REBECKA S. HESS
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REBECKA S. HESS, B.Sc., DVM, MSCE

Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

Chief, Section of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

Clinical Specialties: Diabetes Mellitus, Endocrinopathies, Cushing's Disease, Addison's Disease, Insulinoma, Thyroid disorders
Research Areas: Diabetes Mellitus, Endocrinopathies
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Section of Medicine
Department of Clinical Studies-Philadelphia
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
3900 Spruce Street




Clinical endocrine studies and genetic studies of canine diabetes mellitus.

Diabetes mellitus, diabetic ketoacidosis, and other endocrinopathies

Shea, E. K., Hess, R. S. Validation of a flash glucose monitoring system in outpatient diabetic cats J Vet Intern Med 35: 1703-1712, 2021.

O'Kell, A. L., Wasserfall, C. H., Henthorn, P. S., Atkinson, M. A., Hess, R. S. Evaluation for type 1 diabetes associated autoantibodies in diabetic and non-diabetic Australian terriers and Samoyeds Canine Med Genet 7: 10, 2020.

Mui, M. L., Famula, T. R., Henthorn, P. S., Hess, R. S. Heritability and complex segregation analysis of naturally-occurring diabetes in Australian Terrier Dogs PLoS One 15: e0239542, 2020.

Shea, E. K., Hess, R. S. Assessment of postprandial hyperglycemia and circadian fluctuation of glucose concentrations in diabetic dogs using a flash glucose monitoring system J Vet Intern Med 35: 843-852, 2021.

Cai, S. V., Famula, T. R., Oberbauer, A. M., Hess, R. S. Heritability and complex segregation analysis of diabetes mellitus in American Eskimo Dogs J Vet Intern Med 33: 1926-1934, 2019.

Lechner, M. J., Hess, R. S. Comparison of glucose concentrations in serum, plasma, and blood measured by a point-of-care glucometer with serum glucose concentration measured by an automated biochemical analyzer for canine and feline blood samples Am J Vet Res 80: 1074-1081, 2019.

Hess, R., Henthorn, P., Devoto, M., Wang, F., Feng, R. An exploratory association analysis of the insulin gene region with diabetes mellitus in two dog breeds Journal of Heredity 110: 793-800, 2019.

Anderson, J. D., Rondeau, D. A., Hess, R. S. Lispro insulin and electrolyte supplementation for treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis in cats J Vet Intern Med 33: 1593-1601, 2019.

Seage, E. C., Drobatz, K. J., Hess, R. S. Spectrophotometry and Ultracentrifugation for Measurement of Plasma Lipids in Dogs with Diabetes Mellitus J Vet Intern Med 32: 93-98, 2018.

Walsh, E. S., Drobatz, K. J., Hess, R. S. Use of intravenous insulin aspart for treatment of naturally occurring diabetic ketoacidosis in dogs J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) 26: 101-7, 2016.

B.Sc. (Biology - cum laude) The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel , 1988

DVM (Veterinary Medicine) The Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 1992

MSCE (Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology) Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 2017

Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Department of Clinical Studies-Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine (1994 to 1996)
Small Animal Internal Medicine Residency

Department of Clinical Studies-Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine (1993 to 1994)
Rotating Internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery