Dr. Shanley is originally from Indiana and a 1981 graduate of the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine.  He completed his residency in dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1985.  He established the first veterinary dermatology practice in the state of Arizona, then returned to the University of Pennsylvania as an Assistant Professor of Veterinary Dermatology where he remained for seven years.  He has been a veterinary dermatologist in private specialty practices in the Philadelphia area since 1993.  He has lectured nationally and internationally on a variety of topics related to practicing veterinary dermatology.  He has published numerous research studies and clinical investigative reports in the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Veterinary Dermatology, and other scientific journals.  He collaborated on the identification, characterization and inheritance patterns of the first cases of Canine Benign Familial Pemphigus.  He is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Clinical Dermatology at the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.  He owns and operates DermPath Consultants, a skin biopsy service for area referring veterinarians.  His special interests in veterinary dermatology include allergic skin disease, ear diseases, autoimmune skin diseases, and adverse drug reactions affecting the skin of dogs and cats.  He is a member of the Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association, the American Academy of Veterinary Dermatology, the American College of Veterinary Dermatology and the American Veterinary Medical Association.