Patricia N. Coan, DVM, PhD, DACLAM

Clinical Associate Professor, Comparative Medicine
Director, Office of Laboratory Animal Care
Attending Veterinarian

Office of Laboratory Animal Care
The University of Tennessee
2431 Joe Johnson Drive
339 Ellington Plant Science
Knoxville, TN 37996-4564

Phone: (865) 974-5634

FAX: (865) 974-5649

Education

Dec 2006 - present
Director, Office of Laboratory Animal Care, University of Tennessee
Dec 2006 - present
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Tennessee
July 2002 - Nov 2006
Director, Department of Vivarial Science and Research, Tulane University
July 2002 - Nov 2006
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Tulane University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine
July 1992 - July 2002
Associate Director, Animal Resources Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Oct 1993 - July 2002
Assistant Professor, Department of Genomics and Pathobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Apr 2000 - July 2002
Attending Veterinarian, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
July 1992 - Oct 1993
Instructor, Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Aug 1993 - Dec 1995
Attending Veterinarian, Baptist Medical Center, 701 Princeton Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama 35211
May 1987 - Jun 1992
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mar 1986 - May 1987
Associate Veterinarian, Riverview Animal Clinic, Highway 280 South, Birmingham, Alabama
1981 - 1983
Research Assistant, Dr. W.L. Current, Department of Zoology, Auburn University

American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, ACLAM/ASLAP Program Committee 01-04, ACLAM Exam Resources Committee, 2008-2011. Exam Committee 2012-2015
American Veterinary Medical Association
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Alternate Trustee, District 4, 95-98, 99-01
Southeastern Branch of AALAS, Chairman Legislation Committee - 94,97,98,99, Board of Directors, 1995-97. Assistant Program Chairman - 2001, Program Chairman - 2002
Louisiana Branch of AALAS, 2002-2006
Appalachian Branch of AALAS, 2007-present, Program Chairman - 2008, 2009. Awards Committee, 2008-present. President-Elect, 2011, President 2012.
American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners, ASLAP Liaison University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, 2007-present. ASLAP Continuing Education Seminar Committee, 2007-08