JOSEPH BARTGES, DVM, PH.D., DACVIM-SAIM, DACVN
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA – ATHENS, GA.
Dr. Joe Bartges is a West Virginia native and a graduate of Marshall University. He received his DVM in 1987 from The University of Georgia and completed an internship and residencies with a Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. He has served on faculty at both The University of Tennessee and Cornell University and spent time at the Cornell University Veterinary Specialists referral practice. He joined the faculty at The University of Georgia in 2016 and is currently a professor of internal medicine, interventional radiology, and nutrition in the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery. Board certified in small animal internal medicine and nutrition, Dr. Bartges is known for his research and publications in veterinary nephrology, urology, and nutrition. He has published more than 350 peer-reviewed manuscripts, research abstracts, review articles, and book chapters and is the primary editor of Nephrology and Urology of Small Animals with Dr. Dave Polzin.