Director

Petra Bizikova, DVM, PhD, dipACVD, dipECVD

​Director

Dr. Petra Bizikova graduated at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Kosice [Koshice], Slovakia in 2001 with honors. She subsequently joined one of the largest private veterinary clinics in Slovakia at that time, where she worked for four years and focused primarily on internal medicine, cytology and dermatology.

A personal quest to improve her skills and medical knowledge in veterinary dermatology led her to multiple, self-funded, externships at private referral dermatology clinics and university teaching hospitals in Europe and in the United States. A fortunate trip to North Carolina State University gave her the chance to start an internship followed by a residency in veterinary dermatology and immunology PhD. She became boarded by both American and European Colleges of Veterinary Dermatology in 2010 and defended her PhD in 2012. As a result of her PhD, she was able to identify the major target autoantigen in canine pemphigus foliaceus.

After finishing PhD, she then joined the Dermatology Faculty of the College of Veterinary Medicine in 2012 as a clinician-scientist with a main interest in autoimmunity and atopic dermatitis. She is also managing equine dermatology at the NCSU.

In her free time, she enjoys horseback riding, hiking and bouldering. (Board term ends June 30, 2027)