Patricia Sura, MS, DVM, DACVS-SA

Surgery

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Education / Experience: 

2021-PresentStaff Surgeon - Charleston Veterinary Referral Center
2016-2021Staff Surgeon - Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center, Dallas, TX
2013-2016Staff Surgeon - BluePearl Veterinary Partners, Louisville, KY
2007-2013Assistant Professor of Small Animal Surgery - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2004-2007Residency - Small Animal Surgery - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2003-2004Internship in Small Animal Surgery - Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center, Dallas, TX
2002-2003Internship in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery - Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA
1998-2002Doctor of Veterinary Medicine - Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA
1995-1997Master of Science - Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington D.C.
1991-1995Bachelor of Science - Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

              Scientific Research Presentations

2007 ACVS Veterinary Symposium

                             Chicago, IL   October, 2007

Ultraflex™ self-expanding nitinol stents for the treatment of tracheal collapse in 12 cases

Sura PA, Krahwinkel DJ

Oral presentation

 

Cholecystectomy for the treatment of gallbladder mucoceles in dogs: 25 cases (2003-

2006)

Sura PA, Tobias KM

Poster presentation

 

006 ACVS Veterinary Symposium

Washington, DC   October, 2006

Two scintigraphic methods for the diagnosis of portosystemic shunts in dogs

Sura PA, Tobias KM, Morandi F, Daniel GB, Echandi RL

Oral presentation

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center

Dallas, TX  August 2, 2017

Critical Review of Scientific Literature

2016 Music City Veterinary Conference

              Nashville, TN  February 27, 2016 

Urinary Tract Surgery Tips and Tricks

Gastrointestinal Surgery Tips and Tricks

Basics of Wound Management

Approach to Wound Closure

Perineal Surgery

Principles of Cutaneous Oncologic Surgery

Medical and Surgical Management of Tracheal Collapse

 

2015 ACVS Veterinary Symposium

Nashville, TN   October 24, 2015

              Body Wall Hernias and Surgical Mesh

              Technician Program

 

2015      BluePearl Local Veterinary CE

Louisville, KY   October 21, 2015

Fracture Management: Medical and Surgical Considerations

 

2015      Hill’s Global Symposium

              Miami, FL   April 27, 2015

              Does Obesity Worsen Osteoarthritis?

 

2014      BluePearl Local Veterinary CE

              Louisville, KY  July 23, 2014

              Laryngeal Paralysis

 

2014      TwinSpired at Churchill Downs

              Louisville, KY   June 22, 2014

Management of Osteoarthritis

 

2014     Greater Louisville Veterinary Medical Association Monthly Meeting

              February 24, 2014

              Oncologic Surgery and Reconstruction

 

2013      ACVS Veterinary Symposium

              San Antonio, TX October 26, 2013

              Complications of Tracheal Stenting

 

2013      5th Annual West Central Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association Meeting

              Dawson Springs, KY August 18, 2013 (2 hours)

              Emergency Surgical Techniques

              What’s New With GDV?

 

2013      BluePearl Local Veterinary CE

              Louisville, KY July 24, 2013

              What’s New With Portosystemic Shunts?

 

2013      TwinSpired at Churchill Downs

              Louisville, KY June 23, 2013

              Gastrointestinal Surgery Tips and Tricks

 

2013      North Carolina Academy of Small Animal Medicine, Annual Scientific Meeting

                                           Sanford, NC March 6, 2013 (7 hours)

                                           Anal Sac Disease

                                           Cystotomy

                                           Laryngeal Paralysis

                                           Oncologic Surgery

                                           Onychectomy

                                           Perineal Hernias

                                           Portosystemic Shunts

 

                             2012      Minimally Invasive Scoping Course, The University of Tennessee

                                           Knoxville, TN      March 2012

 

2012      Tarrant County Veterinary Medical Association

                                           Fort Worth, TX March 15, 2012 (2 hours)

                                           Evolution of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Portosystemic Shunts

 

                             2011     ACVS Veterinary Symposium

                                           Chicago, IL          November, 2011

                                           Use of Medicinal Maggots in Wound Healing

 

                             2011      North Carolina Academy of Small Animal Medicine, Annual Scientific Meeting

                                           Asheville, NC  October 13-14, 2011 (8 hours)

                                           Diagnosis and Medical Management of Collapsing Trachea

Surgical Management of Collapsing Trachea

What’s New with GDV?

Current Thoughts on Portosystemic Shunts

Gastrointestinal Surgery Tips and Tricks

Advances in Urinary Surgery

Alternative Wound Therapies

 

2010      ACVS Veterinary Symposium

                                           Seattle, WA          October, 2010

                                           Cutting-Edge Panel on Portosystemic Shunts

 

2009     ACVS Veterinary Symposium

                                           Washington, DC   October, 2009

Diagnosis and Management of Tracheal Collapse in Dogs

                           

                             2009      Continuing Education Seminar, The University of Tennessee

                                           Knoxville, TN  December 2, 2009

                                           Management of the Difficult Wound

                                           Diagnosis and Management of Tracheal Collapse

 

                             2009      Lakeside Learning Center

                                           Knoxville, TN   February 21, 2009

Suture Properties and Patterns, Suturing Wetlab

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

VM 854 - Respiratory System, 2007-2011         

VM 851 - Urinary System, 2009-2011         

VM 842 - Alimentary System, 2008-2011         

VM 835 - Principles and Practices of Surgery, 2007-2012 – Course coordinator in 2012

VM 887 - Feline Elective Soft Tissue Surgery,  2010     

VM887 -  Elective in Soft Tissue Surgery, 2008     

VM 841 - Veterinary Reproductive System, 2008     

EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS

 ACVS Judge for Resident Research Competition, 2011

 ACVS Abstract Reviewer for 2011 Symposium, 2011

 ACVS Abstract Reviewer for 2009 Symposium, 2009

 

 Reviewer

 Veterinary Surgery   2012-2013                                                                   

The Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 2009

 

PUBLICATIONS – (PEER REVIEWED)

2013      Incisional wound healing in ball pythons (Python regius): A comparison of carbon dioxide laser, 4.0 MHz radiosurgery, and scalpel

              Hodshon R, Sura PA, Schumacher J, et al.  American Journal of Veterinary Research  2013; 74(3):499-508.

 

2012     Use of nitinol stents for end-stage tracheal collapse in dogs

             Durant AM, Sura PA, Rohrbach B, et al.  Veterinary Surgery 2012; 41(7):807-817.

 

2012     Laparoscopic-assisted ovariectomy of tigers (Panthera tigris) using the LigaSure™ device

             Steeil J, Sura PA, Whittemore J, Ramsay E.  Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 2012; 43(3):566-572.

 

 2012      What is your diagnosis? Extraskeletal osteosarcoma in a dog

               MacKenzie S, Hecht S, Sura PA, Craig LE.  Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2012; 240(7):817-818.

 

 2012      Successful treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome in 2 dogs

               Kelmer E, Love LC, DeClue AE, et al.  Canadian Veterinary Journal 2012; 53(2):167-173.

 

2012      The essential wound care series: Vacuum-assisted wound closure

              Hodshon BT, Sura PA, Tobias KM.  NAVC Clinician’s Brief 2012; 10(6):62-67

 

2012      The essential wound care series: Basic wound care. 

Tobias KM, Sura PA, Browning D.  NAVC Clinician’s Brief 2012; 10(3): 74-78.

 

2012      Magnetic resonance imaging of canine mast cell tumors

              Pokorny E, Hecht S, Sura PA, et al.  Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound  2012; 53(2):167-173. 

 

2010      Surgical repair of an inguinal herniation of the urinary bladder in an intact female domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Grunkemeyer VL, Sura PA, Baron ML et.al.  Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine 2010; 19(3):249-254

 

2010      Characterization of multiple acquired portosystemic shunts using transplenic portal scintigraphy

               Morandi F, Sura PA, Sharp D et.al.  Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound 2010; 51(4):466-471

 

2008      Self-expanding nitinol stents for the treatment of tracheal collapse in 12 dogs

               Sura PA, Krahwinkel DJ.  Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 232(2):228-236

 

2007      Comparison of 99mTcO4- trans-splenic portal scintigraphy to per-rectal portal scintigraphy for the diagnosis of portosystemic shunts in dogs

Sura PA, Tobias KM, Morandi F, Daniel GB, Echandi RL.  Veterinary Surgery 36(10):654-660

 

PUBLICATIONS – (BOOK CHAPTERS AND BOOKS)

Sura PA, Whittemore J.  Normal Thoracoscopic Anatomy.  Kumar MSA.  Publication pending.

2013:  Bartges J, Sura PA, Callens A.  Mini-laparotomy assisted cystoscopy for urocystoliths.  Kirk’s Current Veterinary Therapy XV, Elsevier Publishing – in press.

2011:  Sura PA.  Renal Trauma.  Bartges J and Polzin D (eds), Nephrology and Urology of Small Animals, Blackwell Publishing, 591-595, 2011.

2011:  Sura PA.  Lower Urinary Tract Trauma.  Bartges J and Polzin D (eds), Nephrology and Urology of Small Animals, Blackwell Publishing, 828-834, 2011.

2011:  Sura PA.  Trachea and Bronchi.  Tobias KM and Johnston S (eds), Small Animal Surgical Practice, Blackwell Publishing, 1734-1751, 2011.

 

PUBLICATIONS (ABSTRACTS AND PROCEEDINGS ): (other than those listed above)

2009: Durant A, Sura PA.  Evaluation of veterinary nitinol stents, Vet Stent - Trachea®, for the palliation of tracheal collapse.  ACVS Veterinary Symposium,  October 2009, Washington, DC.

2009: Grunkemeyer VL, Sura PA, Baron ML, Souza MJ.  Inguinal herniation of the urinary bladder in a female rabbit.  AEMV, AAV, ARAV Joint Conference, August 2009, Milwaukee, WI.

2009: Durant A, Sura PA.  Evaluation of veterinary nitinol stents, Vet Stent - Trachea®, for the palliation of tracheal collapse.  Annual Meeting of the Society for Veterinary Soft Tissue Surgery, June 2009, Salem, MA.

2008: Morandi F, Sura PA, Sharp D, Daniel GB.  Scintigraphic features of multiple acquired portosystemic shunts using transplenic portal scintigraphy.  ACVR Annual Scientific Meeting, October 2008, San Antonio, TX. 

RESEARCH AND OTHER EXTERNAL SUPPORT - Principal Investigator (or Co-PI)

2006: Comparison of 99mTcO4- trans-splenic portal  scintigraphy to per-rectal portal scintigraphy for the diagnosis of portosystemic shunts in dogs

Sura PA, Tobias KM, Morandi F, Daniel GB

American Kennel Club, Canine Health Foundation ACORN Program

$12,960 Grant #607

Completed

RESEARCH AND OTHER EXTERNAL SUPPORT - Co-investigator

2011:       Healing of skin incisions in the Ball Python (Python regius) created with a scalpel, electrosurgical unit and CO2 laser

PI: Hodshon R

Co-Investigator: Sura PA, Schumacher J

                             

2011:  Laparoscopic-assisted ovariectomy of tigers (Panthera tigris) using the LigaSure™ device

PI: Steeil J

Co-Investigator: Sura PA, Whittemore J, Ramsay E

Clinical study with equipment donated by Covidien  

                             

2009: MRI evaluation of cutaneous mast cell tumors and regional lymph nodes in dogs

PI: Pokorny E

Co-Investigator: Hecht S, Sura PA, Matthews AR, LeBlanc A

Supporting Agency: Companion Animal Fund, University of Tennessee College of Vet. Med.

Grant Number: R181701045-9004402

Completed

                           

2008: Evaluation of cryobiopsy instrumentation and cellsave blood collections in dogs with lymphoma

PI: Phillips J

Co-Investigator: LeBlanc A, Legendre A, Sura PA

Supporting agency: NIH/NCI (COTC006)

Completed