Bianca Da Costa Martins

Bianca Da Costa Martins

Associate Professor

Surgical & Radiological Sciences


Licenses
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists
Diplomate of the Latin American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (Hon)
Education
2002, DVM, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil
2005, MS, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil
2008, PhD, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil
2015, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, Pharmacokinetics and biocompatibility of a novel cyclosporine-loaded microsphere thermo-responsive hydrogel drug delivery system in horses, (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health
Principal Investigator, Collagen crosslinking with riboflavin for treatment of canine infectious keratitis, (Principal Investigator), Center for Companion Animal Health
Principal Investigator, Pre-screening for dogs with endothelial disease in patients undergoing cataract surgery to determine the efficacy of topical ROCK inhibitors, (Principal Investigator), School of Medicine, University of California – Davis
Principal Investigator, Pre-screening for dogs with endothelial disease in patients undergoing cataract surgery to determine the efficacy of topical ROCK inhibitors, (Principal Investigator), Center for Companion Animal Health – Matching Funds
Co-Principal Investigator, Longitudinal evaluation of optic nerve head and retinal nerve fiber layer in dogs with glaucoma, Soohyun Kim (Principal Investigator), Center for Companion Animal Health
Honors and Awards
2016 Became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO)
2016 Responsible for the Ophthalmology rotation-was the top rated rotation among all rotations available for VM 601(clinical practice I)
2017 Appointed to the Scientific Review Board of the Conference of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmology Scientific Abstract.
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2021 Martins BC^: Food and Fiber Animal Ophthalmology, , Veterinary Ophthalmology, . .
2019 Martins BC^: Optic Nerve Atrophy, , Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Equine, . .
2019 Martins BC^: Ischemic Optic Neuropathy, , Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Equine, . .
2019 Martins BC^: Proliferative Optic Neuropathy, , Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Equine, . .
2019 Martin-Flores M, Martins BC: Sedation and anesthesia management for ocular interventions
, , Equine Anesthesia and Co-Existing Diseases, . .
Research Focus
Equine Ophthalmology, Ocular Surface Reconstruction and Corneal Healing, with an emphasis on biological and synthetic grafts, including donor cornea and amniotic membrane.
Specialty Focus
Equine Ophthalmology, Ocular surface reconstruction, Corneal Diseases of all species
Ten Recent Publications

2023
Souza ALG, Montiani-Ferreira F, Noronha L, Martins BC, Silva MAG, Laus JL
A histopathologic and immunohistochemical comparison of corneal tissue from horses that were seropositive and seronegative for leptospirosis

2023
Hisey EA, Martins BC, Donnelly CG, Cassano JM, Katzman SA, Murphy CJ, Thomasy SM, Leonard BC
Identification of puptative orthologs of clinically relevant antimicrobial peptides in the equine ocular surface and amniotic membrane

2022
Park S, Casanova MI, Bannasch DL, Daley NL, Kim S, Kuchtey J, Gomes FE, Leonard BC, Good KL, Martins BC, Murphy CJ, Thomasy SM
Ocular morphologic traits in the American Cocker Spaniel may confer primary angle closure glaucoma susceptibility

2022
Fonseca RL, Santana MIS, Lobo Junior AR, Martins BC, Galera PD
The Nasolacrimal Duct in Persian Cats by Computed Tomographic Dacryocystography

2021
Kane LP, Keller KA, Salpeter EM, Araujo NLLC, Dower N, Welle KR, Martins BC, Smith-Fleming KM
Ophthalmic diagnostic tests and ocular findings in healthy adult cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)

2021
Silva EC, Carossino M, Smith-Fleming KM, Langohr IM, Martins BC^
Determining the efficacy of the bovine amniotic membrane homogenate during the healing process in rabbits’ ex vivo corneas

2021
Silva EC, Gibson DJ, Jeong S, Zimmerman KL, Smith-Fleming KM, Martins BC^
Determining MMP-2 and MMP-9 reductive activities of bovine and equine amniotic membrane homogenates using fluorescence resonance energy transfer.

2021
Silva EC, Arrington J, Yay PM, Smith-Fleming KM, Canisso IF, Martins BC^
Proteome composition of bovine amniotic membrane and its potential role in corneal healing

2021
Martins BC^, Struthers J, Abbott J, Plummer C
Retrobulbar Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes in a Golden Retriever Dog

2020
Villar T, Pascoli AL, Chaulagain S, Fadl-Alla BA, Martins BC^
Evaluation of pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) concentration in equine amniotic membrane homogenate and its in-vitro vascular endothelial growth factor inhibition effect in tears of dogs with vascularized ulcerative keratitis.