rESIDENT
Dr. Tess Deegan
Dr. Tess Deegan is the incoming University of Florida Aquatic Animal Medicine Resident. After obtaining her DVM from the Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, she completed a small animal rotating internship at a large specialty hospital outside of Boston. After her year in small animal medicine, she has served as the Veterinary Fellow at the Vancouver Aquarium. Dr. Deegan is excited to join the UF Team and continue to grow as an aquatic animal veterinarian.
Publications:
Deegan, T. C., Niemeyer, M., Colegrove, K. M., Rotstein, D. S., & Sharp, S. M. (2023). Pathology of short-term dorsal fin tag-attachments in tagged and re-stranded short-beaked common dolphins Delphinus delphis on Cape Cod, MA. Diseases of aquatic organisms. 156, 29–38. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03755
Resident
Dr. Amber Lum
Dr. Amber Lum is the current University of Florida Aquatic Animal Medicine Resident. After obtaining her DVM from the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, she completed a small animal rotating internship at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. She then worked as the Veterinary Intern in Aquatic Animal Medicine and Research at Mystic Aquarium. As she begins her residency, she will continue participating in research and function as a house officer on the Zoological Medicine Service. Dr. Lum will then continue her clinical training at Bush Gardens Tampa and SeaWorld Orlando for the remainder of her residency program. After completing her residency, she hopes to become boarded as a Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine and work at an aquarium that also incorporates rescue and rehabilitation in its mission.
Publications:
Lum, A.M., Tuttle, A.D., Martony, M.E., Anderson, E.T., Anderson, C.E., Haulena, M., Goertz, C.E.C., Raverty, S.A., Burek-Huntington, K.A., Thompson, L.A., Dunn, J.L. 2024. Causes of morbidity and mortality in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubauts) under professional care in North American aquariums from 1979 to 2021. JZWM, 55(3):629-637.
Lum, A.M., Weisbrod, T.C., Jacob, S.I., Isaza, R., Goertz, C.E.C., Tuttle, A.D., Deegan, T.C., Francis-Floyd, R., Stacy, N.I. 2024. Retrospective comparison of thyroid hormones in Steller sea lions Eumtopias jubatus under professional care with and without thyroid disease. Dis Aquat Org, 159:199-208.
Lum, A.M., Keller, K.A. 2024. Anesthesia and humane euthanasia methods for king worm larvae (Zophobas morio). Zoo Biol. doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21821
Lum, A.M., Miller, S.N., Clauss, T.M., Anderson, C.E. 2023. Physiologic responses of cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) following freshwater dips for treatment of capsalid monogeneans. J Aquat Anim Health. doi.org/10.1002/aah.10210
