Education | Laboratory Personnel | General Research Interest | Selected Research Projects
Research and Clinical Interests | Major Specialized Equipment Items Available | Selected Publications
TCSVM Faculty

Patricia J. Provost
Assistant Professor
Director, Equine Sports Medicine Program
Chair, Companion Animal Health Fund
Department of Clinical Sciences
Phone: 508-839-5395
Fax: 508-839-7931

Education
MS - Michigan State University - 1989
VMD - University of Pennsylvania - 1985

Board Certification
American College of Veterinary Surgeons (DACVS)

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General Research Interest

  • Gastrointestinal pathophysiology of colic and adhesion formation.
  • Pathogenesis and treatment of equine skin tumors. Use of growth factors in wound healing.
  • Management of surgical and chronic pain.
  • Treatment of equine back pain.

Research Sponsor Interest

  • Privately Funded Research
  • Federally Funded Research
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Selected Research Projects

  • The significance of EGF, TGF-B, PDGF-BB, MMP 2 & 9 in the normal and ulcerated equine eye.
  • Efficacy comparison of dressings on full thickness infected wounds.
  • Prevention of post-operative abdominal adhesions in pigs and ponies using a biopolymer implant.
  • EGF, PDGF-BB, TGF-beta 1 as potential mediators of equine corneal epithelial cell and keratocyte migration in cell and in organ culture.
  • An assessment of an alternative method for the management of equine back pain.
  • Prevention and treatment of equine MRSA infections.

 

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Research and Clinical Interests

  • General equine surgery
  • Arthroscopic surgery
  • Equine lameness evaluations
  • Equine oncology
  • Neonatal limb deformities
  • Growth factor studies
  • Adhesion studies
  • Medical device and drug testing
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Major Specialized Equipment Items Available

  • Video-endoscopy
  • High-speed treadmill
  • Digital Radiography
  • MRI
  • CT
  • Laser
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Selected Publications

  1. Provost, PJ, Stick, JA, Patterson, JS, et al. Effects of heparin treatment on colonic torsion-associated hemodynamic and plasma eicosanoid changes in anesthetized poinies. AJVR 1991;52(2):289-297.

  2. Freden, G, Provost, PJ, Rand, W. Reliability of using results of abdominal fluid analysis to determine treatment and predict lesion type and outcome for horses with colic 218 cases (1991-1994). JAVMA 1998;213(7):1012-1015.

  3. Chevalier, HM, Provost, PJ, Karas, AZ. Effect of caudal epidural xylazine on intraoperative distress and postoperative pain in Holstein heifers. Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. 31(1):1-10, 2004.

  4. Haber, M, Cao, Z, Panjwani, N, Bedenice, D, Li, W, Provost, PJ. Effects of growth factors (EGF, PDGF-BB, and TGF-β1) on cultured epithelial cells and keratocytes: Implications for wound healing. Veterinary Ophthalmology. 6(3):211-217, 2003.

  5. Moore, AS, Beam, SL, Rassnick, KM, Provost, PJ. Long-term control of metastatic mucocutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the lip in a horse using piroxicam. EVJ. 35(7)715-718, 2003.
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