DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California-Davis

Medical Director, UC Veterinary Medical Center San Diego

Dr. Larry Cowgill received his DVM degree from UC Davis,  and completed his internship and residency training at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a National Institutes of Health Special Research Fellow at the Renal and Electrolyte Section of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and earned a PhD in comparative medical sciences. He is board certified in small animal internal medicine and is Associate Dean for Southern California Clinical Programs, Director of the UC Veterinary Medical Center-San Diego (UCVMC-SD), and professor in the Department of Medicine and Epidemiology at UC Davis. He oversees the clinical nephrology programs and the Companion Animal Extracorporeal programs at both UC Davis and the UCVMC-SD. Dr. Cowgill has more than 45 years of experience in veterinary internal medicine, nephrology, and has trained many of the leading authorities in extracorporeal therapies throughout the world. He is a pioneer in the application of hemodialysis and therapeutic apheresis in companion animals, and remains a leading authority in the development of blood purification therapies for animals.

VMD, MS, DACVIM

Nephrology & Urology, Extracorporeal Therapies, Friendship Hospital for Animals

Dr. JD Foster completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Wisconsin and obtained a master’s degree in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Kansas. After several years in academia, he now runs the Nephrology & Urology and Extracorporeal Therapies services at Friendship Hospital for Animals in Washington, DC. Dr. Foster’s research interests include nontraditional uses of extracorporeal blood purification, glomerulonephritis, and drug pharmacokinetics in patients with kidney disease. He has lectured internationally on these subjects and has published numerous manuscripts and book chapters in nephrology and urology. He is a past-president of the American Society of Veterinary Nephrology and Urology, a current board member of the International Renal Interest Society, and the nephrology chair and founding member of the American College of Veterinary Nephrology and Urology.

DVM, DACVIM

Professor & Internal Medicine Section Head, The Ohio State University

Dr. Cathy Langston completed her internship and internal medicine residency at the Animal Medical Center in NYC. She then became the first fellow in Renal Medicine and Hemodialysis at the University of California-Davis under the training of Dr. Larry Cowgill, before returning to the AMC. There, she ran the nephrology and dialysis service for 16 years before returning to academia. She is currently a professor and Internal Medicine Section Head at The Ohio State University. She has lectured internationally on nephrology topics and authored numerous manuscripts and book chapters. She is the original organizer of the Advanced Renal Therapies Symposium- now the IRIS Renal Week and is also a founding member of the American College of Veterinary Nephrology and Urology.

Dr. med. vet., DACVIM (SAIM), DECVIM-CA (Internal Medicine)

Professor and Internal Medicine Section Head, The University of Berne

Dr. Francey graduated from the University of Berne, Switzerland in 1988. After a Residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine (University of Berne and Louisiana State University) he specialized further in nephrology with a Fellowship in Renal Medicine and Hemodialysis at the University of California Davis. He stayed in Davis as a Lecturer in Internal Medicine and Nephrology until 2005 before coming back to Switzerland. He is currently Head of the Division of Small Animal Internal Medicine at the University of Berne and he pursues his main interests in the clinical manifestations of uremia and the use of advanced renal therapies in small animals.

DVM, DACVIM

Professor, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. Labato lectures in small animal medicine about diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract. She primarily teaches during clinical rotations in the fourth year and instructs students on how to practice medicine. Her favorite cases are those that involve acute kidney injury, in which she has to use dialysis to get kidneys to start working again when they had stopped functioning completely. These are very happy ending cases, she says.

DVM, DECVIM

Associate professor, Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine

Following his residency in small animal internal medicine, Dr. Segev completed a 2 year nephrology fellowship with Dr. Larry Cowgill at UC. Davis. He has spoken internationally on topics within kidney and urinary diseases and authored dozens of manuscript within these subjects. He is currently a board member of the International Renal Interest Society as well as the head of the curriculum committee and the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Dr. med. vet. DACVIM, DECVIM-CA

Dr. Schweighauser received her veterinary degree at the University of Bern, Switzerland, in 1997. After a Residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the University of Bern and Louisiana State University, she completed a Fellowship in Renal Medicine and Hemodialysis at the University of California Davis, under the training of Dr. Larry Cowgill, and the University of Bern, under the training of Dr. Thierry Francey. She has since been working as a faculty in nephrology/urology and extracorporeal blood purification therapy at the Small Animal Teaching hospital, University of Bern. Her main interests include acute kidney injury, extracorporeal blood purification therapy and tubular disease.

DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Dr. Sheri Ross received her veterinary degree in 1996 from the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. She then completed an internship at the University of Minnesota where she remained to complete a three-year internal medicine residency as well as a PhD in Nephrology and Urology. Dr. Ross served as an assistant clinical professor at the University of Minnesota for two years. She then completed a Fellowship in Renal Medicine and Extracorporeal Therapies at the University of California Veterinary Medical Center-San Diego, after which she accepted a clinical faculty position with UC Davis in San Diego as a member of the Advanced Urinary Disease and Extracorporeal Therapies Service.

DVM

UC Veterinary Medical Center - San Diego

Dr. Cedric Dufayet obtained his veterinary degree from the Alfort School of Veterinary Medicine in 2001. Upon graduation, he completed a rotating small animal medicine and surgery internship at the Alfort School Veterinary Teaching Hospital, where he remained as a member of the Nephrology and Urology consultation group until 2004. He practiced nephrology and urology for 10 years in French specialty hospitals before starting his Renal Medicine and Extracorporeal Therapies Fellowship at the University of California Veterinary Medical Center-San Diego (UCVMC-SD) in 2018. Dr. Dufayet joined the faculty of the Advanced Urinary Disease and Extracorporeal Therapies Service at the UCVMC-SD in 2020 with expertise in all major extracorporeal modalities.

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