J. Paul Woods

Profile

Following graduation from the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) in the OVC class of 1985 (the Polar Bears), I practiced in Owen Sound, Ontario for 3 years. Then, I went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where I completed an American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine and obtained a Master of Science in Veterinary Science investigating hyperthermia as a cancer treatment for dogs. I achieved board certification in the ACVIM specialty of Internal Medicine. I also obtained the Certificate of Specialization from the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA).

I was a staff veterinarian at OVC before joining the faculty at Oklahoma State University (OSU) for 5 years before returning to OVC. I completed a Medical Oncology Fellowship at Colorado State University and achieved board certification in the ACVIM specialty of Oncology.

At the University of Guelph, I was a founding co-Director of the Institute for Comparative Cancer Investigation (ICCI). I helped establish the ICCI’s Companion Animal Tumour Sample Bank (CATSB). I worked, with the support of the OVC Pet Trust, to develop the Mona Campbell Centre for Animal Cancer which opened in 2012 as the most comprehensive animal cancer treatment and One Health translational research centre in Canada and one of the few in the world. I obtained membership for the University of Guelph in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute’s Comparative Oncology Program, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. The University of Guelph was the first international member of the National Cancer Institute – Center for Cancer Research (NCI-CCR) Comparative Oncology Trial Consortium (COTC).

I am Professor of Oncology & Internal Medicine in the Department of Clinical Studies where I am a veterinary medical oncology clinician/scientist teaching veterinary undergraduate students and post graduate veterinarians. My research employs novel therapeutic and diagnostic agents and techniques in clinical trials with veterinary cancer patients. Much of my research involves One Health translational clinical research.

Research Interests

My research employs novel therapeutic and diagnostic agents and techniques in clinical trials with veterinary cancer patients. Much of my research involves One Health translational clinical research.

Graduate Students

Current Graduate Students

• Kimberly A. Williams, DVM (University of Saskatchewan), DVSc candidate (University of Guelph)

Current Co-advised Graduate Students

• Dante Meza DVSc candidate (University of Guelph)
• Katherine Morrison PhD candidate (University of Guelph)
• Gabriella Allegrini BSc (University of Guelph), DVM (University of Guelph), DVSc candidate (University of Guelph)

Former Graduate Students

• Christopher J. Pinard, BSc (University of Guelph), DVM (University of Guelph), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)
• Jérôme Calvalido, DVM (Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse) Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)
• Maude Touret, DVM (Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse), MSc (Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire de Montréal), Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)
• Maureen Barry, DVM (University of Guelph), DVSc candidate (University of Guelph) Diplomate ACVIM (Internal Medicine)
• Doug Mason, DVM (University of Guelph), DVSc (University of Guelph) Diplomate ACVIM (Internal Medicine)

Former Residents

• Jacqueline Bowal DVM (University of Calgary), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)
• Sarah Laliberté BSc (University of Ottawa), DVM (University of Guelph), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)
• Sarah Bernard DVM (Université de Montréal), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)
• Stephen Patten BMSc (University of Western Ontario), MSc (University of Guelph), DVM (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)
• Fernanda Mantovani DVM (Sao Paulo State University), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)
• Danielle Richardson DVM (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)
• Jinelle Webb DVM (University of Guelph), MSc, DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine)
• Beth Hanselman DVM (University of Guelph), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine)
• Shauna Blois DVM (University of Prince Edward Island), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine)
• Dawn Martin DVM (University of Prince Edward Island), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine)
• Isabelle Aubert DVM (Université de Montréal), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine)
• Kelly D. Mitchell BSc, DVM (University of Saskatchewan), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine)
• Wendy Foster BSc (University of Guelph), DVM (University of Guelph), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Internal Medicine)
• Katrina Smith BSc (University of Alberta), DVM (University of Saskatchewan), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Internal Medicine)
• Nancy Rinkhardt DVM (University of Minnesota), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Internal Medicine)
• Susan Kilborn DVM (University of Saskatchewan), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Internal Medicine)
• Rob Mason DVM (University of Guelph), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Internal Medicine)

Former Co-advised Graduate Students

• Anita Luu PhD (University of Guelph)
• Natalie Hillis MSc (University of Guelph)
• Arata Matsuyama DVM (Hokkaido University), PhD (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)
• Charly McKenna MSc (University of Guelph)
• Adriana V. Bianco MSc (University of Guelph)
• Sashen Rajagopaul MSc (University of Guelph)
• Emily Brouwer DVM (University of Guelph), DipPath (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVP
• Brian A. Stephens DVM (University of Guelph), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVP
• Nicole Weidner PhD (University of Guelph)
• Michelle Oblak DVM (University of Guelph), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVS, ACVS Fellow of Surgical Oncology
• Sabrina Thomas DVM (University of the West Indies), MSc (University of Guelph)
• Una Adamcic PhD (University of Guelph)
• Jennifer Thompson DVM (University of Guelph), PhD (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVP
• Hilary J. Burgess DVM (University of Guelph), DVSc (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVP
• Juan C Rodriguez-Lecompte DVM, MSc (Colombia); PhD (University of Prince Edward Island), Post Doc (McMaster University)
• Stephen Gyorffy PhD (McMaster University)
• Tara Juopperi DVM (University of Guelph), MSc (University of Toronto), PhD (Johns Hopkins), Diplomate ACVP

Summer or Project Research Students

• Mikayla Astroff
• Changseok Kim DVM (Michigan State University)
• Marina Kashevska-Gozdek DVM (University of Guelph)
• Lais Clazans (Ceará State University)
• Melissa Pinto DVM (University of Guelph)
• Tanya Aiken DVM (University of Guelph)
• Tanya Sparling (University of Guelph)
• Stanley E. Kim BVSc (University of Sydney), MS (University of Florida), Diplomate ACVS
• Trent T. Gall DVM (Colorado State University), MS (Colorado State University), Diplomate ACVS
• Janet R. Sunohara-Neilson DVM (University of Guelph), DVSc (University of Guelph)
• C Gardiner
• K Spence
• Valerie Wong DVM (University of Guelph), MVetSc (University of Saskatchewan), PhD (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVP
• Meredith Gauthier DVM (University of Guelph), Diplomate ACVIM (Oncology)
• Kristin Baird DVM (University of Guelph)

Teaching

DVM and Undergraduate Curriculum

VetM*4470 Medicine & Surgery of the Dog and Cat: Oncology lectures

DVM Phase-4 Oncology Elective Rotation Coordinator

DVM Phase-4 One Health Elective Rotation Coordinator

Graduate Curriculum

CLIN 6950 Special Topics

Links

https://icci.uoguelph.ca/

https://ccr.cancer.gov/comparative-oncology-program/consortium

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7268-6764

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=P65Izi4AAAAJ&hl=en

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/guelph/dogs-studied-at-ovc-in-hope-of-answers-for-humans-with-cancer-1.2896054 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/why-cancer-doctors-are-closely-watching-a-three-legged-dog-named-max-1.4276756

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/847678019644

Selected Publications

In addition to peer-reviewed publications, I have also contributed to several text books:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=woods+j+paul

· Woods, J. Paul (2021). Bartonellosis. In Brainard, Benjamin M., Smith, Francis W. K., Tilley, Lawrence P., Sleeper, Meg M. (Ed.), Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Canine and Feline (7th Edition). Ames, IA.: John Wiley and Sons.

· Woods, J. Paul (2021). Mycoplasma. In Brainard, Benjamin M., Smith, Francis W. K., Tilley, Lawrence P., Sleeper, Meg M. (Ed.), Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Canine and Feline (7th Edition). Ames, IA.: John Wiley & Sons.

· Woods, J. Paul (2021). Staphylococcal Infections. In Brainard, Benjamin M., Smith, Francis W. K., Tilley, Lawrence P, Sleeper, Meg M. (Ed.), Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Canine and Feline (7th Edition). Ames, IA: John Wiley & Sons.

· Woods, J. Paul (2021). Streptococcal Infections. In Brainard, Benjamin M., Smith, Francis W. K., Tilley, Lawrence P, Sleeper, Meg M. (Ed.), Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Canine and Feline (7th Edition). Ames, IA: John Wiley & Sons.

· Woods, J. Paul (2020). Transmissible Venereal Tumour. In Weese, J Scott, Evason Michelle (Ed.), Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat (pp. 129-131). Boca Raton FL: CRC Press.

· Woods, J. Paul (2020). Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor. In Vail DM, Thamm DH (Ed.), Withrow & MacEwen's Small Animal Clinical Oncology 6th ed (pp. 781-784). St. Louis: Elsevier Inc.

· Woods, J. Paul (2017). Tick-borne diseases. In KA Mathews (Ed.), Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Manual ed 3 (pp. 481-486). Guelph: Lifelearn Inc.

· Woods, J. Paul, & Rosenstein, P. (2017). Snakebites (envenomation). In KA Mathews (Ed.), Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Manual ed 3 (pp. 471-480). Guelph: Lifelearn Inc.

· Woods, J. Paul, & Abrams-Ogg, A. (2017). Oncologic Emergencies. In KA Mathews (Ed.), Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Manual (ed): Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Manual, ed 3 (pp. 829-839). Guelph: Lifelearn Inc.

· Woods, Paul J. (2009). Palliative Care. In Henry, CJ, Higginbotham ML (Ed.), Cancer Management in Small Animal Practice. Elsevier Science.