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Michael Ciepluch, DVM

Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Radiology
Michael Ciepluch
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
205 Duck Pond Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061

DVM, 2013
College of Veterinary Medicine
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

BS, 2009
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

2023-present
Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiology
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2020–2023
Resident, Radiology

Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2017–2020
Traveling freelance relief emergency veterinarian
32 different private practices
Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Florida

2014–2017
Lecturer, small animal primary care and emergency

Texas A&M University
College Station, TX

2013–2014
Small animal rotating internship

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

  • Diagnostic imaging
  • Faculty recruitment and retention in academia
  • Neuroimaging
  • Emergency medicine
  • American College of Veterinary Radiology
  1. Ciepluch MF, da Costa RC, Russell D. Imaging diagnosis-an atypical presentation of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) in a dog. Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2015 Jan-Feb;56(1):E5-8. doi: 10.1111/vru.12124. Epub 2013 Nov 25. PMID: 24320791