Leadership Team
The VIRC Leadership Team is composed of the Director, Associate Director and several other members of the VIRC (including committee chairs). The Leadership Team helps to oversee VIRC development and aligns VIRC and committee activities with our strategic goals. To join a committee or volunteer with the VIRC, please contact us by clicking here

Boaz Arzi, DVM, DAVDC, DEVDC, FF-AVDC-OMFS
Professor
Surgical and Radiological Sciences
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

Fernando Fierro, PhD
Associate Professor
Stem Cell Program
UC Davis School of Medicine

Amir Kol, DVM, PhD, DACVP (Clinical Pathology)
Associate Professor
Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

Heidi Reesink, VMD, PhD, DACVS-LA
Professor of Veterinary Orthopedics
Department of Surgical & Radiological Sciences
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

Maria Soltero-Rivera DVM, DAVDC, DEVDC
Associate Professor of Dentistry and Oral Surgery
Department of Surgical & Radiological Sciences
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

Natalia Vapniarsky-Arzi DVM, PhD, DACVP (Anatomic Pathology)
Associate Professor
Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine