Many congratulations to veterinary college faculty recognized by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors at the June 6 meeting.  The full list can be found here.

For the college, the Board approved the following promotions and tenure.

Promotion to associate professor with tenure:

Nisha Duggal

Nisha Duggal, PhD

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology


Tenure at the currently held rank of associate professor:

Shawna Klahn

Shawna Klahn DVM, DACVIM–Oncology 

Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences


Promotion to professor:

Irving C. Allen

Coy Allen, PhD, MBA, MS

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology

  • Article Item
    Virginia Tech team receives $2 million grant to use bubbles to destroy deadly tumors , article

    Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of the major cancers, and only 10 percent of patients live longer than five years after diagnosis. Treatment options can be limited, but an interdisciplinary team led by Irving Coy Allen, associate professor of inflammatory diseases at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, might change that. The team recently received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore the use of histotripsy as a therapeutic option for pancreatic cancer.


Promotion to professor:

Xin Luo

Xin Luo, PhD

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology


Promotion to professor:

Michelle Theus

Michelle Theus, PhD

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology


Promotion to associate professor of practice:


Promotion to professor of practice:

Valerie Ragan

Valerie Ragan, DVM

Department of Population Health Sciences

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    Veterinarians find new career paths with help of program aiming to become national center , article

    Many veterinarians reach a point where they are looking for an exit ramp off the career track they have followed since graduation, even since childhood dreams. A center based at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine on the Virginia Tech campus helps veterinarians from across the nation find new routes, applying their education, experience and skills to move into areas of veterinary medicine beyond private practice, such as government or industry.


Promotion to clinical associate professor:


Promotion to clinical associate professor:

Hollie Schramm

Hollie Schramm, DVM, DABVP

Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences

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    Production Management Medicine Faculty Members Earn Board Certification , article

    Over the past year, two members of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine’s Production Management Medicine team became board certified by the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, respectively. Recent diplomates Sierra Guynn and Hollie Schramm, both clinical assistant professors, put in countless hours of study and hard work to achieve these accomplishments.


Promotion to clinical associate professor:

Ben Tham

Ben Tham, DVM, DACVD

Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences


Promotion to clinical professor:

Kevin Lahmers

Kevin Lahmers, DVM, PhD, DACVP-Anatomic Pathology

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology

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    Kevin Lahmers, leader in exotic tick disease study, wins Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence , article

    When it comes to receiving the 2022 Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence, Kevin Lahmers credits just about everyone around him more than himself. “I really appreciate it,” said Lahmers, clinical associate professor of anatomic pathology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine “It's recognition that we are doing things that are beneficial to the veterinary community, for livestock producers in the region and the state, and that is very gratifying.


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