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Joel Di Bernardo

Asst Professor School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact

Address
VBS 120
Lincoln NE 68583-0905
Phone
402-472-8608 On-campus 2-8608
Email
jdibernardo2@unl.edu

      Dr. Di Bernardo is originally from the southwest suburbs of Chicago and obtained his veterinary degree from the University of Illinois. He practiced small animal and exotic medicine for three years before completing a residency in anatomic pathology at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Di Bernardo is currently an Assistant Professor and diagnostic pathologist at the Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center. His research and diagnostic interests include infectious disease at the wildlife-livestock interface and ocular pathology.

Education

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, 2024

Residency in Anatomic Pathology, University of Tennessee, 2024

Doctorate, Veterinary Medicine, General, University of Illinois, 2018

Bachelor of Science, Biology, North Central College, 2014

Publications

Di Bernardo, J., Newkirk, K. and Hendrix, D. (2023). Retinoschisis: a retrospective study of an uncommon retinal change in cats and dogs. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 207, pp.30-32.

Upton, K.E., Dunham, K.M., Di Bernardo, J.P. and Mulon, P.Y. (2023). Congestive heart failure secondary to both congenital and acquired defects in a Guernsey heifer. Veterinary Record Case Reports, 11(2), p.e593.