College of Veterinary Medicine

Education:

Phd Candidate, University of Florida
Masters of Science, University of Florida
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida
Bachelors of Science, University of Florida

Research Interests:

Use of low- level laser therapy to treat ischemia-reperfusion injury
Measurement of tissue oxygen tension in wounds
Outcome measures in veterinary rehabilitation

Selected Publications:

Kirkby K, Collins K, Newell S, Ginn P, Lewis D. What is your diagnosis? Calcium crystal deposition disease (chondrocalcinosis). J Am Vet Med Assoc 225(9): 1335, 2004.

Kirkby K, Bright R, Owen H. Paraoesophageal hiatal hernia and megaoesophagus in an Alaskan Malamute. J Small Anim Pract 46(8): 402-405, 2005.

Kirkby KA, Adin C. Products of heme oxygenase and their potential therapeutic applications. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 290: F563-571, 2006.

Kirkby KA, Baylis C, Agarwal A, Croker B, Archer L, Adin C. Intravenous bilirubin provides incomplete protection against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury in vivo. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 292: F888-894, 2007.

Kirkby KA, Lewis DD, Lafuente PF, Radasch RM, Fitzpatrick N, Farese JF, Wheeler JL Management of humeral and femoral fractures in dogs and cats with linear-circular hybrid skeletal external fixators. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 44: 180-197, 2008.

Coleman KD, Lurie DM, Blaik MA, Demuth G, Kirkby K. What is your diagnosis? Histiocytic sarcoma. J Am Vet Med Assoc 232(12): 1801-1802, 2008.

Kirkby KA, Wheeler JL, Farese JP, Bacon, NJ, Ellison GW, Sereda CW, Lewis DD. Vacuum-assisted closure Par I: Technique of application and mechanisms of action. Comped Cont Ed Pract Vet (Small Anim) (in press).

Kirkby KA, Wheeler JL, Farese JP, Bacon HJ, Ellison GW, Sereda CW, Lewis DD. Vacuum-assisted closure Part II: Clinical applications in dogs and cats. Comped Cont Ed Pract Vet (Small Anim) (in press).

Sereda CW, Lewis DD, Radasch RM, Bruce CW, Kirkby K. Antebrachial growth deformity correction using hybrid linear-circular external fixator constructs. Can Vet J (in press).