I am a board-certified veterinary anatomic pathologist with a passion for disease investigation in captive zoo species and free-ranging wildlife. By applying knowledge of disease pathogenesis and advanced molecular diagnostics, I aim to identify and characterize classic and novel disease conditions. My primary objective is to positively impact the global health and biodiversity of wildlife through the diagnosis and research of animal disease.

• DVM, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 2019
• BA, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, 2015

• July 2023-present, Associate Pathologist, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY
• August 2022-July 2023, Eddie Gould Fellow in Zoo and Wildlife Pathology, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY
• July 2019-June 2022, Eddie Gould Resident in Zoo and Wildlife Pathology, Wildlife Conservation Society / Cornell University, Bronx / Ithaca, NY

• Mack ZE, Clarke LL, Buckles EL, Demeter EA. Klebsiella pneumoniae complex-associated peritonitis, lymphadenitis, and pyelonephritis in juvenile raccoons (Procyon lotor) under rehabilitator care in New York, New Jersey, and Wisconsin, USA: In preparation.
• Mack ZE, Caserta LC, Renshaw RW, Nakagun S, Gerdes RS, Diel DG, Childs-Sanford SE, Peters-Kennedy J. Histopathologic and molecular characterization of Erethizon dorsatum papillomavirus 1 and Erethizon dorsatum papillomavirus 2 in North American porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum). Vet Pathol. 2022; Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1177/03009858231176564.
• Donohue LK, Mack ZE, Ledbetter EC. Surgical correction of third eyelid cartilage eversion in an Anglo-Nubian goat: a case report. Clin Case Rep. 2022;10(8): e6208. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6208
• Mack ZE, Armwood AR, Howerth EW. Pathology in practice. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2021;259(S2):1-4. doi: 10.2460/javma.19.07.0356
• Mack ZE, Conley KJ. Conference 10, Case 1: Odontoma in a Sambava tomato frog (Dyscophus guineti). In: Joint Pathology Center Proceedings of the Wednesday Slide Conference 2021-2022. Silver Springs, MD; 2021:1-5.
• Mack ZE, Boyer DM, Cardillo S, Conley KJ. A review of mortality in tentacled snakes (Erpeton tentaculatum) in a multi-institution zoological collection between 1966 and 2017. J Zoo Wildlife Med. 2021;52(3):909-917. doi: 10.1638/2020-0099
• Mack ZE, Bonar CJ, Garner MM, Connolly MJ, Childress AL, Wellehan JFX. A novel herpesvirus in the white stork associated with splenic and hepatic necrosis. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2020;32(3):471-475. doi: 10.1177/1040638720915539
• Mack Z, Fokidis HB. A novel method for assessing chronic cortisol concentrations in dogs using the nail as a source. Domest Anim Endocrinol. 2017;59:53-57. doi: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2016.11.003

• American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Post-Graduate Manuscript Award, Sept 2023
• Davis-Thompson Foundation Pathology Trainee and Scholarship Award, Sept 2021
• American College of Veterinary Pathologists Externship Scholarship Award, Oct 2017

• American College of Veterinary Pathologists
• American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
• Davis-Thompson Foundation
• Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society