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Speakers
Catherine M. Brown DVM, MSc,
MPH
Massachusetts Department of Public Health,
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control/Division of Epidemiology &
Immunization
State Public Health Veterinarian
Dr. Catherine Brown (Katie) is currently serving as the State Public
Health Veterinarian at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
She has a Bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from
Wesleyan University, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University
of Minnesota, a Master of Science from the Royal Veterinary College,
University of London and a Master of Public Health from Boston University.
Katie was a wildlife veterinarian for eight years from 1997 - 2005.
She worked for DuPage County's Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Illinois
as their Staff Veterinarian and then moved to The Humane Society of
the United States Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts. Most recently
she completed an Applied Epidemiology Fellowship sponsored by the CDC
and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, with the New
York State Department of Health.
Sharon Deem, DVM, PhD, Dipl
ACZM
WildCare Institute, Saint Louis Zoo
Prior to joining the WildCare Institute, Saint Louis Zoo in August 2007,
Dr. Deem was a field veterinarian for the Wildlife Conservation Society
and a veterinary medical officer for the Smithsonian National Zoological
Park. She has conducted conservation and research projects in 20 countries.
Her research interests in wildlife veterinary medicine focus on the
spread of disease between domestic animals and wildlife and the health
impact of environmental changes and human contact on wild species. She
is the author, or co-author, of over 60 referred articles, 12 book chapters,
and numerous non-referred papers. Dr. Deem received her bachelor’s degree
from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, her doctorate
in veterinary medicine from Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary
Medicine, and her PhD in veterinary sciences (epidemiology) from the
University of Florida, where she also completed a 3 year residency in
zoo and wildlife medicine. In addition to her position as veterinary
epidemiologist/Galapagos, she is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the
University of Missouri – Saint Louis, the veterinary advisor for the
jaguar species survival plan, and just recently stepped down from a
6-yr position as Co-chair of the Infectious Diseases Committee of the
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. Dr. Deem currently lives
in Galapagos.
Terry Norton, DVM,
Dipl ACZM (Tufts V'86)
Director, Georgia Sea Turtle Center
http://www.georgiaseaturtlecenter.org/about-us/our-staff/terry-m-norton/
Terry M. Norton earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
in 1986 and completed a residency in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine at the
University of Florida in 1989. He became a Diplomate in the American
College of Zoological Medicine in 1992.
Terry provides veterinary care for the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and
St. Catherines Island Foundation programs. He was recently hired on
as the Director of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. He enjoys working
with all wildlife but has a true passion for working with all types
of chelonians.
Peter Rabinowitz, M.D., MPH
Yale University School of Medicine
Peter Rabinowitz MD MPH is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Yale
School of Medicine. He is a specialist in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
He is the principal investigator on the Canary Database: Animals as Sentinels
of Human Environmental Health Hazards (www.canarydatabase.org) funded by
the National Library of Medicine. He is the co-editor, with Lisa Conti DVM
MPH, of the forthcoming textbook : "Human-Animal Medicine: A Clinical Guide
to Toxic, Zoonotic, and other Shared Health Risks" to be published by Elsevier/Mosby
in late 2009.
Inga Sidor, DVM (V'99)
Senior Veterinary Pathologist, University of Connecticut
Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science
Dr. Inga Sidor received her veterinary degree from Tufts University
School of Veterinary Medicine in 1999, followed by a two-year internship
and research fellowship in wildlife medicine at the Tufts Wildlife Clinic,
studying mortality of and environmental contaminant effects in the common
loon (Gavia immer). After a residency and Master's degree program in
anatomic pathology at the University of Connecticut, Department of Pathobiology
and Veterinary Science, she was board-certified as a Diplomate of the
American College of Veterinary Pathologists in 2004. From 2005-2008
she worked as a pathologist at the Mystic Aquarium and Institute for
Exploration, investigating brucellosis in marine mammals. Presently,
she is a Senior Veterinary Pathologist and Assistant Clinical Professor
in the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University
of New Hampshire, where she continues to pursue interests in infectious
and wildlife disease.
Kristine Smith, DVM (Tufts V'02)
Assistant Director for Field Programs
Global Health Program
Wildlife Conservation Society
Dr. Kristine Smith is a wildlife veterinarian and the Assistant Director
for Field Programs with Wildlife Conservation Society’s Global Health Program
(GHP). Dr. Smith holds a D.V.M. from Tufts University School of Veterinary
Medicine (V’02) and completed her residency in Zoo and Wildlife
Medicine at the Bronx Zoo in New York. She served as a field veterinarian
for the wild bird Global Avian Influenza Network for Surveillance (GAINS)
project, conducting disease surveillance in Africa and Asia. Dr. Smith
is the Chair of the New York Bushmeat Trade Health Committee, and assists
in the coordination of GHP field activities around the globe from Ebola
to Avian Influenza.
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