Zycortal Symposium Proceedings

Patty Lathan VMD MS DACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine)

Patty Lathan attended college at Texas A&M University, veterinary school at the University of Pennsylvania, completed an internship at Mississippi State University, and finished a small animal internal medicine residency at Purdue University in 2007. She is boarded by the ACVIM and is an associate professor of small animal internal medicine at Mississippi State University. Patty’s primary interest is endocrinology, specifically the management of adrenal disease and diabetes mellitus. She has published several articles and book chapters, and currently serves as the President of the Society for Comparative Endocrinology.

Alisdair Boag BSc BVetMed PhD MRCVS

Alisdair Boag graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London after completing an intercalated BSc (Hons) in Immunology and Pathology at King’s College, University of London. He then enjoyed working in small animal practice in Derbyshire, before heading to Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA to complete his Small Animal Internship. Following a return to small animal practice, Alisdair completed a BBSRC CASE sponsored PhD at the Royal Veterinary College, London, with Dechra as an industrial partner. His PhD “An Immunological and Genetic Investigation of Canine Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison’s Disease)” was completed in 2014. There followed a move to the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh where he is currently a Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Small Animal Internal Medicine.

Alisdair’s main clinical and research interests are focussed on canine and feline metabolism and endocrinology.

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