
Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine (VPM)
Education
DVM, North Carolina State University
PhD, University of Minnesota
AB, Duke University
Licensures and Certifications
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Biography
Awards & recognition
- Young Investigator Award; poster presentation (1st)
- The Fifth Equine Colic Research Symposium
- "Responses of equine jejunal smooth muscle to adrenergic and cholinergic agonists and antagonists in vitro"
- Young Investigator Award; oral presentation (2nd)
- The Fifth Equine Colic Research Symposium
- "Nonadrenergic-noncholinergic responses of equine jejunum in vitro"
- Nominated, SAVMA Teaching Excellence Award, UMN, 1994
- Graduate Student Council's Excellence in Teaching Award, UMN, 1995
- Graduation Ceremony selection, UMN, 1995
- Judge, Young Investigator Competition (Oral Presentations)
- The Sixth Annual Equine Colic Research Symposium; November, 1998
- Teaching Incentive Reward, UMN, 1999
- Resource Teacher for new faculty; UMN, 2001-2002
- Faculty Award for Excellence in Didactic Teaching, 2006
Research
Research summary/interests
- Gastrointestinal motility and colic
- Pharmacology of intestinal motility
- Effects of pregnancy on motility in horses and cattle
- Use of ultrasound for monitoring intestinal motility
- Carpal arthritis
- Treatment of sarcoids and aural plaques
- Treatment of navicular syndrome
Publications
Selected publications
For a listing of recent publications, refer to PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine, and to Google Scholar.
Teaching
- Gastrointestinal surgery in large animals
- Urogenital surgery in large animals
- Respiratory surgery in large animals
- Field surgery
- Equine limb anatomy and surgery
- Ruminant surgery senior elective
- Graduate student courses
Clinical
Clinical interests
- General surgery and lameness
- Equine colic
- Urogenital surgery
- Wounds and tumors