Dr. DiBartola received his DVM degree from the University of California, Davis in 1976. He completed an internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in June 1977 and a residency in Small Animal Medicine at the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine from July 1977 to July 1979. He served as Assistant Professor of Medicine at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois from July 1979 until August 1981. In August 1981, he returned to the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the Ohio State University as Assistant Professor of Medicine. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1985 and to Professor in 1990. He currently is Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. He received the Norden Distinguished Teaching Award in 1988 and the Zoetis Distinguished Teaching Award in 2014. His textbook Fluid Therapy in Small Animal Practice is in its fourth edition (2012). Dr. DiBartola has served as co-editor-in-chief for the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine since 1997. His clinical areas of interest include diseases of the kidney and fluid, acid base, and electrolyte disturbances.