Medicine Staff


Steeve Giguere, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Professor

Clinical interests include general equine internal medicine, with a particular emphasis in equine neonatology, cardiology, and respiratory disorders. Research interests include infections caused by Rhodococcus equi in foals, equine neonatal immunology, as well as the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of antimicrobial agents in horses.

Amanda House, DVM, DACVIM
Assistant Professor, Equine Health and Extension

Clinical interests include neonatology, infectious disease, and camelid medicine. We will begin work on a multi-center clinical research grant in neonatology funded by the Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation next spring.

Laura Javsicas, VMD, DACVIM
Lecturer

Robert MacKay, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM
Professor

Expertise includes general internal medicine and a special interest in clinical neurology.Research interests are also in the area of inflammation/endotoxemia and in the diagnosis and biology of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM). Through this work, the pathogenesis of endoxemia in horses has been clarified and at least one new treatment developed and extensively used. In the field of EPM, Dr. MacKay has contributed to an understanding of the life cycle of the parasite and is actively involved in developing new and more satisfactory diagnostic tests.

Chris Sanchez, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Assistant Professor

My research has primarily been focused in three main areas: the equine gastric ulcer syndrome, pain management in the horse, and critical care of equine neonates. My laboratory has evaluated the effectiveness of various drugs for the treatment of gastric ulcers in foals and adult horses and for pain management in adult horses. We have also evaluated how different factors (age, housing, illness) can affect the physiologic environment of the stomach in foals and adult horses. The overall goal of this work is to gain a better understanding of the equine gastric ulcer syndrome and to improve our ability to manage various types of pain in horses.

Dana Zimmel, DVM, DACVIM, DABVP
Assistant Professor, Chief Large Animal Medicine

Neonatology, exercise physiology, endocrine disease

Residents:

Jeremy Frederick, DVM - 3rd Year

Stephanie Meyer, DVM - 2nd Year

Johanna Elfenbein, DVM - 1st Year

Technician:
Heather Wells