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Department of Surgical Sciences
2015 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706

Chair: Dale E. Bjorling
Dept Admin: Deb Zurbuchen
Secretary: Sue Genske

Phone: (608) 263-9808
Fax: (608) 263-7930





Surgical Sciences

The Department of Surgical Sciences consists of about 30 faculty and staff members involved in teaching veterinary students, training residents, and graduate students, research, and providing clinical services and community outreach in the following disciplines

Residency Training Programs:

 

Currently, the Department offers thirty six courses to the DVM students each year. Approximately fifteen residents and graduate students are in training in the various disciplines within the Department in any given year. The Department is involved in the ongoing research of topics such as

  • relief of postoperative pain
  • neurologic basis of airway disease
  • comparative ophthalmology
  • radiation therapy
  • hyperthermia
  • congenital kidney disease in cats
  • treatment of lameness in horses
  • abnormalities of bone growth in foals and calves
  • appropriate use of antibiotics
  • total hip replacement
  • healing of large defects of bone
  • surgical diseases of the bowel

 

Community outreach services provided by the Department include presentations to schools, kennel/pony clubs, and other interested community groups. To facilitate the clinical training of students and residents, the Department maintains a close relationship with the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. All faculty members participate in providing clinical services through the VMTH.

The Department of Surgical Sciences faculy members are actively involved in the activities of the American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists, the American College of Veterinary Radiologists, and the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. The Department can be reached by calling (608) 263-9808.


Current Faculty

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Ellison Bentley

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Jason Bleedorn

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Sabrina Brounts

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Randi Drees

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Lisa Forrest

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Robert Hardie

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Rebecca A Johnson

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Michael A Livesey

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Jonathan McAnulty

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Paul Miller

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Samantha Morello

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Peter Muir

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Susan L Schaefer

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Kurt Sladky

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Lesley Smith

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Lindsey Culp Snyder

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Christopher Snyder

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Jason W Soukup

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Lecturers/Instructors

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Sara A Colopy

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Barry Hartup

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Gillian McLellan

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Michael Prichard

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Kenneth Waller

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Emeritus

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Chess Adams

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Tass Dueland

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William Gengler

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Paul Manley

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