Dr. Frane Banovic

University of Georgia | UGA

Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery

After graduating from veterinary school in Zagreb (Croatia) in 2008, Dr. Banovic continued with further education at the University of Zagreb by pursuing and finishing a Ph.D. program in veterinary microbiology. In the summer of 2011, Dr. Banovic finished a one-year rotational internship at the Veterinary School in Munich (Germany) and started his three-year dermatology residency program at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. After finishing residency, he enrolled in a postdoctoral fellowship in Investigative Dermatology with the primary research focus on itch in atopic dermatitis and staphylococcal pyoderma. Dr Banovic favors interdisciplinary approaches to biological questions and incorporates basic immunology as well as cell biological and biochemical approaches in his research. He is board-certified by European College of Veterinary Dermatology. Dr. Banovic is presently an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Banovic’s main research interests lie in the field of canine atopic dermatitis, related staphylococcal skin infections, and autoimmune skin diseases.

• DVM, University of Zagreb, Croatia, 2008
• PhD in Microbiology, University of Zagreb, 2008-2014
• Small Animal Rotating Internship, Ludwig-Maximillian University, Munich, Germany, 2010-2011
• Investigative Dermatology Residency, North Carolina State University, 2011-2014
• Fellowship in Investigative Dermatology, 2014-2015
• Assistant Professor, Dermatology, University of Georgia, July 2015-present

• Canine atopic dermatitis and pathogenesis of staphylococcal pyoderma
• Canine skin adverse hypersensitivity reactions (toxic epidermal necrolysis)
• Autoimmune skin diseases – cutaneous lupus erythematosus in dogs

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