Ana Lara
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Ana is a lecturer in veterinary oncology. She is the Head of the Oncology service and director of the Royal Veterinary College’s ACVIM oncology residency training programme.
Biography
Ana graduated from the University of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain in 1998 with a degree in Veterinary Medicine which she followed with a PhD in platelet function in dogs with neoplastic disease. She finished her PhD in 2003 and following this moved to Ohio State University in the USA where she first completed an internship in oncology, and then a residency in haematology and oncology, obtaining her ACVIM diploma in Veterinary Oncology in February 2008.
Between summer 2007 and June 2008 Ana was employed as a Clinical Instructor in Oncology and Haematology at Ohio State University and in July 2008 she joined the RVC as a Lecturer in Oncology. She enjoys teaching practical oncology to students who will soon become private practitioners. She is an American and European board-certified veterinary oncologist and has a PhD in platelet function in dogs with cancer.
Research
Ana is currently planning a project on cancer patient quality of life. Her previous work has included using thromboelastography (TEG) to assess haemostasis in the cancer patient and seeing if there is an association with certain types of cancer and hypercoagulopathy. She is also interested in finding and trialing new therapies and treatments such as a treatment for malignant effusions using pleural access ports.
Teaching
In her role Ana will be involved in undergraduate lecturing, final year rotational teaching and supervision of junior and senior clinical training scholars. She also hopes to run some CPD courses in the future.
Clinical
One of Ana’s overall clinical aims is to help clients, students and colleagues to see cancer as a more treatable disease. She would also like clients to have all the options for treatment made available to them and for them to be able to make an informed decision regarding their pets’ treatment with quality of life being of utmost importance. Ana is also interested in antiangiogenic therapy and haemostasis in the cancer patient.
Selected Publications
HOSOYA K., KISSEBERTH W.C., ALVAREZ F.J., LARA-GARCIA A., BEAMER G., STROMBERG P.C., COUTO C.G. (2009). Adjuvant CCNU (lomustine) and prednisone chemotherapy for dogs with incompletely excised grade 2 mast cell tumors. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 45,14-8. PubMed ID 19122059.
LARA-GARCIA A., WELLMAN M., BURKHARD M.J., MACHADO-PARRULA C., VALLI V.E., STROMBERG P.C., COUTO C.G. (2008). Cervical thymoma originating in ectopic thymic tissue in a cat. Vet Clin Pathol 37, 397-402. PubMed ID 19055574.
LARA-GARCIA, A., HOSOYA, K., IAZBIK, C., WESTENDORF, N., GALLANT, S. & COUTO, G. (2008) Evaluation of a point-of-care hematology analyzer for use in dogs and cats receiving chemotherapeutic treatment. J Am Vet Med Assoc 232, 1488-1495. PubMed ID 18479238
LARA-GARCIA, A., COUTO, C. G., IAZBIK, M. C. & BROOKS, M. B. (2008) Postoperative bleeding in retired racing greyhounds. J Vet Intern Med 22, 525-533. PubMed ID 18466249
SKORUPSKI, K. A., CLIFFORD, C. A., PAOLONI, M. C., LARA-GARCIA, A., BARBER, L., KENT, M. S., LEBLANC, A. K., SABHLOK, A., MAULDIN, E. A., SHOFER, F. S., COUTO, C. G. & SORENMO, K. U. (2007) CCNU for the treatment of dogs with histiocytic sarcoma. J Vet Intern Med 21, 121-126. PubMed ID 17338159
HOSOYA, K., KISSEBERTH, W. C., LORD, L. K., ALVAREZ, F. J., LARA-GARCIA, A., KOSAREK, C. E., LONDON, C. A. & COUTO, C. G. (2007) Comparison of COAP and UW-19 protocols for dogs with multicentric lymphoma. J Vet Intern Med 21, 1355-1363. PubMed ID 18196747
FISCHETTI, A. J., LARA-GARCIA, A. & GROSS, S. (2006) What is your diagnosis? Idiopathic calvarial hyperostosis. J Am Vet Med Assoc 229, 211-212. PubMed ID 16842039
COUTO, C. G., LARA, A., IAZBIK, M. C. & BROOKS, M. B. (2006) Evaluation of platelet aggregation using a point-of-care instrument in retired racing Greyhounds. J Vet Intern Med 20, 365-370. PubMed ID 16594595
ESPINOSA DE LOS MONTEROS, A., HELLMEN, E., RAMIREZ, G. A., HERRAEZ, P., RODRIGUEZ, F., ORDAS, J., MILLAN, Y., LARA, A. & MARTIN DE LAS MULAS, J. (2003) Lipid-rich carcinomas of the mammary gland in seven dogs: clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical features. Vet Pathol 40, 718-723. PubMed ID 14608030