Thomas Schermerhorn, VMD, DACVIM (SAIM), is a professor of small animal medicine and the Morgan K “Al” Jarvis Chair of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University, where his laboratory focuses on cellular and molecular endocrinology, particularly the study of diabetes mellitus and related metabolic disorders in dogs and cats. Dr. Schermerhorn completed a medical internship at South Shore Veterinary Associates in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, and a residency in small animal internal medicine at Cornell University, where he also received research training as a graduate fellow in the department of molecular medicine. His clinical interests include canine and feline endocrinology, particularly diabetes mellitus.