Ellen Behrend, VMD, PhD, DACVIM
Dr. Ellen Behrend is Professor emerita in the Department of Clinical Sciences, Auburn University. Dr. Behrend received her VMD degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988 and her PhD from Auburn University in 2001. She has authored numerous scientific publications, including journal articles, book chapters and abstracts and served as a section editor for several textbooks. She has provided 100’s of continuing education lectures at national and international conferences. Dr. Behrend has won the Zoetis Distinguished Teaching Award three times.
Orla Mahony, MVB, DACVIM (SAIM), DECVIM
Dr. Orla Mahony, MVB, DACVIM, DECVIM CA, is Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine. Her interests are in endocrinology and in preparing fourth year veterinary students to diagnose and provide care to cats and dogs with internal system diseases.
Dr. Mahony is board-certified by both the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Growing up in Ireland as the daughter of a beef cattle rancher, Dr.Mahony says she always wanted to be a veterinarian. After attending University College Dublin for veterinary training and an internship, Dr. Mahony moved to England to work in small animal practice. She wanted to specialize further and was accepted into a residency program at Tufts, where she has worked since 1994.
Brian Scansen, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Cardiology)
Dr. Brian A. Scansen is originally from Snohomish, Washington. He was on the faculty of The Ohio State University before moving to Colorado State University, where he is currently a professor and service head of the Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Section. Dr. Scansen has published more than 250 original journal articles, book chapters, proceedings, and scientific abstracts related to cardiac disease in animals.
He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Veterinary Cardiology and is a founding member of the Veterinary Interventional Radiology & Interventional Endoscopy Society. He lectures internationally on topics relevant to heart disease in animals. His clinical and research interests include congenital heart disease, advanced cardiac imaging with a particular emphasis on cardiac computed tomography, and minimally invasive therapeutics for the heart and vasculature.
Lance Visser, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Cardiology)
Dr. Lance Visser is from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He obtained a combined DVM/MS in 2010 from Michigan State University. He then completed a small animal rotating internship at North Carolina State University in 2011, followed by a combined residency/MS program in cardiology at The Ohio State University in 2014. Dr. Visser is currently an Associate Professor of Cardiology in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Colorado State University.
Before this, he was on the faculty at the University of California, Davis, for 7 years (from 2014 to 2021). Dr. Visser is an award-winning educator and has a passion for helping veterinarians with the clinical management of patients with heart disease. He is frequently invited to speak locally, nationally, and internationally on a vast range of topics related to heart disease in animals. His primary research interest is improving the non-invasive assessment of cardiac structure and function in dogs and cats.