Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center Faculty

The faculty of Penn Vet's Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center Department comprises researchers and clinicians who, through their work, continue to push forward the boundaries of what's possible in large animal care on a global level.

We strive to provide the finest in both emergency and routine veterinary patient care for all species of large animals, to strive to better understand animal disease processes, and to be leaders in the area of animal health and productivity for the betterment of society.

New Bolton Center is also world-renown for its groundbreaking research centers and laboratories, investigating topics ranging from food production in dairy cattle and swine, reference andrology, equine pharmacology, reproduction, behavior, and comparative orthopedics.


	MICHELLE ABRAHAM Assistant Professor of Clinical Critical Care Medicine - New Bolton Center	abraham9@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Large Animal Internal Medicine, Neonatology/perinatology Research Areas Fetal monitoring, Perinatology, Abdominal ultrasound of foals, Colic in foals
	HELEN ACETO Director of Biosecurity Associate Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology	(610) 925-6701 helenwa@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Biosecurity, Zoonotic diseases, Salmonella, Food safety, Antimicrobial drug treatment
	ELIZABETH ACUTT Assistant Professor of Clinical Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging	evacutt@upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Clinical Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging Research Areas Multimodality musculoskeletal imaging – in particular utilizing advanced imaging modalities to inform understanding of musculoskeletal disease manifestations on radiography and/or ultrasound.
	MAIA AITKEN Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency & Critical Care - New Bolton Center	610 925-6614 maitken@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Emergency surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, critical care
	GARY ALTHOUSE Marion Dilley and David George Jones Endowed Chair in Animal Reproduction Professor of Reproduction and Swine Health Associate Dean of Sustainable Agriculture and Veterinary Practices	Lab Reference Andrology Laboratory 610 925 6314 gca@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Andrology, Comparative Theriogenology, Regenerative medicine, Swine production, Theriogenology, Ultrasonography
	LIZ ARBITTIER Associate Professor of Clinical Equine Field Service	arby@vet.upenn.edu
	LINDA BAKER Professor of Clinical Dairy Production Medicine Faculty Coordinator of Operations	610-925-6331 ldbaker@vet.upenn.edu
	JOSEPH BENDER Assistant Professor of Clinical Dairy Production Medicine	610-925-6202 jsbender@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Population disease management in food animals (bovine - porcine) Research Areas Food animal epidemiology, food animal microbiology, methods of population research and logistical regression
	KATHRYN BILLS Clinical Assistant Professor Service Chief, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Cross Sectional Imaging (CT, MRI, PET)	610-925-6189 kwulster@vet.upenn.edu
	ASHLEY BOYLE Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Field Service, New Bolton Center	610-925-6251 boylea@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Internal medicine, infectious disease, lameness, herd health Research Areas Strangles, Streptococcus equi infections in horses, Equine infectious Disease
	KARA BROWN Assistant Professor, Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation	karabr@vet.upenn.edu
	KATHERINE CHOPE Associate Professor of Clinical Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging	610 925-6206 kchope@vet.upenn.edu
	BARBARA DALLAP-SCHAER Medical Director, New Bolton Center Professor of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care	610-925-6460 bldallap@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Emergency Services/Clinical Care Research Areas Coagulation-equine, Emergency medicine
	ELIZABETH DAVIDSON Associate Professor of Sports Medicine VCIC Large Animal Coordinator for New Bolton Center Sports Medicine, Service Chief Treadmill Service Chief	Lab New Bolton Center Sports Medicine 610-925-6470 ejdavid@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Sports Medicine/Equine Research Areas Sport horse lameness Equine poor performance Neck, back and pelvic lameness in equine athletes Upper airway videoendoscopy in horses
	TAMARA DOBBIE Associate Professor of Clinical Reproduction, Large Animal Director, Hofmann Center	610-925-6124 tdobbie@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Reproduction
	ZHENGXIA DOU Professor, Agricultural Systems	Lab Dou Laboratory 610-925-6242 douzheng@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas livestock farming, sustainable farming, novel feeds for dairy cows, agri-food system efficiency
	HOPE DOUGLAS Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology	hopefd@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties veterinary anesthesia
	BERND DRIESSEN Professor of Anesthesiology (CE) Director Anesthesia Residency Program Chief, Section of Anesthesia	610-925-6130 driessen@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Anesthesia Research Areas Equine anesthesia/analgesia, Hemorrhagic shock, Pharmacology
	MARIE-EVE FECTEAU Associate Professor of Food Animal Medicine and Surgery-CE	(610) 925-6208 mfecteau@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Food Animal, Medicine and Surgery Research Areas Paratuberculosis (Johne's Disease)
	JOSE GARCIA-LOPEZ Associate Professor of Large Animal Surgery	jmgarcia@upenn.edu
	FUYU GUAN Research Professor of Equine Forensic Chemistry	610-436-3501 guanf@vet.upenn.edu
	KATRIN HINRICHS Professor of Reproduction Harry Werner Endowed Professor of Equine Medicine Chair, Department of Clinical Studies-New Bolton Center	610-925-6320 katrinh@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Equine Reproduction, Reproductive medicine Research Areas Equine Reproduction, Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), Embryo transfer, In vitro embryo production, Somatic cell nuclear transfer
	ANDREW HOFFMAN Professor, Large Animal Medicine Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine	vetdean@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Pulmonary Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Regenerative Medicine
	KLAUS HOPSTER Chief of Service Resident Coordinator Marilyn M. Simpson Associate Professor of Large Animal Anesthesia	6109256601 khopster@vet.upenn.edu
	AMY JOHNSON Section Chief, Internal Medicine & Ophthalmology Marilyn M. Simpson Associate Professor of Equine Medicine	610-925-6283 amyjohn@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Large Animal Internal Medicine and Neurology Research Areas Large animal neurology, equine neurology, bovine neurology, camelid neurology, small ruminant neurology, porcine neurology, Clostridium botulinum type B and botulism, Sarcocystis neurona, equine protozoal myeloencephalitis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Lyme neuroborreliosis
	MICHAELA KRISTULA Section Chief, Field Service Associate Professor of Medicine in Field Service (CE)	610) 925-6310 kristula@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Field Service/Bovine Research Areas Dairy Cattle, Mastitis in Dairy Cows, Postpartum temperatures/Dairy Cows, Equine contagious metritis
	DAVID LEVINE Associate Professor of Clinical Large Animal Surgery	610-925-6279 dglevine@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Surgery, Sports Medicine
	ALICIA LONG Assistant Professor of Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care, CE track	lalicia@upenn.edu
	OLIVIA LORELLO Assistant Professor of Clinical Equine Field Service	olivial@vet.upenn.edu
	TIMOTHY MANZI Clinical Assistant Professor of Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging	timmanzi@upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Diagnostic imaging Research Areas Imaging techniques, comparative anatomy
	MONICA MIDON Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology	Clinical Specialties large animal anesthesia
	CRISTOBAL NAVAS DE SOLIS Assistant Professor of Cardiology/Ultrasound and Internal Medicine (CE)	979-229-4937 navasdes@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Exercising testing, exercise associated deaths, telehealth, ultrasonography Research Areas Exercising arrhythmias, exercise associated death and gastrointestinal ultrasonography
	ROSE NOLEN-WALSTON Associate Professor, Large Animal Internal Medicine	(610) 925-6447 rnolenw@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Large Animal Internal Medicine Research Areas Equine Encephalitis, Equine endotoxemia/sepsis models, Equine pulmonary function, Histamine bronchoprovocation, Large Animal Emergency
	JAMES ORSINI Associate Professor of Surgery, New Bolton Center Former Director, Laminitis Institute, New Bolton Center and Equi-Assist	610-925-6402 orsini@upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Surgery Research Areas Laminitis, Clinical Pharmacology, Emergency and Critical Care, Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome
	KYLA ORTVED Assistant Professor of Large Animal Surgery Jacques Jenny Endowed Term Chair in Orthopedic Surgery	Lab Ortved Orthopedic Regenerative Medicine Laboratory 610-925-6195 kortved@vet.upenn.edu
	ERIC PARENTE Professor of Surgery	(610) 925-6472 ejp@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Surgery Research Areas Neuropathy, Laser, Equine Laryngeal dysfunction, Equine upper airway surgery, Equine upper respiratory surgery, Equine videoendoscopic evaluation
	BRIANNA PARSONS Lecturer in Sustainable Agriculture	484-250-3167 bpars@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas sustainable agriculture, agricultural economics, ruminant nutrition, husbandry
	THOMAS PARSONS Professor of Swine Production Medicine Marie A. Moore Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics	Lab Swine Teaching & Research Unit 610-925-6554 thd@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Swine production, Neurotransmitter release–auditory system, Synaptic mechanisms in auditory system, Swine health
	MEGHANN PIERDON Assistant Professor, Clinical Production Medicine	Lab PA Disease Control Program 610-925-6203 mpierdon@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Sow lameness, pig welfare, welfare in food animals, GIS and biosecurity
	DIPTI PITTA Mark Whittier and Lila Griswold Allam Associate Professor of Ruminant Nutrition	Lab ASMG Laboratory - Microbial Genomics 610-925-6165 dpitta@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Large Animal Nutrition Research Areas Agriculture
	LAUREL REDDING Assistant Professor of Epidemiology	lredding@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Epidemiology
	DEAN RICHARDSON Charles W. Raker Professor of Equine Surgery Chief, Large Animal Surgery	6109256125 dwr@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Surgery Research Areas Large animal surgery, Equine emergency surgery, Equine lower limb injury
	MARY ROBINSON Director Penn Vet Equine Pharmacology Laboratory, Dept. of Clinical Studies Acting Director, PETRL Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pharmacology	Lab Equine Pharmacology Research Laboratory 610-925-6610 marobins@vet.upenn.edu
	EMILY RULE Assistant Professor of Clinical Field Service-Equine	erule@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Dr. Rule’s clinical interests include equine sports medicine, chiropractic and preventative care.
	NICOLE SCHERRER Assistant Professor of Clinical Large Animal Ophthalmology	610-925-6111 scherrer@vet.upenn.edu
	PATRICIA SERTICH Associate Professor-Clinician Educator, Large Animal Reproduction	610-925-6229 psertich@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Reproduction, mare reproduction, stallion reproduction, high risk pregnancy in mares, mare infertility Research Areas Equine genital tract infections, Equine placenta evaluation, Equine pregnancy loss, Equine reproduction
	JOANN SLACK Associate Professor of Cardiology/Ultrasound Service Chief, Cardiology and Ultrasound Section Chief, Imaging	610-925-6692 slackj@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Cardiology, Ultrasound Research Areas Equine cardiopulmonary monitoring, Equine stress echocardiography
	BILLY SMITH Associate Professor of Medicine in Field Service (CE)	610-925-6310 bis@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties transition dairy cow medical and surgical problems, bovine health protocols in dairy and beef herds, preventative disease measures in food animals Research Areas ruminant preventative health, bovine lameness, functional foot trimming, bovine reproduction, bovine postpartum uterine disease, bovine twinning, ruminant vaccination response, ruminant pain management
	MEAGAN SMITH Assistant Professor of Clinical Equine Field Service	610-925-6310 meagans@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Field Service/Equine Research Areas Equine infectious disease (esp. intestinal parasites)
	LOUISE SOUTHWOOD Professor of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (CE)	610-925-6324 southwoo@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Emergency Services/Critical Care Research Areas Equine colic, Equine duodenitis-proximal jejunitis, Equine gastrointestinal disease
	DARKO STEFANOVSKI Associate Professor of Biostatistics	610-444-5800 sdarko@vet.upenn.edu Research Areas Obesity, Diabetes, Mechanisms of Independent Glucose Disposal, Insulin Resistance
	KATY SULLIVAN Assistant Professor of Clinical Equine Field Service	katsul@upenn.edu
	REGINA TURNER Professor, Section of Reproduction and Behavior Section Chief - Reproduction & Behavior Director, Frozen Stallion Semen Program at the Hofmann Center for Reproductive Studies, New Bolton Center	610-925-6227 rmturner@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Reproduction Research Areas Equine sperm motility, Spermatogenesis, Stallion infertility
	CLAIRE UNDERWOOD Assistant Professor of Clinical Large Animal Imaging	underwoo@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging Research Areas drug delivery to equine lamellar tissue, nanoparticle delivery systems
	ANDREW VAN EPS Dean W. Richardson Endowed Chair of Equine Disease Research Professor, Equine Musculoskeletal Research	Lab van Eps Laboratory 610-925-6111 vaneps@vet.upenn.edu Clinical Specialties Internal Medicine, Laminitis Research Areas Equine laminitis, Equine musculoskeletal diseases
	YOUWEN YOU Research Associate Professor of Equine Forensic Chemistry Analytical Research and Forensics Coord.	610-925-1930 ywyou@upenn.edu