Anna Firshman, BVSc, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM, Diplomate ACVSMR
Clinical Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine (VPM)
Contact
Email
Office Phone
Office Address
225 Veterinary Medical Center
1365 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States
Education
Residency, Large Animal Medicine, University of Minnesota, 2003
Internship, University of Minnesota, 2000
PhD, University of Minnesota, 2005
BVSc, University of Liverpool, 1999
Licensures and Certifications
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2003
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2010
Biography
Summary
Dr. Anna Firshman is a clinical professor and specialist in large animal internal medicine at the College of Veterinary Medicine. She joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota in 2009. She is board certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and a charter member of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Expertise
Dr. Firshman works with all large animal species and enjoys all types of large animal medicine cases. Her expertise centers on internal medicine disorders of horses and camelids. She is particularly interested in medical causes for poor performance in horses, such as muscle diseases, and neurologic and cardiologic disorders.
Research
Research summary/interests
Dr. Firshman’s main responsibilities are clinical service and teaching. Her research interests have focused on muscle diseases and endocrine disorders.
Publications
For a listing of recent publications, refer to PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine, and to Google Scholar.
Teaching
Academic interests and focus
Clinical large animal internal medicine. Clinical skills development and instruction.
Teaching areas
- Clinical Skills
- Large Animal Neurologic disorders
- Camelid Medicine
- Large Animal Medicine Clinical Medicine
- Equine Sports Medicine
- Equine rehabilitation
- Equine exercise physiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Large Animal Anemia
- Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Equine Biosecurity
Courses
DVM:
- CVM 6921 Clinical Skills III
- CVM 6941 Clinical Skills IV
- CVM 6928 Large Animal Medicine I
- CVM 6945 Large Animal Medicine II
- CVM 6969 Large Animal Medicine III
- CVM 6960 Equine Selective I
- CVM 6966 Applied Small Ruminant and Camelid Practice
- CVM 6737 Equine Sports Medicine Rotation
- CVM 6011 Large Animal Medicine Clinics
- CVM 6690 Integrative Medicine
Undergraduate:
- VPM 2020 Biosecurity for Horse Farms
Clinical
Specialties
- Veterinary Medicine
Clinical interests
Dr. Firshman works with all large animal species and enjoys all types of large animal medicine cases. Her expertise centers on internal medicine disorders of horses and camelids. She is particularly interested in medical causes for poor performance in horses, such as muscle diseases, and neurologic and cardiologic disorders.