VetVine Member
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First Name:
Maureen
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Last Name:
McMichael
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Profession:
Veterinary Specialist
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Degree(s) Earned:
BS - Bachelor of Science, DVM - Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, MEd- Master of Education
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Species Contact or Interest:
Canine, Exotics, Feline, Small mammals
Employment Information
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Current employment status:
Full Time
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Employment:
Academia
Academia:
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Veterinary School:
USA - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Employment Address
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Hospital or Business Name:
Veterinary Teaching Hospital
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Country:
United States
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State:
Illinois
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City:
Urbana
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Zip Code or Postal Code:
61801
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Address Line 2:
University of Illinois
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Business Email:
mmcm@illinois.edu
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Languages Spoken :
English
Tell us more about you and your practice!
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Brief Bio (include professional interests, hobbies, etc.):
Dr. McMichael received her BS in Biology from Columbia University and her DVM from Cornell. She completed an internship and residency in Emergency & Critical Care Medicine. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care and has held faculty positions at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University and the University of Illinois. She is an inaugural professor at the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois.
Her Research interests include: Working dog health, the microbiome and gut health, transfusion medicine, oxidative stress in health and disease, treatment with antioxidants, pro-thrombotic states and coagulation testing. She has published over 75 peer reviewed articles, numerous book chapters, two emergency textbooks, and one eText.
She has been dedicated to keeping working dogs healthy since her first encounter with Bretagne in 2001. Bretagne was a Search and Rescue (SAR) dog from Texas that had traveled to the World Trade Center after 9/11. She was then deployed to the Utah Winter Olympics and Dr. McMichael worked with her handler to acclimatize her to the Utah Winter. Dr. McMichael has received special recognition from Texas Task Force 1 for her work with their K9s. In Illinois, she has taught K9 first aid, opioid reversal (e.g., Narcan) and CPR to SAR groups, bomb squads, SWAT teams, EMS teams, Arrow Ambulance personnel, firefighters and the canine handlers at the Springfield Police Training Institute. She was honored to speak at NAPWDA in Springfield, MA in June 2018.
She recently partnered with Dr. Mitek to create a website to disseminate emergency care, legislative updates and safety information (www.workingdoghq.com), and an educational video on Opioid Dangers for Working Dogs (https://youtu.be/Al108zZF6nc). They are also working to draft legislation to allow EMS personnel to legally provide first aid to law enforcement K9s, to create and launch a database to track injuries (including opioid exposure) in LEK9s as well as to track veterinarians interested in partnering with EMS for the transport location of an injured LEK9, and they are working on a smart phone app that would streamline the transport of a LEK9 to the closest experienced veterinarian. If you are interested in updates on all of these projects please sign up for our email newsletter at www.workingdoghq.com.
