Tifini Batts, Dvm, Msph, Dacvim (Saim) Email & Phone Number

• Primary case responsibility on referral-only, appointment-based initial visit appointments and rechecks with a heavy outpatient procedure basis
• Available procedures include: upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy with biopsies and feeding tube placement, upper gastrointestinal foreign body removal, cystoscopy with biopsies, bronchoscopy with.
• Continuing education with nearby primary care clinicians and internal medicine team members

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Houston, Texas

Franklin, TN

-Associate veterinarian who rotated through the specialties of emergency/critical care, internal medicine, and surgery.-Elective rotations included: cardiology (BluePearl Southfield), neurology (BluePearl Southfield), oncology, and radiology.-Skills gained during the internship experience include, but are not limited to, performing: bone marrow aspirates.

525 W Allegan, Lansing, MI

-Worked under the guidelines of Public Act 466-Underwent traceback investigations to monitor cervid movement and the appropriate TB testing records for the state of Michigan over a five year period for the privately owned cervid producers that noted cervid movement for the respective year-Underwent traceback investigations to monitor head submissions for.

Washington, District Of Columbia

-Worked under the supervision of the curator of the Reptile unit.-Will learn husbandry and management techniques for a wide range of reptiles, which included an assortment of snakes, tortoises, turtles, and a wide variety of amphibians. -Will learn basic husbandry skills (diet preparation, enclosure cleaning, minor enclosure maintenance, enrichment.

East Lansing, Michigan

- Developed study techniques that helped with classes taken the first year- Improved pertinent communication skills via PowerPoint for effective communication between other health professionals as well as clients - Partook in shadowing opportunities under fourth year veterinary students to thoroughly understand different cases

-Completed a thesis that reviews the statistical relationship between obesity and social, environmental, as well as possible behavioral, risk factors. -Discovered ways of integrating public health and veterinary medicine by honing in on epidemiology and biostatistics principles as well as others associated with explaining health behavior.

Life Sciences Building, Lab Of Dr. Anne Dorrance

-Created long term decreases in blood flow (hypoperfusion) in male Wistar Kyoto rats to allow for the evaluation of carenoic acid as a drug therapy for vascular dementia, a neurodegenerative disorder that increases in prevalence with age, diet, etc. -This experiment sought to exploit the antagonistic interaction between carenoic acid and aldosterone to.

-Faithfully engaged in numerous organizations-Created a student organization directed at addressing the overpopulation of companion animals-Explored different avenues of research using molecular biology and biochemistry principles.

Chemistry Department

-Conducted research concerning nitric oxide synthase and its interaction with camoldulin in order to understand it’s relationship to Alzheimer’s Disease-Developed protocol for the separation by use of High Performance Liquid Chromatogram

-Applied knowledge of Staphylococcus aureus to determine the function and effects of the 9 genes in Staphylobactin.-Gained hands-on experience with making primers, performing ligations, Polymerase Chain Reactions, HPLC, Bradford assay, and protein purification

-Applied knowledge of Staphylococcus aureus to evaluate the published article Molecular characterization of staphyloferrin B biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus.-Became familiar with High Performance Liquid Chromatogram (HPLC), Nanodrop, growing cultures, and transformations, as well as Bradford and CAS assays.

Veterinary Internal Medicine Residency Program

Dvm, Veterinary Medicine

Activities and Societies: One Health Club, Omega Tau Sigma (2013-2014), Food Animal Club (2013- 2014), SAVMA, MVMA- One Health Club.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Public Health, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Association Division of Public Health Practice Student Association- Treasurer of the Graduate.

B.A., Chemistry, Biochemistry

Activities and Societies: Civic Engagement Scholar of Community Advocates for Parents and Students, Founder of Kalamazoo Students for the.