Staff

Administration

Name Position Email Expertise
Alma Roy, PhD (LSU 2000) Interim LADDL Director and Consultant aroy@lsu.edu   More than 20 years' experience. Expertise in diagnostics.
Maria Mitchell, DVM (LSU 2002) Assistant Director msmitch@lsu.edu  More than 14 years' experience. LADDL veterinary consultant with expertise in microbiology and bacteriology.
Brandye Smith Quality Assurance Coordinator brandyes@lsu.edu  Quality Assurance
Dee Patel Billing Coordinator dpatel10@lsu.edu   

 

Assessioning and Receiving

Name Position Email Expertise
Shelby Brady Laboratory Accessioner sbrady@lsu.edu   
Ruby Jackson Coordinator rubyjackson@lsu.edu   Receiving
Hannah Jeyaraj Laboratory Accessioner hjeyaraj@lsu.edu   

 

Business Office

Name Position Email Expertise
Trinity Trum Administrative Coordinator ttrum@lsu.edu   
Chamila Vidyaratne Administrative Coordinator chamilav@lsu.edu   

 

Anatomic Pathology

Name Position Email Expertise
Mariano Carossino, DVM, PhD, DACVM, DACVP Section Head (Histology and Immunochemistry), Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pathology, Anatomic Pathologist mcarossino1@lsu.edu  More than 10 years' experience. Expertise in viral pathogenesis. Expert bovine diagnostician with expertise in cardiac and pulmonary pathology.
Fabio Del Piero, DVM, PhD, DACVP Section Head, Professor of Veterinary Pathology, Anatomic Pathologist fdelpiero@lsu.edu  More than 30 years' experience. Internationally recognized expert in equine pathology and expertise in ruminant diagnostics.
Jeongha Lee, DVM, MS, DACVP Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pathology, Anatomic Pathologist jlee282@lsu.edu   
Jose Cesar Menk, DVM, DACVP Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pathology, Anatomic Pathologist cmenk2@lsu.edu   
Emi Sasaki, DVM, DACVP Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pathology, Anatomic Pathologist emi@lsu.edu   
Ingeborg M. Langhor, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVP Adjunct Professor of Veterinary Pathology, Anatomic Pathologist ingeborg.langohr@sanofi.com   

 

 

Clinical Pathology

Name Position Email Expertise
Shannon Dehghanpir, DVM (LSU 2013), DACVP Section Chief, Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology (VCS) sdavi15@lsu.edu  More than 9 years' experience. Expertise in clinical pathology and veterinary mycology.
Nadia Kelly Richmond, DVM, DACVP Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology (VCS) nkelly5@lsu.edu   
Cindy Berry Medical Technololgist cmberry@lsu.edu   
Catherine Christiensen Medical Technologist ccaugh1@lsu.edu   
Rebecca Garcia Medical Technologist rgarcia3@lsu.edu   
Sarah Magee Medical Technologist smagee@lsu.edu   
Ashley Pourciau Medical Technologist apourc9@lsu.edu   

 

Endocrinology

Name Position Email Expertise
Maria Smith Research Associate jsmith12@lsu.edu   

 

Histology and Immunochemistry

Name Position Email  
Kendra Shultz Histology & IHC Supervisor shultz11@lsu.edu   
Aneta Staszkiewicz Research Associate astaszkiewics@lsu.edu   
Jesrielle Jackson Histology Technician jjackson9@lsu.edu   
Britney Vickers Histology Technician bvickers@lsu.edu   

 

Microbiology (Bacteriology, Serology, Virology)

Name Position Email Expertise
Maria Mitchell, DVM (LSU 2002), MS Assistant Director of LADDL and Section Head msmitch@lsu.edu  More than 14 years' experience. LADDL veterinary consultant with expertise in microbiology and bacteriology.
Cam Lucas Research Associate clucas8@lsu.edu   
Jude Smith Research Associate judesmith@lsu.edu   
Emily Yalcin Research Associate eyalci1@lsu.edu   

 

Molecular Diagnostics

Name Position Email
Keith Strother, PhD Section Head kstrother@lsu.edu 
Tarra Harden Research Associate tharde1@lsu.edu 
Laura Peak Research Associate lpeak1@lsu.edu 

 

Parasitology

Name Position Email Expertise
Amira Ahmed, BVMS, Msc, PhD, DACVM Section Head aahmed@lsu.edu  More than 15 years of experience in Veterinary Parasitology diagnostics and method development

 

Toxicology Laboratory

Name Position Email Expertise
 Ahmed Abdelmoneim, BVMS, MSc, PhD, DABT Section Head  aahmed@lsu.edu    
Pamela Waller Diagnostic Specialist pcasas2lsu.edu