Dr. Pete Christopherson received the Bachelor of Science in Zoology and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Wisconsin in 1997 and 2001, respectively. He enrolled in a combined Doctor of Philosophy and Clinical Pathology residency program at Auburn University in the Fall of 2001. Pete completed his residency training in 2004 and served as a clinical instructor at Auburn for the 2004-05 academic year. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (Clinical Pathology) and is currently conducting PhD studies under the guidance of Dr. Mary Boudreaux in the area of inherited bleeding disorders of horses, with a focus on Glanzmann Thrombasthenia.
Dr. Emily C. Graff earned a B.A. degree in Biological Sciences from Mount Holyoke College in 2003 and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Texas A&M University in 2007. She joined the Clinical Pathology Residency Program at Auburn University in 2008 after completing a small animal rotating internship at Auburn.
Dr. Jennifer “Jey” Koehler was appointed Resident in Anatomic Pathology in 2007. Dr. Koehler earned her DVM degree from Louisiana State University in 1996 after undergraduate work in Wildlife Science at Auburn University. From 1996 until 2007 she practiced veterinary medicine in Pennsylvania, Texas, and Mississippi.
Dr. Leah Ann Kuhnt is a native of western Kentucky. She earned a BS in Animal Sciences from the University of Kentucky and her DVM degree from Tuskegee University. She is currently a Resident and MS student in anatomic pathology. Her research interests involve the immunopathology of the thymus during feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection.
Dr. Heather Walz received a B.S. in Organismal Biology from the University of Kansas. She then attended Kansas State University, where she earned a D.V.M. and completed an anatomic pathology residency, with ACVP Diplomate status being awarded in 2006. At Auburn University, Dr. Walz is a microbiology resident and PhD candidate in the laboratory of Dr. Kenny Brock. Her research focuses on the pathogenesis of intrauterine bovine viral diarrhea virus infection.
Dr. Jaime Weisman was appointed Resident in Anatomic Pathology in 2007. Dr. Weisman graduated with a DVM degree from the University of Georgia in 2007 after earning a BS degree in Biology at UGA in 2003.
