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Timothy Mandrell, D.V.M. - Acting Chairman, Associate Professor (DCM) and Veterinary Medical Officer (VAMC). Dr. Mandrell's responsibility is for shared veterinary care of all UT Memphis animals with primary responsibility for the North Campus facility. He is Course director of COMED 711. Relevant training and previous experience: D.V.M., UT Knoxville, 1984; Postdoctoral fellowship in Lab Animal Medicine, DCM, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 1987-1989. Postdoctoral experience in lab animal medicine of 8 years with additional experience as Veterinary Medical Officer, USDA, 1985-1989 and Senior Staff Veterinarian for Laboratory Animals and Research facilities, USDA. Joined UT Memphis as Staff Veterinarian in June, 1991. ACLAM Diplomate since July 1991.
 
 

Mildred M. Randolph , D.V.M. - Associate Professor (DCM).  Dr. Randolph's responsibility is for clinical oversight of the South Campus vivarium. Additionally, she will team teach Essentials of Animal Experimentation (CMED 711). Relevant training and previous experience: D.V.M., Tuskegee University, 1983; Small Animal Surgery Instructor, Mississippi State University, 1985-86. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine, Okc, Okl, 1989-90. Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Animal Resources, Department of Pathology, 1990-1996. ACLAM Diplomate since 2001.
 

Patricia Farrar, D.V.M. - Associate Professor (DCM). Dr. Farrar's responsibility is for clinical oversight of the South Campus vivarium.  Relevant training and previous experience: D.V.M.,
 

Jerold Rehg, D.V.M., Professor (Affiliated), DCM, ACLAM and ACVP Diplomate. He is actively involved in the pathology aspects of the program and will provide clinical and pathology training at St. Jude. He is responsible for pathology training, including weekly pathology conferences at DCM. Dr. Rehg reviews pathology cases from both institutions with the trainees. He will also participate in research training if a fellow elects to conduct research in the St. Jude Comparative Medicine Laboratory. Dr. Rehg has 31 years experience in LASM, comparative pathology and biomedical research, and is currently a member of the Pathology Department at St. Jude. He collaborates on NIH funded research projects in the departments of Immunology, Virology and Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pharmacology, and Infectious Diseases.
 

Naomi M. Gades, D.V.M., M.S. - Assistant Professor (Adjunct) - Relevant training and experience: Postdoctoral fellowship in Lab Animal Medicine, DCM, The University of Tennessee, Memphis, 1997-2000. M.S. in Epidemiology, The University of Tennessee, Memphis, 1999. D.V.M., University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1997. B.S. in Animal Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, 1993. Licensed and accredited in Minnesota and Tennessee. Dr. Gades is the clinical veterinarian in the Animal Resource Center at St. Jude.
 

Elizabeth Wilson, D.V.M. - Assistant Professor (Adjunct), ACVP diplomate in clinical pathology, and Veterinary Clinical Pathologist at Antech Diagnostics, Memphis, TN. Dr. Wilson is actively involved in the clinical pathology needs of the Department of Comparative Medicine and in weekly pathology seminars.
 

Joe Barrett, D.V.M.-Instructor (Adjunct) Univ. of Memphis veterinarian and Mississippi practitioner. Dr. Barrett teaches all portions of DCM CMED 713 graduate courses on dogs, cats, and ruminants and supplies exact knowledge in new modalities from the practice perspective.
 
 
Anne Savage, Ph. D.- Dr. Savage comes to us from the Disney's Animal Kingdom where she oversaw the wildlife research in the Wildlife Tracking Center.  Dr. Savage's interests in primate behavior, reproductive biology and contraceptive development is a research interest that offers many potential collaborations with our faculty and postdoctoral research trainees. 

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