Dr. Ruth Scimeca, DVM, PhD, ACVM (Parasit.)

Dr. Sciemca obtained her veterinary degree in 2004, and part of her training was completed at the Veterinary School in Zaragoza Spain. She obtained her masters and doctorate degrees in Ciudad Real, Spain. In 2011 she completed a postdoctoral fellowship from in the Tick and Tick-Borne Diseases Laboratory at Oklahoma State University (OSU) under the direction of Dr. Katherine Kocan. She was the Bayer Resident in Veterinary Parasitology at Oklahoma State University under the direction of Dr. Mason Reichard from 2017 to 2019. After completing her residency and passing the board examination in veterinary parasitology she joined the faculty of Oklahoma State University's veterinary college as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Parasitology.