DVM, Sc.D

Years in Residence/Training
2015-2018
Alex Garcia
Alex García , Associate Principal Scientist, Merck, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Degrees and Boards

U. of Florida, DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2000-2003
Barbara Garabaldi
Barbara Garibaldi , Director, Animal Resources Beth Israel Deconess Hospital Boston, MA
Degrees and Boards

Purdue U., DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1984-1987
Sarah Gillis-Smith
Sarah Gillis-Smith , Director of Compliance, Committee on Animal Care at MIT
Degrees and Boards

Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, DVM, MS

Years in Residence/Training
2022 – 2025
Claudia Harper
Claudia Harper , Senior Vice President, Nonclinical Development, Recludix Pharma
Degrees and Boards

DACLAM, DABT

Years in Residence/Training
1999-2002
Hilda Halcombe
Hilda Holcombe , *retired* Senior Research/ Clinical Veterinarian Division of Comparative Medicine, MIT Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

North Carolina State U. DVM, PhD, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
2001-2004
Richard Hurley
Richard Hurley , Senior Clinical Veterinarian at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Degrees and Boards

U. of NH, MS, Ohio State U., DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1991-1994
Melissa Icaza Stair
Melissa Icaza Stair , Laboratory Animal Veterinarian, Tufts Cummings School of Vet Med
Degrees and Boards

DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
2018–2021
Melanie Ihrig
Melanie Ihrig , Director, Comparative Medicine The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Houston, TX
Degrees and Boards

Texas A&M, MS, DVM

Years in Residence/Training
1997-2000
Courtney Jackson
Courtney Jackson , Animal Health Educator, STEM Program, University of Illinois Extension Chicago, IL
Degrees and Boards

Tuskegee U., DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2003-2006
Lynn Jackson
Lynn Jackson , Retired/Consulting, Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

Ohio State U., DVM, MIT, MS, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1991-1994
Sharron Kirchain
Sharron Kirchain , Attending Veterinarian Pfizer, Inc. Andover, MA
Degrees and Boards

Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine, DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2003-2007
Takeo Kosaka
Takeo Kosaka , Associate Professor Kanazawa Medical U. Kanazawa City, Japan
Degrees and Boards

Kyota U., Japan MD, PhD

Years in Residence/Training
1999-2000
Karen Kruger
Karen Krueger , Director Animal Resources Center Children's Hospital Boston, MA
Degrees and Boards

Mount Holyoke, MS, Tufts U., DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1985-1988
Susanna Kurnick
Susanna Kurnick , Assistant Director of Veterinary Services at Brown University, Greater Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Degrees and Boards

U of Minnesota Coll of Vet Med DVM, MPH, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
2016 - 2019
Chung-wei Lee
Chung-Wei Lee , Principal Scientist, Axcella Health, Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

MD, Taiwan PhD

Years in Residence/Training
2001-2007
Yao Lee
Yao Lee , Veterinary Pathologist & Clinical Assistant Professor, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Degrees and Boards

DVM, MS, PhD

Years in Residence/Training
2021 - 2023
Kvin Lertpiriyapong
Kvin Lertpiriyapong , Senior Clinical Veterinarian, Memorial Sloan, Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Degrees and Boards

Western University of Health Sciences, D

Years in Residence/Training
2010 - 2013
Mia Lieberman
Mia Lieberman , Clinical Veterinarian, Harvard, Cambridge MA
Degrees and Boards

UC Davis, DVM, PhD, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
2013 - 2018
Neil Lipman
Neil Lipman , Director, Professor of Pathology Sloan Kettering/Cornell School of Med. NY, NY
Degrees and Boards

U. Penn, DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1985-1986
Jennifer Lofgren
Jennifer Lofgren , Global Head of Animal Welfare and Compliance at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR), Cambridge, MA, United States
Degrees and Boards

Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine MS,

Years in Residence/Training
2007-2011
Claire Lyons
Claire Lyons , Digital Pathology Scientist at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Degrees and Boards

DVM, Tufts, BS, Johns Hopkins

Years in Residence/Training
2021 - 2023
Suresh Ganesan
Suresh Maddur Ganesan , Lab Animal Veterinarian/Resident at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA United States
Degrees and Boards

DVM, MS, PhD

Years in Residence/Training
2019-2022
Tony Mannion
Tony Mannion , Microbiology Scientist at Evelo Biosciences Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

MA Coll of Pharm, BS Northeastern U, PhD

Years in Residence/Training
2018 - 2021
Heather Martin
Heather Martin , Senior Clinical Veterinarian Weill-Connell Medical College New York, NY
Degrees and Boards

Kansas State U. DVM DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
2006 - 2009
Kirk Maurer
Kirk Maurer , Assistant Professor & Assoc Director, Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
Degrees and Boards

MS, Louisiana State U. DVM, M.S., PhD

Years in Residence/Training
2002-2006
Sonya McCathy
Sonya McCathey , County Veterinarian York County, PA
Degrees and Boards

Oregon State U., DVM

Years in Residence/Training
1995-1998
Colleen McCoy
Colleen McCoy , Clinical Veterinarian in the Edwards Research Center, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA
Degrees and Boards

Washington State U., DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2018 - 2021
Edilberto Mendes
Edilberto Mendes , Prof., School of Medicine U. of Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Degrees and Boards

Univ. of Rio de Janeiro MD, PhD

Years in Residence/Training
1993-1994
Julian Mesina
Julian Mesina , Director, Animal Sciences Program Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
Degrees and Boards

DVM, PhD

Years in Residence/Training
1985-1986
Cassie Miller
Cassie Miller , Clinical Veterinarian, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Degrees and Boards

University of Wisconsin Veterinary Medic

Years in Residence/Training
2010 - 2013
Kasra Mokhtar Pouriani
Kasra Mokhtar Pouriani , Manager, Veterinary Services and Vivarium Operations, Regeneron
Background

University of Tehran, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Physiology, PhD, 2016

Degrees and Boards

Azad University of Urmia, DVM, DACLAM 2010

Years in Residence/Training
2022 – 2025
Claude Nagamine
Claude Nagamine , Assistant Professor Department of Comparative Medicine Stanford University Palo Alto, California
Degrees and Boards

UC-Davis, PhD, U Tennessee, DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
2004 - 2007
India Napier
India Napier , Assistant Professor, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Degrees and Boards

MS & PhD - Auburn University; DVM - Tufts

Years in Residence/Training
2020 - 2023
Steve Niemi
Steve Niemi , *retired* Director, Office of Animal Resources, Boston University Boston, MA, United States
Degrees and Boards

Washington State U., DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1983-1985
Masahiro Ohtani
Masahiro Ohtani , Assistant Processor U. of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
Degrees and Boards

Fukui Medical University MD, PhD

Years in Residence/Training
2004-2006
Glen Otto
Glen Otto , Director, Animal Resource Center Clinical Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
Degrees and Boards

U. of Minnesota, DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1987-1990
Lori Palley
Lori Palley , *retired* Assistant Director Veterinary Services at Mass General Charlestown, MA, United States
Background

Tufts U., DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1988-1991
Jassia Pang
Jassia Pang , Veterinary Surgeon, National Univ. of Singapore
Degrees and Boards

University of Melbourne BVSc (hons)

Years in Residence/Training
2011-2014
Daphne Pariser
Daphne Pariser , HeronAI | Philanthropist | Techstars '24, Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Degrees and Boards

University of Rochester, Immunology, Ph.D. 2020

Years in Residence/Training
2021-2023
Mary Patterson
Mary Patterson , *retired* Chief of Primate Resources Division of Comparative Medicine Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

U. of Southern California, MS,Tufts U.,

Years in Residence/Training
1997-2002
Scot Perkins
Scott Perkins , Senior Director, Clinical Professor Tufts University Boston, MA
Degrees and Boards

U. Penn, VMD, Boston U., MPH, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1992-1995
Theofilos Poutahidis
Theofilis Poutahidis , Assistant Professor Thessaloniki, Greece
Degrees and Boards

U. of Thessaloniki, DVM PhD

Years in Residence/Training
2000-2002
Lisa Quinn
Lisa Quinn , Biomere, Contract-research Organization, Worcester, MA
Degrees and Boards

Mississippi State U - College of Vet Med

Years in Residence/Training
2017 - 2020
Eva Ryder
Eva Ryden , *retired*
Degrees and Boards

Boston U., PhD,Tufts U., DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1988-1991
Mohammed Saifuddin
Mohammed Saifuddin , Senior Molecular Virologist, WuXi Apptec, Philadelphia, PA
Degrees and Boards

Massey Univ., DVM, PhD

Years in Residence/Training
1990-1992
Kim Saunders
Kim Saunders , Director Professor Comparative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science U Portland, OR
Degrees and Boards

Oregon State U., DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1994-1996
Joseph Scott
Joseph Scott , Associate Director, Covance Pharmaceutical Research Shanghai,China
Degrees and Boards

U. Penn, DVM, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1985-1988
Kathleen Scott
Kathleen Scott , Clinical Veterinarian, University of Iowa
Degrees and Boards

Oklahoma State U, DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2014 - 2017
Zeli Shen
Zeli Shen , Research Scientist Division of Comparative Medicine, MIT Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

Hebei Institute of Med. MD; Henan Instit

Years in Residence/Training
1995-1998
Nirah Shomer
Nirah Shomer , Director of Laboratory Animal Resources Merck, Inc. Boston, MA
Degrees and Boards

U. of Minnesota, DVM, PhD, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
1995-1998
Alton Swennes
Alton Swennes , AVP Research Infrastructure at University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Degrees and Boards

University of Utah DVM, MS

Years in Residence/Training
2010-2013
Betsy Theve
Betsy Theve , Clinical Veterinarian Novartis Cambridge, MA
Degrees and Boards

DVM, Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine

Years in Residence/Training
2003-2006
Erin Turowski
Erin Turowski , Associate Veterinarian Private Animal Hospital Greater Boston Area
Degrees and Boards

The Ohio State University, DVM

Years in Residence/Training
2010-2014
Rao Varada
Rao Varada , Senior Principal Scientist & Clinical Veterinarian, Boston Univ. Boston, MA
Degrees and Boards

DVM, MVSc~IN Mem U of NF, CA, PhD DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
2001-2005
Bernard Varian
Bernard Varian , Clinical Veterinarian, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Degrees and Boards

Royal Veterinary College, BVetMed, Boston University, MS, DACLAM

Years in Residence/Training
2021-2024
James Versalovic
James Versalovic , Professor Dept. of Pathology, Baylor U. Waco, Texas and Director, Texas Children’s Microbiome Center, Texas Children’s Hospital
Degrees and Boards

Baylor University MD PhD

Years in Residence/Training
1997-1999
Chuanwu Wang
Chuanwu Wang , Senior Scientist, Charles River, Wilmington, MA
Degrees and Boards

China Agricultural U DVM MS Purdue U PhD

Years in Residence/Training
2012-2015
Koichiro Watanabe
Koichiro Watanabe , Assistant Professor, Oita U. Oita, Japan
Degrees and Boards

Oita Medical U. Physician MD, PhD

Years in Residence/Training
2005-2007
Stephanie Woods
Stephanie Woods , Manager, Animal Research Facility & Veterinary Services, VelociGene Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Tarrytown, NY
Degrees and Boards

Tufts School of Vet Med, DVM MS

Years in Residence/Training
2011-2014
Lili Yan
Lili Yan , Physician in Internal Medicine, The Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Modesto, CA
Degrees and Boards

Heibei Institute of Med. MD

Years in Residence/Training
1991-1994
Vincent Young
Vincent Young , Associate Professor Dept. of Microbiology U. of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
Degrees and Boards

Stanford, U.MD, PhD

Years in Residence/Training
1998-2002
Max Fernandez
Max Fernandez, DVM , Veterinarian, Envigo Global Services
Degrees and Boards

The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, DVM, 2023

Years in Residence/Training
2023-2026
Sarah Gurnon
Sarah Gurnon , TBA
Degrees and Boards

Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, DVM, 2023

Years in Residence/Training
(DCM ~ 2023 – present)