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Dr. Craig Ruaux

Dr. Craig Ruaux

BVSc (Hons) PhD MACVSc DACVIM (SAIM)
Massey University, New Zealand
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Dr Craig Ruaux is a 1992 graduate from the University of Queensland School of Veterinary Science. Following a five-year period of private practice experience, ranging from mixed-animal to pure small animal, Dr Ruaux returned to the University of Queensland to complete a PhD program investigating markers of severity for severe acute pancreatitis in dogs. On completion of his PhD Dr Ruaux joined the Gastrointestinal Laboratory at Texas A&M University where he worked on minimally invasive diagnostic testing for small intestinal and pancreatic disease and the impacts of vitamin deficiencies on response and prognosis for cats with inflammatory enteropathies. After 6 years at the GI Laboratory, Dr Ruaux moved to Oregon State University. At Oregon he completed residency training in small animal internal medicine and was subsequently retained as a faculty member, rising to the rank of Associate Professor with indefinite tenure. In 2016 Dr Ruaux joined the faculty of the Massey University School of Veterinary Science, where he is Associate Professor of Small Animal Medicine and head of the Small Animal Medicine service. Dr Ruaux is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, and a registered specialist in small animal internal medicine. He is the Past-President of the Comparative Gastroenterology Society.