About Brian Wilcock

Brian Wilcock, D.V.M., Ph.D.

A 1973 graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, Brian came to veterinary medicine with an unusual background in classical languages and philosophy. Despite a lifelong ambition to be a veterinarian and a work background in the purebred dog industry, he heeded early advice to separate his education from his job training. This philosophic background colors his work as a teacher and diagnostician. After completing his DVM, Brian obtained an M.S. and Ph.D. in veterinary pathology from Purdue University in Indiana with special emphasis on gastrointestinal diseases. The published research from his M.S. work was voted paper of the year to be published in the prestigious journal "Veterinary Pathology”.

Brian returned to Guelph to join the faculty of the Department of Pathology at the Ontario Veterinary College in 1977. Widely acknowledged as a teacher and as a diagnostician, Brian has received numerous awards including the Norden Award for Teaching Excellence, the University of Guelph Faculty Association Professorial Teaching Award, and the Robert R. Farrell Distinguished Lecturer Award. He was the first Visiting Professor invited to the newly-opened Atlantic Veterinary College and was the D.L.T. Smith Visiting Scientist at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. He is a frequently-invited speaker at continuing education meetings locally, nationally and internationally on such topics as surgical pathology, oncology, gastrointestinal pathology, dermatopathology, and ophthalmology, and is a member of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association Gastroenterology Standardization Group.

In 1999, Brian received the Award of Merit from the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association in recognition of “distinguished public service to the profession of veterinary medicine”. In 2004, he was made honorary diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists. Brian is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pathobiology at the Ontario Veterinary College and is the author of over one hundred publications in scientific journals, eleven book chapters and one textbook.