Volume 7, Number 1

Fall, 1999

NEW FACULTY

Dr. Susan Eades is from Baton Rouge and is a 1982 graduate from the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. She completed an internship in large animal medicine and surgery at the University of Pennsylvania in 1983. She remained in Pennsylvania and completed a residency in large animal internal medicine in 1985. She went to the University of Georgia to pursue a PhD degree. The emphasis of her research was motility and blood flow in the equine colon. She became a diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 1986. She completed her PhD in 1988 and took a faculty appointment at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in the Department of Large Animal Medicine, where she taught large animal internal medicine, served in the large animal clinic, and performed research in equine colic and laminitis. In 1995, she became the chief of staff of the Large Animal Clinic. In 1998, she became associate professor of equine medicine at LSU.

Dr. Mustajab Mirza is a graduate of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan. After he received his DVM in 1992, he worked in private practice for eight months. To further his knowledge, he came to the Animal Medical Center in New York, where he completed both small animal and large animal (at New Bolton Center) intensive post-graduate courses. In July 1993, he came to LSU, where he participated in a personalized learning experience program and completed a large animal internship followed by an advanced equine internship. He was then accepted into the equine surgery residency combined with a Master's degree program. In 1998, after the completion of the residency/Master's degree program, he accepted a one-year position as clinical instructor in equine surgery.

Dr. Joanne Tetens is a native of New York. She received her BS degree in Animal Science from Cornell University in 1987. In 1992, she received her DVM degree from Oklahoma State University. She completed an internship in large animal surgery at the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. In 1996, she completed an equine surgical residency and M.S. degree in veterinary clinical sciences at Michigan State University. She worked in private practice in both Michigan and South Carolina before coming to Louisiana State University as a clinical instructor in equine surgery in October 1997. Currently, she is pursuing a PhD degree in Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology. The emphasis of her research will be the effects of ATP-MgCl2 on shock in horses. Concurrently, she has a faculty appointment as a clinical instructor in equine emergency surgery.

Dr. Carlos R. F. Pinto is from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He graduated in veterinary medicine in 1986 from the Sao Paulo State University and worked as a large animal practitioner until 1995 when he came to the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine to participate in the theriogenology residency program. He became board certified in the American College of Theriogenologists in September, 1997. He completed his residency on June 30, 1998, and is currently a doctorate student in the Department of Veterinary Physiology, Pharmacology, and Toxicology, majoring in reproductive physiology. He is also a clinical fellow of theriogenology in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, which is jointly sponsoring his graduate program with the Saint Gabriel Reproductive Physiology Laboratory, Department of Animal Science. He is currently working with cryopreservation of thermotolerant mammalian embryos.

NEW ADVANCED STUDY  STUDENTS

Dr. Romana Stecco is participating in a one-year internship in Theriogenology in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences. She was born in Rome and raised in Florence, Italy. In 1997, she received her D.V.M. degree from the Veterinary University at Parma, in northern Italy. She practiced veterinary medicine for six months in an equine clinic in Siena, Tuscany, and then in a small animal clinic in Florence.

Dr. Jorge DelaCalle is an equine surgery resident at LSU. He graduated from the University of Madrid, Spain, in 1993. Following graduation, he completed an externship program at the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, England. During an internship program at Southern California Equine Foundation, he worked at Santa Anita and Hollywood Park Race Tracks in Los Angeles County. Prior to coming to LSU, Dr. DelaCalle completed a one-year internship at Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center, Los Olivos, California. He has worked primarily in the Thoroughbred racing industry in the U.S. and abroad, desiring to pursue board certification as an equine surgeon with the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. Dr. DelaCalle is enrolled in a Master's degree program in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences with a special interest in orthopedics.

Dr. Alison L. Eddy, a native of Virginia, received her Master's degree in English in 1988 from the University of Virginia and her DVM from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1998. She will complete a one-year internship in equine medicine and surgery at the LSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Clinics in June 1999. Upon finishing her internship, Dr. Eddy plans to either pursue an equine surgical residency or enter private practice.

Dr. Chidabaram M. Ramaswamy is a native of Nagercoil, India. He received his graduate degree in veterinary medicine from Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu, India in 1995. He completed his Master of Science degree in Veterinary Nutrition from the Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. He is currently working toward his doctoral degree in the Department of Veterinary Physiology, Pharmacology, and Toxicology under the supervision of Drs. Rustin Moore and Changaram Venugopal. His studies focus on the role of endothelin in the pathophysiology of naturally acquired and experimentally induced gastrointestinal tract disease (colic) in horses.

Dr. Diane Dunning received her doctorate degree in veterinary medicine in 1993 from Washington State University. She completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the University of Georgia in 1994 and a small animal surgery residency and a Master's degree in clinical sciences from Colorado State University in 1997. She is currently working toward a doctorate degree in the Department of Veterinary Physiology, Pharmacology, and Toxicology under the supervision of Dr. Steve Kamerling. Her area of interest is the role of cyclooxygenase in inflammation and pain.