Speaker Biographies

Clinical Associate Professor | Texas A&M University | USA

Dr. Bugbee is originally from Dallas, Texas, USA. He received both his bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences as well as his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS). He completed a small animal medicine and surgery rotating internship and an internal medicine residency at the University of Georgia, becoming a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) (Small Animal Internal Medicine [SAIM]). in 2013. After residency, he was on faculty at Purdue University before returning to the University of Georgia (UGA) in 2014. During his time at UGA, he co-founded and directed the UGA Veterinary Diabetes Clinic in addition to his role as an clinical associate professor of internal medicine. In July 2023, he joined the faculty of the VMBS as a clinical associate professor of internal medicine, chief medical officer at the Texas A&M Small Animal Teaching Hospital, and is developing the Texas A&M Veterinary Endocrinology Clinic and research program.

Dr. Bugbee was elected to the board of the Society for Comparative Endocrinology in 2019, and is currently serving as the Secretary and Treasurer. He also serves as a co-chair of the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) Endocrinology Guidelines Task Force. His current research interests are focused on small animal endocrinology, specifically diabetes mellitus and canine hypercortisolism.

Associate Professor | University of California–Davis | USA

Dr. Hulsebosch received his DVM from Michigan State University. Following graduation, he completed a rotating internship at The Animal Medical Center in New York City. He then worked in general and emergency practice for 11 years in New Jersey. He then completed a residency in small animal internal medicine at the University of California–Davis (UC Davis) and became board-certified in 2015 by the ACVIM (SAIM).

Dr. Hulsebosch is currently an associate professor of small animal internal medicine at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and his  interests include endocrinology, respiratory disease, and endoscopy of the urinary, respiratory, and gastrointestinal tracts.

Professor | Michigan State University | USA

Dr. Langlois is a tenured professor and clinician scientist at the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Veterinary Medicine. He is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, and received his DVM from Louisiana State University in 2009. He then completed a one-year internship at The Ohio State University, followed by an internal medicine residency at MSU. He obtained board certification from the ACVIM (SAIM) in 2013, and he has been an MSU faculty member since that time.

Dr. Langlois has strong clinical, teaching, and research interests in companion animal endocrinology and canine hepatology. He is an active clinical researcher, frequently lectures at continuing education events and conferences, is a scientific review board member for the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA), and routinely serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for various other veterinary journals.

Associate Professor | University of Florida | USA

Dr. Mott is a small animal internal medicine specialist and the first ACVIM Fellow under the new ACVIM Fellowship Program. She received her DVM from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, completed an internship at Oklahoma State University, a small animal internal medicine residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a fellowship in feline and canine diabetes at University of Florida. She was previously a faculty member of the Western University of Veterinary Medicine, Pomona, California, USA, and a practicing internist and co-owner of Pasadena Veterinary Specialists in South Pasadena, California, USA.

Dr. Mott is currently actively engaged in clinical research, clinical trials, and clinical practice in the exciting field of feline and canine diabetes as a clinical associate professor at the University of Florida.