Armelle M. de Laforcade
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
Emergency / Critical Care
Phone: 508-839-5395 x84415
Fax: 508-839-7922
Email: armelle.delaforcade@tufts.edu

Education
DVM - Tufts University - 1997
BS - Cornell University - 1993

Board Certification
ACVECC

General Research Interest
Naturally occurring canine and feline sepsis, coagulation changes in critical illness.

Selected Research Projects

1. Evaluation of thromboelastography as a sensitive marker of coagulation abnormalities in sepsis.

2. Epidemiology of canine sepsis in a veterinary teaching hospital.

3. Altered glucose metabolism in dogs with septic peritonitis.

Majored Specialized Equipment Available

Thromboelastograph, mechanical ventilator.

Selected Publications

1. Torre D, de Laforcade AM, Chan D. Incidence and significance of hyperglycemia in critically ill dogs. J Vet Intern Med 2007;21(5):971-975.

2. de Laforcade A, Rozanski E, Freeman L. Serial changes in protein C and antithrombin in dogs with sepsis. J Vet Intern Med 2008;22:26-30.

3. de Laforcade AM, Freeman LM, Shaw SP, Brooks MB, Rozanski EA, Rush JE. Hemostatic changes in dogs with naturally occurring sepsis. JVIM 2003;17:674-679.