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From 1996–2007, Dr. Mitchell served as a member of the zoological medicine service at LSU, and from 2007–2016 served as a founding member of the zoological medicine service at the University of Illinois. From 2016–2020 he served as the Hospital Director of the LSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital. He has now returned full-time to his professorship and is the Director of the Wildlife Hospital of Louisiana. His clinical interests include all species from invertebrates to vertebrates, and he has had the opportunity to work with a diversity of species from giant spiders to bottlenose dolphins and many things in between. Dr. Mitchell’s research focuses on conservation of wildlife and improving the quality of life for species maintained ex situ. He lectures to veterinary and graduate students on a number of topics, including clinical medicine for zoological/wildlife species, epidemiology, and biostatistics. Dr. Mitchell is a past-president (2000–2001) of the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, and the first recipient of the ARAV Excellence Award (2016). He has served as the Co-Editor-in Chief of the Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine (2005-2019) and Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery (2009–2021) and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery (2021–present). 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