Jessica Meekins

slack

Professor, Ophthalmology

DVM, MS, DACVO

785-532-5690
jslack@vet.k-state.edu

Education and Professional Training

  • Residency: Purdue University
  • MS: Purdue University
  • Internship: VCA Veterinary Care Referral Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • DVM: The Ohio State University
  • BS: Spalding University

Teaching

  • Medicine I (3rd year)
  • Ophthalmology (4th year)

Research

  • Novel therapeutic approaches for the management of feline viral ocular diseases.

Clinical

  • Management of viral surface ocular diseases in cats
  • Investigating comparative ophthalmology in exotic/non-domestic species
  • Clinical teaching and the integration of competency-based veterinary education into instruction and assessment of students participating in clinical rotations.

Selected Publications