Department of Pathobiology

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The Department of Pathobiology consists of faculty and staff members with expertise in various disciplines, including parasitology, microbiology, virology, anatomic and clinical pathology, public health/epidemiology, immunology, and laboratory animal medicine.  

With regards to instruction, our goal is to provide students with high quality teaching in the above disciplines to ensure successful development and assimilation of a strong knowledge base for understanding the pathophysiology and distribution of disease. The following methods are used to accomplish this goal... Read more

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Meet our Team

Our Team
Dr. Nashar  

Toufic Nashar, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor and Department Head Chair of Education Policies Committee (Curriculum)

Tuskegee University 

College of Veterinary Medicine

Department of Pathobiology

Patterson Building, A403

Tel: Office: 334-727-8366/ Lab. 334-724-4514Fax: 334-724-4110

 tnashar@tuskegee.edu

Open Biodata


Ms. Lauren Landry

Administrative Administrative 

Tuskegee University

College of Veterinary Medicine

Department of Pathobiology

Room P129

Phone: 334-727-8511

Fax: 334-724-4110

llandry@tuskegee.edu

 

 

About the Department of Pathobiology

The Department of Pathobiology consists of faculty and staff members with expertise in various disciplines, including parasitology, microbiology, virology, anatomic and clinical pathology, public health/epidemiology, and laboratory animal medicine.  

The department has more than thirty faculty and staff members assigned to the various disciplines. The mission of the department is to provide an environment of excellence in teaching, research, and service in the above disciplines for the College of Veterinary Medicine (TUCVM), Tuskegee University, and the local and global community.

In addition, the department’s mission is accomplished through 14 committees which consist of a chairperson and support faculty and staff. These committees have been established to accommodate the standards established by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). Those standards apply to the School in general and to departments in particular. These 14 committees will report to the department on a regular basis, keeping all members informed and updated on the various AVMA standards and other department functions. The names of the various committees are listed.

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  • CPE Committee
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Also, various members of the department are appointed by the Dean to serve in the governance of the School/College in several capacities. They include membership in the TUCVM Academic Advisory Committee, Director of the Diagnostic Laboratories, membership on the College Personnel Committee and University Faculty Senate, appointment of the Attending Veterinarian for the University, and others.

General Overview

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The Department of Pathobiology consists of faculty members with expertise in several disciplines, including microbiology, anatomic and clinical pathology, immunology, parasitology, laboratory animal medicine, epidemiology, and virology.

The Department has more than thirty faculty and staff members on campus assigned to it. The mission of the Department is to provide an environment of excellence in teaching, research, and service in the above disciplines for the College of Veterinary Medicine (TUCVM), Tuskegee University, and the local and global community.

List of Courses Taught in Pathobiology

VMED-0800A           Introduction to the Veterinary Profession, Animal Welfare and Financial Management 

VMED 804A              Clinical Skills and Case-Based Learning

VMED-809A-01        Veterinary Immunology

VMED 814                 Veterinary Pathology I

VMED 815                 Clinical Pathology

VMED 819A              Bacteriology, Mycology & Clinical Microbiology-I

VMED 820A              Parasitology

VMED 823A              Veterinary Endocrinology

VMED 824                 Veterinary Pathology II

VMED 825                 Veterinary Virology& Clinical Microbiology II

VMED 839A              Avian, Exotics & Lab. Animal Diseases

 

Electives:

PATH 0637                Interp. of Clinical Path Data (Fall & Spring)

PHSI 0445 01           Advanced Endocrinology (Summer, Fall, Spring, 4th Y students only)

VMED 0886              Cetacean Medicine Elective (Fall)

PATH-0637-01          Inter of Clinical Path Data

VMED 0887              Oceanarium Medicine (Spring)

Faculty and Staff

 Department of Pathobiology  - Faculty / Staff             

Faculty List
FACULTY EMAIL TITLE PHONE #
Nashar, Dr. Toufic  tnashar@tuskegee.edu   Associate Professor/Department Head 334.727.8366
Abebe, Dr. Woubit  wabebe@tuskegee.edu Professor/Director Food Animal Health & Food Safety 334.727.8278
Abdelmageed, Dr. Yazeed            yabdelmageed@tuskegee.edu Assistant Professor/Director of Diagnostic Lab Services  334.727.8553
Alexander, Dr. Deloris   dalexander@tuskegee.edu Professor/Joint Appointment with CAENS 334.552.0690
Almokaddem, Dr. Asmaa aalmokaddem@tuskegee.edu Intern: Anatomic Pathology 334.421.2407
Anderson, Dr. Dennis danderson@tuskegee.edu Associate Professor 334.724.4102
Burke, Dr. Robin rburke@tuskegee.edu Professor, Laboratory Animal Medicine/Director of Comparative Medicine Resource Center 334-727-8851
Casimir, Dr. Roslyn       rcasimir@tuskegee.edu Assistant Professor/Section Chief of Necropsy    334.727.8175
Dibaba, Dr. Asseged Bogale adibaba@tuskegee.edu Associate Professor/Public Health          334.724.4170
Etzioni, Dr. Athema       aetzioni@tuskegee.edu Associate Professor/Section Chief of Clinical Pathology 334.724.4105
Faraj, Dr. Rawah rfaraj@tuskegee.edu      Assistant Professor/Research Specialist  334.724.4163
Gilbreath, Dr. Ebony egilbreath@tuskegee.edu Professor/Dean 334.724.4103
Graham, Dr. Elizabeth egraham@tuskegee.edu Associate Professor, Clinical Pathology      334.727.8231
Graham, Dr. Thomas tgraham@tuskegee.edu  Professor//Pathology 334.724.4273
Dr. Adbullateef Ajadi aajadi@tuskegee.edu Clinical Instructor of Pathology 334.847.0547
Lloyd, Dr. Stacy slloyd@tuskegee.edu     Assistant Professor/Benjamin-Carver FIRST Scientist  334.725.2331
Mohamed, Dr. Abdelrahman amohamed@tuskegee.edu Associate Professor       334.727.8729
Mousa, Dr. Mohamed Refaat mmousa@tuskegee.edu Clinical Instructor of Anatomic Pathology 334.421.3352
Odemuyiwa, Dr. Solomon sodemuyiwa@tuskegee.edu Interim Associate Dean of Preclinical Curriculum, Professor 334.727.8753
Platt, Dr. Terrance tplatt@tuskegee.edu Assistant Director Comparative Medicine (CMRC) 404.964.1625
Quinn-Gorham, Dr. Deidre dquinngorham@tuskegee.edu Clinical Instructor/Coordinator of Educational Programs 334.724.4678 
Salem, Dr. Sherein        ssalem@tuskegee.edu Associate Professor       334.727.8698
Samuel, Dr. Temesgen tsamuel@tuskegee.edu Associate Professor/Associate Dean of Res. & Adv. Studies 334.724.4547
Woube, Dr. Yilkal ywoube@tuskegee.edu  Assistant Professor 334.524.9042
Yehualaeshet, Dr. Teshome tyehualaeshet@tuskegee.edu Professor 334.727.8107
 Dr. Gbemisola Akingbade gakingbade@tuskegee.edu Assistant Professor of Anatomic Pathology   334-725-2362

 

Staff/Intern
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Adams, Alexis aadams@tuskegee.edu Diagnostic Laboratory Manager/Supervisor 334.724.4282
Awad, Monira   aawad@tuskegee.edu    Medical Technologist/Clinical Pathology 334.724.4109
Babiker, Yousra ybabiker@tuskegee.edu    
Baker, Edward ebaker@tuskegee.edu    Necropsy Technician 334.724.4112
Collins, Trenecka tcollins@tuskegee.edu Director of Compliance/Microbiology Technician 334.727.8726
Hayden, Karl khayden@tuskegee.edu Histotechnologist 334.724.4111
Lauren Landry llandry@tuskegee.edu  Administrative Assistant 334.727.8511
Pearsall, Anthony apearsall@tuskegee.edu Lab Animal Technician, Comparative Medicine  334.552.1308
Walker, Leonard   Lab Animal Technician, CMRC
Kodi Barett kbarrett@tuskegee.edu  Lab Animal Technician, CMRC
INTERNS

 

 

 

Almokaddem, Dr. Asmaa aalmokaddem@tuskegee.edu Intern: Anatomic Pathology

334.421.2407

Julia Eastham jeastham@tuskegee.edu Intern: Clinical Pathology

 

                                                                                                          

                

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