Lisa Murphy, VMD, Dipl. ABT, is the new resident director of the Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System (PADLS) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s (Penn Vet) New Bolton Center (Penn Vet’s large-animal veterinary teaching hospital), effective immediately.

“We look forward to Dr. Murphy’s leadership at PADLS as she takes the reins from Dr. (Sherill) Davison (BA, VMD, MS, MBA), who has led the laboratory through an extremely dynamic time over the past eight years,” said Joan C. Hendricks, VMD, PhD, the Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

In her new role as PADLS Resident Director, Murphy will be responsible for oversight of all PADLS New Bolton Center laboratories: toxicology, mammalian pathology, poultry, and microbiology. She also will be responsible for maintaining PADLS’ accreditation from the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD).

Murphy will continue as an assistant professor of toxicology in the New Bolton Center’s Department of Pathology, a position she has held since returning to Penn Vet in 2005 after graduating with her VMD in 1997. Murphy will also continue in her roles as a researcher and as head of the PADLS New Bolton Center Toxicology Laboratory