Lauren Nicole Charnock

Licenses

Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (DACVO)

State of California Licensed Veterinarian (Full)

State of Alabama University Veterinary License

Education

2022, Residency, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

2022, MS, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

2019, Internship, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

2018, Internship, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

2017, DVM, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

2013, Pre-Veterinary, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Active Research Grants

Principal Investigator, Photodynamic therapy with infracyanine green (EmunDo®) for the treatment of eyelid agenesis in cats, (Principal Investigator), Center for Companion Animal Health

Principal Investigator, Comparing diode laser excision with and without photodynamic therapy for treatment of equine aural sarcoids, (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health, University of California-Davis

Most Recent Five Book Chapters

2026 Charnock L; Vernau K; Burkitt-Creedon J; Maggs D: Clinical Management of Ophthalmic Manifestations of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Kittens, , Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, . e1-e24.

Research Focus

Equine adnexal and corneal surgeryFeline eyelid agenesis

Specialty Focus

Equine ophthalmologyNew therapies in adnexal and corneal disease

Ten Recent Publications

2026
Charnock, LN
Nonhealing corneal ulcers in horses: Clinical clarification and management considerations

2026
Charnock LN, Gai J, Lui CC, Affolter VK, Jordan TJM, Good K
Photodynamic therapy with infracyanine green (EmunDo®) following surgical excision of multiple cutaneous melanocytic tumors in a white Bengal hybrid tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

2025
Coleman DJ, Good KL, Charnock LN, Epstein SE
Clinical signs, treatment, and outcomes for ophthalmic thermal injury in 108 cats exposed to northern California wildfires between 2015 and 2020

2024
Charnock LN, McMullen RJ
Low-dose intravitreal injection of 4 mg preservative-free gentamicin and superficial lamellar keratectomy combined with modified Gundersen grafts to control chronic heterochromic iridocyclitis and secondary keratitis in horses

2023
Charnock L, Jukier T, Shaw GC, Kramer A, Brinker E, Moore PA
Clinical description with magnetic resonance appearance of a high-grade undefined optic nerve glioma with intracranial extension

2023
Charnock LN, Davidson MG, Keys DA, Gilger BC, McMullen RJ
Prevalence, differences, and potential correlation to age, sex, breed, coat color, iris color, and geographic location in naturally occurring refractive errors in the normal equine eye from Germany and North Carolina

2022
Charnock LN, Boveland SD, Groover ES, Moore PA, McMullen RJ
Effects of corneoconjunctival transposition, posterior lamellar keratoplasty and modified deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty on streak retinoscopy in equine cadaver eyes