Staff
Administration
Name | Position | Expertise | |
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Udeni Balasuriya, BVSc, MS, PhD, FSLCVS | Associate Dean for Diagnostic Operations, LADDL Director, and Professor of Virology (PBS) | balasuriya1@lsu.edu | More than 25 years' experience. Expertise in molecular virology, viral pathogenesis, and diagnostics. |
Maria Mitchell, DVM (LSU 2002) | Assistant Director | msmitch@lsu.edu | More than 14 years' experience. LADDL veterinary consultant with expertise in microbiology and bacteriology. |
Alma Roy, PhD (LSU 2000) | Consultant | aroy@lsu.edu | More than 20 year's experience. Expertise in diagnostics. |
Brandye Smith | Quality Assurance Coordinator | brandyes@lsu.edu | Quality Assurance |
Dee Patel | Billing Coordinator | dpatel10@lsu.edu | |
Jeanette Logsdon | Business Office Coordinator | jlogsdon@lsu.edu |
Assessioning and Receiving
Name | Position | Expertise | |
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Ruby Jackson | Coordinator | rubyjackson@lsu.edu | Receiving |
Anatomic Pathology
Name | Position | Expertise | |
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Mariano Carossino, DVM, PhD, DACVM, DACVP | Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pathology, Anatomic Pathologist | mcarossino1@lsu.edu | More than 10 years' experience. Expertise in viral pathogenesis. Expert bovine diagnostician with expertise in cardiac and pulmonary pathology. |
Fabio Del Piero, DVM, PhD, DACVP | Professor of Veterinary Pathology, Anatomic Pathologist | fdelpiero@lsu.edu | More than 30 years' experience. Internationally recognized expert in equine pathology and expertise in ruminant diagnostics. |
Blake Kitchen | Necropsy Technican | bkitchen1@lsu.edu | |
Naomi Falconnier, DVM | Anatomic Pathology Resident | nfalconnier@lsu.edu | |
Lauren Guarneri, DVM | Anatomic Pathology Resident | lguarneri1@lsu.edu |
Clinical Pathology
Name | Position | Expertise | |
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Shannon Dehghanpir, DVM (LSU 2013), DACVP | Section Head, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology (VCS) | sdavi15@lsu.edu | More than 9 years' experience. Expertise in clinical pathology and veterinary mycology. |
Cindy Berry | Medical Technololgist | cmberry@lsu.edu | |
Catherine Christiensen | Medical Technologist | ccaugh1@lsu.edu | |
Sarah Magee | Medical Technologist | smagee@lsu.edu | |
Suzanne Mouch | Medical Technologist | smouch1@lsu.edu | |
Katie Metcalf, DVM | Medical Technologist | kmetcalf1@lsu.edu |
Endocrinology
Name | Position | ||
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Frederic Gaschen, Dr.med.vet., Dr.habil., DACVIM, DECVIM | Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine (VCS) | fgaschen@lsu.edu | More than 40 years' experience. Expertise in small animal internal medicine and gastroenterology |
Andrea Johnston, DVM, DACVIM | Assistant Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine | johnston1@lsu.edu | More than 20 years' experience. Expertise in small animal internal medicine and heptobiliary disease |
Frank Andrews, DVM, MS, DACVIM | Department Head and Professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences; Director, Equine Health Studies Program | fandrews@lsu.edu | More than 39 years' experience. Expertise in equine internal medicine |
Histology and Immunochemistry
Name | Position | |
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Kendra Shultz | Research Associate | shultz11@lsu.edu |
Kayleigh Vicknair | Research Associate | kvick13@lsu.edu |
Molecular Laboratory
Name | Position | |
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Keith Strother | Section Head | kstrother@lsu.edu |
Tarra Harden | Research Associate | tharde1@lsu.edu |
Laura Peak | Research Associate | lpeak1@lsu.edu |
Parasitology
Name | Position | Expertise | |
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Amira Ahmed, BVMS, Msc, PhD, DACVM | Section Head | aahmed@lsu.edu | More than 15 years of experience in Veterinary Parasitology diagnostics and method development |
Brooke Delcambre | Research Associate | bleibe1@lsu.edu |
Toxicology Laboratory
Name | Position | Expertise | |
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Peter Jowett, PhD | Section Head, Toxicologist | pjowett@lsu.edu | 32 years experience. Expertise in analytical toxicology. |