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Carla S. Sommardahl, DVM, Ph.D.


Assistant Professor - Equine Medicine & Pathology
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: (865) 974-5585
FAX: (865) 974-5773
Email

Education

  • B.S. - University of Arkansas - 1985
  • D.V.M. - Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine - 1989
  • Ph.D. - University of Tennessee - 1999

Board Certification

  • Diplomate - American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Large Animal Specialty

Training

  • Large Animal Internship - UTCVM, 1989 - 1990
  • Large Animal Internal Medicine Residency - UTCVM, 1991 - 1994

Teaching

  • Clinical Teaching
  • Large Animal Technology Labs
  • Large Animal Ultrasound elective to Third Year Students
  • Urinary System course (VM851, Second Year Students)
  • Equine Special Topics elective to Third Year Students
  • Physical Diagnosis course (VM831, First Year Students)
  • Large Animal Clinical Skills elective to Second Year Students
  • Clinical Correlations and Ethics course (VM816, First Year Students)
  • Nervous System course (VM857, Second Year Students)

Clinical Interests

  • Equine & Food animal infectious disease, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, and Renal Disease

Research Interests

  • Genetic Diseases
  • Renal Disease
  • Equine Medicine

Professional Societies

  • AVMA
  • ACVIM
  • AAEP

Publications

  • Andrews FM, Frank N, Sommardahl CS, Buchanan BR, Elliott SB, Allen VA. Effects of intravenously administrated omeprazole on gastric juice pH and gastric ulcer scores in adult horses. J Vet Intern Med. Sep-Oct; 20(5):1202-6, 2006.
  • Frank N, Andrews FM, Sommardahl CS, Eiler H, Rohrbach BW, Donnell RL. Evaluation of the combined dexamethasone suppression / thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test for detection of pars intermedia pituitary adenomas in horses. J Vet Intern Med. Jul-Aug; 20(4):987-93, 2006.
  • Buchanan BR, Sommardahl CS, Moore RR, Donnell RL. What is your diagnosis? Pyloric-duodenal intussusception. J Am Vet Med Assoc. May 1; 228(9):1339-40, 2006.
  • Buchanan BR, Sommardahl CS, Rohrbach BW, Andrews FM. Effect of a 24-hour infusion of an isotonic electrolyte replacement fluid on the renal clearance of electrolytes in healthy neonatal foals. J Am Vet Med Assoc. Oct 1; 227(7):1123-9, 2005.
  • Frank N, SommardahlCS, Eiler H, Webb LL, Denhart JW, Boston RC. Effects of oral administration of levothyroxine sodium on concentrations of plasma lipids, concentration and composition of very-low-density lipoproteins, and glucose dynamics in healthy adult mares. Am J Vet Res. Jun; 66(6):1032-8, 2005.
  • Sommardahl CS, Frank N, Elliott SB, Webb LL, Refsal KR, Denhart JW, Thompson DL Jr. Effects of oral administration of levothyroxine sodium on serum concentrations of thyroid gland hormones and responses to injections of thyrotropin-releasing hormone in healthy adult mares. Am J Vet Res. Jun;66(6):1025-31, 2005.
  • Madhu Dhar, Carla Sommardahl, Tanisa Kirkland, Sarah Nelson, Robert Donnell, Dabney Johnosn and Lawrence Castellani (2003) Mice heterozygous for Atp10c, a putative amphipath, represent a novel model of obesity and type 2 diabetes. J Nutrition, April 2004 799-805.
  • Sommardahl C,Davenport DF, Andrews FM, Bartges JW. Enteral Feeding of a Hyperlipemic Miniature Horse with a Component Feeding Program( abstract). Nutrition in Clinical Practice, vol 17, no 1. Febuary 2002 68-9.
  • Sommardahl C, Cottrell M, Wilkinson J E, Woychik R, Johnson D K: Phenotypic variations of the orpk mutation and chromosomal localization of modifiers influencing the kidney phenotype. Physiological Genomics, 7:127-134, 2001.
  • Sommardahl C., Cottrell M. Woychik R, & Wilkinson JE: Phenotypic variations of the orpk mouse model of polycystic kidney disease on the C3H genetic background. Abstract in The FASEB Journal, 13(4)Part I: A521, 1999.
  • Sommardahl C., Wilkinson JE, Sweeney W., Avner E., Woychik R: Taxol's effect on cystic lesions in the orpk mouse model of polycystic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol 11: 728-733, 1997.
  • Neuhaus IM, Sommardahl C., Johnson DK, Beier DR: Microsatellite DNA variants between the FVB/N & C3HeB/FeJLe & C57BL/6J mouse strains. Mammalian Genome 8:506- 509, 19997.
  • Sommardahl C., Olchowy T., Provenza M., Saxton A.: Urinary diagnostic indices in calves. J Am Vet Med Assoc 211:212-214, 1997.
  • Yoder B., Richards W., Sommardahl C., Sweeney W., Wilkinson JE, Avner E., Woychik R: Diffrential rescue of the renal disease in an ARPKD mouse mutant: A new model to study the liver lesion. Am J Path 150(6):2231-2241, 1997.
  • Sommardahl C., Andrews F: Blood Viscosity in Exercising Horses. Equine Practice 19(2):19-22, 1997.
  • Sommardahl C., Wilkinson JE, Sweeney W., Avner E., Woychik R: The effect of Taxol on Cystic Kidney & Liver Lesions in the TgN737Rpw Mouse of polycystic Kidney Disease. Abstract in JASN7(9):1605, 1996.