Dr. Beaufrère graduated from the University of Lyon, France, in 2006. He completed a combined
PhD/Zoological Medicine Residency at Louisiana State University and the Audubon Nature Institute. He
served as a staff veterinarian and assistant professor at the Ontario Veterinary College, University
of Guelph, for 8 years before joining the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of
California, Davis, in 2021 as an Associate Professor in companion zoological medicine and surgery.
Dr. Beaufrère is board-certified by the European College of Zoological Medicine (Avian), the American
Board of Veterinary Practitioners (Avian), and the American College of Zoological Medicine
(Zoological Companion Animals). His research focuses on lipid disorders in birds and reptiles and
clinical research in avian and exotic animals.