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Meet the Staff/Members

Director: 

Dr. Ian Tizard
Richard M. Schubot Professor of Exotic Bird Health
Professor of Immunology
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Texas A&M University

Phone: 979-845-4376
FAX:  979-845-9231
Email: bigbird@cvm.tamu.edu 

Dr. Ian Tizard
Dr. Ian Tizard
Director of the Schubot Exotic BIrd Health Center

Associate Professor:

Dr. J. Jill Heatley
Clinical Associate Professor
Zoo Medicine
Department of Small Animal Medicine

Phone: 979-845-2351
Email: jheatley@cvm.tamu.edu

Dr. Heatley with Alex the Scarlet Macaw

Assistant Professor:

Dr. Sharman Hoppes
Clinical Assistant Professor
Zoo Medicine
Department of Small Animal Medicine

Phone: 979-845-2351
Email: shoppes@cvm.tamu.edu

Dr. Hoppes with Margo the Blue and Gold Macaw

Lecturer:

Dr. Donald Brightsmith
Lecturer
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology

Phone: 979-458-0563
Email: dbrightsmith@cvm.tamu.edu


Dr. Brightsmith with a pair of Blue-headed Pionus

Research Associate:

Debra Turner
Senior Research Associate
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology

Phone: 979-862-2327
Email: ddturner@cvm.tamu.edu

Debra Turner with Montana the Green-winged Macaw

Research Assistant:

Dr. Patricia Gray
Research Assistant
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology

Phone: 979-458-0904
Email: pgray@cvm.tamu.edu

Dr. Gray with Jinx the Palm Cockatoo during a visit to the Gabriel Foundation

Texas A&M Faculty engaged in exotic bird research:

 
Dr. Luc Berghman Dr. Shashi Ramiah  
Dr. Bhanu Chowdhary Dr. Sanjay Reddy  
Dr. Norman Dronen Dr. Karen Russell  
Dr. Pat Holman Dr. Nova Silvy  
Dr. Duane Kraemer Dr. Karen Snowden  
Dr. Blanca Lupiani Dr. Guan Zhu  
Dr. Susan Payne

Dr. Jan Suchodolski

 
Dr. Panagiotis Xenoulis Dr. Jorg Steiner  
Itamar Villanueva