Professional Training and Experience

• 2009- Present; Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Ohio State University
• 2009-2011; Post-doctoral research fellowship: inflammation and spinal cord injury
• 2006-2009; Residency in Neurology and Neurosurgery, North Carolina State University
• 2005-2006; Internship, University of Missouri- Columbia
• 2001-2005; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University

Research Interests

• The role of inflammation in spinal cord injury and repair
• Treatment of intervertebral disc herniation
• Development of therapies to improve outcome after spinal cord injury
• Outcome measures to assess sensory and motor recovery after spinal cord injury