Education | Laboratory Personnel | General Research Interest | Selected Research Projects
Research and Clinical Interests | Major Specialized Equipment Items Available | Selected Publications
TCSVM Faculty

Dominik Faissler
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
Neurology / Neurosurgery
Phone: 508-887-4696
Fax: 508-887-4363
Email: dominik.faissler@tufts.edu

Education
Doctoral Thesis - University of Berne, Switzerland - 1995
DVM - University of Berne, Switzerland - 1987

Board Certification
European College of Veterinary Neurology (ECVN), 1999

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General Research Interest
Brain and spinal cord tumors; Wobbler's disease; Encephalitis; Epilepsy

Research Sponsor Interest

  • Privately Funded Research

Selected Research Projects

  • Outcome of different treatment options in canine frontal lobe meningioma
  • Classification of spinal cord compressions in canine cervical spondylotic myelopathy (Wobbler's disease)
  • Levetiracetam for the long-term treatment of canine idiopathic epilepsy

Research and Clinical Interests

  • Diagnosis and treatment of brain and spinal cord tumors
  • Diagnosis and treatment options for canine Wobbler's disease
  • Diagnosis of canine encephalitis
  • Medical treatment of canine idiopathic epilepsy
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Major Specialized Equipment Items Available

  • Spiral CT Picker Venue
  • MRI Siemens Impact 1 Tesla
  • Electrodiagnostic equipment Nicolet Viking IV P
  • Linear accelerator Siemens Mevatron 77

Selected Publications

  1. Bentley RT, Faissler D, Sutherland-Smith J, (2011): Successful management of a phaeohyphomycotic fungal granuloma in a dog. JAVMA, 239:480-485.
  2. Sutherland-Smith J, King R, Faissler D, Ruthazar R, Sato A, (2011): MRI apparent diffusion coefficients for histologically confirmed intracranial lesions in dogs. Radiol&Ultrasound, 52:142-48.
  3. BM. Schneider, NH. Dodman, D. Faissler, N. Ogata, (2009): Clinical use of an herbal-derived compound (Huperazine A) to treat putative complex partial seizures in a dog. Epilepsy and Behaviour, 15:529-534.
  4. AL. Bilderback, D. Faissler, (2009): Surgical management of a canine intracranial abscess due to a bite wound. J Vet Emergency Critical Care, 10:507-12.
  5. AL Abelson, D Faissler, AZ Karas (2008): Anesthesia case of the month. JAVMA, May 1, 232:1298-300.
  6. McDonnell JJ, Keating J, Sato A, Faissler D (2007): Multiple meningiomas in dogs: 3 cases. J Am Hosp Assoc, 43, pp. 201-208.