Speakers
Rick Lanuza, DVM
Resident
Dr. Rick Lanuza was born and raised just outside of Los Angeles, California. He attended
Loyola Marymount University where he graduated with a bachelors of science in Biology.
Dr. Lanuza earned his DVM from St. George's University School of Veterinary Medicine
in the West Indies. He finished his clinical year at North Carolina State University
School of Veterinary Medicine and returned to Southern California to complete a small
animal medicine and surgical internship at VCA West Los Angeles. Working as a relief
veterinarian for two years afterwards, he had the opportunity to return to academia
and complete an ophthalmology internship at Kansas State University where he currently
resides as an ophthalmology resident. He is involved in research pertaining to possible
systemic effects of topical ophthalmic pharmaceuticals to feline patients and has
presented a case report and abstract at the 2010 and 2011 ACVO conference. He hopes
to one day return to the island of Grenada as a visiting professor of ophthalmology.
Amy Rankin, DVM, MS, DACVO
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Dr. Amy J. Rankin received her DVM from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She
did a small animal internship at Oklahoma State University and spent 3 years in private
practice in Washington and Idaho. Dr. Rankin completed an ocular pathology fellowship
at the University of Wisconsin and a residency in ophthalmology at Purdue University.
She spent 6 years in private practice in Milwaukee, Wisconsin before joining the
faculty at Kansas State University in 2007.
Jessica Slack, DVM, MS, DACVO
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Dr. Jessica M. Slack is originally from Louisville, Kentucky. She received her DVM
degree from The Ohio State University after obtaining a BS in biology from a small
private college in her hometown. She completed a small animal rotating internship
at VCA Veterinary Care Referral Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico before finishing
a residency in comparative ophthalmology at Purdue University. Dr. Slack joined the
faculty at Kansas State University in 2012.
Jane Ashley Stuckey, DVM
Resident
Dr. Stuckey is from northeast Arkansas where she grew up on her father’s row crop
farm. She obtained two bachelor of science degrees from the University of Arkansas
at Fayetteville – one in Agriculture, Food, and Life Sciences and the other in Animal
Science. Dr. Stuckey earned her DVM from Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine.
She completed a small animal rotating internship at the University of Missouri Veterinary
Medical Teaching Hospital in 2011. Currently, Dr. Stuckey is the junior resident in
ophthalmology at Kansas State University Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Her
research efforts are focused on diabetic dogs with cataracts. However, she looks forward
to initiating an equine-based ophthalmology project, as well. Following her residency,
Dr. Stuckey is considering a career in academia as a clinical instructor.