Gretchen E. Kaufman
Assistant Professor, Wildlife Medicine
Department of Environmental and Population Health
Director of the Tufts Center for Conservation Medicine http://vet.tufts.edu/ccm/index.html
Wildlife, Zoological and Exotic Animal Medicine, International Veterinary Medicine, Conservation Medicine
Phone: 508-839-7918
Email: gretchen.kaufman@tufts.edu

Education

DVM - Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine - 1986
Residency - Zoological Medicine, University of California at Davis, 1989

Selected Publications

1. Kaufman, GE, Epstein, JH, Paul-Murphy, J, Modrall, JD. Designing Graduate Training Programs in Conservation Medicine - Producing the Right Professionals with the Right Tools, EcoHealth, Volume 5, December 2008:519-527.

2. Kaufman, GE,  Else, JE, Bowen, K, Anderson, M, Epstein J. Bringing Conservation Medicine into the Veterinary Curriculum – the Tufts Example.  EcoHealth, Volume 1 (Suppl. 1), September, 2004: 43-49.

3. Kaufman GE., Seymour R, Bonner B, Court M and Karas AZ.  Use of rocuronium for endotracheal intubation in North American Gulf Coast box turtles. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 222 (8), 2003 : 1111-1115.

4. Stoskopf MK, Paul-Murphy J,Kennedy-Stoskopf S, and  Kaufman GE. American College of Zoological Medicine recommendations on veterinary curricula. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 219 (11), 2001 : 1532-1535.

5. Shrestha, B., Reed, J.M., Starks, P.T.B., Kaufman, G.E., Goldstone, J.V., Roelke, M.E., O’Brien, S.J., Koepfli, K.P., Frank, L.G., and Court, M.H. Evolution of a major drug metabolizing enzyme defect in domestic cat and other Felidae: Phylogenetic timing and role of hypercarnivory. PLOS ONE March, 2011, Volume 6  ( 3), e18046.

6. Smiley, T., Spelman, L., Lukasik-Braum, M., Mukherjee, J., Kaufman, G., Akiyoshi, D.E., Cranfield, M. Non-invasive saliva collection techniques for free-ranging mountain gorillas and captive eastern gorillas. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine  Volume 41(2)m 2010:201-209.

7. Epstein, J. H. et al. The Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) as a reservoir of zoonotic and livestock pathogens. Ecohealth 3, 290-298 (2006).

Book chapters:

1. Kaufman G, and G Griffith. Sustainable Practices for Zoological Veterinary Medicine. IN Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Current Therapy, Volume 7, Saunders, c2011.

2. Kaufman G and J Martin. Health as an indicator of well-being in captive elephants. IN An Elephant in the Room: the Science and Well-Being of Elephants in Captivity.Forthman DL, Kane LF, Hancocks D, and Waldau PF, Eds. N Grafton, MA: Center for Animals and Public Policy, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, c2009, pp. 69-73.

3. Mayer, J, Kaufman G, and Pokras M.1. Mayer, J, Kaufman G, and Pokras M. Reptile Medicine and Surgery, 2nd ed., 2005.

4. Kaufman GE. Pharmacology, pharmacodynamics and drug dosing. IN The Biology, Husbandry and Health Care of Reptiles and Amphibians edited by Lowell Ackerman. TFH Publications, Inc. Neptune City, NJ, 1997.

5. Kaufman GE Avian emergencies. IN Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, edited by R. Murtaugh and P. Kaplan. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, c1992.

 Websites:

1. Zoological Medicine course syllabus (Tufts OpenCourseWare) http://ocw.tufts.edu/Course/60

2. One Health: Interdisciplinary Approaches to People, Animals and the Environment (University Seminar on Tufts OpenCourseWare)  http://ocw.tufts.edu/Course/61

3. Tufts Center for Conservation Medicine http://vet.tufts.edu/ccm/index.html

4. GreenVetPractice website http://greenvetpractice.com/