PVM Directory / Grant N. Burcham
Grant N. Burcham, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Contact Info
Assistant Director Heeke Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
Associate Clinical Professor in Comparative Pathobiology
Veterinary Diagnostician
Department of Comparative Pathobiology | Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory | Heeke Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
625 Harrison Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
812-678-3401
gburcham@purdue.edu
Publications Link | ADDL | AAVLD | ACVP
About
Dr. Burcham was raised in southern Indiana, in the town of Bloomfield, in Greene County. He attended Hanover College for his Bachelors degree (earned in 2003) and later Purdue University for veterinary school. He graduated from vet school in 2007 and stayed on at Purdue for the next 7 years, completing a residency in anatomic pathology in 2010 and a PhD in comparative pathobiology in 2014. He is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists and is now practicing diagnostic pathology at the southern Indiana branch of the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, known as the Heeke Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. The lab is located on the campus of the Southern Indiana Purdue Agricultural Center (SIPAC), between the towns of French Lick and Jasper. His professional interests include diseases of ruminants and poultry, diseases associated with forages and pasture, diseases of native Hoosier wildlife, and infectious diseases in general.
Education
2014 - PhD | Purdue University
2010 - MS | Purdue University
2007 - DVM | Purdue University
2003 - BS | Hanover College
Experience
2025–Current | Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
2018–2025 | Courtesy Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
2014–Current | Veterinary Diagnostician and Assistant Director; Heeke Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Dubois, IN
2010–2014 | NIH Training Fellow and Graduate Research Assistant; Purdue University for Cancer Research and Department of Comparative Biology, West Lafayette, IN
2007–2010 | Anatomic Pathology Resident; Purdue University Department of Comparative Pathobiology and Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, West Lafayette
Certifications
- Diplomate, America College of Veterinary Pathologists (Anatomic Pathology), 2010
Areas of Interest
- Diseases of ruminants and poultry, diseases associated with forages and pasture, diseases of native Hoosier wildlife, infectious disease, viral discovery
Courses
- Instructor for CPB 85700 (Veterinary Systemic Pathology), Digestive System
