Corey Fisher received his DVM degree from
the University of Florida in 2021.He went on to complete a small animal
rotating internship at Colorado State University in 2022 and then worked in private
practice as an emergency veterinarian in Jacksonville, Florida, in 2023. He is
currently in his emergency and critical care residency at the University of Florida.
He has published several retrospectives, case reports, and original experimental
studies. As a student, he also helped design and organize a clinical trial utilizing
novel pit viper antivenom in dogs and cats. As a veterinarian, he has presented
his research at several national conferences (International Veterinary
Emergency & Critical Care Symposium and Veterinary Committee on Trauma Conference
in 2022). His current research interests include envenomations, trauma, nutrition
in critical illness, and improving access to emergency veterinary care. Notable
scholarly achievements include Outstanding American Journal of
Veterinary Research Student Manuscript of 2022, UF Highest Academic Achievement
Award in 2021, and Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Society Proficiency
Award or students in 2021.
Dr. Michael Schaer received his DVM from the University of Illinois in 1970. He then went to the Animal Medical Center in New York City, where he served as an intern and a medicine resident between 1970 and 1973. He remained at the AMC as a staff member in the Department of Medicine until 1977 and then joined the faculty at the University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, where he has remained until now. He has published several papers and book chapters and lectured nationally and internationally. Dr Schaer is also the author of five textbooks: Clinical Medicine of the Dog and Cat – 1st-4th editions and Clinical Signs in Small Animal Medicine, 1st and 2nd editions. Dr. Schaer functions mainly as a clinician and teacher at UF. His previous professional duties included Professor and Associate Chairman-Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Associate Chief of Staff-Small Animal Hospital, and Service Chief-Small Animal Medicine. Dr. Schaer served as Interim Chair of the Department of Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine from February 2017 to September 2018. He is currently a Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine while still teaching actively in the classroom and the critical care unit. Dr. Schaer is board-certified in internal medicine and emergency and critical care. He is on the board of directors of the North American Society of Toxinology and an associate member of the American College of Physicians.
