Spotlight on the Teaching Hospital

Meet Dr. Kara Lascola

Despite the weather, Dr. Kara Lascola, clinical assistant professor of veterinaryclinical medicine, is glad to be back in the Midwest. Before receiving her veterinary degree from Tufts University, Dr. Lascola earned a master’s degree in biological anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Following both a large animal internal medicine internship and residency at Tufts, she stayed on to complete a post-doctoral fellowship with special emphasis on pulmonary physiology, lung injury and lung regeneration. She is boarded in large animal internal medicine.

Dr. Lascola joined the Illinois faculty in November. She will work with Dr. Pamela Wilkins to
establish a program in pulmonary testing to evaluate poorly performing horses, whether race horses, competitive horses, or pleasure horses. This service should be available late winter or early spring. Dr. Lascola is looking forward to her clinical instruction duties and to working with residents.

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Note: Illinois VetNews features a VTH clinician or clinical coordinator each month.