Kristen Eighner

Idiopathic chronic enteropathies, includ­ing inflammatory bowel diseases, are common in dogs. Current therapies, in­cluding dietary modification, antibiotics, and glucocorticoids may be ineffective or may bring about adverse side effects. Therapies that modify the gastroin­testinal microbiome…
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The first and most important thing that the veterinarian has to consider is what consti­tutes a food animal. Technically speaking, this is any animal that is being used for food production or consumption. However, intended…
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Tell us about your background. I grew up in South Carolina. I rode horses and competed in local, state, and regional horse shows. I also played soccer and basketball. I went to the University of…
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Dear Colleagues, So, here we are, in our seventh month of the pandemic, working harder in the hospital than we have ever worked before, or trying to hold it together working at home and no…
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Above: Spinal radiographs from a dog with discospondylitis at L4-L5 (yellow circle). Note the lysis of the vertebral endplates. We have all had patients that we would love to refer to a specialist but for…
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Investigation of Canine Epilepsy The purpose of this study is to utilize a very novel MRI tech­nique known as SPectroscopic Imaging by exploiting spatiospec­tral CorElation (SPICE) to noninvasively measure brain metabolites in dogs with idiopathic…
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Tell us about your background. I am originally from Japan and moved to the United States when I was 12 years old. I received my undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech and my veterinary degree from…
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The hospital’s cardiology service is comprised of three board-certified cardiologists: Dr. Saki Kadotani (seated above), Dr. Ryan Fries (standing), and Dr. Jordan Vitt (not shown). Current cardiology residents are Drs. Gabrielle Wallace, Leah Kruckman, and…
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