Andrea J. Fascetti, VMD, Ph.D., Dipl. ACVIM, ACVN
Service Chief, Associate Professor Nutrition
Dr. Fascetti graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine. Following graduation she completed an internship and medicine residency at The Animal Medical Center in New York City. She holds a doctoral degree in nutrition from the University of California, Davis. She is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and the American College of Veterinary Nutrition. Dr. Fascetti is currently an Associate Professor of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis. She is also the service chief for the Nutrition Support Service in the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of the University of California, Davis. Her current research interests are trace mineral and amino acid metabolism in dogs and cats, improvement of pet foods and carnivore nutrition.
Jennifer A. Larsen, DVM, Ph.D., Dipl. ACVN
Assistant Professor Clinical Nutrition
Dr. Larsen holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Animal Science and a Doctorate degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of California, Davis. She completed one year in local private practice before accomplishing a clinical nutrition residency at UCD. In 2007, Dr. Larsen attained Diplomate status from the American College of Veterinary Nutrition, and completed a PhD in Nutritional Biology in 2008. She is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Nutrition at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at the University of California, Davis and does clinical nutritional consulting through the VMTH Nutrition Support Service.
Leslie Monroe
Dr. Monroe graduated from the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine in 2001. From there she practiced small animal medicine and surgery in Southern California and in Charlotte, NC. In 2007, she became a scientific communications veterinarian for Royal Canin, US. She came to Davis to start her nutrition residency in 2009. Her interests include the influence of diet on the musculoskeletal system, perisurgical nutrition, and lower urinary tract disease.
Yann Queau, DVM
Clinical Nutrition Resident I
Dr. Queau graduated from the National Veterinary School of Toulouse (France) in 2007 after completing a veterinary thesis on the effect of aging on renal function in dogs. Following graduation, he completed a one-year internship in Renal Medicine and Hemodialysis at UC Davis (2008) and is currently a first-year resident in Small Animal Clinical Nutrition at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of the University of California, Davis.
Dawn Cauthen, BS
Cauthen has been working with animals in a clinical setting for more than 25 years. She holds a bachelor's degree in zoology from the University of California, Davis. She has worked at UC Davis for more than 20 years, with 13 of those years spent at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Cauthen has been the Nutrition Support Service Technician since June, 2006 and is the administrative assistant for the American College of Veterinary Nutrition, a national organization that aims to advance the specialty.
