Current Position

Professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Graduate Faculty Category P
College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University
Service Head, Cardiology & Interventional Medicine, OSU Veterinary Medical Center

Education and Experience

2002 – University of Leipzig/Germany, PhD (Dr habil) – summa cum laude
1999 – ECVIM, Diplomate ECVIM-CA (Cardiology)
1994 – University of Leipzig/Germany, Dr med vet (MSc) – summa cum laude
1990 – University of Leipzig/Germany, DVM
1990 – University of Leipzig, Diploma in Veterinary Medicines – summa cum laude
1984-1990 – University of Leipzig/Germany, Student vet med

Teaching Experience

2015 – Professor, Graduate Faculty, The Ohio State University
2009 – Associate Professor-TT, The Ohio State University
2006 – Assistant Professor-TT, The Ohio State University
2003 – Assistant Professor-CT, The Ohio State University
2000-2003 – Senior Lecturer, University of Leipzig/Germany
1999-2000 – Research Associate, University of Columbia/MO
1995-1999 – Assistant Professor – Clinical, University of Leipzig/Germany
1994-1995 – Research Scholar, Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh/Scotland
1993 – Research Fellow, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg/VA
1990-1994 – Clinical Instructor, University of Leipzig/Germany

Research

Research interests in cardiovascular medicine emphasize Doppler–echocardiography, correlative studies in hemodynamics, clinical cardiovascular pharmacology, animal models of cardiovascular disease, comparative cardiology, and specifically feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and congestive heart failure.
More recent projects include: the use of echocardiography in the study of ventricular function and hemodynamics; echocardiography in feline and canine hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension in dogs, and pharmacology of ivabradine and atenolol in cats, echocardiographic prediction of congestive heart failure in cats, pulmonary hypertension in cats, aortic root size in cats, and left atrial function in dogs and cats.

GENERAL FIELDS OF INTEREST
• Cardiovascular Medicine
• Echocardiography
• Hemodynamics
• Feline Cardiomyopathy
• Animal Models of Cardiovascular Disease
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Congestive heart failure
• Cardiac Biomarkers

Awards

2023-College of Veterinary Medicine Professional Program Teaching Honor Roll
2022-Excellence in teaching award of VME class 2024
2022-College of Veterinary Medicine Professional Program Teaching Honor Roll
2021-College of Veterinary Medicine Professional Program Teaching Honor Roll
2019-College of Veterinary Medicine Professional Program Teaching Honor Roll
2018-College of Veterinary Medicine Professional Program Teaching Honor Roll
2016−Certificate of Elsevier for Highly Cited Research in the Journal of Veterinary Cardiology
2002–Research Award of the German Veterinary Medical Association
1994–Travel Award (12 months) Max Kade Foundation, New York City, NY
1994–Travel Award (12 months) of the German Academic Exchange Service
1994–Pfizer Award for extraordinary thesis