James Howard, DVM, MS, DACVS, is an assistant professor of soft tissue surgery at The Ohio State University, where he also earned his DVM and completed a surgical residency. He also completed a rotating medicine and surgery internship at University of Tennessee. His research interests include hepatobiliary and GI surgery and endocrinopathies. Dr. Howard’s ongoing research includes minimally invasive diagnostic procedures, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and evaluative hepatobiliary sampling techniques.