Bio

Dr. Joshua Stern serves as the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He is also a Professor of Cardiology in the Department of Clinical Sciences at NC State. Dr. Stern obtained his DVM from Ohio State University, completed his cardiology residency training at NC State, and obtained a PhD focusing on translational cardiac genetics at Washington State University. He is the Principal Investigator for the Stern Translational Cardiac Genetics and Pharmacogenomics Laboratory which focuses on training clinician scientists and developing novel therapies for inherited heart disease.

 Dr. Stern serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine and is the current President for the Subspecialty of Cardiology in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. He was honored with the 2024 AVMF Career Achievement Award in Feline Medicine. Dr. Stern is an avid supporter of clinician scientists and is passionate about training the next generation of veterinary academic leaders. Together, with his laboratory teams, Dr. Stern has published over 140 peer-reviewed research manuscripts contributing to the advancement of companion animal genetics and translational cardiology.

A full list of Dr. Stern’s published work can be found at here.

Publications

• An artificial intelligence–enabled digital stethoscope demonstrates moderate murmur detection in dogs but not cats and unreliable arrhythmia classification in both species , Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (2026)
• Characterization of the myocardial and renal renin–angiotensin system in normal cats and cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (2026)
• Evidence-based medical therapy for mitral regurgitation in dogs , Journal of Veterinary Cardiology (2026)
• Ex vivo effects of low dose delayed release rapamycin on agonist-induced platelet aggregation, activation and procoagulant platelet phenotypes in domestic cats , Scientific Reports (2026)
• Long-term sacubitril/valsartan is well tolerated in dogs with heart failure and myxomatous mitral valve disease and suggests excellent survival benefits , American Journal of Veterinary Research (2026)
• Novel frameshift variant in exon 7 of COL17A1 in a domestic shorthair kitten with junctional epidermolysis bullosa , Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (2026)
• Preliminary investigation of T-wave peak-end interval and its ratio to QT interval in dogs with an echocardiographic phenotype of dilated cardiomyopathy and its possible correlation with left ventricular diameter and volume , Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (2026)
• The influence of age and captivity on cardiac structure and function in rhesus macaques , GeroScience (2026)
• Age-sensitive response of systemic AAV-mediated gene therapy in a newly characterized feline model of mucolipidosis II , Molecular Therapy (2025)
• Cardiac arrhythmia prevalence and risk factors in 24‐h electrocardiograms of sedentary horses , Equine Veterinary Journal (2025)