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About IRIS
The IRIS Board
Jonathan Elliott MA Vet MB, PhD Cert SAC FHEA DECVPT MRCVS
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Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
Clinical interests/expertise: Clinical pharmacology
Research interests: feline chronic kidney disease progression, mineral bone disturbance in feline CKD
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Xavier Roura DVM, PhD, DECVIM-CA
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Hospital Clínic Veterinari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Additional languages: Catalan, Spanish, Italian, French (basic), Portuguese (basic)
Clinical interests/expertise: infectious causes of renal disease
Research interests: therapeutic resistance of pathogens, proteinuria, leishmaniosis
Gilad Segev גלעד שגב DVM, Dip, ECVIM-CA
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Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
Additional languages: Hebrew
Clinical interests/expertise: renal Medicine, hemodialysis, interventional radiology המודיאליזה, נפרולוגיה, רפואה זעיר פולשנית
Research interests: stem cells, biomarkers of kidney disease, hemodialysis
מרקרים חדשים לאבחון מחיות כליה, טיפול בתאי גזע, דיאליזה
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Mary Anna Labato, DVM, DACVIM
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Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, USA
Clinical interests/expertise: renal medicine, extracorporeal therapies, interventional endourology
Research interests: pharmacokinetics in kidney disease, use of cytokine filters in management of lepto AKI
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Marilyn Dunn DMV, MVSc, DACVIM
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Additional languages: French
Clinical interests/expertise: Interventional radiology & endoscopy Médecine interventionelle
Research interests: feline ureteral obstruction, urinary implant mineralization, canine pyelonephritis;
Obstruction urétérale féline, minéralization des implants urinaires, pyélonéphrite canine
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Jessica Quimby DVM, PhD, DACVIM
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The Ohio State University, USA
Clinical interests/expertise: feline nephrology
Research interests: feline chronic kidney disease: renal senescence, gut-renal axis, management of appetite
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JD Foster VMD, MS, DACVIM
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Friendship Hospital for Animals, Washington, D.C., USA
Clinical interests/expertise: acute kidney injury, extracorporeal therapies, glomerular disease, endourology, and clinical pharmacology
Research interests: glomerular disease, acute kidney injury, pharmacokinetics in states of kidney disease
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Claudio Brovida DVM, PhD, Hemod.Acad.
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Director, ANUBI Companion Animal HospitalAnubi Ospedale Veterinario, Moncalieri, Italy
Additional languages: Italian
Clinical interests/expertise: Renal medicine
Greg Grauer DVM, MS, DACVIM
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Retired – Colorado, USA
Clinical interests/expertise: CKD in dogs and cats
Harriet Syme BSc BVetMed PhD FHEA DACVIM DECVIM-ca MRCVS
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Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
Clinical interests/expertise: nephrology and urology
Research interests: endocrine influences on renal function, renal hypertension, familial renal disease, urolithiasis
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Larry D. Cowgill DVM, PhD, DACVIM
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School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, California, USA
Clinical interests/expertise: hemodialysis, therapeutic apheresis
Research interests: cardio-renal syndrome, hemodialysis
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Sheri Ross DVM, PhD, DACVIM
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University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Clinical interests/expertise: renal medicine, hemodialysis
Research interests: influence of diet on the progression of chronic kidney disease, feline acute ureteral obstruction, and applications of hemodialysis
Shelly Vaden DVM, PhD, DACVIM
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North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
Clinical interests/expertise: nephrology and urology
Research interests: glomerular disease, renal biomakers, urinary microbiome, regenerative approaches to the treatment of incontinence, and urinary carcinoma
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Reidun Heiene DVM PhD
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Blastjarnan Animal Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Additional languages: Norwegian, Swedish
Clinical interests/expertise: renal medicine
Research interests: GFR measurement, renal disease associated with pyometra
Joanna White BVSc, PhD, DACVIM
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Small Animal Specialist Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Clinical interests/expertise: canine and feline nephrology & urology
Research interests: feline kidney disease, UTI, sub-clinical bacteriuria
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