Titles and Education

1. Clinical Associate Professor, Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care, 2018-present
   University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2. Clinical Assistant Professor, Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care, 2012-2018
   University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
3. Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2012
4. Residency, Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care, 2009-2012
   North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
5. Small Animal Rotating Internship, 2008-2009
   North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
6. DVM, 2008
   Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
7. BS, 2004
   Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA

Research

Dr. Walker's research interests include optimization of blood product collection, storage and administration, management of pleural space disease, and viscoelastic tests of coagulation.

Responsibilities

Dr. Walker's responsibilities include teaching (VM1-4), service, and research. She serves as the course coordinator for the Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine clinical rotations. Dr. Walker also serves as a Rotating Internship Program Co-Director/Internship Committee Co-Chair, the Director of the UWVC Blood Donor Program and Blood Bank, and Chief of Small Animal Services for UW Veterinary Care. She enjoys contributing to curriculum design and encouraging camaraderie in the hospital through leading the UWVC Morale Committee. 

Clinical Interests

Dr. Walker's clinical interests include blood banking, transfusion medicine, and the treatment of pleural space disease and bleeding disorders.

Recent Publications

1. Lemburg BK, Walker JM. Case Report: Fenestrated over-the-needle catheter fracture during thoracocentesis in a cat. J Fel Med Surg: Open Reports; 2024; 10(2):20551169241273600.
   doi: 10.1177/20551169241273600.   
2. Hall GBF, Birkbeck R, Brainard B, Camacho F, Davidow E, LeVine DN, Mackin A, Moss T, Nash K, Stanzani G, Starybrat D, Stoye DQ, Tai C, Thomason J, Walker JM, Wardrop KJ, Wilson H,  Wurlod-Talbot V, Humm K. A prospective multicenter observational study assessing acute blood transfusion reaction incidence and risk factors in dogs. J Vet Intern Med, 2024; 38(5):2495-2506. 
3. Lathroum CN, Bracho HLA, Alessandrino KM, Walker JM. The use of injectable subcutaneous terbutaline and topical 2% nitroglycerin ointment in the treatment of peripheral vasopressor extravasation in 3 dogs. J Vet Emerg Crit Care; 2024; 34: 393-398.
4. Angulo, H. L., Bach, J., Snyder, C., & Walker, J. (2021). Thermographic imaging in a dog with macroglossia from an encircling, strangulating lingual linear foreign body. Topics in companion animal medicine, 45, 100556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcam.2021.100556
5. Haller, N., Reiss, J., Seipel, F., Weishar, R., Alden, Z., Puccinelli, T. J., & Walker, J. (2020). Development of a Synthetic Training Model for Canine Thoracocentesis. Alternatives to laboratory animals : ATLA, 48(2), 78–84. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261192920924408
6. Reich, C. F., Salcedo, M. C., Koenigshof, A. M., Hopp, M. M., Walker, J. M., Schildt, J. C., & Beal, M. W. (2020). Retrospective evaluation of the clinical course and outcome following grape or raisin ingestion in dogs (2005–2014): 139 cases. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 30(1), 60–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/vec.12905
7. Evans, N. A., Hardie, R. J., Walker, J., & Bach, J. (2019). Temporary abdominal packing for management of persistent hemorrhage after liver lobectomy in three dogs with hepatic neoplasia. Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001), 29(5), 535–541. https://doi.org/10.1111/vec.12873
8. Granfone, M. C., Walker, J. M., & Smith, L. J. (2018). Evaluation of an intramuscular butorphanol and alfaxalone protocol for feline blood donation: a pilot study. Journal of feline medicine and surgery, 20(8), 793–798. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612X17732484
9. Evans, N. A., Walker, J. M., Manchester, A. C., & Bach, J. F. (2017). Acute respiratory distress syndrome and septic shock in a cat with disseminated toxoplasmosis. Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001), 27(4), 472–478. https://doi.org/10.1111/vec.12621
10. Reich, C. F., Bach, J. F., & Walker, J. M. (2017). Evaluation of the effects of time, temperature, and specimen storage on in vitro lactate concentrations in healthy dogs. Veterinary clinical pathology, 46(2), 308–313. https://doi.org/10.1111/vcp.12472
11. Fetzer, T. J., Walker, J. M., & Bach, J. F. (2017). Comparison of the efficacy of small and large-bore thoracostomy tubes for pleural space evacuation in canine cadavers. Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001), 27(3), 301–306. https://doi.org/10.1111/vec.12593
12. Irvine, K. L., Walker, J. M., & Friedrichs, K. R. (2016). Sarcocystid organisms found in bile from a dog with acute hepatitis: a case report and review of intestinal and hepatobiliary Sarcocystidae infections in dogs and cats. Veterinary clinical pathology, 45(1), 57–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/vcp.12330