Associate Professor, Small Animal Surgery
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi
Dr. Swanson is an associate professor of small animal surgery at the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Her clinical focus is soft tissue surgery with special interests in wound healing, minimally invasive surgery, endourology, wound infection, and chronic biofilm infections. She graduated from the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine with honors in 2001. She completed a rotating internship at the Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover (University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover) in Germany (2002). She practiced for five years as an associate veterinarian at a small animal hospital in Arlington Heights, IL. Her practice included exotic (avian, small mammal, reptile) medicine and surgery. She returned to specialty practice in 2007, completing a surgery internship at Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists in Houston (2008) and a surgery and critical care internship and a research fellowship at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine (2009, 2010). She attended the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, where she completed her small animal surgery residency and earned a master of science degree in Veterinary Science (2013). She has been on faculty at Mississippi State University since 2013. She is actively involved with the Society of Veterinary Soft Tissue Surgery and the Veterinary Endoscopy Society. Her research focuses on chronic biofilm infections, particularly the effects of biofilms on chronic wound development, biofilms in chronic urinary tract infections, treatment of chronic biofilm infection and multiple-drug-resistant infections, understanding the mechanisms of bacterial adhesion to tissues, and on developing a model of biofilm-infected diabetic pressure ulcers. She is excited to operate on exotic and pocket pets whenever the opportunity arises.
You Want Surgery for What? Surgical Techniques and Care for Exotic and Pocket Pets
Thursday, October 12, 2023
10:15 AM – 6:00 PM