Dr. Mark G. Papich is a Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Professorship in Veterinary Pharmacology at North Carolina State University. He is the Supervisor of the Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory in the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University. He is a diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology (ACVCP), and has served as president of ACVCP.   He has authored/edited eight books on veterinary pharmacology, and is the author or co-author of over 270 research papers, and over 130 book chapters, and review papers. He has several awards including the Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award, the Pfizer Award for Research Excellence, the Excellence in Consensus Management by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), the Lloyd E. Davis Award by the AAVPT, the Distinguished Fellow Award from AAVPT.