Understanding Raw and Grain Free Diets
Joseph J. Wakshlag, DVM, PhD, DACVN, DACVSMR
Dr. Joseph Wakshlag completed his DVM at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1998 and continued residency training in pathology from 1998-2000. From 2001-2005 he completed a Clinical Nutrition residency training program and a PhD in pharmacology, becoming board certified in Veterinary Nutrition in 2008. After a short time in private practice he returned to Cornell University as a Clinical Nutritionist in 2006. During his professional and graduate education to present day, he has been personally involved in sled dog racing and is the owner of a small kennel of Alaskan Husky sled dogs. Dr. Wakshlag is well published in the area of canine sports medicine and skeletal muscle physiology examining areas such as the acute phase response of exercise, exercise effects on glucose and glycogen metabolism during, and the effects of diet and exercise on skeletal muscle proteolysis.
