Patricia L. Sertich, VMD, DACT
Additional Titles:
Section Chief, Reproduction & Behavior
Dr. Sertich is an Associate Professor-Clinical Educator in Reproduction at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. She obtained a Master of Science in reproductive physiology at the University of Wyoming in 1979 and a VMD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983. Dr. Sertich completed a two-year large animal reproduction residency at the University of Pennsylvania in 1985 and became a Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists in 1988. Currently Dr. Sertich is the Chief of the Section of Reproduction and Behavior at the University of Pennsylvania’s Widener Hospital for Large Animals at New Bolton Center. In addition to her general work in reproduction, Dr. Sertich has a special interest in periparturient mares, pregnancy loss, equine embryo transfer, reproductive surgery, transported semen, and mare management for optimal fertility. She works closely with the medicine clinicians who manage the neonates in the Moran Intensive Care Unit and serves as reproduction consultant for the high-risk pregnancy program and the broodmares in the Widener Hospital.
Stonehouse O, Stefanovski D, Bowman B, Sertich PL, Demchur J, Lewis GM, Turner RM, Turner RMO Nocardioform placentitis in a sample populations of mares foaling in southeastern Pennsyulvania and northern Maryland in 2020 Theriogenology : , 2022.
Patricia L Sertich Management of Reproduction – Horses Merck Manual : , 2021.
Brunsden SE, Fecteau ME, Sertich PL Theriogenology Question of the Month-Vaginal rupture and uterine prolapse in a late gestation doe. Journal American Veterinary Medical Association 256: 991-993, 2020.
Lyman C, Sertich PL Oviduct (Uterine tube). Veterinary Clinical Anatomy : , 2020.
Agnew ME, Slack J, Stefanovski D, Linton JK,Sertich PL Sonographic appearance of the late gestation equine fetal intestine. Theriogenology 138: 121-126, 2019.
Whitsell, KJ, Sertich, PL, McDonnell, SM Endometrial histology in a semi-feral pony herd of known high lifetime reproductive efficiency. Journal Equine Veterinary Science 74: 65-67, 2019.
Sertich PL Management of Reproduction: Horses. The Merck Manual, 12th Edition. : , 2019.
Agnew ME, Sertich PL Fetal mummification of a 270 day fetus in a mare. Clinical Theriogenology 9: 213-216, 2017.
Linton JK, Sertich PL The impact of low volume uterine lavage on endometrial biopsy classification. Theriogenology 86: 1004-1007, 2016.
Drinkard LN, Halbritter A, Nguyen GT, Sertich PL, King M, Bowman S, Huxta R, Guagenti M Notes from the Field: Outbreak of cryptospiridiosis among veterinary medicine students, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report, Center for Disease Control 64: 773, 2015.
Equine reproduction, pregnancy loss in mares, equine placenta evaluation, uterine involution, periparturient mare, genital tract infections in stallions.
University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania (1983 to 1985)
Residency in Large Animal Reproduction
Clinical Specialties:
Reproduction, mare reproduction, stallion reproduction, high risk pregnancy in mares, mare infertility
Hospital & Services:
Education:
VMD University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, 1983; MS (Animal Science) University of Wyoming, 1979; BS (Animal and Veterinary Science) West Virginia University, 1977
Board Certification:
Diplomate, American College of Theriogenologists
Contact:
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
New Bolton Center
382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348