Mary E. Lassaline, DVM, PhD, DACVO

Lassaline, ME Equine ocular squamous cell carcinoma: Genetic associations Equine Veterinary Education : , 2020.

Knickelbein, K. E., Lassaline, M. E., Singer-Berk, M., Reilly, C. M., Clode, A. B., Famula, T. R., Michau, T. M., Bellone, R. R. A missense mutation in damage-specific DNA binding protein 2 is a genetic risk factor for ocular squamous cell carcinoma in Belgian horses Equine Veterinary Journal 52: 34-40, 2020.

Saldinger, L. K., Nelson, S. G., Bellone, R. R., Lassaline, M., Mack, M., Walker, N. J., Borjesson, D. L. Horses with equine recurrent uveitis have an activated CD4+ T-cell phenotype that can be modulated by mesenchymal stem cells in vitro Veterinary Ophthalmology 23: 160-170, 2020.

Rockwell, H., Mack, M., Famula, T., Sandmeyer, L., Bauer, B., Dwyer, A., Lassaline, M., Beeson, S., Archer, S., McCue, M., Bellone, R. R. Genetic investigation of equine recurrent uveitis in Appaloosa horses Animal Genetics 51: 111-116, 2020.

Singer-Berk, M. H., Knickelbein, K. E., Lounsberry, Z. T., Crausaz, M., Vig, S., Joshi, N., Britton, M., Settles, M. L., Reilly, C. M., Bentley, E., Nunnery, C., Dwyer, A., Lassaline, M. E., Bellone, R. R. Additional Evidence for DDB2 T338M as a Genetic Risk Factor for Ocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Horses International Journal of Genomics 2019: , 2019.

Knickelbein, K. E., Stock, M., Carrasco, S. E., Reilly, C. M., Lassaline, M. E. Traumatic phacocele in an American Miniature Horse Veterinary Ophthalmology 22: 61-66, 2019.

Knickelbein, K. E., Lassaline, M. E., Bellone, R. R. Limbal squamous cell carcinoma in a Rocky Mountain Horse: Case report and investigation of genetic contribution Veterinary Ophthalmology 22: 201-205, 2019.

Knickelbein, K. E., Holmberg, B. J., Lassaline, M. E. Equine retrobulbar disease: Diagnoses and outcomes of 15 horses with exophthalmos (1988–2017) Equine Veterinary Education 31: 601-608, 2019.

Knickelbein, K. E., Luethy, D., Thomasy, S. M., Reilly, C., Strom, A. R., Lassaline, M. E. Equine eosinophilic keratoconjunctivitis in California: retrospective study of 47 eyes from 29 cases (1993-2017) Veterinary Ophthalmology 22: 510-519, 2019.

Edwards, S. G., Maggs, D. J., Byrne, B. A., Kass, P. H., Lassaline, M. E. Effect of topical application of 0.5% proparacaine on corneal culture results from 33 dogs, 12 cats, and 19 horses with spontaneously arising ulcerative keratitis Veterinary Ophthalmology 22: 415-422, 2019.

corneal wound healing, corneal surgery

College of Veterinary Medicine University of Florida Gainesville FL (2001 to 2004)
Resident in Comparative Ophthalmology

Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital Lexington, KY (2000 to 2001)
Medicine & Surgery Intern

University of Illinois, Champaign, IL (1994 to 1996)
NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, Psychology