Education

• 2009 - Diplomate American Veterinary Dental College

  2006-2009 - Residency, Dentistry and Oral Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

  2002-2003 - Internship, Alameda East Veterinary Hospital, Denver, CO

  1998-2002 - DVM, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

  1994-1998 - BS, Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Research

• Development of orthognathic treatment protocols for severe skeletal malocclusions
• Development of novel techniques for maxillofacial reconstruction
• Evaluation of the role of TMJ disease in the developement of open mouth jaw locking in cats

Responsibilities

• Clinical management of dentoalveolar and orofacial diseases
• Clinical teaching of veterinary students and residents
• Instruction of non-clinical veterinary students

Clinical Interests

• Clinical evaluation of auricular cartilage as a graft for treatment of palatal defects
• Management of dentoalveolar and maxillofacial trauma
• Use of computed tomography in the evaluation of maxillofacial and oral pathology
• Surgical management of periodontitis

Recent Publications

Computed Tomography-Assisted Management of a Mandibular Dentigerous Cyst in a Boston Terrier with Concurrent Nasal Carcinoma, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Anticipated September 2009

Free auricular cartilage autograft for repair of an oronasal fistula in a dog. Journal of Veterinary Dentistry. Summer 2009, 26(2) p86-95.

Imaging and management of a caudal mandibular fracture in an immature dog. Journal of Veterinary Dentistry. Summer 2009, 26(2) p97-105.

Computed Tomography and Partial Coronoidectomy for Diagnosis and Treatment of Open-Mouth Jaw Locking in Two Cats, Journal of Veterinary Dentistry, Accepted August 2008

Periodontitis, Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine (7 ed), Stephen J. Ettinger and Edward C. Feldman, Accepted March 2008