{"id":39775,"date":"2018-07-10T19:05:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T00:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/?p=39775"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:09:35","slug":"mitchell-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/mitchell-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Mitchell, MS, DVM, PhD, DECZM (Herpetology)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMark Mitchell<\/strong> is a Professor of Zoological Medicine <\/a> and Director of the Wildlife Hospital of Louisiana<\/a> at Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Mitchell first joined the LSU faculty in 1996. He has also served as the hospital director at LSU. His research interests include wildlife epidemiology, conservation medicine, and One Health, examining how diseases move among wildlife, people, and the environment.<\/p>\n

Mark earned his DVM in 1992 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and he completed a master\u2019s degree in clinical epidemiology with an emphasis on wildlife medicine from the University of Illinois in 1997. He completed his PhD in clinical epidemiology with an emphasis on Salmonella<\/em> spp. in reptiles at LSU in 2001. Dr. Mitchell has published over 1,100 book chapters, peer-reviewed manuscripts, and scientific abstracts or proceedings, and he is a Past-President of the Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians<\/a>. Dr. Mitchell has also served as past co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine<\/a> and past Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery<\/a>. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mark A. Mitchell is a Professor of Zoological Medicine and Director of the Wildlife Hospital of Louisiana at Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Mitchell first joined the LSU faculty in 1996. He has also served as the hospital director at LSU. His research interests include wildlife epidemiology, conservation medicine, and One Health. Mark earned his DVM in 1992 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and he completed a master\u2019s degree in clinical epidemiology with an emphasis on wildlife medicine from the University of Illinois in 1997. 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