Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Service, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Professor
Biography

Research Interests

  • ​Minimally-invasive monitoring of critical patients
  • Interstitial glucose monitoring
  • Endocrine emergencies
  • Electrolyte and acid base abnormalities
  • Mechanical ventilation
  • Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)

Educational Background

  • Associate Professor of Emergency and Critical Care, Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, January 2006-present.
  • Assistant Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine, The University of Georgia, April 2004-January 2006.
  • Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2003.
  • Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care, Section of Critical Care, Department of Clinical Studies – Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, July 2002-April 2004.
  • Fellowship in Emergency and Critical Care, Section of Critical Care, Department of Clinical Studies – Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, July 2001-April 2004.
  • Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Small Animal IntMed), 2001.
  • Resident in Small Animal Internal Medicine, Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, July 1998-June 2001.
  • Intern in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, Angell Memorial Animal Hospital, Boston, MA, June 1997-June 1998.
  • DVM, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1997.
  • BS,  Biological Sciences, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1993.

Selected Publications

  • ​Hoenig M, Dorfman M, Koenig A. Use of a hand-held meter for the measurement of blood beta-hydroxybutyrate in dogs and cats.  Journal of Vet Emerg and Critical Care, Feb 2008, 18(1): 86-87.
  • Koenig A, Drobatz K, Beale AB, and King L. Hyperglycemic, hyperosmolar syndrome in feline diabetics: 17 cases (1995-2001). Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, March 2004, 14 (1), 30-40.

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