Daniel D. Lewis, D.V.M.
Professor
Small Animal Surgery and Emminent Scholar & Program Director
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
e-mail: LewisDa@vetmed.ufl.edu
PO Box 100126
2015 SW 16th Ave
Gainesville, FL 32608-0126
(352) 392-2226 ext. 4712
Fax: (352) 392-6125
Education:
B.S., Zoology, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 1979 (highest honors)
D.V.M., Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 1983
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons, 1991
Honors and Awards:
Phi Kappa Phi National Academic Honor Society, 1978
Who's Who in Veterinary Medicine, 1990
Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor Society, 1991
Florida Association of Kennel Clubs Clinical Investigator Award, 1999
Lexington’s Who’s Who Registry, 2000
University of Florida Faculty Superior Achievement Award, 2001
University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine Clinical Investigator Award, 2002
Florida Veterinary Medical Association’s Clinical Investigator Award, 2002
University of Florida Carl Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award, 2004
Marshall, University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine Graduation Commencement, 2005-2007
University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2007 Teacher of the Year Award, 2007
Research Interest:
Orthopedics
Selected Publications:
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Lewis DD, Cross AR, Carmichael S, Anderson MA. Recent Advances in External Skeletal Fixation. J Small Anim Pract 42(3):103-112, 2001.
Cross AR, Lewis DD, Murphy ST, Rigaud S, Madison JB, Kehoe MM, Rapoff AJ. Effect of Ring Diameter and Wire Tension on the Axial Biomechanics of Four Ring Circular External Skeletal Fixator Constructs. Am J Vet Res 62(7):1025-1030, 2001.
Lewis DD, Bronson DG, Cross AR, Welch RD, Kubilis PS. Axial Characteristics of Circular External Skeletal Fixator Single Ring Constructs. Vet Surg 30(4):386-394, 2001.
Cross AR, Lewis DD, Rigaud S, Mackinzie GB, Rapoff AJ. Effect of Wire Tension on the Biomechanics of Asymmetric Four-Ring Circular External Skeletal Fixator Constructs. Vet Compar Orthop Trauma 15(1):44-50, 2002.
Farese JP, Lewis DD, Cross AR, Collins KR, Anderson GM, Halling KB. Use of IMEX SK-Circular External Fixator Hybrid Constructs for Fracture Stabilization in Dogs and Cats. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 38(3):279-289, 2002.
Anderson GM, Lewis DD, Radasch RM, Marcillin-Little DJ, Tommasin-Degan M, Cross AR. Circular External Skeletal Fixation Stabilization of Antebrachial and Crural Fractures in 25 Dogs. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 39(5):479-498, 2003.
Cross AR, Lewis DD, Rigaud S, Rapoff AJ. Effect of various Distal Ring-Block Configurations on the Biomechanical Properties of Circular External Skeletal Fixators. Am J Vet Res 65(4):393-398, 2004.
Guille AE, Lewis DD, Anderson TP, Beaver DP, Carrera-Justiz S, Thompson MS, Wheeler JL, Going RL. Surgical Management of Humeral Condylar Fractures Using Self-Compressing Orthofix™ Pins in 23 Dogs. Vet Surg 33(4):314-322, 2004.
Halling KB, Lewis DD, Jones RW, Hill RC, Anderson GM. Use of Circular Fixator Constructs to Stabilize Intertarsal/Tarsometarsal Arthrodeses in Three Dogs. Vet Comp Ortho Trauma 17(4):204-209, 2004.
Jehn CT, Farese JP, Lewis DD, Ehrhart N, Kuntz CA. Current Treatment Options for Dogs with Appendicular Osteosarcoma. Vet Med 100(4):295-307, 2005.
Wheeler DL, Cross AR, Eschbach EJ, Rose AT, Gallogly PM, Lewis DD, VanderGriend RA. Grafting of Massive Tibial Subchondral Bone Defects in a Caprine Model Using Tricalcium Phosphate Versus Autograft. J Orthop Trauma 19(2):85-91, 2005.
Canapp SO, Cross AR, Brown MP, Lewis DD, Meritt KA, Tran-Son-Tay R, Hernandez J. Examination of Synovial Fluid and Serum Following Intravenous Injections of Hyaluronan for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis in Dogs. Vet Comp Ortho Trauma 18(3):169-174, 2005.
Jerram RM, Walker AM, Sutherland-Smith J, Warman CGA, Lewis DD. Treatment of Pedal Shortening in a Dog by Metatarsal Distraction Osteogenesis. J Sm Anim Pract 46(4):191-195, 2005.
Hill RC, Lewis DD, Randell SC, Scott KC, Omori M, Sundstrom DA, Jones GL, Speakman JR, Butterwick RF. Effect of Mild Restriction of Food Intake on the Speed of Racing Greyhounds. Am J Vet Res 66(6):1065-1070, 2005.
MacInness TJ, Thompson MS, Lewis DD. What Is Your Diagnosis? Cystic Lesion in the Femoral Head of a Dog. J Am Vet Med Assoc 227(10):1561-1562, 2005.
Ota J, Cook JL, Lewis DD, Tomlinson JL, Fox DB, Cook CR, Shultz LG, Bromitt J. Short-Term Aseptic Loosening of the Femoral Component in Canine Total Hip Replacement: Effect of Cementing Technique on Cement Mantle Grade. Vet Surg 34(4):345-352, 2005.
Jehn CT, Lewis DD, Farese JP, Ferrell EA, Conley WG, Ehrhart N. Tranverse Ulnar Bone Transport Osteogenesis: A New Technique for Limb Salvage for the Treatment of Distal Radial Osteosarcoma in Dogs. Vet Surg 36(4):326-334, 2007.
Wheeler JL, Lewis DD, Cross AR, Sereda CW. Closed Fluoroscopic-Assisted Spinal Arch External Skeletal Fixation for the Stabilization of Vertebral Column Injuries in Five Dogs. Vet Surg 36(5):442-448, 2007.
Nelligan MR, Wheeler JL, Lewis DD, Thompson MS. Correction of Metatarsal Rotation in a Dog Using a Circular Fixator Construct. Aus Vet J 85(8):332-336, 2007.
Leasure CS, Lewis DD, Sereda CW, Mattern KL, Jehn CT, Wheeler JL. Limited open reduction and stabilization of sacroiliac fracture-luxations using fluoroscopically assisted placement of a trans-iliosacral rod in five dogs. Vet Surg 36(7):633-643, 2007.
Radasch RM, Lewis DD, McDonald D. Pes varus correction in 13 Dachshunds using a 1-A hybrid linear-circular external fixator. Vet Surg 37(1):71-81, 2008.
Kim SE, Pozzi A, Kowaleski MP, Lewis DD. Tibial osteotomies for cranial cruciate ligament insufficiency in dogs. Vet Surg 37(2):111-125, 2008.
Au K, Mattern KL, Lewis DD. Use of an IMEX™ transilial rod articulated with an external fixator for stabilization of a dicondylar humeral fracture in a dog. J Sm Anim Pract 49(3):148-151, 2008.
Fitzpatrick N, Cross AR, Lewis DD. A biomechanical comparison of external skeletal fixation and plating for the stabilization of ilial osteotomies in dogs. Vet Comp Orthop Trauma (accepted).
Kirkby KA, Lewis DD, Lafuente P, Radasch RM, Fitzpatrick N, Farese JP, Wheeler JL. Management of humeral and femoral fractures in dogs and cats with linear-circular hybrid external skeletal fixators. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc (accepted).
Kirkby KA, Wheeler JL, Farese JP, Ellison GW, Bacon NJ, Sereda CW, Lewis DD. Vacuum assisted wound closure therapy. Part I: Techniques of application and methods of action. Compend Cont Ed Pract Vet (Sm Anim) (accepted).
Kirkby KA, Wheeler JL, Farese JP, Ellison GW, Bacon NJ, Sereda CW, Lewis DD. Vacuum assisted wound closure therapy. Part II: Clinical applications in dogs and cats. Compend Cont Ed Pract Vet (Sm Anim) (accepted).
Kim SE, Pozzi A, Banks SA, Fregly BJ, Conrad BP, Lewis D. Effect of tibial plateau leveling osteotomy on femorotibial contact mechanics and stifle kinematics. Vet Surg (submitted).
Kim SE, Pozzi A, Banks SA, Fregly BJ, Conrad BP, Lewis D. Effect of tibial tuberosity advancement on femorotibial contact mechanics and stifle kinematics. Vet Surg (submitted).
Wheeler DL, Cross AR, Eschbach EJ, Reeves JD, Rose AT, Toumbis CA, Lewis DD. Enhanced osteointegration by protein-spiked polymer coatings. J Biomed Materials Res (submitted).
Scott KC, Hill RC, Lewis DD, Gronwall R, Sundstrom DA, Jones GL, Harper J. The effects of single dose oral and intravenous ascorbic acid on serum concentrations in unsupplemented dogs. Vet Therapeutics (submitted).
Sammy RJ, Cross AC, Lewis DD, Rapoff AJ. An analysis of pullout properties of Kirschner wires in canine cortical bone and common bone model materials. Vet Comp Orthop Trauma (submitted).
Sereda CW, Lewis DD, Radasch RM, Briuce CW, Kirkby KA. Antebrachial growth deformity correction using hybrid linear-circular external fixator constructs. Can Vet J (submitted).
Hudson C, Pozzi A, Lewis DD. Minimally invasive percutaneous plating osteosynthesis (MIPO) application and technology in veterinary medicine. Compend Contin Ed Pract Vet (in progress).
Pozzi A, Kim SE, Banks SA, Conrad BP, Lewis DD. In vitro pathomechanics of the canine Pond-Nuki model. Clin Orthoped Rel Res (submitted).