Oncology Faculty and Staff

To contact the oncology service, please call the Small Animal Hospital at 765-494-1107.

Medical Oncology Faculty

Deborah W. Knapp, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)

Director, Purdue Comparative Oncology Program
Dolores L. McCall Professor of Comparative Oncology

1988 - MS | Purdue University
1983 - DVM | Auburn University
1990 - Board Certified | ACVIM (Oncology)

Scholarly Publications:
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Michael O. Childress, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)

Associate Professor, Comparative Oncology

2009 - MS | Purdue University
2004 - DVM | The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
2010 - Board Certified | ACVIM (Oncology)

Scholarly Publications:
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Christopher M. Fulkerson, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology

2014 - MS | Purdue University
2010 - DVM | Purdue University
2015 - Board Certified | ACVIM (Oncology)

Scholarly Publications:
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Cancer Epidemiologist

Audrey Ruple, DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate ACVPM

Assistant Professor of One Health Epidemiology

Neurology Faculty

R. Timothy Bentley, BVSc, Diplomate ACVIM (Neurology)

Associate Professor of Neurology/Neurosurgery
2005 - MRCVS | Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
2005 - BVSc (Dist) | Liverpool University
2009 - Board Certified | ACVIM (Neurology)

Scholarly Publications:
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Radiation Oncology Faculty

Jeannie Poulson, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVR (RO)

Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
2001 - PhD | Colorado State University
1992 - DVM | Colorado State University
2004 - Board Certified | American College of Veterinary Radiology (Radiation Oncology)

Scholarly Publications:
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Medical Oncology Residents

Blake A. Marcum, DVM

2019 - MS (Purdue University)
2019 - Medical oncology residency (Purdue University)
2012 - Rotating internship (University of Illinois - Urbana)
2011 - DVM (University of Tennessee)

Marejka H. Shaevitz, MS, DVM

2020 - MS (Purdue University)
2017 - Internship (University of Illinois)
2016 - DVM (Oregon State University)
2010 - MS (University of Utah)

Breann C. Sommer, DVM

2019 - MS (Purdue University)
2019 - Medical oncology residency (Purdue University)
2016 - Rotating Internship (Louisiana State University)
2015 - DVM (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Radiation Oncology Residents

Ilektra Athanasiadi, DVM

2019 - MS (Purdue University)
2019 - Radiation oncology residency (Purdue University)
2014- Dr. med. vet. (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
2011 - Rotating internship (University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany)
2006 - DVM (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

Darren (Dah-Renn) Fu, BVM, PhD

2020 - MS (Purdue University)
2015 - PhD (Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan)
2006 - MVM (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)
2005 - BVM (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)