Faculty - Staff
Andrea J. Fascetti, VMD, Ph.D., Dipl. ACVIM, ACVN
Service Chief, 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.
Amy Farcas, DVM
Clinical Nutrition Resident II
Dr. Farcas graduated from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in 2008. She then completed a one-year rotating internship in private practice, followed by a year of working in general practice. Dr. Farcas began her residency program with the Nutrition Support Service in 2010. Her interests include the role of nutrition in inflammatory diseases, effects of obesity and improving professional and public understanding of the importance of nutrition in veterinary patients.
Jonathan Stockman, DVM
Clinical Nutrition Resident I
Dr. Stockman received his veterinary degree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel in 2006 and later completed an internship in the Koret veterinary teaching hospital, Bet Dagan, Israel in 2007. Following his internship, Dr. Stockman completed a residency in Companion Avian and Exotic Pet Medicine Program at the University of California, Davis in 2011. Dr. Stockman joined the Nutrition Support Service to pursue a residency in small animal clinical nutrition in 2011. His fields of interest include application of small animal clinical nutrition to exotic and zoo species, investigation of home prepared diets for dogs and cats, and the role of nutrition in growth and development.
Dawn Cauthen, BS
Nutrition Service Technician
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.
