Kara Anne Brown
Assistant Professor, Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pennsylvania, New Bolton Center
Publications
Education:
BA (Neural and Behavioral Sciences, with Honors)
Haverford College, 2008.
VMD (Veterinary Medicine, summa cum laude)
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, 2014.
Permanent linkBA (Neural and Behavioral Sciences, with Honors)
Haverford College, 2008.
VMD (Veterinary Medicine, summa cum laude)
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, 2014.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Rehabilitation of the equine athlete,Diagnosis and management of cervical and thoracolumbar spine pathology,
Evaluation of poor performance in sport horses
Description of Research Expertise
Equine rehabilitation,Cervical and thoracolumbar spine pathology,
Sport horse performance
Selected Publications
Ciamillo SA, Wulster KB, Gassert TM, Richardson DW, Brown KA, Stefanovski D, Ortved KF.: Prospective, longitudinal assessment of subchondral bone morphology and pathology using standing, cone-beam computed tomography in fetlock joints of 2-year-old Thoroughbred racehorses in their first year of training. Equine Vet J 2025.Kara A. Brown, VMD, DACVSMR1; Elizabeth N. Gregorio, BA1; Dhvani Barot, BVSc1; Alexandra Usimaki, DVM1;Renata L. Linardi, DVM, PhD1; Jaclyn R. Missanelli, BS2; Youwen You, PhD2; Mary A. Robinson, VMD, PhD, DACVP1; Kyla F. Ortved, DVM, PhD, DACVS, DACVSMR1: Single-dose nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in horses have no impact on concentrations of cytokines or growth factors in autologous protein solution and platelet-rich plasma. American Journal of Veterinary Research 85: ajvr, Feb 2024.
Brown KA, Gregorio EN, Barot D, Usimaki A, Linardi RL, Missanelli JR, You Y, Robinson MA, Ortved KF.: Prolonged administration of oral phenylbutazone and firocoxib in horses has no impact on selected cytokine and growth factor concentrations in platelet-rich plasma and autologous protein solution. Am J Vet Res 85: ajvr, Jun 2024.
Valle AP, Brown KA, Reilly P, Ciamillo SA, Davidson EJ, Stefanovski D, Stewart HL, Ortved KF.: Effect of video angle on detection of induced front limb lameness in horses. BMC Vet Res 20: 172, May 2024.
Brown KA, Davidson EJ, Johnson AL, Stefanovski D, Wulster KB, Ortved K.: Interobserver agreement of lateral and oblique radiography and standing cone beam CT of the caudal cervical articular process joints of horses. Vet Radiol Ultrasound Mar 2023.
Brown KA, Johnson AL, Bender SJ, Nolan TJ, Pfisterer B, Slack J, Willis E, Rule EK.: Onchocerca sp. in an imported Zangersheide gelding causing suspensory ligament desmitis. J Vet Intern Med 2023.
Brown KA, Bender SJ, Johnson AL.: Clinical and histopathological features in horses with neuroaxonal degeneration: 100 cases (2017-2021). J Vet Intern Med Dec 2023.
Brown KA, Davidson EJ, Johnson AL, Wulster KB, Ortved K.: Inflammatory cytokines in horses with cervical articular process joint osteoarthritis on standing cone beam computed tomography. Equine Vet J 2021.
Brown, K., Stefanovski, D., Davidson, E.: Prevalence of adverse events and their effect on completion of high speed treadmill exercise tests at a single institution (2000–2015). Equine Vet J 52(2): 232-237, 2020.
Brown, K. A., Davidson, E. J., Ortved, K., Ross, M. W., Stefanovski, D., Wulster, K. B., Levine, D. G.: Long-term outcome and effect of diagnostic analgesia in horses undergoing interspinous ligament desmotomy for overriding dorsal spinous processes. Vet Surg 49(3): 590-599, 2020.