A Board of Directors, consisting of the President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President, Secretary, Recorder,
and two Members-at-Large manages the affairs of the VWMS.

Board Members are as follows:

• Dr. Bonnie Campbell -- President
  Dr. Bonnie Campbell is a small animal soft tissue surgeon. Special clinical interests include moist wound healing, reconstructive surgery, wound bandaging techniques, and laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery.
  Dr. Campbell's current research investigates the role of trefoil peptides in protection and repair of the gastrointestinal tract and the aberrant expression of trefoil peptides in a variety of carcinomas.  Dr. Campbell lectures on wound healing and reconstructive surgery to veterinary students and in continuing education programs, and has authored a number of papers in this field.
  


• Dr. Hank Jann – President-elect
  Dr. Jann is an Associate Professor of equine surgery at Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He has an ongoing interest in equine tendon repair, and tendon and wound healing.  Dr. Jann has published numerous scientific papers and textbook chapters on these topics; in addition, he has also recently authored a new text on equine rehabilitation.
   
• Dr. Bryden Stanley -- Recorder
  Dr. Stanley is Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Her clinical interests are in upper respiratory surgery, reconstruction and microvascular surgery. Her research interests are in wound healing and upper respiratory disease in the dog.
  
  
• Dr. Wayne Waguespack , DVM, MS, DACVS -- Treasurer
  Dr. Waguespack is a professor of surgery in the Large Animal Teaching Hospital at Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine. He received his DVM from Tuskegee University, MS from Auburn University and completed an internship at University of Georgia.
  
  
• Dr. Eliot Kaplan -- Member-at-large
  Dr. Eliot Kaplan is a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, certified in canine and feline practice. He graduated from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine in 1984 and did his small animal medicine and surgery internship at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He is currently an owner of a small animal practice in British Columbia, Canada.
  


• Ms. Danielle Browning -- Member-at-large
  Ms. Browning is a Senior Veterinary Technician who currently works in the Small Animal Surgery Department at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine.  She graduated from Lincoln Memorial University and became a licensed Veterinary Technician in 1999.   Danielle has been employed at the University of Tennessee since September of 2000 and is the ward nurse for Soft Tissue Surgery.