Stanley Marks

Stanley Marks

Professor

Medicine & Epidemiology

Office
246 Vet Med II, Davis, CA 95616

Licenses
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Small Animal Medicine)
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Oncology)
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Nutrition (ACVN)
State Licensure - California
Education
1986, BVSc, University of Pretoria, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
1987, Internship, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
1989, Residency - Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
1991, Residency - Oncology, University of California, Davis, CA
1996, Residency - Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA
1996, PhD, University of California, Davis, CA
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, Effect of a commercial hypoallergenic diet on resolution of pruritic behaviors and gastrointestinal signs in dogs with perineal skin disease and chronic food-responsive enteropathy, (Principal Investigator), Nestle Purina
Co-Principal Investigator, Feline congenital primary hypothyroidism: Establishing normal reference intervals and treatment guidelines, Karen Vernau (Principal Investigator), Center for Companion Animal Health
Co-Investigator, Treatment of chronic idiopathic chronic hepatitis (ICH) and copper-associated hepatopathy (CAH) in dogs, David Twedt (Principal Investigator), Center for Companion Animal Health
Principal Investigator, Efficacy of a multi-strain probiotic on diarrhea in neonatal kittens derived from animal shelters, (Principal Investigator), Center for Companion Animal Health
Honors and Awards
1988-1989 Small Animal Resident of the Year, University of Florida VMTH
1994-1995 Robert Emrie Smith Memorial Research Fellowship
1995-1996 Phi Sigma Gamma Delta Chapter
1997-1998 Mark L. Morris, Distinguished Research Award
1996-1997 Favorite Faculty Teacher Award - Presented by the Class of 1998
1998-1999 Comparative Gastroenterology Society Research Award
1998-1999 Ralston Purina Visiting Professor at the University of Missouri Columbia
1999-2000 Faculty Speaker, Commencement, Class of 2000
2002-2003 Favorite Faculty Teacher Award 2003 - Presented by the Class of 2003
2003-2004 Small Animal Speaker of the Year, North American Veterinary Conference
2003-2004 Faculty Speaker, Commencement, Class of 2004
2004-2005 Favorite Faculty Teacher Award 2005 - Presented by the Class of 2006
2005-2006 Favorite Faculty Teacher Award 2006 - Presented by the Class of 2007
2006-2007 Favorite Faculty Teacher Award 2007 - Presented by the Class of 2008
2006-2007 Faculty Speaker, Commencement, Class of 2007
2007-2008 Faculty Speaker, Commencement, Class of 2008
2007-2008 Co-mentor for junior vet student, Cecily Bonadio, who received a research abstract award at the 2008 ACVIM Forum for her oral presentation (Jun)
2007-2008 3rd Annual Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Symposium Award - Faculty Mentor
2008-2009 Favorite Faculty Teacher Award 2009 - Presented by the Class of 2010
2008-2009 Keynote Speaker at Senior Banquet, Class of 2009
2008-2009 Co-author of manuscript that was awarded the Most Commendable Manuscript" prize for 2008 by the Australasian College of Veterinary Surgeons, "Oestradiol and genistein reduce food intake in male and female overweight cats after gonadectomy"
2009-2010 Favorite Faculty Teacher Award 2010 - Presented by the Class of 2011
2010-2011 Favorite Faculty Teacher Award 2011 - Presented by the Class of 2012
2010-2011 Recipient of the 2010 UC Davis School of Medicine Dean's Team Award for Excellence for Outstanding Multi-Disciplinary Team Contributions in the Mission Area of Clinical Care (Jan)
2011-2012 Favorite lecturer, Quebec Veterinary Conference, Canada (Apr)
2011-2012 Favorite Faculty Teacher Award 2012 - Presented by the Class of 2013
2011-2012 Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine), Certificate of Recognition, Top 5 Article downloaded during 2010 and 2011. Ultrasonographic evaluation of the muscularis propria in cats with diffuse small intestinal lymphoma or inflammatory bowel disease." Zwingenberger AL, Marks SL, Baker TW, Moore PF (Jun)
2012-2013 Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine), Certificate of Recognition, Top 5 Article downloaded during 2011 and 2012. ACVIM Consensus Statement: Enteropathogenic bacteria in dogs and cats: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment, and control." Marks SL, Rankin SC, Byrne BA, Weese JS (Nov/Dec)
2014-2015 Awarded 1st prize for the best overall research poster presented at the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) Conference in Cape Town, South Africa from September 16-19. Marks SL. Effect of the probiotic enterococcus faecium SF 68 on presence of diarrhea in weanling kittens.
2018-2019 Established the innovative Center for Deglutology and Digestion on the UC Davis Campus with Dr. Peter Belafsky
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2021 Marks SL: Megaesophagus, Tilley LP, Smith, Jr. FWK, Sleeper MM, Brainard BM, (ed), Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Canine and Feline 7th Edition, Ames, IA. 893-895.
2021 Marks SL: Colitis and Proctitis, Tilley LP, Smith, Jr. FWK, Sleeper MM, Brainard BM, (ed), Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Canine and Feline 7th Edition, Ames, IA. 306-308.
2021 Marks SL: Dyschezia and Hematochezia, Tilley LP, Smith, Jr. FWK, Sleeper MM, Brainard BM, (ed), Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Canine and Feline 7th Edition, Ames, IA. .
2021 Marks SL: Dysphagia, Tilley LP, Smith, Jr. FWK, Sleeper MM, Brainard BM, (ed), Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Canine and Feline 7th Edition, Ames, IA. .
2021 Marks SL: Regurgitation, Tilley LP, Smith, Jr. FWK, Sleeper MM, Brainard BM, (ed), Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Canine and Feline 7th Edition, Ames, IA. 1196-1197.
Research Focus
Small Animal Gastroenterology. 1) Assessment and management of canine dysphagia (swallowing disorders). 2) Diagnosis and management of chronic enteropathies (intestinal disorders) in dogs and cats.
Specialty Focus
Small Animal Gastroenterology. Emphasis on 1) dysphagia (swallowing disorders) and esophageal disease. 2) Chronic enteropathies (intestinal disorders) of dogs and cats with emphasis on infectious enteropathies.
Ten Recent Publications

2021
Mayhew PD, Balsa IM, Marks SL, Pollard RE, Case JB, Culp WTN, Giuffrida MA
Clinical and videofluoroscopic outcomes of laparoscopic treatment for sliding hiatal hernia and associated gastroesophageal reflux in brachycephalic dogs.

2021
Crakes KR, Pires J, Quach N, Ellis-Reis RE, Greathouse R, Chittum KA, Steiner JM, Pesavento P, Marks SL, Dandekar S, Gilor C
Fenofibrate promotes PPARa-targeted recovery of the intestinal epithelial barrier at the host-microbe interface in dogs with diabetes mellitus

2021
Cavett CL, Tonero M, Marks SL, Winston JA, Gilor C, Rudinsky AJ
Consistency of faecal scoring using two canine faecal scoring systems

2021
Hurley K, Mansfield M, VanHoutan IM, Lacorcia L, Allenspach K, Hebbard G, Marks SL, Poppenga B, Kaufman JH, Weimer BC, Woolard KD, Bielitzki J, Lulham D, Naar J
A comparative analysis of two unrelated incidents of food-associated megaesophagus outbreaks in dogs: Latvia 2014-2016 and Australia 2017-2018

2021
Mickelson JR, Minor KM, Guo LT, Friedenberg SG, Cullen JN, Ciavarella A, Hambrook LE, Brenner KM, Helmond SE, Marks SL, Shelton GD
Sarcoglycan A mutation in miniature dachshund dogs causes limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2D

2020
Gilor C, Pires J, Greathouse R, Horn R, Huising MO, Marks SL, Murphy B, Kol A.
Loss of sympathetic innervation to islets of Langerhans in canine diabetes and pancreatitis is not associated with insulitis

2020
Griffin MA, Culp WTN, Garcia TC, Glaiberman CB, Giuffrida MA, Balsa IM, Mayhew PD, Johnson EG, Marks SL.
Percutaneous radiologically guided gastrostomy tubes: Procedural description and biomechanical comparison in a canine model.

2020
Culp WTN, Griffin MA, Case JB, Zwingenberger AL, Mayhew PD, Marks SL
Use of percutaneous transvenous coil embolization in the treatment of intrahepatic portosystemic shunts in four cats

2019
Reagan KL, Marks SL, Pesavento PA, Della Maggiore A, Zhu BY, Grooters AM
Successful management of 3 dogs with colonic pythiosis using itraconzaole, terbinafine, and prednisone

2019
Phillips H, Corrie J, Engel DM, Duffy DJ, Holt DE, Kendall AR, Schmiedt CW, Vetter A, Meren IL, Follette C, Schaeffer DJ, Mayhew PD, Marks SL
Clinical findings, diagnostic test results, and treatment outcome in cats with hiatal hernia: 31 cases (1995-2018)