Rowan James Milner, B.V.Sc., M.V.M.
Associate Professor
Service Chief
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
e-mail: MilnerR@vetmed.ufl.edu
PO Box 100126
2015 SW 16th Ave
Gainesville, FL 32608-0126
(352) 392-2226 ext. 5258
Fax: (352) 392-6125
Education:
B.V.Sc., University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 1980
B.V.Sc., University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 1993, (Honors)
Master of Vet Med, Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 1997
Diplomate, Internal Medicine, European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 1999
Diplomate, Medical Oncology, European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2005
Awards and Honors:
Clinician of the Year Award, Class of 2004, UF, 2004
Presidents Choice Award. Abstract & Poster, 55th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Boston, MA, 2004
Research Interests:
Osteosarcoma; Melanoma vaccine; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Targeted radiotherapy; Tumor suppressor genes
Selected Publications:
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Milner RJ. Targeted Radiotherapy of Canine Primary Bone Tumors Using Sm-153-EDTMP. Veterinary Cancer Society Newsletter. Volume 24, Number 1, Spring, 2000.
Dormehl IC, Louw WK, Milner RJ, et al. Biodistribution and Pharmacokinetics of Variously Sized Molecular Radiolabelled Polyethyleneiminomethyl Phosphonic Acid as a Selective Bone Seeker for Therapy in the Normal Primate Model. Arzneimittelforschung 51(3):258-263, 2001.
Lobetti RG, Milner R, Lane E. Chronic Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in Five Dogs. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 37(2):119-127, 2001.
Jarvis NV, Zeevaart JR, Wagener JM, Louw WKA, Dormehl IC, Milner RJ, Killian E. Metal-ion Speciation in Blood Plasma Incorporating the Water-Soluble Polymer, Polyethyleneimine Functionalised with Methylenephosphonate Groups, in Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals. Radiochimica Acta 90(04):237-246, 2002.
van der Merwe SW, van den Bogaerde JB, Goosen C, Maree FF, Milner RJ, Schnitzler CM, Biscardi A, Mesquita JM, Engelbrecht G, Kahn D, Fevery J. Hepatic Osteodystrophy in Rats Results Mainly from Portasystemic Shunting. Gut 52(4):580-585, 2003.
Farese JP, Milner R, Thompson MS, et al. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Treatment of Osteosarcomas Involving the Distal Portions of the Limbs in Dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 225(10):1567-1572, 1548, 2004.
Farese JP, Ashton J, Milner R, et al. The Effect of the Bisphosphonate Alendronate on Viability of Canine Osteosarcoma Cells In Vitro. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 40(3-4):113-117, 2004.
Milner RJ, Horton JH, Crawford PC, et al. Suppurative Rhinitis Associated with Haemophilus Species Infection in a Cat. J S Afr Vet Assoc 75(2):103-107, 2004.
Milner RJ, Farese J, Henry CJ, et al. Bisphosphonates and Cancer. J Vet Intern Med 18(5):597-604, 2004.
Ashton JA, Farese JP, Milner RJ, et al. Investigation of the Effect of Pamidronate Disodium on the In Vitro Viability of Osteosarcoma Cells from Dogs. Am J Vet Res 66(5):885-891, 2005.
Milner RJ, Peyton J, Cooke K, et al. Response Rates and Survival Times for Cats with Lymphoma Treated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemotherapy Protocol: 38 Cases (1996-2003). J Am Vet Med Assoc 227(7):1118-1122, 2005.
Royals SR, Farese JP, Milner RJ, et al. Investigation of the Effects of Deracoxib and Piroxicam on the In Vitro Viability of Osteosarcoma Cells from Dogs. Am J Vet Res 66(11): 1961-1967, 2005.
Adin DB, Milner RJ, Berger KD, Engel C, Salute M. Cardiac Troponin I Concentrations in Normal Dogs and Cats Using a Bedside Analyzer. J Vet Cardiol 7:27-32, 2005.
Milner RJ, Channell CD, Levy JK, et al. Survival Times for Cats with Hyperthyroidism Treated with Iodine 131, Methimazole, or Both: 167 Cases (1996-2003). J Am Vet Med Assoc 28(4):559-563, 2006.
LeBlanc AK, Mauldin GE, Milner RJ, LaDue TA, Mauldin GN, Bartges JW. Efficacy and Toxicity of Bopp and Lopp Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Relapsed Canine Lymphoma. Vet Comp Oncol 4(1):21-32, 2006.
Adin DB, Oyama MA, Sleeper MM, Milner RJ. Comparison of Canine Cardiac Troponin I Concentrations as Determined by 3 Different Analyzers. J Vet Intern Med 20:1136-1142, 2006.
Milner RJ, Salute M, Crawford C, Abbot JR, Farese J. The Immune Response to Disialoganglioside Gd3 Vaccination in Normal Dogs: A Melanoma Surface Antigen Vaccine. Vet Immunol Immunopathol Dec 15; 114(3-4):273-84. Epub 2006 Oct 5, 2006.