Dr. Joshua Bartoe

Joshua T. Bartoe, DVM, is Vice President of Ophthalmology Services and Attending Veterinarian at Northern Biomedical Research, a contract research organization headquartered in Norton Shores, Michigan. He also serves as Director of Finance for Northern Biomolecular Services, a contract research analytical laboratory focused on providing comprehensive, GLP-compliant qPCR-qRT-PCR assays to support development of gene, cell, and other biological therapeutics. Dr. Bartoe is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists and holds a Community Assistant Professor appointment in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine.

Dr. Bartoe started his career in academic medicine at Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He later became the Director of Ophthalmology Services at MPI Research in 2014 and, following the Charles River acquisition, was promoted to Senior Director of Ophthalmology Services for the Mattawan, Michigan site. He has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed manuscripts focused primarily on ocular gene therapy, along with six textbook chapters.

He is an active member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, Society of Toxicology, and the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists.