Training Programs

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Programs Offered
A combined residency/graduate program is available in either anatomic or clinical pathology. A two-year program leading to the Master of Science degree and a four-year program leading to the PhD degree can be pursued. Non-degree residency programs in anatomic and clinical pathology may also be offered (please inquire).

Facilities
The Department of Pathology is part of the College of Veterinary Medicine. It is closely associated with the other groups in the college, including the Poultry Diagnostic Research Center, Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, and the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study. The department also maintains close ties with pathologists and other scientists in the area, including those at the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service Laboratory, the USDA-ARS Southeastern Poultry Research Laboratory, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Zoo Atlanta, and the Georgia Aquarium. Pathologists from all of these units are faculty or adjunct faculty within the department and participate actively in seminars and various research and training activities. The department maintains necropsy, histopathology, clinical pathology, immunohistochemistry, and electron microscopy facilities. The college maintains central facilities for flow cytometry, laboratory animal medicine, and monoclonal antibody production and analysis. The university provides central facilities for molecular genetics.

Community
The University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia, approximately 60 miles east of Atlanta. The city provides a wealth of sporting, cultural, and intellectual activities, and is strategically located with access to other metropolitan areas, historic sites, and recreational facilities. The climate is mild. A major benefit of the program at Athens is the ability to interface and interact with one of the largest groups of veterinary pathologists anywhere in the world.

Stipends and Maintenance
The College of Veterinary Medicine provides stipends for graduate students and residents. The department funds two graduate students and three residents per year. Funding for additional positions can be obtained through extramural research monies or from the college or university for an exceptionally strong candidate. The cost of living in Athens is modest compared to many other areas in the US.

Faculty

• Uriel Blas-Machado; Diagnostic pathology
• Al Camus; Fish pathology
• Frederic S. “Tripp” Almy; Leukemia, lymphoma, toxicologic clinical pathology, diagnostic biomarkers
• Cathy A. Brown; Renal diseases, diagnostic pathology
• Corrie C. Brown; Pathogenesis of disease in food-producing animals, in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry
• Holly Brown; Clinical pathology, cytauxzoonosis, molecular diagnostics
• Melinda Camus; Clinical pathology
• K.Paige Carmichael; Neuropathology, ophthalmic pathology, animal models of human neurologic disease
• Angela Ellis; Diagnostic pathology, exotics and wildlife, ocular pathology
• Greg Freden; Clinical pathology
• Zhen Fu; Pathogenesis of neurotropic viruses, functional genomics and proteomics
• Bridget Garner; Clinical pathology and diagnostic biomarkers
• Nicole Gottdenker; Pathology and ecology of wildlife diseases
• J. Slavka Halper; Tendon pathophysiology and biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology of transforming growth factor type e, role of growth factors in normal growth and development in neoplasia, wound healing
• R. Keith Harris; Department Chair, toxicologic pathology, liver pathology
• Murray Hines; Director, Tifton Diagnostic Laboratory, mycobacteria, diagnostic pathology
• E.W. “Buffy” Howerth; Pathology of wildlife and pet birds, pathogenesis of viral diseases, vascular and hemostatic changes in infectious diseases
• Marcia Ilha; Diagnostic pathology, wildlife
• Paula Krimer; Clinical pathology, diagnostic pathology, bioinformatics, laboratory animal pathology
• Rita McManamon; Director, Zoo and Exotic Animal Pathology Service
• Doris Miller; Reproductive pathology, forensic pathology
• Tamas Nagy; Comparative laboratory animal pathology
• Sreekumari Rajeev; Microbiology, leptospira, mycobacteria
• Pauline Rakich; Dermatopathology, diagnostic pathology
• Sheela Ramamoorthy; Virology, circovirus
• Kaori Sakamoto; Tuberculosis immunology, innate immunity, cytauxzoonosis, respiratory and endocrine pathology, fish pathology
• Sue Turnquist; Diagnostic pathology, tumor biology, epidemiology
• Betsy Uhl; Evolutionary medicine, Molecular pathology, Bone and Paleopathology
• Susan Williams; Poultry pathology
• Moges Woldemskel; Diagnostic pathology, tumor biology, renal pathology, and respiratory pathology of infectious origin

Adjunct Faculty

• Greg Bossart; Marine mammal pathology and immunology
• R. “Hamp” Bruner; Toxicologic pathology
• Paula Cray; Microbiology
• Al Dove; Parasitology
• Bob Gogal; Immunotoxicology
• Timothy LaBranche; Toxicologic pathology, investigative pathology
• Mary Patin-Jackwood; Poultry diseases
• Raquel Rech; Diagnostic pathology
• David Swayne; Avian diseases, avian influenza

Emeritus faculty

• Roger Broderson; Pathology of laboratory animals
• Dirck Dillehay; Laboratory animal pathology
• Ken Latimer; Avian hematology, clinical chemistry and cytology, pathogenesis of avian viral diseases, Pelger-Huet Anomaly in Australian Shepherds, toxicologic pathology

Applications
Address Clinical Pathology inquiries to:
Dr. Bridget C. Garner, Residency Training Coordinator
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology
Department of Pathology
UGA College of Veterinary Medicine
501 DW Brooks Drive
Athens, GA 30602
(706) 542-5847 office
garnerb@uga.edu

Address Anatomic and Graduate inquiries to:
Dr. Elizabeth W. Howerth, Residency Training Coordinator
Professor of Anatomic Pathology
University of Georgia
College of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Pathology
Athens, GA 30602-7388
Phone: (706) 542-5833
howerth@uga.edu

or:

Dr. Jaroslava Halper, Graduate Coordinator
Professor
University of Georgia
College of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Pathology
Athens, GA 30602-7388
Phone: (706) 542-5830
hjalper@uga.edu

Department:
Phone: (706) 542-5837
Fax: (706) 542-5828
World Wide Web: http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/