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	Leigh G Griffiths- PhD, VMB Assistant Professor Medicine & Epidemiology 2103 Tupper Hall Davis, CA 95616 +1 530 754 0334 lggriffiths@ucdavis.edu

Research Focus	I run the UC Davis Cardiovascular surgery program, including the development and maintenance of the programs website. I also perform clinical cardiology research, mentoring cardiology residents on a daily basis and supervising clinical cardiology cases in the VMTH.
Specialty Focus	Medical cardiology, cardiac surgery, echocardiography and interventional cardiology
Education	1995 VMB , Emmanuel College Cambridge, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK 2007 PhD Cardiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Licenses	Diplomate Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (Soft Tissue Surgery) Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology)
Active Research Grants	Principal Investigator, Generation and recellularization of an inert, mechanically sound xenegeneic scaffold for heart valve tissue engineering, (Principal Investigator), American Heart Association Principal Investigator, Generation of immunologically acceptable xenogeneic scaffolds for tissue engineering applications, (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health Principal Investigator, Effect of pimobendan on the incidence of arrhythmias, (Principal Investigator), Center for Companion Animal Health Principal Investigator, Coumadin versus Clopidogrel in canine aortic thrombus, (Principal Investigator), Center for Companion Animal Health Principal Investigator, Xenogeneic scaffolds for myocardial patch tissue engineering: Antigen removal and mesenchymal stem cell immunomodulation, (Principal Investigator), UC Davis, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Translational Research Training Program Principal Investigator, The effect of IV infusion of doxorubicin on the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac troponin I levels in dogs, (Principal Investigator), AKC canine health foundation Collaborator, Extracellular Matrix Bioscaffold Augmented with Human Stem Cells for Cardiovascular Repair, (Principal Investigator), California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Early Translational Research Awards
Most Recent 10 Publications	2012 Jung SW, Orvalho J, Griffiths LG Aortopulmonary window characterized with two- and three-dimensional echocardiogram in a dog J Vet Cardiol, 2012 Lake-Bakaar GA, Johnson EG, Griffiths LG Aortic Thrombus in Dogs: 31 cases (2000-2010) JAVMA, 2012 Singh MK, Kittleson MD, Kass PH, Griffiths LG Occlusion devices and approaches in canine patent ductus arteriosus: comparison of outcomes J Vet Intern Med, 2011 Wong ML, Leach JK, Athanasiou KA, Griffiths LG The role of protein solubilization in antigen removal from xenogeneic tissue for heart valve tissue engineering Biomaterials, 2011 Griffiths LG, Fransioli JR, Chigerwe M Echocardiographic Assessment of Interventricular and Intraventricular Mechanical Synchrony in Normal Dogs J Vet Cardiol, 2011 Arai S, Griffiths LG, Mama K, Hackett T, Campbell V, Hellyer P, Monnet E, Boon J, Carter L, Orton EC Bioprosthesis valve replacement in dogs with congenital tricuspid valve dysplasia: technique and outcome J Vet Cardiol, 2011 Jung SW, Griffiths LG ECG of the Month JAVMA, 2010 Blossom JE, Bright JM, Griffiths LG Transvenous occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus in 56 consecutive dogs J Vet Cardiol, 2008 Griffiths LG, Choe L, Lee KH, Reardon KF, Orton EC Protein extraction and 2-DE of water- and lipid-soluble proteins from bovine pericardium, a low-cellularity tissue Electrophoresis, 2008 Griffiths LG, Choe LH, Reardon KF, Dow SW, Orton EC Immunoproteomic identification of bovine pericardial xenoantigens Biomaterials,
Most Recent 5 Book Chapters	2010 Griffiths LG: Surgery for cardiac disease in small animals: Current techniques, Abbott, JA, (ed), Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, Missouri. 605-622. 2010 Griffiths LG: General Anesthesia for the Cardiac Patient, Ettinger SJ, Feldman EC, (ed), 7th Edition of Ettinger: Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 1238-1243.