Rate My Professor Erika Meler

Dr Erika Meler, DVM, IPSAV, CEAV, MSc, MVSc, Dipl ACVIM (SAIM), Dipl ECVIM-CA, serves as Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine and Registered Veterinary Specialist at the University of Queensland's School of Veterinary Science. She graduated with her DVM from the National Veterinary School of Lyon, France, in 2003. Following a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the University of Montreal, Canada, she obtained a Certificate in Advanced Studies in Internal Medicine (IPSAV) from the National Veterinary School of Nantes, France—equivalent to an Australian Membership—and an MSc in Oncogenetics from the Medical School of Marseille, France, while practicing as a veterinary general practitioner. Meler completed a combined residency and MVSc program in small animal internal medicine at Purdue University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, United States, earning her MVSc and diplomate certifications from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (SAIM) and European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (CA) in 2010. During this period, she won the prestigious Osborne case report competition organized by the Phi Zeta Society for the best annual case presentation.

Before joining UQ, Meler worked for three years in a major emergency and referral private practice in Canada, where she established the internal medicine service, mentored students, interns, and veterinary nurses, and provided continuing education lectures and article summaries for practitioners. At UQ, she manages referral cases at the Veterinary Medical Centre, teaches veterinary and veterinary technology students across years 3-5, supervises PhD candidates on topics such as epidemiology of methicillin-resistant staphylococci and canine skin conditions, and develops innovative teaching methods. Her research specializes in infectious diseases of companion animals, particularly methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus species (MRSA, MRSP), protozoal, viral, and fungal pathogens, antimicrobial resistance, and canine obesity through non-invasive approaches. She has obtained grants from sources including Hill's Pet Nutrition and the Canine Research Foundation. Key publications include "Molecular epidemiological characteristics of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, Staphylococcus coagulans, and coagulase-negative staphylococci cultured from clinical canine skin and ear samples in Queensland" (Antibiotics, 2025), "Nasal microbiota profiles in shelter dogs with dermatological conditions carrying methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus species" (Scientific Reports, 2023), "The effects of oclacitinib treatment on antimicrobial usage in allergic dogs in primary practice: an Australia wide case-control study" (BMC Veterinary Research, 2022), and "Treatment of congenital distal ureteral orifice stenosis by endoscopic laser ablation in dogs: 16 cases (2010–2014)" (JAVMA, 2018).