Our Services
The Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery service at the Veterinary Medical Center at Ohio State offers comprehensive surgical care for dogs and cats with orthopedic conditions.
Service Highlights
Board-certified specialists in orthopedic surgery
Lameness diagnosis and treatment
Trauma care
Non-emergent orthopedic surgery (cranial cruciate ligament rupture, medial patellar luxation)
Limb deformity
Minimally invasive surgery
Arthroscopy
Total joint replacement
Orthopedic revision surgery
Sports medicine
Physical rehabilitation
Regenerative medicine
Clinical Trials
The Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery service is often recruiting patients for a number of studies for which your pet may be eligible. If you have any questions regarding your pet's eligibility, please contact the Clinical Trials Office (cvm-clinicaltrials@osu.edu).
Appointments & Office Hours
- Office hours: 8am – 5pm Monday - Friday
- Patient visits by appointment only.
- For an appointment: (614) 292-3551
- After hour emergencies: (614) 292-3551
What to Expect
The Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery service is under the direction of an attending faculty surgeon or chief surgical resident. Surgical residents, interns and final year veterinary students complete the service complement. Please check in at the reception desk upon arrival. Please bring a letter of referral from your veterinarian and any relevant medical records, radiographs or clinical pathology results.
A senior veterinary student or veterinary technician will take a complete medical history from you.
Your companion will then undergo a preliminary examination. After this, the attending surgeon will review history and physical examination findings with you and formulate a plan for further diagnosis.
For example, if radiography or ultrasound examinations are necessary, mild sedation may be required and imaging will be performed within 3-4 hours. You will be invited to return to review the results of these and other tests, and to discuss options for medical or surgical management.
In general, more invasive diagnostic procedures such as biopsy and advanced imaging are scheduled on the following day. If no further diagnosis is required, then surgery is usually performed on the day after initial consultation.
As you will understand, patients with life threatening conditions in need of immediate surgical care will take priority and this can delay your consultation. We ask for your patience and promise that we will strive to make your visit a helpful and satisfying experience.
Special Equipment & Technology
- Radiography
- Diagnostic ultrasound
- Computed Tomography
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Columbus location)
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Total hip replacement
- Comprehensive fracture repair instrumentation
- Arthroscopy
Clinicians
- Nina Kieves, DVM, DACVS, DACVSMR, CCRT, Assistant Professor
- Stephen Jones, MVB, MS, DACVS, Assistant Professor
- Sarah Salyer, DVM, Fellow
- Selena Tinga, DVM, PhD, DACVS-SA, Assistant Professor
- Audrey Wanstrath, DVM, MS, DACVS, Assistant Professor
Residents
- Bianca Alva, DVM
- Morgan Biggo, DVM
- Edward Cheng, DVM
- Josephine Dornbusch, DVM
- Crystal Doyle, DVM
- Andrea Erickson, DVM
- Joanna Pogue, DVM
- Geoff Zann, DVM
Interns
- Annika Sundby, DVM
Joanna Fleming, RVT, Practice Manager
Veterinary Technicians
- Meghan Arwood, RVT
- Megan Bruggeman, RVT
- Brooke Durant, RVT
- Mary Mette, RVT
- Karlissa Osborn, RVT, Supervisor
Veterinary Assistants
- Jane Duncan
- Max Leveridge
- Jana Maddalena
- Kelsey Mann
- Caitlyn Miconi