JoAnn Slack
Associate Professor of Cardiology/Ultrasound, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Service Chief, Cardiology and Ultrasound, University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center
Section Chief, Imaging, University Of Pennsylvania
New Bolton Center
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
Dept of Clinical Studies
New Bolton Center
382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348-1692
School of Veterinary Medicine
Dept of Clinical Studies
New Bolton Center
382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348-1692
Office: 610-925-6692
Fax: 610-925-6831
Fax: 610-925-6831
Email:
slackj@vet.upenn.edu
slackj@vet.upenn.edu
Education:
BS
University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1991.
DVM
University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1998.
MS
University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2003.
Permanent linkBS
University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1991.
DVM
University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1998.
MS
University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2003.
Description of Research Expertise
Title: Effects of anesthesia on cardiac troponin I concentrations in horsesInvestigators: J Slack (PI), V Reef
Dates: 2006-2007
Title: Echocardiographic determination of pulmonary artery pressure in the horse.
Investigators: MM Durando (PI), J Slack (co-investigator), V Reef, EK Birks
Dates: 2004-2006
Title: Right ventricular pressure dynamics and stress echocardiography in pharmacologic and exercise stress testing.
Investigators: MM Durando (PI), J Slack (collaborator), V Reef, EK Birks (Co-PI)
Dates: 2004-2006
Selected Publications
Slack J, Stefanovski D, Madsen TF, Fjordbakk CT, Strand E, Fintl C.: Cardiac arrhythmias in poorly performing Standardbred and Norwegian-Swedish Coldblooded trotters undergoing high-speed treadmill testing. Vet J 267: 105574, Jan 2021.Reef VB, Davidson EJ, Slack J, Stefanovski D.: Hypercapnia and hyperlactatemia were positively associated with higher-grade arrhythmias during peak exercise in horses during poor performance evaluation on a high-speed treadmill. Vet J 266: 105572, Dec 2020.
Physick-Sheard PW, Slack J.: Irregular hearts and performance horses. Equine Vet J 52: 782-786, Nov 2020.
Fintl C, Krontveit R, Risberg Å, Hanche-Olsen S, Slack J.: Two-dimensional, M-mode and left atrial velocity echocardiographic measurements in healthy Norwegian-Swedish Coldblooded Trotters. J Vet Cardiol 29: 60-73, Jun 2020.
Agnew ME, Slack J, Stefanovski D, Linton JK, Sertich PL.: Sonographic appearance of the late gestation equine fetal intestine. Theriogenology 138: 121-126, Oct 2019.
Anderson B, Belcher C, Slack J, Gelsleichter J.: Evaluation of the use of portable ultrasonography to determine pregnancy status and fecundity in bonnethead shark Sphyrna tiburo. J Fish Biol 93: 1163-1170, Dec 2018.
Luethy D, Slack J, Kraus M, Gelzer A, Habecker P, Johnson A.: Third-degree atrioventricular block and collapse associated with eosinophilic myocarditis in a horse. JVIM Mar 14 2017.
Schnobrich MR, Turner RO, Slack J*. : Transrectal ultrasonographic characterization of the accessory sex glands, pelvic urethra and ureters in normal geldings. Theriogenology 85(2): 186-192, Jan 2016.
Navas des Solis C, Reef VB, Slack J*, Cunilleras EJ: Evaluation of coagulation and fibrinolysis in horses with atrial fibrillation. JAVMA 248(2): 201-206, Jan 2016.
Navas des Solis C, Dallap-Shaer B, Boston R, Slack J*. : Myocardial insult and arrhythmias after acute hemorrhage in horses. JVECC 25(2): 248-255, Mar-Apr 2015.