Dr. Ravinder S. Dhaliwal grew up in India now is a US citizen. Finished initial schooling at Guwahati in the state of Assam followed by a Bachelor of Veterinary Science at PAU Ludhiana. He then earned his DVM in 1992 through an ECFVG program at Iowa State University, he joined University of Illinois for a residency and MS program in small animal clinical oncology. In 1998 he obtained board certification in Oncology and later in 2002 ABVP awarded him the board certification in the category of canine and feline practice.

He is the author or co-author of 24 refereed publications, 8 research abstracts, and a few book chapters. A sought-after speaker, Dr. Dhaliwal, has given a lot of scientific and professional presentations. He was a selected participant at Molecular Biology of Cancer workshop, sponsored by American Association for Cancer Research in 1996. He was awarded a scholarship by Indian Council of Agricultural Research throughout his undergraduate program. During his career as a practicing oncologist, he part owned and managed two emergency specialty hospitals. During his veterinary school at PAU Ludhiana, he was awarded a scholarship by Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

Dr. Dhaliwals’ research interest includes drug resistance in canine lymphoma, improving clinical outcome in patients with oral cancer and his special clinical interest is in clinical hematology.