Rate My Professor Julia Montgomery

Julia Montgomery, Med Vet, PhD, DACVIM (LAIM), is Professor and Department Head of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Originally from Hamburg, Germany, she earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (Dr. med. vet.) from the School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover in 2003. She completed her PhD at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Her training includes a one-year clinical internship at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center at Virginia Tech, a three-year residency in large animal internal medicine at the University of Prince Edward Island, and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM), University of Saskatchewan. Joining WCVM's Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences faculty in 2013, she advanced to full professor in 2023 before transitioning to her current leadership position at Oklahoma State University. She maintains an adjunct faculty appointment at WCVM.

Dr. Montgomery's research specializations encompass respiratory, gastrointestinal, and metabolic diseases of horses, along with equine nutrition. She has authored or co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications, accumulating more than 300 citations. Notable works include the 2006 study 'Challenge with Bovine viral diarrhea virus by exposure to calves persistently infected with type Ib or 2 strains' published in the Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, and the 2023 paper 'A Novel Vaccine Strategy to Prevent Cytauxzoonosis in Domestic Cats' in Vaccines. As a recognized leader, she previously chaired the Large Animal Internal Medicine Credentials Committee of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. In March 2026, Dr. Montgomery was appointed Dean of the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph for a five-year term beginning June 15, 2026, reflecting her substantial impact on veterinary education and clinical sciences.