Dr. Stephen A. Smith is a professor of infectious diseases of aquatic, wildlife and exotic animals in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech. In addition to being an author of over 140 peer-reviewed journal articles, he has published numerous book chapters and has served as Editor and Issue Editor for several journals. He is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Fish Health Section of the American Fisheries Society, the European Association of Fish Pathologists and a past President of both the International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine and American Association of Fish Veterinarians.