Surgery - Soft Tissue - Faculty / Residents /Staff
- Dr. William T. N. Culp, VMD, DACVS
- Dr. William Culp graduated from the University of Pennsylvania,
School of Veterinary Medicine in 2004. After graduation from veterinary
School, he remained at the University of Pennsylvania to complete a
rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery followed by a
surgical residency. Dr. Culp is board-certified as a Diplomate of the
American College of Veterinary Surgeons, and he has pursued additional
training in cancer surgery at the Colorado State University Animal
Cancer Center, during which he completed a Surgical Oncology
Fellowship.
Dr. Culp is currently a member of the soft tissue surgery service at the
University of California - Davis. He is interested in many areas of soft
tissue surgery, but his major focuses are surgical oncology and interventional radiology. Surgical oncology focuses on utilizing advanced
surgical techniques to treat cancer in veterinary patients. Interventional
radiology is a newly developing field in veterinary medicine that utilizes
diagnostic imaging (mostly fluoroscopy) to treat disease processes in
veterinary patients in a minimally invasive manner. Interventional
radiology allows for treatment options in cases that previously may have
been considered untreatable. These two specialties will allow for advanced, minimally invasive treatments to be pursued for veterinary cancer and non-cancer patients. Diseases of particular interest to Dr. Culp include malignant obstructions (cancer resulting in blockage of the urethra, trachea, esophagus, and colon), non-resectable tumors (tumors that cannot be removed with traditional surgical techniques), tumors that can be treated with direct delivery of chemotherapy to their blood vessels, vascular abnormalities (portosystemic shunts, arteriovenous malformations) and tumors causing blockage of the ureter.
- Dr. Geraldine Briony Hunt, BVSc, MVetClinStud, PhD, FACVSc
- Dr. Geraldine Hunt graduated from the Veterinary Faculty at the University of Sydney in 1983. After graduating from veterinary school she worked in small animal practice before completing a PhD in cardiovascular surgery. Following completion her doctorate, she established the Veterinary Cardiovascular unit at the University of Sidney. She has extensive experience as an academic surgeon at the University of Sydney as Head of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, and Director of the Small Animal Teaching Hospital.
Dr. Hunt is the Chief of Surgery and a member of the soft tissue surgery service at the University of California - Davis. Her areas of expertise include all aspects of soft tissue surgery, with a particular interest in vascular and reconstructive surgery, and minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Hunt has numerous research publications, and contributed to text book chapters in the field of small animal surgery. She is well known for delivery of Continuing Education to veterinarians world-wide.
- Dr. Kelli Mayhew, VMD, DACVS
- Dr. Kelli Mayhew is a 2004 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, where she also completed an internship and her residency in small animal surgery. She joined the small animal surgery team in 2009 after being in private practice as a surgeon in Washington state.
Dr. Mayhew provides services in all areas of surgery, including soft-tissue surgery, orthopedic procedures and on-call support for the Community Surgery service and training program. Clinical interests include minimally invasive surgical procedures, fracture repair and surgical treatment of joint disorders.
- Dr. Philipp Mayhew, BVM&S, DACVS
- Dr. Philipp Mayhew is a 1996 graduate of the University of Edinburgh. He completed his small animal surgery residency at the University of Pennsylvania in 2004, where he also completed an orthopedic research fellowship. Before joining the UC Davis faculty in 2010, Dr. Mayhew served as assistant professor of small animal surgery at the University of Pennsylvania and worked in private practice in Washington state.
Dr. Mayhew performs all types of surgery while offering particular expertise in minimally-invasive techniques such as laparoscopy and thoracoscopy. He has published more than two dozen research papers to assess new techniques for disease treatment and advanced surgical procedures.
- Dr. Michele A. Steffey, DVM, Diplomate ACVS
- Dr. Michele Steffey graduated from the University of California
Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine in 1999. After graduation
from veterinary school, she completed a small animal general
internship at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary
Medicine and then completed her residency in small animal surgery
at Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine. Following the
completion of her residency, Dr. Steffey joined the full-time faculty at
Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine until 2007, and
remains an adjunct assistant professor at Cornell.
Dr. Steffey is an Assistant Professor and member of the soft tissue
surgery service at the University of California – Davis. Her areas of
interest include oncology, minimally invasive surgery, interventional
radiology and microsurgery. Dr. Steffey is a founding veterinarian
of the nonprofit Tails of Hope foundation, a nonprofit organization
dedicated to aiding in the fight against cancer in veterinary patients.
She is active in a number of clinical and translational research projects
and has authored a number of scientific publications and chapters in
various veterinary textbooks.
RESIDENTS
- Dr. Krista Adamovich
- Dr. Krista Adamovich received her Bachelor's of Science in Biology from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. She then went on to receive her Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University. She completed a small animal rotating internship in surgery, internal medicine and emergency medicine at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center.
- Dr. Mark Fuller
- Dr. Mark Fuller grew up on a farm in Western Canada. After graduating from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in 2005, he completed a large animal internship at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Following the internship, he worked for a year in a mixed animal practice; during this year, he gained a strong interest in small animal surgery. He then worked as an associate veterinarian in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for 1 year prior to completing to a small animal internship at the Veterinary Medical and Surgical Group in Ventura, California. He then went to Michigan State University and worked as a research associate prior to being selected for the residency program at UC Davis. Dr. Fuller has strong interests in both Soft Tissue and Orthopedic Surgery and has gained valuable experience working with the Faculty Surgeons of the Small Animal Surgery Service. He looks forward to meeting you and helping with your pet's care while at the VMTH.
- Dr. Sun Kim
- Dr. Sun Kim received his DVM degree from Seoul National University in Korea. He then practiced at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital in Seoul for several years before becoming involved with several research programs at Michigan State University and the University of California-Davis. Dr. Kim completed a small animal medicine and surgery internship at the University of Florida. Dr. Kim's clinical interests are in soft tissue and orthopedic surgery and his research is focused on motion analysis in animals, biomechanics and biostatistics/study design.
- Dr. Cassie Lux
- Dr. Cassie Lux is a graduate of Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine. She completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Mississippi State University.
- Dr. Steph Shaver
- Dr. Steph Shaver is a Colorado native and a graduate of Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. After obtaining her DVM, she spent a year at the University of Georgia completing an internship in small animal medicine and surgery.
- Dr. Andrea Smith
- Dr. Andrea Smith received her DVM from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. She then completed a Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Rotating Internship at Purdue University and a surgical internship at the Dallas Veterinary Surgery Center.
STAFF
Theresa Varland, Surgery Schedule Coordinator
Gigi Remark, RVT Soft Tissue Specialty Technician
Michele Callahan, RVT, Soft tissue Specialty Technician
Linda Tripp, RVT, Surgery Specialty Supervisor
