Current Professional Activities

• Assistant Professor of Practice, University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine, Oro Valley, Arizona, January 13, 2020 – present

Past Professional Activities

• Associate Veterinarian, Small Animal Internal Medicine Specialist
  Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson, Internal Medicine Department, Tucson, Arizona, August 2013-2019
• Small Animal Internal Medicine Residency
  University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Internal Medicine Department, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, July 2010-2013
• Small Animal Rotating Internship
  Southern Arizona Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center, Tucson, Arizona, June 2009-2010

Special Interests

• Professional interests:
  • utilizing active teaching and flipped learning methods in veterinary school curriculum.
• Internal medicine subtopic interests:
  • infectious fungal diseases such as coccidioidomycosis and blastomycosis, cardiology, respiratory disease, gastroenterology, diagnostic imaging, and neurology.

Memberships

• Association of American Medical Colleges Leadership Academy 2021-2022
• American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2010-present
• American Veterinary Medical Association 2009-present
• Arizona Veterinary Medical Association 2014-present
• Coccidioidomycosis Study Group 2019-present
• Comparative Gastroenterology Society 2013-present
• Southern Arizona Veterinary Medical Association 2013-2022
• Team-Based Learning Collaborative 2020-2021

Relationships/Spouse/Children/Pets

• Spouse – Victoria Schlacks
• Pets – Dog named Jolene (small scruffy terrier mix), and two cats, Katie (tabby cat) and Bitsy (Ragamuffin cat)

Hobbies

• Hiking, camping, backpacking, skiing, road trips, beer-tasting, making or listening to music, board games

Favorite Book, Movie, and/or Song

• Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut

Favorite Quote

• "A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved."
  ― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

What You Like Most About VIN

• VIN is a great central location of resources for teaching veterinary students, especially the 3D anatomy tool, nutrition library and calculators, radiology fundamentals, and ECG case examples. I also really appreciate having such a centralized resource for veterinarians to share knowledge and support each other in an open and non-judgmental forum.