Alejandro "Alex" Ramirez

DVM – Iowa State University
MPH – University of Iowa
PhD – Iowa State University
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine
Courses as Primary or Co-Instructor:
VDPAM 308 – Spanish for Veterinarians 2010 - Current
VDPAM 309 – Intro to Production Animal Informatics 2007 - 2009
VDPAM 310 – Intro to Production Animal Medicine 2006 - 2007
VDPAM 407/507 – Evidence Based Clinical Decision Making 2008 - Current
VDPAM 409 - Veterinary Practice Management and Organization 2017 - Current
VDPAM 414/514 – Veterinary Practice Entrepreneurship 2016 - Current
VDPAM 419 – Advance Swine Production Informatics 2007 - Current
VDPAM 420C – Preceptorship: Gov. or Food Processing 2014 - 2016
VDPAM 445 – Clinical Medicine 2006 - Current
VDPAM 478 – Introduction to Swine Production Medicine 2005 - 2006
VDPAM 480 – Swine Production Medicine 2006 - Current
VDPAM 487 – Livestock Disease Prevention 2007 – 2019
VDPAM 496 – International Preceptorship 2011 - Current
Courses as Guest Lecturer:
175:211 – Veterinary Public Health – University of Iowa 2007 - 2010
An S 190 - Livestock Handling, Safety and Welfare 2013 - 2015
An S 225 – Swine Science 2007 - Current
An S 310A - Survey of Veterinary Careers 2016 - 2018
VCS 311 – Veterinarians in Society I 2006 - 2008
VCS 312 – Veterinarians in Society II 2008
VCS 313 – Veterinarians in Society III 2008 - Current
VCS 314 – Veterinarians in Society IV 2010
VCS 495 – Seminar (“Grand Rounds”) 2008 - Current
VDPAM 309 – Intro to Production Animal Informatics 2009 - Current
VDPAM 340 – Clinical Foundations I 2007 - Current
VDPAM 411 – Production Animal Medicine 2005 - 2009
VDPAM 456 – Vet. Diagnostic Medicine and Applications 2007 - Current
VDPAM 487 – Livestock Disease Prevention 2020 - Current
VDPAM 560X – Ecology of Infectious Diseases 2019 – Current
VDPAM 562X – Applied Diagnostic Technologies 2020 - Current
VMPM 378 – Case Study IV 2008 - 2012
Interested in clinical swine medicine, epidemiology, infectious disease transmission, biosecurity, and public health.
Roy A Schultz Endowed Professorship in Swine Medicine 2017 - current
Iowa State University Award for Early Achievement in Teaching 2016
Dr. William O. Reece Award for Outstanding Academic Advising 2016
Alex Hogg Memorial Scholarship - American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation 2011
Dr. William O. Reece Award for Outstanding Academic Advising - Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine 2010
American Association of Swine Veterinarians – past president
American Association of Swine veterinarians (AASV)
American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP)
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
Iowa Veterinary Medical Association (IVMA)
Veterinary Medical Alumni Association at ISU (VMAA)
American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (ACVPM)