Special interest

Gastro-intestinal, liver, and pancreatic diseases of small (companion) animals, with an emphasis on the role of the intestinal microbiome in developmental and acquired diseases of these organs.

Teaching

• Small animals' clinical nutrition for first year veterinary students
• Small animals' internal medicine - Gastro-intestinal, liver, and pancreatic diseases, for 3^rd year veterinary students
• Advanced small animals internal medicine
• Internal medicine of small animals – clinical rounds for 4^th year veterinary students
• Physiology of the digestive system for first year veterinary students

Research

• Acute & chronic pancreatitis in dogs,
• The role of the intestinal microbiome in various diseases – fading puppy syndrome, hepatic lipidosis in cats, antibiotic-responsive enteropathies in dogs, diarrheic and non-diarrheic dogs infected with Giardia spp., and gastro-intestinal diseases in working dogs.
• Fecal microbiome transplantation in dogs and cats

Service

• Course coordinator: Advanced small animals internal medicine
• Member of final examination committee

International interest

Collaborative research in my areas of interest with researchers from the Gastro-intestinal laboratory in Texas A&M University, University of Davis, University of Pennsylvania and Cambridge University, as well as with Israeli microbiome researchers

Membership in Scientific Organizations

European Comparative Gastroenterology Society