Sept. 6, 2006   Bellah named interim head of Department of Clinical Sciences   Auburn University Professor Jamie Bellah has been named interim head of the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Clinical Sciences.   Dean Timothy Boosinger recently made the announcement after former department head Dr. David Whitley decided to return to his clinical faculty position in veterinary ophthalmology. Dr. Bellah is a professor of small animal surgery and has been director of the college’s Southeastern Raptor Center for two years, a position he will continue to hold.   “He has done an outstanding job directing the raptor center and in his overall responsibilities with the college,” Dean Boosinger said. “We look forward to his leadership in the Department of Clinical Sciences.”   Dr. Bellah joined the Auburn faculty in 2003 after serving five years in private practice and 14 years at the University of Florida, where he was chief of small animal surgery. He earned his veterinary degree from Colorado State University in 1979 and received board certification in 1986 by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, of which he was president in 2002-2003.   Return to News