Carolyn Cray
Professor of Comparative Pathology, Director of Avian & Wildlife Laboratory
University of Miami
Testing for Encephalitozoon cuniculi in Rabbits: Update on the Recombinant PTP2 Antigen ELISA
The Acute Phase Response: Biomarkers and Capillary Zone Electrophoresis in the Gopher Tortoise

Carolyn Cray, Ph.D. is Professor of Clinical Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the University of Miami. As Chief of the Division of Comparative Pathology which hosts the internationally recognized Avian & Wildlife Laboratory as well as core laboratories supporting the efforts of university investigators, she has authored over 190 publications. Primary clinical research interests include Encephalitozoon cuniculi, avian aspergillosis, and the applications of protein electrophoresis and acute phase proteins in non-traditional species.
Inga-Catalina Cruz Benedetti
Assistant professor
Université de Montréal
Pharmacokinetics of Bupivacaine After Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Rabbits

Inga-Catalina Cruz Benedetti, assistant professor of veterinary anesthesiology and pain management at the Université de Montréal, provides anesthesia to a large variety of patients and focuses her research on rabbit anesthesia and analgesia. She graduated from the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, realized a rotating internship, an anesthesiology residency program, and a master’s degree in Lyon, France, and worked as a clinical instructor at the VetmedUni Vienna, Austria before joining the Montreal team.
Sabrina Dean
Small Mammal Resident
The Center for Bird and Exotic Animal Medicine
Exotic Animal CPR: What Do We Know, and What Can We Learn?

Dr. Dean is a 2021 Oregon State University graduate. Experience includes wildlife medicine and rehabilitation, international medicine, and zoological medicine. Current resident at The Center for Bird and Exotic Animal Medicine in Bothell, WA. She previously had the opportunity to work closely with the zoological medicine service and care for exotics presenting through the emergency department while completing a small animal rotating internship at Oklahoma State University.
Byron de le Navarre
Chief of Staff, Veterinarian
Animal House of Chicago, Complete Veterinary Care
Basic Reptile Handling & Clinical Techniques

Graduate Cornell Vet. Externed @ 12+ Zoos in North/Central America & Europe/Israel. Owner/Head of Exotics @ Animal House of Chicago Complete Veterinary Care. Taught lectures/labs: exotic pet topics: local/state/national & international levels. On Exec Brd of ARAV {Past-President} & Co-Chair of Conservation/Research Co. Active Chicago Herpetologic Soc. Active Assoc of Avian Vets:Past-President. Past-President Assoc of Exotic Small Mammals Vets. Past-President of the Chicago Vet Med Assoc & was Chairperson of AVMA Membership Services Co.
Sarah Dickerson
Associate Veterinarian - Rotating Intern
Pieper Veterinary Emergency and Specialty
Successful Management of Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta) Toxicosis in a Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Dr. Sarah Dickerson is a current Avian and Exotics specialty intern at Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists in Houston, TX. She graduated from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in 2023 then completed a small animal medicine and surgery rotating internship at Pieper Veterinary Specialists in Connecticut. Dr. Dickerson recently moved with her husband to Houston, TX and she spends most of her free time hiking, biking, and skateboarding. She is enjoying her experience as a specialty intern and aspires to continue on into a residency in zoological medicine.