McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory > Soslowsky Lab > Adam C. Caro, DVM

Adam C. Caro, DVM

Veterinary Research Resident
University of Pennsylvania

HOMETOWN
Lafayette, Louisiana

EDUCATION
Comparative Medicine Resident, School of Veterinary Medicine, 2010-present, University of Pennsylvania
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, 2010, Louisiana State University
B.S. Biological Sciences, 2005, Louisiana State University

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Comparative Medicine

ABSTRACTS, PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATIONS, PLATFORM AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS

1. Caro AC, AK Brice, CL Veeder. "Investigation into a Fire Caused by Surgical Preparation and Surgical Instrumentation Use in a Protocol-Related Rodent Surgery." AALAS National Meeting, Sand Diego, CA 2011
2. Caro AC. "A Bump in the Chest: Clinical Investigation of a Cutaneous Mass in a Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps)." Tri-Branch Symposium, Atlantic City, NJ 2012
3. Caro AC, Brice AK, Jensen J. "A Bump in the Chest: Clinical Investigation of a Cutaneous Mass in a Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps)." AALAS Nation Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 2012
4. Caro AC, Hankenson FC, Marx JO. "A Comparison of Thermoregulatory Devices During Rodent Anesthesia and the Effects of Body Temperature On Physiological Parameters." AALAS Nation Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 2012.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

1. Where There's Smoke There's Fire: An investigation into an Accidental Surgical Fire and Prevention Planning. Quad Symposium, Uncasville, CT 2012

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

1. American Veterinary Medical Association
2. American Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences
3. AALAS Del-Valley Branch
4. American Society of Sugar Glider Veterinarians

Adam joined the McKay Orthopaedic Laboratory in the summer of 2012. Adam has served as a staff veterinarian for the University Laboratory Animal Resources department for a wide range of species, including: NHP's, swine, ovine, aquatics, and traditional rodent and rabbit species. Adam has extensive training in laboratory animal medicine and pathology techiniques, and has acted as an on-call veterinarian for the laboratory animal unit of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

While earning his DVM at LSU, Adam was a student care taker for the school's mascot, Mike the Tiger.