Amanda Steinagel
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease of Ferrets: Anatomy, Pathophysiology, and Management

Amanda Steinagel, DVM, DABVP-ECM, DACEPM is an avian and exotics specialist and ABVP residency advisor at NorthStar VETS and a clinical assistant professor in exotics, zoological medicine, and wildlife department at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She is a published author on a variety of exotic/zoological medicine topics.
Fouad Stephan
Non-invasive blood pressure measurements in anesthetized New-Zealand White Rabbits

Currently senior veterinary clinician in anesthesiology at Alfort Veterinary Scholl
Anneliese Strunk
Residency Director/Senior associate
Center for Bird and Exotic Animal Medicine
Those Weren’t Mice! A Ball Python’s Accidental Ingestion of HotHands® Hand Warmers

Kuttichantran Subramaniam
Research Associate Professor
University of Florida
Novel picornaviruses associated with neurologic disease and encephalomyelitis in snakes

Researcher/Diagnostician
Danielle Tarbert
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine
Vitamin D Measurement in Managed Radiated Tortoises (Astrochelys radiata)

Danielle Tarbert was born in Seattle, Washington. She obtained a Bachelor of Science in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution from UCLA and received her DVM from Washington State University. She completed advanced training at Coral Springs Animal Hospital (rotating internship) and Cornell University (exotic/wildlife internship and zoological medicine residency). She is board-certified by the American College of Zoological Medicine, with a focus in Zoological Companion Animals (“Exotics”). Following residency Dr. Tarbert worked in specialty private practice (2017-2019) and as a staff veterinarian at the University of California-Davis (2019-2023). She has been training veterinary students, technicians, interns, and residents for more than 10 years. She and her family of human, furry, and scaly creatures are enjoying their new adventure in the Smokies.