Current Professional Activities

• Associate Professor, Zoological Medicine, University of Florida (2017–present)

Past Professional Activities

• Assistant Professor, Zoological Medicine, University of Florida (2012–2017)
• Clinical Assistant Professor (2010–2012)
• Clinical Instructor, Zoological Medicine, University of Florida (2005–2010)
• Intern, Avian and Exotic Medicine and Surgery, University of Guelph (2001–2002)
• Pre-vet jobs - Zookeeper, Ski Instructor

Marital Status

• Married to Karen Schaedel, DVM

Children

• Xavier, born in May 2006
• Elseya, born March 2008

Pets

• A lot of lizards
• Tortoises
• Arthropods
• 8 cats
• 2 horses
• 2 emus
• A non-releasable red-shouldered hawk

Hobbies

• Whatever my kids are into

Favorite Quote

"Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer the Universe." —Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

What I Like Most About VIN

Rapid exchange of information.