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

José M. Garcia-Lopez
Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
Large Animal Surgery
Phone: 508-839-5395 x84295
Fax: 508-839-7931
Email: jose.garcia-lopez@tufts.edu

Education
VMD - University of Pennsylvania - 1996
BS - University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus - 1991

Board Certification
American College of Veterinary Surgeons

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General Research Interest

  • Equine Orthopedics
  • Equine Upper respiratory
  • Equine Gastrointestinal Disease

Selected Research Projects

  • In-Vitro Evaluation of Heat Generation, Pull-out Strength, and Microfractures for a New Positive Profile Self-Tapping Transfixation Pin for Use in the Equine Third Metacarpal Bone
  • In-Vitro Comparison of Temperature Generation Between Traditional Sequential Drilling and a Newly Designed Step Drill in the Equine Third Metacarpal Bone
  • In-Vitro Biomechanical Comparison of a New Locking Compression Plate (LCP) with a Limited Contact Dynamic Plate (LCDCP) for Use in the Equine Patient

Research and Clinical Interests

  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Upper Airway Surgery
  • Laparoscopic Surgery
  • Laser Surgery
  • Equine Lameness Evaluation
  • Advanced Imaging
  • Stem-cell and PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) Therapy
  • IRAP (Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Protein) Therapy
  • Orthopedic and Upper Respiratory Instrument Development
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Major Specialized Equipment Items Available

  • Arthroscopy Equipment
  • Laparoscopy Equipment
  • Nd:YAG and CO2 Lasers
  • Video Endoscopy
  • High Definition Ultrasound
  • High-Speed Treadmill Evaluation
  • Extra-Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
  • Digital High Resolution Gamma Camera
  • Computed Radiography
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Computed Tomography (CT)

Selected Publications

  1. Bassage LH, García-López JM, Currid EM:  Osteolytic lesions of the tuber calcanei in two horses.  J Am Vet Med Assn 2000; 217(5): 710-716.
  2. García-López JM, Provost PJ, Rush JE, Zicker SC, Burmaster H, LM Freeman:  Prevalence and prognostic importance of hypomagnesemia and hypocalcemia in horses that have colic surgery.  Am J Vet Research 2001; 62(1): 7-12.
  3. García-López JM, Boudrieau RJ, Provost PJ:  Surgical repair of coxofemoral luxation in a horse.  J Am Vet Med Assn 2001; 219(9): 1254-1258.
  4. García-López JM, Kirker-Head CA:  Occult Subchondral Osseous Cyst-like Lesions of the Equine Tarso-crural Joint.  Vet Surg 2004; 33(5): 557-564.
  5. Jenei T, García-López JM, Provost PJ, Kirker-Head CA: Surgical Management of Small Intestinal Incarceration through the Gastrosplenic Ligament: 14 Cases (1994-2006).  J Am Vet Med Assoc 2007; 231(8): 1221-1224.
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