Maria Jugan

Dr. Maria Jugan received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Tennessee in 2013. She completed a small animal rotating internship at Texas A&M University, followed by a master's degree and residency in small animal internal medicine at The Ohio State University. She is board certified in small animal internal medicine and currently serves as an associate professor at Kansas State University. Clinical and research interests include chronic gastrointestinal disease in small animals, specifically involving micronutrient deficiencies in chronic GI disease, GI interactions with the microbiome and the enteroendocrine system, as well as feline medicine. Due to a desire to optimize care for dogs and cats with multiple chronic diseases, she decided to pursue a clinical nutrition residency.