Faculty and Staff

• Co-director of the James W. Goodwin and Joy Goodwin Adams Equine Reproduction Center 
• Assistant Professor, Theriogenology
• DVM- North Carolina State University
• Diplomate, American College of Theriogenology

Dr. Aime Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Theriogenology in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Auburn University. She graduated with her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) in 2000. Following graduation, Dr. Johnson entered private practice in North Central Texas where she worked in an exclusive equine practice for 2 years, and a mixed animal practice for 3 years.  Following private practice, she completed a neonatal internship from Marian DuPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, VA.  In 2005, she entered a theriogenology residency program at Texas A&M and passed the American College of Theriogenology certifying examination in 2007 making her a diplomate (specialist) in reproduction.  She joined the faculty at Auburn in August of 2007 and enjoys teaching and mentoring veterinary students as well as working on challenging reproduction cases.  Her research involves studying gangliosidosis in cats and developing a treatment that will carry over to children with the same disease.  She also has a special interest in stallion reproduction and managing subfertile stallions.  Hobbies include eventing, snow skiing, and keeping up with four children, son Nathan, and triplets born in November, 2011.

• Co-director of the James W. Goodwin and Joy Goodwin Adams Equine Reproduction Center
• DVM - Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine
• Diplomate - American College of Theriogenologists
• MS - Auburn University

Originally from Elba, AL, Dr. Wilborn completed an undergraduate degree in Animal and Dairy Sciences in 1998 and a DVM degree in 2002.  She then spent three years working as both a large and small animal veterinarian in Wichita, KS before returning to Auburn in 2005 for advanced training in theriogenology.  She spent the next three years in a focused training program at Auburn University in order to specialize in reproduction, becoming Board-certified by the American College of Theriogenologists in 2007 and completing a Master’s degree in 2008. 

Dr. Wilborn’s clinical training encompassed theriogenology in all species, but she currently focuses her clinical and research efforts on equine and canine reproduction.  Her research interests involve factors that influence uterine development as well as investigation of the novel neuropeptide kisspeptin and its role in cyclicity, seasonality and pregnancy of the mare.

Dr. Wilborn serves as co-director of the James W. Goodwin and Joy Goodwin Adams Equine Reproduction Center.  In their spare time, Dr. Wilborn and her husband enjoy water skiing and keeping up with their two young daughters.  The Wilborn family also includes two Quarter Horses, a Pointer and a Sheltie.

The Equine Reproduction Center (ERC) at Auburn University is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated solely to theriogenology.  The Equine Theriogenology service offers a variety of clinical services for both mares and stallions, including both routine procedures as well as in-depth investigations of complex cases requiring special techniques.  Some of the common procedures performed at the ERC include reproductive examinations for breeding soundness of both mares and stallions prior to breeding or purchase, management of sub-fertile mares and stallions for breeding, semen freezing, embryo transfer, and management of high-risk pregnancies.  In addition to these procedures, the ERC houses and manages a number of stallions that are available for breeding.  (add link here)

The small animal theriogenology service offers many clinical resources in the field of canine reproduction, but feline patients are included as well.  The most common procedures requested include canine fertility evaluations, management of subfertile males and females, canine semen freezing, and ovulation timing/breeding management of the female dog. 

• Resident, Equine Theriogenology
• DVM - Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. Michael Miller received his undergraduate training at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana where he majored in biological science.  After growing up on a standardbred horse breeding farm in upstate New York, the decision to attend veterinary school was an easy one.  Dr. Miller earned his veterinary degree in 2010 from the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine while completing his final year of clinical training at Michigan State University's Veterinary Medical Center.  After completing an internship in large animal internal medicine and sugery at the University of Illinois in 2011, Dr. Miller accepted a residency position here at Auburn University in equine and small animal obstetrics, gynecology and andrology (theriogenology). 

Dr. Miller's professional interests include management of the high-risk pregnancy, cycle manipulation of the mare and neonatology.  His current research efforts include investigation of a hormone called Kisspeptin and its use as a prognostic indicator in the high-risk pregnancy of the mare.  Personally, Dr. Miller enjoys spending time with his dog Natalie and spending as much time outdoors as possible.  He is also very active in the standardbred industry as an owner of a commercial breeding farm.