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College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

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School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

# overview
I have been a practicing veterinary orthopedic and spine surgeon since 1992, with expertise in arthroscopy, trauma of the long bones and spine, angular limb deformity, and joint stabilization. From the research perspective, my experience has included biomechanics, bone grafting, spinal cord injury and gait analysis. My board certification in neurology has allowed a more in-depth perspective on gait analysis, spinal biomechanics, and the considerable crossover that occurs between orthopedic and neurologic disease.

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Interim Head of the Department of Veterinary Small Animal Clinical Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Louisiana State University - (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States)

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Louisiana State University - (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States)

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Association of Former Students University-Level Distinguished Achievement Award, The

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Rehabilitation for the orthopedic patient.

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Efficacy of a metalloproteinase inhibitor in spinal cord injured dogs.

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Owner-perceived, weighted quality-of-life assessments in dogs with spinal cord injuries.

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Evaluation of a questionnaire for obtaining owner-perceived, weighted quality-of-life assessments for dogs with spinal cord injuries.

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Extended durotomy to treat severe spinal cord injury after acute thoracolumbar disc herniation in dogs.

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Fixation with pins and wires: Application of cerclage and hemi-cerclage wires

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Neurologic Causes of Thoracic Limb Lameness.

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Creatine kinase level changes following electromyography in the normal anaesthetized dog

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Association between various physical factors and acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disk extrusion or protrusion in Dachshunds.

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Medial glenohumeral ligament reconstruction for ex-vivo medial glenohumeral luxation in the dog

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Canine thoracolumbar invertebral disk disease: pathophysiology, neurologic examination, and emergency medical therapy.

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Treatment of thoracolumbar spinal cord compression associated with Histoplasma capsulatum infection in a cat.

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Description and repeatability of a newly developed spinal cord injury scale for dogs.

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The Effect of Sliding Humeral Osteotomy (SHO) on Frontal Plane Thoracic Limb Alignment: An Ex Vivo Canine Cadaveric Study.

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Discospondylitis and Related Spinal Infections in the Dog and Cat

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Cerebrospinal fluid myelin basic protein as a prognostic biomarker in dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation.

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Contrast radiographic findings in canine bacterial discospondylitis: a multicenter, retrospective study of 27 cases.

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Multi-Center Retrospective Evaluation of Screw and Polymethylmethacrylate Constructs for Atlantoaxial Fixation in Dogs.

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Meningoencephalitis in a dog due to Trichosporon montevideense.

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What is your diagnosis? Cranial mediastinal soft tissue mass.

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Temporal and sequence-related variability in diffusion-weighted imaging of presumed cerebrovascular accidents in the dog brain.

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Treatment of mechanically failed triple pelvic osteotomies in four dogs - Part 2

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Analysis of outcomes following treatment of craniodorsal hip luxation with closed reduction and Ehmer sling application in dogs.

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Evaluation of the success of medical management for presumptive thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation in dogs.

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Caudal cervical intervertebral disk disease in the small dog_ Role of distraction and stabilization in ventral slot decompression

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Musculoskeletal system_ Joint and vertebral column diseases

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Arthroscopic documentation of elbow cartilage pathology in dogs with clinical lameness without changes on standard radiographic projections.

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Minimally invasive application of a radial plate following placement of an ulnar rod in treating antebrachial fractures. Technique and case series.

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Effect of hyperbaric oxygen treatment on incorporation of an autogenous cancellous bone graft in a nonunion diaphyseal ulnar defect in cats

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A challenging case: Getting to the source of a dog's chronic spinal pain

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Acute Phase Proteins in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Dogs with Naturally-Occurring Spinal Cord Injury.

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Canine thoracolumbar invertebral disk disease: diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.

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Early reherniation of disk material in eleven dogs with surgically treated thoracolumbar intervertebral disk extrusion.

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Adverse effects and outcome associated with dexamethasone administration in dogs with acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation: 161 cases (2000-2006).

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Prospectively recorded versus medical record-derived spinal cord injury scores in dogs with intervertebral disk herniation.

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Outcome Following Surgical Correction of Grade 4 Medial Patellar Luxation in Dogs: 47 Stifles (2001-2012).

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Clinical Evaluation of the Feline Neurologic Patient.

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Traumatic coxofemoral luxation in dysplastic dogs managed with a triple pelvic osteotomy_ Results in four dogs

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Microchemical and surface evaluation of canine tibial plateau leveling osteotomy plates.

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Dose range finding study for the efficacy of meloxicam administered prior to sodium urate-induced synovitis in cats.

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Deionised water as an adjunct to surgery for the treatment of canine cutaneous mast cell tumours

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Second look arthroscopic findings after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy.

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Cervical spinal locking plate in combination with cortical ring allograft for a one level fusion in dogs with cervical spondylotic myelopathy.

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Immunohistochemical and Clinical Evaluation of p53 in Canine Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumors

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Cerebrospinal fluid inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in naturally occurring canine spinal cord injury.

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A pilot study: sodium urate synovitis as an acute model of inflammatory response using objective and subjective criteria to evaluate arthritic pain in cats.

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Complication rate and factors affecting outcome of olecranon osteotomies repaired with pin and tension-band fixation in dogs

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Assessing repeatability and validity of a visual analogue scale questionnaire for use in assessing pain and lameness in dogs.

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Vertebral subluxation following ventral cervical decompression in the dog

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Magnetic resonance imaging in cadaver dogs with metallic vertebral implants at 3 Tesla: evaluation of the WARP-turbo spin echo sequence.

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Clinical signs and results of treatment in cats with patellar luxation: 42 cases (1992-2002).

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial of N-acetylcysteine in dogs with spinal cord trauma from acute intervertebral disc disease.

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Mechanical comparison of two methods for interfragmentary fixation in a short oblique fracture model

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Outcomes and Complications Associated with Acute Gunshot Fractures in Cats and Dogs.

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Putative Cerebral Microbleeds in Dogs Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head: A Retrospective Study of Demographics, Clinical Associations, and Relationship to Case Outcome.

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In vitro evaluation of the 18 and 36 kg Securos Cranial Cruciate Ligament Repair System.

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In vitro evaluation of fluorocarbon leader line for use as a fabella-tibial suture

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Angle-stable interlocking nailing in a canine critical-sized femoral defect model for bone regeneration studies: In pursuit of the principle of the 3R's.

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Mechanical comparison of six loop fixation methods with monofilament nylon leader line

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Ventral Slot Decompression for Cervical Intervertebral Disc Disease in 112 Dogs

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What is your diagnosis? Multiple cartilaginous exostoses.

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Draining tracts and nodules in dogs and cats.

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Assessing clinical competency: reports from discussion groups.

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Finds discrepancy between studies on canine tibial plateau leveling osteotomy plates - The authors respond

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Effects of femur position on radiographic assessment of completeness of femoral head and neck excision in medium- to large-breed dogs.

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Hepatic aspiration and biopsy techniques.

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Common Orthopedic Conditions and Their Physical Rehabilitation

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Concentrations of 15F2t isoprostane in urine of dogs with intervertebral disk disease.

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American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Assessment of Orthopedic Versus Neurologic Causes of Gait Change in Dogs and Cats.

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Evaluation of the success of medical management for presumptive cervical intervertebral disk herniation in dogs.

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Thoracic limb alignment in healthy labrador retrievers: evaluation of standing versus recumbent frontal plane radiography.

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The impact of a surgical checklist on surgical outcomes in an academic institution.

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Deep-frozen allogeneic cancellous bone grafts in 10 dogs_ A case series

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Accuracy of conventional radiography and computed tomography in predicting implant position in relation to the vertebral canal in dogs.

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Radiographic evaluation and comparison of triple pelvic osteotomy with and without additional ventral plate stabilization in forty dogs - Part 1

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Application of Cerclage and Hemi-cerclage Wires

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Holding power of 3.5 mm versus 4.0 mm screw applications placed in stripped 2.7 mm screw sites

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Greater trochanter morphology and association with patient demographics, surgical factors, and post-operative stem position: a retrospective assessment of 150 cementless THRs in 135 dogs.

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Evaluation of the WARP-turbo spin echo sequence for 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging of stifle joints in dogs with stainless steel tibial plateau leveling osteotomy implants.

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Cervical spinal cord compression caused by cryptococcosis in a dog_ Successful treatment with surgery and fluconazole

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In vitro biomechanical comparison of 3.5mm LC-DCP/intramedullary rod and 5mm clamp-rod internal fixator (CRIF)/intramedullary rod fixation in a canine femoral gap model.

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Associations between cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers and long-term neurologic outcome in dogs with acute intervertebral disk herniation.

# publications[].publisher
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Orthopedic examination in the cat: clinical tips for ruling in/out common musculoskeletal disease.

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Meniscal injury following initial cranial cruciate ligament stabilization surgery in 26 dogs (29 stifles).

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Signalment and clinical features of diskospondylitis in dogs: 513 cases (1980-2001).

# publications[].publisher
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

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Accuracy of conventional radiography and computed tomography in predicting implant position in relation to the vertebral canal in dogs.

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Relationships between cerebrospinal fluid characteristics, injury severity, and functional outcome in dogs with and without intervertebral disk herniation.

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Imaging diagnosis-synovial myxoma of lumbar vertebrae articular process joint.

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Early Blockade of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Spinal-Cord-Injured Dogs Results in a Long-Term Increase in Bladder Compliance.

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The effect of hyperbaric oxygen treatment on a compromised axial pattern flap in the cat.

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Diskospondylitis associated with Brucella canis infection in dogs_ 14 cases (1980-1991)

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The relative sensitivity of computed tomography and myelography for identification of thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniations in dogs.

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Ben’s Green Drakkoman Fund St. Baldrick’s Research Grant: Evaluation of HER2 inhibition to block metastatic progression in OS

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St. Baldrick's Foundation - (Monrovia, California, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Vet Med Small Animal Medicine & Surgery; 4474 TAMU

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College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

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School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

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College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

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School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences