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THOMAS SCHAER, BS, VMD
Director, Translational Orthopaedic Research & Preclinical Studies, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine New Bolton Center

Senior Research Investigator - Comparative Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, New Bolton Center

Research Areas: clinical orthopedic trauma, joints, spine, CMF, Musculoskeletal system, injectable technologies, pathophysiology

Contact Information:
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Dept of Clinical Studies New Bolton Center 382 West Street Road
 Phone 610-925-6237
 Fax 610-925-6820
 Email tpschaer@vet.upenn.edu

Stewart Suzanne, Barr Stephanie, Engiles Julie, Hickok Noreen J, Shapiro Irving M, Richardson Dean W, Parvizi Javad, Schaer Thomas P Vancomycin-modified implant surface inhibits biofilm formation and supports bone-healing in an infected osteotomy model in sheep: a proof-of-concept study. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 94: 1406-15, 2012.

Showalter Brent L, Beckstein Jesse C, Martin John T, Beattie Elizabeth E, Espinoza Orías Alejandro A, Schaer Thomas P, Vresilovic Edward J, Elliott Dawn M Comparison of animal discs used in disc research to human lumbar disc: torsion mechanics and collagen content. Spine 37: E900-7, 2012.

Schaer Thomas P, Stewart Suzanne, Hsu Bryan B, Klibanov Alexander M Hydrophobic polycationic coatings that inhibit biofilms and support bone healing during infection. Biomaterials 33: 1245-54, 2012.

Gasiorowski Janik C, Richardson Dean W, Boston Raymond C, Schaer Thomas P Influence of a resilient, hard-carbon thin film on drilling efficiency and thermogenesis. Veterinary surgery : VS 40: 875-80, 2011.

Jasmin Bambi H, Boston Ray C, Modesto Rolf B, Schaer Thomas P Perioperative ruminal pH changes in domestic sheep (Ovis aries) housed in a biomedical research setting. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS 50: 27-32, 2011.

Ahern Benjamin J, Schaer Thomas P, Terkhorn Shawn P, Jackson Karen V, Mason Nicola J, Hankenson Kurt D Evaluation of equine peripheral blood apheresis product, bone marrow, and adipose tissue as sources of mesenchymal stem cells and their differentation potential. American journal of veterinary research 72: 127-33, 2011.

Risbud Makarand V, Schaer Thomas P, Shapiro Irving M Toward an understanding of the role of notochordal cells in the adult intervertebral disc: from discord to accord. Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 239: 2141-8, 2010.

Ahern Benjamin J, Richardson Dean W, Boston Raymond C, Schaer Thomas P Orthopedic infections in equine long bone fractures and arthrodeses treated by internal fixation: 192 cases (1990-2006). Veterinary surgery : VS 39: 588-93, 2010.

Ahern Benjamin J, Harten Robert D, Gruskin Elliott A, Schaer Thomas P Evaluation of a fiber reinforced drillable bone cement for screw augmentation in a sheep model--mechanical testing. Clinical and translational science 3: 112-5, 2010.

Ahern Benjamin J, Soma Lawrance R, Boston Raymond C, Schaer Thomas P Comparison of the analgesic properties of transdermally administered fentanyl and intramuscularly administered buprenorphine during and following experimental orthopedic surgery in sheep. American journal of veterinary research 70: 418-22, 2009.

BS SAMD, Davos/Switzerland, 1986

VMD (Veterinary Medicine) University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, 1996