Dr. MacPhail is a Professor of Small Animal Surgery at Colorado State University (CSU) Veterinary Teaching Hospital.  After receiving her veterinary degree from Texas A&M University, Dr. MacPhail completed a rotating internship, surgical residency, soft tissue & surgical oncology fellowship, and PhD all at CSU.  Dr. MacPhail has been on faculty at CSU since 2004.  She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS), and ACVS Founding Fellow in Surgical Oncology. Dr. MacPhail is a frequent speaker at national and international meetings, has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters. She is also a major contributing author for the 4th and 5th editions of Fossum’s textbook, Small Animal Surgery. Dr. MacPhail’s primary clinical and research interests include trauma, wound care and reconstruction, upper and lower respiratory surgery, gastrointestinal and urinary surgery, minimally-invasive surgery, and surgical training of the veterinary student

Dr. Dana Clarke graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 2006. After graduation, she completed a one-year rotating internship at Michigan State University, followed by a residency in Emergency/Critical Care at University of Pennsylvania. Upon completion of her residency in 2010, she spent one year observing in Interventional Radiology Service at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She then became the director of the IR program at PennVet and has a dual appointment to both the sections of Surgery and Critical Care. In 2015, she was appointed to the first faculty position in Interventional Radiology in veterinary medicine. Her research and clinical interests include better understanding of the progression and physiology of tracheal collapse, improving tracheal stent design and sizing, vascular malformations and obstructions, and all forms of respiratory disease within the ICU.

David is Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and a Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons.

He graduated from University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 1983, before undertaking an internship University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Philadelphia, PA 19104 from 1985 to 1986, followed by a residency also at University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine from 1987 to 1990 in small animal surgery.

David is a Clinical Specialist in Soft-Tissue Surgery and his interests in research include Imaging cancer during surgery, Portosystemic shunts, Brachycephalic airway disease, Laryngeal paralysis and has published in excess of 100 papers and book chapters.

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