Dr. Tatiana Weisbrod is the current University of Florida Aquatic Animal Medicine Resident. We are thrilled that Dr. Weisbrod is continuing her training here at UF with our program. She has previously completed the AAH internship and is working on finishing her MS work on diagnostic strategies and management of parasitic enteritis in the Florida manatee. As she begins her residency, she plans to continue her research, go through local clinical rotations, and assist in clinical cases when needed. She will then enhance her clinical training at Bush Gardens Tampa and then SeaWorld for her residency training. She looks forward to continue to work with the program and its partners.

AAHP Intern Dr. Sarah Balik is the current University of Florida Aquatic Animal Medicine Intern. She completed her undergraduate and veterinary degrees at Cornell University, as well as a Master of Public Health through the University of Minnesota’s dual degree Veterinary Public Health Program. After graduation, Sarah participated in a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston, MA. In addition to aquatic animal and zoological medicine, her professional interests include wildlife conservation, disease ecology and epidemiology. Her current research involves working on a case report of Sarcocystis in a Stenella frontalis and is also working on a dolphin microbiota project. Her goal is to identify the impact of environmental factors on dolphin microbiota