Education

• Clinical Professor of Clinical Pathology
• BA 1973, University of Pennsylvania
• VMD 1978, University of Pennsylvania
• PhD 1985, University of Pennsylvania
• Internship, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 1978-79
• Residency, Medical Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, 1979-81

Research

Regulation of hematopoiesis; regulation of eosinophil production by interleukins 3 and 5; bone marrow progenitor response in spontaneous diseases of domestic animals; ultrastructure of feline eosinophils. Curriculum; problem-based learning; student assessment as learning.

Responsibilities

Veterinary clinical pathology, year 2, semester 2; clinical pathology elective, year 4, both didactic blocks; application of clinical reasoning process, year 4, first didactic block; training of clinical instructors.

Clinical Interests

Co-administrator of clinical pathology laboratory; duty pathologist on rotating basis Clinical interests: Cytology, hematology.

Recent Publications

Young, K.M. Myeloproliferative disorders. In: Brown, N.O. (ed): Canine Hematopoietic Tumors. Vet. Clin. N. Amer. 15:769-781, 1985.

Young, K.M., Weiss, L. Megakaryocytopoiesis: Incorporation of tritiated thymidine by small acetylcholinesterase-positive cells in murine bone marrow during antibody-induced thrombocytopenia. Blood 69:290-295, 1987.

Young, K.M. Disorders of platelets. In: Morgan, R.V. (ed.): Handbook of Small Animal Practice, 2nd ed. Churchill Livingstone, Inc., New York, pp. 757-763, 1992.

Young, K.M. Myeloproliferative disorders. In: Morgan R.V. (ed.): Handbook of Small Animal Practice, 2nd ed. Churchill Livingstone, Inc., New York, pp. 751-756, 1993.

Young, K.M., MacEwen, E.G. Canine myeloproliferative disorders. In: Withrow, S.J., MacEwen, E.G. (eds.): Small Animal Clinical Oncology, 2nd ed., W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, pp. 495-509, 1995.