Neurology Research Intern, DVM, DVSc

Shaghayegh (Sherry) Rafatpanah Baigi is a veterinarian from Iran. She earned her DVM from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and completed a residency in Veterinary Surgery at the University of Tehran. She worked as a surgeon with a strong interest in neurology in private practice in Iran for 5 years.

She is a Neurology Research Intern at NC State University, contributing to the Longitudinal Study of Canine Neuroaging. Her research interests include aging and cognition, neurodegenerative diseases, and epilepsy. She has been involved in veterinary education, delivering webinars and workshops on small-animal neurology to veterinary students in Iran and aspires to become a veterinary neurologist and clinician-scientist.