Catherine Wagg

Catherine Wagg

DVM, Dip ACVP

Positions

Associate Professor (Teaching) - Clinical Pathology

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fulltime

Contact information

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 210-3925

Location

Office: CSB118F

Background

Educational Background

B.S. Science, University of New Brunswick, 1991

B.S. Biology, Dalhousie University, 1993

Diplome d'études spécialisées Laboratory Diagnostics - Clinical Pathology, Université de Montréal, 2008

D.V.M. Veterinary Medicine, Atlantic Veterinary College, 1998

Biography

Dr. Catherine Wagg graduated with a DVM from the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island in 1998. After graduation, she began her small animal practice career in Illinois, USA and later worked in private practices in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, USA until August of 2003. She continued in small animal practice after moving to Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec before entering a residency program in Clinical Pathology at the University of Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec in 2004. She completed her residency in April 2008, with a main research focus in hemostasis.

Dr. Wagg joined the faculty at the University of Calgary in 2009. As a Senior Instructor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Dr. Wagg is the course coordinator and a co-instructor in the 2nd year clinical pathology course of the DVM program. She is also involved in the integration of clinical pathology teaching with other courses, including Clinical Skills and Clinical Presentations, as well as co-delivering the Clinical Pathology rotation in students’ 4th year in the DVM program.

In addition to teaching, Dr. Wagg provides clinical service through Antech diagnostics, reading hematology and cytology glass slide cases typically 1 day/week.

Research

Areas of Research

Clinical and Translational Research
Activities

Dr. Wagg's areas of research interest include coagulation and the teaching & learning of clinical pathology in the veterinary curriculum.

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
VETM 342 LEC 01 01 Pathologic Basis of Disease 2021
VETM 400 LEC 01 01 Clinical Presentations II 2020
VETM 400 LEC 01 01 Clinical Presentations II 2021