Department of Comparative Medicine

Websitehttps://med.psu.edu/comparative-medicine

United States

Organization profile

The Department of Comparative Medicine is an academic department within Penn State College of Medicine staffed by veterinarians specialized in laboratory animal medicine and veterinary pathology.

The department provides comprehensive health care for six to 10 different species of laboratory animal patients that are used by more than 120 scientists within the College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Services include animal care and husbandry; clinical veterinary medicine; gross and microscopic veterinary pathology; surveillance of spontaneous animal diseases; post-operative and intensive care; training in animal handling and procedures; and technical assistance for scientists and students. The department promotes animal welfare and supports biomedical research by providing training to researchers and maintaining expertise in laws and regulations that pertain to the use of animals in research.

The department also offers a three-year training program in laboratory animal medicine to graduate veterinarians. The program provides a broad foundation upon which an individual can build a career in research, teaching or in the professional direction of animal research programs.

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Rabbits Medicine & Life Sciences

Cottontail rabbit papillomavirus Medicine & Life Sciences

Heart-Assist Devices Medicine & Life Sciences

rabbits Agriculture & Biology

Neoplasms Medicine & Life Sciences

Animals Chemical Compounds

Kidney Medicine & Life Sciences

Romano-Ward Syndrome Medicine & Life Sciences

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Profiles

Hannah Atkins, DVM, PhD

Department of Comparative Medicine - Assistant Professor

Person: Academic

Jennifer Booth, DVM, MS

Department of Comparative Medicine - Assistant Professor

Person: Academic

Jenelle Izer, DVM, MS

Department of Comparative Medicine - Associate Professor

Person: Academic

Xuwen Peng, DVM, MS, PhD

Department of Comparative Medicine - Associate Professor

Person: Academic

Tiffany Whitcomb, DVM

Department of Comparative Medicine - Associate Professor

Person: Academic

Ronald Wilson, VMD, MS

Department of Comparative Medicine - Professor and Chair

Person: Academic

Research Output 1989 2019

4007 Citations
28 h-Index
169 Article
8 Review article
6 Comment/debate
2 Chapter
5 More

1 Citation (Scopus)

Author Correction: The wide utility of rabbits as models of human diseases (Experimental & Molecular Medicine, (2018), 50, 5, (66), 10.1038/s12276-018-0094-1)

Esteves, P. J., Abrantes, J., Baldauf, H. M., BenMohamed, L., Chen, Y., Christensen, N., González-Gallego, J., Giacani, L., Hu, J., Kaplan, G., Keppler, O. T., Knight, K. L., Kong, X. P., Lanning, D. K., Le Pendu, J., de Matos, A. L., Liu, J., Liu, S., Lopes, A. M., Lu, S. & 17 others, Lukehart, S., Manabe, Y. C., Neves, F., McFadden, G., Pan, R., Peng, X., de Sousa-Pereira, P., Pinheiro, A., Rahman, M., Ruvoën-Clouet, N., Subbian, S., Tuñón, M. J., van der Loo, W., Vaine, M., Via, L. E., Wang, S. & Mage, R., Jul 1 2019, In : Experimental and Molecular Medicine. 51, 7, 71.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

Open Access

Molecular Medicine

Licensure

Medicine

Rabbits

1 Citation (Scopus)

Cannula Tip With Integrated Volume Sensor for Rotary Blood Pump Control: Early-Stage Development

Cysyk, J., Newswanger, R., Popjes, E., Pae, W., Jhun, C-S., Izer, J., Weiss, W. & Rosenberg, G., May 1 2019, In : ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992). 65, 4, p. 318-323 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Electrodes

Blood

Left ventricular assist devices

Pumps

Echocardiography

1 Citation (Scopus)

Chronic In Vivo Test of a Right Heart Replacement Blood Pump for Failed Fontan Circulation

Cysyk, J., Clark, J. B., Newswanger, R., Jhun, C. S., Izer, J., Finicle, H., Reibson, J., Doxtater, B., Weiss, W. & Rosenberg, G., Aug 1 2019, In : ASAIO Journal. 65, 6, p. 593-600 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Superior Vena Cava

Venous Pressure

Inferior Vena Cava

Blood

Right Heart Bypass

Chronic Ovine Studies Demonstrate Low Thromboembolic Risk in the Penn State Infant Ventricular Assist Device

Lukic, B., Clark, J., Izer, J., Cooper, T. K., Finicle, H. A., Cysyk, J., Doxtater, B., Yeager, E., Reibson, J., Newswanger, R. K., Leibich, P., Bletcher, K. & Weiss, W., May 1 2019, In : ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992). 65, 4, p. 371-379 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Heart-Assist Devices

Sheep

Animals

Equipment and Supplies

Left ventricular assist devices

Comparison of arterial and venous blood-gas values in anesthetized Dorset cross-bred lambs (Ovis aries) using a point-of-care analyzer

Izer, J., Mattern, E., Ellwanger, J. & Wilson, R., Mar 1 2019, In : Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 46, 2, p. 209-213 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Point-of-Care Systems

Domestic Sheep

Dorset (sheep breed)

blood gases

crossbreds

Effects of general anesthesia on 2 urinary biomarkers of kidney injury-hepatitis a virus cellular receptor 1 and lipocalin 2-in male C57BL/6J mice

Gibbs, K. M., Izer, J. M., Reeves, W. B., Wilson, R. P. & Cooper, T. K., Jan 1 2019, In : Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science. 58, 1, p. 21-29 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

hepatitis

biomarkers

anesthesia

kidneys

viruses

Endometrium and endometriosis tissue mitochondrial energy metabolism in a nonhuman primate model

Atkins, H. M., Bharadwaj, M. S., O'Brien Cox, A., Furdui, C. M., Appt, S. E. & Caudell, D. L., Aug 24 2019, In : Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. 17, 1, 70.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Endometriosis

Endometrium

Energy Metabolism

Primates

Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide

1 Citation (Scopus)

IgM Plasma Cells Reside in Healthy Skin and Accumulate with Chronic Inflammation

Wilson, R. P., McGettigan, S. E., Dang, V. D., Kumar, A., Cancro, M. P., Nikbakht, N., Stohl, W. & Debes, G. F., Dec 2019, In : Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 139, 12, p. 2477-2487 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Plasma Cells

Immunoglobulin M

Skin

Inflammation

Plasmas

1 Citation (Scopus)

Papillomavirus can be transmitted through the blood and produce infections in blood recipients: Evidence from two animal models

Cladel, N. M., Jiang, P., Li, J. J., Peng, X., Cooper, T. K., Majerciak, V., Balogh, K. K., Meyer, T. J., Brendle, S. A., Budgeon, L. R., Shearer, D. A., Munden, R., Cam, M., Vallur, R., Christensen, N. D., Zheng, Z. M. & Hu, J., Jan 1 2019, In : Emerging Microbes and Infections. 8, 1, p. 1108-1121 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Papillomavirus Infections

Animal Models

Infection

Neoplasms

Stomach

Short-Long Heart Rate Variation Increases Dispersion of Action Potential Duration in Long QT Type 2 Transgenic Rabbit Model

Kim, T. Y., Jeng, P., Hwang, J. M., Pfeiffer, Z., Patel, D., Cooper, L. L., Kossidas, K., Centracchio, J., Peng, X., Koren, G., Qu, Z. & Choi, B. R., Dec 1 2019, In : Scientific reports. 9, 1, 14849.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

pamidronate

Long QT Syndrome

Action Potentials

Heart Rate

Rabbits