Charlotte Avella

Name:	Ms Charlotte Avella
Post:	Staff Clinician
Department:	Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Email:	cavella@rvc.ac.uk
Tel:	+44 (0)1707 666 000
Address:	Veterinary Clinical Sciences The Royal Veterinary College Hawkshead Lane North Mymms Hatfield Herts AL9 7TA
Clinical Service:	Equine Diagnostic Imaging

Charlotte is a Staff Clinician in Equine Diagnostic Imaging within the Equine Referral Hospital, and in addition is currently writing up her PhD within the Tendon Biology group.

Biography

Charlotte graduated with a degree in Veterinary Science from the University of Bristol in 2000. After an Internship in equine practice and a further 18 months as an equine ambulatory veterinarian, Charlotte joined the Royal Veterinary College as a Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Equine Orthopaedics (2003 to 2006). During the scholarship under the supervision of Professor Roger Smith, Charlotte developed a particular interest in equine tendon injuries. She participated in a large scale epidemiological study investigating tendon injuries in National Hunt horses in training throughout England. She then undertook a PhD investigating the mechanisms if tendon injury and aging supervised by Professor Roger Smith and Dr Jay Dudhia.

Research

Charlotte is currently completing her PhD and then plans to continue her research in the area of equine musculoskeletal injury.

Teaching

Charlotte runs the equine diagnostic imaging rotation for the final year BVet Med students and teaches on the Masters in Veterinary Physiotherapy course.

Clinical

Charlotte is working within equine diagnostic imaging and has a particular interest in standing equine MRI of the distal limb and CT of the head.

Selected Publications

Ultrasound evaluation of stem cell treated tendon injuries in the horse: repair or regeneration? The British Medical Ultrasound Society. CS Avella, RK Smith. Ultrasound, 2009 Vol. 17, No. 2., pp. 74-79
Descriptive epidemiology of fracture, tendon and suspensory ligament injuries in National Hunt racehorses in training. Ely ER, Avella CS, Price JS, Smith RK, Wood JL, Verheyen KL. Equine Vet J. 2009 Apr;41(4):372-8

Ultrasonographic assessment of the superficial digital flexor tendons of National Hunt racehorses in training over two racing seasons. Equine Veterinary Journal. C. S. Avella, E. R. Ely, K. L. P. Verheyen, J. S. Price, J. L. N. Wood and R. K. W. Smith .Equine Vet J. 2009 May;41(5):449-54.

Davis CS and Smith RKW (2006).Chapter 86: Diagnosis and management of tendon and ligament disorders. Ed Auer JA and Stick JA. Equine Surgery, 3rd Edition, Missouri, Saunders