Greg Lewbart earned his Bachelor of Arts in biology from Gettysburg College in 1981, a Master of Science in biology with a concentration in marine biology from Northeastern University in 1985, and his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1988. Greg worked for a large wholesaler of ornamental fishes before joining the faculty at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1993, where he serves as a Professor of Aquatic, Wildlife and Zoological Medicine and an Assistant Clinical Sciences Department Head. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine and the European College of Zoological Medicine in Zoo Health Management. In 2007, Greg was named the Exotic DVM of the Year by Exotic DVM Magazine. In 2012, he received the William Medway Award for Excellence in Teaching from the International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine. Greg has authored over 200 popular and scientific articles about invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, and reptiles and he has presented locally, nationally, and internationally on these subjects. He has also authored or co-authored 30 book chapters and edited or co-edited five veterinary textbooks, including the Self-Assessment Color Review: Ornamental Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates, 2nd ed (CRC Press, 2017) and the multiple-award winning Invertebrate Medicine (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2006; 2012, 2022).
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