Sarah Malek is an Associate Professor of Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery at the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine. She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from the University of Tehran in Iran, followed by rotating and specialty internships in Canada and the United States. She then completed a residency in small animal surgery and a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island.

She became board-certified in small animal surgery by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) in 2016. She is an active faculty member with AO VET North America (AO VET NA) and a frequent lecturer at both national and international veterinary conferences. She also serves as a laboratory instructor in courses focused on basic and advanced fracture repair and arthroscopic procedures in small animals.

Her clinical interests center on musculoskeletal disorders in dogs and cats, with particular emphasis on joint disease treatment and fracture management using minimally invasive techniques. Her research focuses on disease pattern recognition through infrared spectroscopy, the identification of disease biomarkers, and translational studies in osteoarthritis affecting both canine and human patients.