Mary E Lassaline
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Contact information
Penn Vet Ryan Veterinary Hospital
3900 Delancey Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3900 Delancey Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-746-8387
Email:
lassalin@vet.upenn.edu
lassalin@vet.upenn.edu
Publications
Education:
PhD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1994.
DVM (Veterinary Medicine)
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 2000.
Permanent linkPhD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1994.
DVM (Veterinary Medicine)
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 2000.
Description of Research Expertise
corneal wound healing, corneal surgerySelected Publications
Lassaline, ME: Equine ocular squamous cell carcinoma: Genetic associations. Equine Veterinary Education 2020.Knickelbein, K. E., Lassaline, M. E., Singer-Berk, M., Reilly, C. M., Clode, A. B., Famula, T. R., Michau, T. M., Bellone, R. R.: A missense mutation in damage-specific DNA binding protein 2 is a genetic risk factor for ocular squamous cell carcinoma in Belgian horses. Equine Veterinary Journal 52(1): 34-40, 2020.
Saldinger, L. K., Nelson, S. G., Bellone, R. R., Lassaline, M., Mack, M., Walker, N. J., Borjesson, D. L.: Horses with equine recurrent uveitis have an activated CD4+ T-cell phenotype that can be modulated by mesenchymal stem cells in vitro. Veterinary Ophthalmology 23(1): 160-170, 2020.
Rockwell, H., Mack, M., Famula, T., Sandmeyer, L., Bauer, B., Dwyer, A., Lassaline, M., Beeson, S., Archer, S., McCue, M., Bellone, R. R.: Genetic investigation of equine recurrent uveitis in Appaloosa horses. Animal Genetics 51(1): 111-116, 2020.
Knickelbein, K. E., Holmberg, B. J., Lassaline, M. E.: Equine retrobulbar disease: Diagnoses and outcomes of 15 horses with exophthalmos (1988–2017). Equine Veterinary Education 31(11): 601-608, 2019.
Knickelbein, K. E., Luethy, D., Thomasy, S. M., Reilly, C., Strom, A. R., Lassaline, M. E.: Equine eosinophilic keratoconjunctivitis in California: retrospective study of 47 eyes from 29 cases (1993-2017). Veterinary Ophthalmology 22(4): 510-519, 2019.
Edwards, S. G., Maggs, D. J., Byrne, B. A., Kass, P. H., Lassaline, M. E.: Effect of topical application of 0.5% proparacaine on corneal culture results from 33 dogs, 12 cats, and 19 horses with spontaneously arising ulcerative keratitis. Veterinary Ophthalmology 22(4): 415-422, 2019.
Singer-Berk, M. H., Knickelbein, K. E., Lounsberry, Z. T., Crausaz, M., Vig, S., Joshi, N., Britton, M., Settles, M. L., Reilly, C. M., Bentley, E., Nunnery, C., Dwyer, A., Lassaline, M. E., Bellone, R. R.: Additional Evidence for DDB2 T338M as a Genetic Risk Factor for Ocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Horses. International Journal of Genomics 2019, 2019.
Knickelbein, K. E., Stock, M., Carrasco, S. E., Reilly, C. M., Lassaline, M. E.: Traumatic phacocele in an American Miniature Horse. Veterinary Ophthalmology 22(1): 61-66, 2019.
Knickelbein, K. E., Lassaline, M. E., Bellone, R. R.: Limbal squamous cell carcinoma in a Rocky Mountain Horse: Case report and investigation of genetic contribution. Veterinary Ophthalmology 22(2): 201-205, 2019.