Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Dr. Sandra D. Taylor joined the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences in December, 2010, as assistant professor of large animal medicine. Dr. Taylor earned her DVM degree at Washington State University in 2001. After completing an internship in equine medicine and surgery at the San Luis Rey Equine Hospital in Bonsall, Calif., Dr. Taylor worked in private practice in Tacoma, Wash. until 2003, when she began a residency in large animal internal medicine at the University of California at Davis. She became board certified in 2006, and then returned to Washington State University to complete a Ph.D. in microbiology and pathology in 2010. Dr. Taylor’s areas of interest include equine infectious disease, immunology, virology and neonatology. Dr. Elizabeth J. Thomovsky was appointed as clinical assistant professor of small animal emergency critical care effective in August. She came to Purdue from the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine where she worked as a clinical instructor in small animal emergency and critical care for three years. Dr. Thomovsky earned her DVM degree at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine in 2001. After an internship at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Thomovsky worked in private practice as an associate veterinarian and small animal emergency clinician before returning to the University of Missouri in 2005 to complete a residency and become board certified in small animal emergency and critical care. Dr. Anthony S. (Tony) Johnson was appointed as clinical assistant professor of emergency critical care effective in August, after serving as a visiting clinical assistant professor since 2009. Dr. Johnson earned his DVM degree at Washington State University in 1996. After completing a residency at the Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital, he became board certified in emergency and critical care in 2003. Dr. Johnson worked in private practice as a critical care specialist and emergency department head before coming to Purdue. His areas of interest include pain management, mechanical ventilation, trauma, blood banking and transfusion medicine.
Dr. Stacy H. Tinkler joined the Veterinary Clinical Sciences Department in September as clinical assistant professor of equine community practice. Dr. Tinkler earned her DVM degree at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 2005. She then completed an internship in equine medicine, surgery and ambulatory service at the Chaparral Animal Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz., before returning to the University of Minnesota to enter a large animal internal medicine residency in 2007. She came to Purdue in 2010 as a post-doctoral research associate, and also served as a large animal internal medicine interim clinical instructor. She became board certified in large animal internal medicine in 2011. Dr. Heather A. Towle was appointed as clinical assistant professor of small animal surgery effective in November. Dr. Towle came to Purdue from the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, where she had served as an assistant professor since 2009. A member of the Purdue DVM Class of 2003, Dr. Towle completed a small animal medicine and surgery internship at the University of Illinois before returning to Purdue in 2004 to begin a small animal surgery residency. She became board certified in 2008, while working as a small animal surgeon at Veterinary Surgical Centers of the Delta in Dublin, California. During her tenure at Kansas State University, Dr. Towle received several honors including the 2010 Novartis Teaching Excellence Award and the 2011 Pet Tribute Compassionate Faculty Teaching Award.
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