Expertise

His present research interests include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory toxicity, developmental orthopedic disease, tenosynovitis, osteoarthritis, joint therapies and gastro-intestinal motility. Present major research work revolves around investigating the effects of NSAID medications on the bowel and is part of the COBRE grant (NIH,P20 RR-017686. Program Director-Dr. Dan Marcus in the Department of Anatomy and Physiology).

  • Effects of non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs on the gastrointestinal system and wound healing
  • Strategies for effective correction of limb deformities in foals and young horses
  • Novel strategies for treating endotoxemia
  • Minimizing surgical morbidity in fusion of the equine pastern joint

Subject Areas: Anatomy and Physiology- Studies the effects of NSAIDs on wound healing, using intestinal epithelia as the model tissue, to improve NSAID safety.

Degrees
DVM, Colorado State University
MS