Dr. Ted Valli received his DVM from the University of Toronto, Ontario Veterinary College in 1962. He then returned to his hometown of Brooks, Alberta where he started Bow Valley Veterinary Clinic. In 1967 he received his M.Sc. in clinical pathology and his Ph.D. in pathology in 1969 from Ontario Veterinary College. In 1969, Dr. Valli was boarded in anatomic pathology by the American College of Veterinary Pathologists and in 1975 was also boarded in clinical pathology. Dr. Valli was appointed Associate Professor of Pathology in 1969 at the Ontario Veterinary College and later became a full professor and head of the department in 1978. In 1984, he was appointed the Associate Dean of Research. From 1990-2008, Dr. Valli served as the Dean of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois before joining the pathology staff of VDx in 2008.