Jody Lulich, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM

• Osborne/Hills endowed Chair in nephrology and urology
• Co-Director: Minnesota Urolith Center
• Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota
• Distinguished Alumnus Award form Tuskegee Veterinary Alumni Association
• Norden Distinguished Teacher of the Year. College of Veterinary Medicine, 2001
• Speaker of the Year (companion animal program), North American Veterinary
• Conference, 2007
• World Small Animal Veterinary Association Excellence in Veterinary Heath Care Award, 2007

• Veterinary Medical Associations: AVMA, MVMA
• Specialty Organizations ACVIM: small animal internal medicine
• Professional Societies; Veterinary nephrology and Urology, Research On Calculi Kinetics

• Urolithiasis
• Calcium oxalate urolith epidemiology, etiopathiogenesis, dissolution, and prevention
• Urolith analysis
• Biomarkers of Disease (NMR spectroscopy, proteomics, metabolomics, genetics)
• Urinary tract oncology
• Clinical and translational research
• Spontaneous Animal Models for Disease
• Urinary tract infections

• Lulich JP, Osborne CA, Carvalho M, Nakagawa Y. The Effects of a urolith prevention diet on urine compositions of glycosaminoglycans, Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein and nephrocalcin in cats with calcium oxalate urolithiasis. AJVR, publication December 2011.
• Lulich JP, Osborne CA, Albasan H, Monga M, Bevan JM. Efficacy and safety of laser lithotripsy in fragmentation of urocystoliths and urethroliths for removal in dogs. JAVMA, 2009;234:1279-1285.
• Mauricio C, Lulich JP, Osborne CA, Nakagawa Y. Defective urinary crystallization inhibition and urine stone formation. International Braz J Urol. 2006;32:342-349.
• Lulich JP, Osborne CA, Lekcharoensuk C, et al. Effects of diet on urine composition of cats with calcium oxalate urolithiasis. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2004;40:185-191.
• Lekcharoensuk C., Osborne CA, Lulich JP, Thumchai R , Kirk Claudia, Ulrich LK, Koehler LA, Carpenter KA, Swanson LL. Association between dietary factors and the risk of calcium oxalate and magnesium ammonium phosphate urolithiasis in cats: JAVMA 2001; 219(9):1228-1237.
• Lulich JP, Osborne CA, Lekcharoensuk C, Kirk CA, Allen TA. Effects of hydrochlorothiazide and diet in dogs with calcium oxalate urolithiasis. J of the American Veterinary Association, J American Veterinary Medical Association. 2001; 218: 1583-1586.

Nephrology and Urology Problem solving Internal medicine

• Small Animal Internal Medicine Urology and nephrology
• Laser lithotripsy
• Cystoscopy
• Minimally Invasive Interventional procedures to manage urinary tract disorders