Oliver Garden, BVetMed, PhD, FHEA, FCPP, FRCVS, DACVIM, DECVIM-CA
​Founder & President

Dr. Oliver Garden, the Kenneth Burns Endowed Chair in Veterinary Medicine and Dean of the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine is the Founder and Chair of the Executive Board of the Veterinary and Comparative Clinical Immunology Society. He is a Board-certified internist with a PhD in clinical immunology and gastroenterology. His research is in two key areas: (1) the biology of regulatory cells of lymphoid and myeloid origin in the context of the cancer microenvironment and autoimmune disease, particularly myasthenia gravis, immune-mediated hemolytic anemia, and other hematological immune-mediated diseases; and (2) the development of antigen-specific vaccinal and cellular immunotherapies for antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases, including myasthenia gravis and autoimmune encephalitis. Oliver became the Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in August 2021, and has held academic appointments at Imperial College London, the Royal Veterinary College, and the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. (Board term ends June 30, 2026)