Faculty and Staff

Dr.  Herris Maxwell, a Mississippi native, graduated from the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1978 and completed an internship in Food Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Missouri in 1979.  He entered private practice in Columbia, Mississippi in 1979 and remained in that private practice for the next 26 years.  During his time in practice, he provided care to livestock and companion animal species, with a focus on reproduction and production medicine.  In 1999, he became a diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists, the AVMA recognized specialty in reproductive medicine.  

Dr. Maxwell joined the faculty of the College of Veterinary Medicine in 2005 as an associate clinical professor and was promoted to clinical professor in 2012.  His assignment has included dairy production and management, reproductive medicine of large and small animals, and food animal practice.  Although his appointment is primarily clinical, a small research component  has provided support for projects in reproductive endocrinology, bovine mastitis, infectious infertility and BVD infections in wildlife. 

• Clinical Instructor - Food Animal
• DVM - University of Florida

Dr. BJ Newcomer received his DVM degree from the University of Florida in 2002 and joined a large dairy practice in central California. After two and a half years in private practice, Dr. Newcomer traveled to the Central African Republic with Christian Veterinary Mission to assist semi-nomadic cattlemen with animal husbandry, veterinary care, preventative herd health, and public health issues. Dr. Newcomer came to the Auburn College of Veterinary Medicine in July, 2008 as a Clinical Instructor in the Food Animal section of the Department of Clinical Sciences. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in bovine infectious disease and board certification by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and the American College of Preventative Veterinary Medicine. Dr. BJ Newcomer is married to Dr. Sara-Louise Newcomer, who also works at AUCVM in Community Practice. Together they enjoy SCUBA diving, international travel, and spending time outdoors with their labrador retriever, Ivy Jane.

• Resident, Food Animal Internal Medicine
• DVM - University of Saskatchewan

I'm originally from Alberta, Canada. Attended the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (University of Saskatchewan, graduating class of 2010), Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Completed an internship at an equine referral hospital in Brandon, FL (Surgi-Care Center for Horses), prior to pursuing an internal medicine residency (food animal) and master's here at Auburn. I'm working with the good Drs. Passler and Walz for my thesis, looking at sickness behavior in cattle. Veterinary interests include internal medicine, surgery, and herd health of horses and all livestock species.