Approved for 1hr California Statutorily Approved CE

SPEAKER: Valerie A Fodok, DVM, PhD, DACVD

Dr. Valerie Fadok has been intimately involved in veterinary dermatology for over 40 years. Her desire is to make dermatology less frustrating and more rewarding for veterinarians, pet owners, and pets. She received her DVM from Washington State University in 1978, after which she did an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the West Los Angeles Veterinary Medical Group. A residency in veterinary dermatology followed at the University ofFlorida College of Veterinary Medicine, and Dr. Fadok became board-certified veterinary dermatology in 1982. She earned a PhD in Experimental Pathology at the Unversity of Colorado Health Sciences center in 1991; her thesis centered around programmed cell death and control of inflammation. Dr. Fadok has worked on faculty at University of Tennessee, the University of Florida, Texas A & M University, and National Jewish Health.Prior to joining Zoetis in 2016, she worked in private specialty practices in Denver, Colorado, and Houston, Texas. Dr. Fadok retired from Zoetis as a field specialist in January 2023. She concurrently provides support to Nextmune for allergy testing, immunotherapy, and disease management. Dr. Fadok has lectured internationally, nationally, and locally on subjects relating to veterinary skin disease, immunology, and inflammation, and is a dermatology consultant on the Veterinary Information Network (VIN). Awards include the ACVD Award for Excellence (2010) and the Frank Kral Award (2018)