Elias Wolfs, DVM, MVetMed, DAVDC, DEVDC, MRCVS

ewolfs@wisc.edu

Department of Surgical Sciences

Elias Wolfs, DVM, MVetMed, DAVDC, DEVDC, MRCVS

Titles and Education

  1. 2026 - Microvascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN - Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery
  2. 2023 - University of Wisconsin, Madison - AVDC Fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  3. 2020-2023 - University of California, Davis - Residency in Dentistry and Oral Surgery
  4. 2018 - United Kingdom, London - Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (MRCVS)
  5. 2015-2018 - University of Ghent, Belgium - Master of Veterinary Medicine (DVM eq.)
  6. 2011-2015 - University of Ghent, Belgium - Bacherlor of Veterinary Science

Research

  • Craniomaxillofacial trauma
  • Development of novel implants for reconstruction and fracture repair
  • Disorders of the TMJ

 

Responsibilities

  • Clinical teaching of veterinary students and residents
  • Instruction of non-clinical veterinary students

Clinical Interests

  • General Oral Surgery
  • Maxillofacial Trauma 
  • Surgical Oncology
  • Reconstruction

 

Recent Publications

  1. Vital pulp therapy in dogs maintains an 80% success rate independent of patient age: a 25-year retrospective study https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.25.04.0224   
  2. Orbital reconstruction: titanium mesh implant after excision of orbitozygomaticomaxillary tumors https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1485449
  3. Craniomaxillofacial trauma in immature dogs: etiology, treatments, outcomes https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.932587 
  4. Management of generalized infection and draining tracts of the frontomaxillary region in a dog  https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1343039
  5. Ultrasound-guided trigeminal nerve approach at the level of the pterygopalatine fossa in cat cadavers https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaa.2024.08.003
  6. Diagnostic Imaging in Veterinary Dental Practice: Generalized odontodysplasia and a dentigerous cyst in a dog https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.21.08.0387