Philip Bochsler

Dr. Phil Bochsler joined the staff in July of 2001.  After serving as the WVDL’s Director for two and a half years (named director in June of 2015),  Bochsler returned to his passion – diagnostic pathology – at WVDL in 2018.  Prior to taking over as director, Bochsler was the Section Chief of the WVDL’s Pathology Department for 14 years.  After graduating from Washington State University with his DVM, he spent two and a half years in mixed animal practice in both Oregon and Washington before entering a combined Ph.D. and residency program in pathology at Cornell University. He subsequently worked at the University of Tennessee as a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine in diagnostic pathology and teaching, while also performing research on the immunological responses of cattle to toxin from Gram-negative bacteria. Before moving to Madison and the WVDL, he earned two awards for teaching excellence at Tennessee, serving as Director of the Pathology Resident Training Program and the Director of Anatomic Pathology Service.  Prior to serving as Director at WVDL in July of 2015, Dr. Bochsler served as the Section Chief of Pathology, Chemistry and TSE testing. In addition, he was an active pathologist and taught at the School of Veterinary Medicine where he currently remains a Clinical Professor.  His interests and expertise span a large number of animal species and an array of diseases.