Marisa Ames, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (cardiology) and Associate Professor at Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine, is a 2007 graduate of the Ohio State University.

She completed her cardiology residency and the Jane Lewis-Seaks postdoctoral fellowship at North Carolina State University.

Her research interests include neurohormonal activation in heart failure (specifically the pharmacologic blockade of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system [RAAS] and the effects various drugs on RAAS) and heartworm disease.