Deanna Purvis, BS, VMD, DACVECC

SPECIALTY BOARD CERTIFICATION

• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC), 1994

EDUCATION

• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA: V.M.D. - 1988
  
• Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA: B.S. Biology - 1983
  
  

POST GRADUATE RESEARCH AND HOSPITAL TRAINING

• Resident in Emergency/Critical Care, Veterinary Institute of Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care & Animal Emergency Center, Milwaukee, WI, 1992-1994
  
• Resident in Small Animal Surgery, University of Tennessee School of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN, 1989-1991
  
• Internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA: 1988-1989
  

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

• CALIFORNIA ANIMAL REFERRAL & EMERGENCY (CARE) HOSPITAL, Chief of Staff, Co-Founder, Santa Barbara, CA 2002
  
  
• REGIONAL EMERGENCY ANIMAL CARE HOSPITAL, Asheville, NC. 2000-2002, Consultant - Emergency & Critical Care
  
  
• ANIMAL HOSPITAL OF NORTH ASHEVILLE, Asheville, NC. 2000- 2002, Staff Veterinarian, Emergency Surgery, Emergency, Critical Care, Ultrasound/Endoscopy
  
  
• NORTHVIEW ANIMAL HOSPITAL, Pittsburgh, PA: 1998-2000 Staff Veterinarian, Emergency, Critical Care, Emergency Surgery, Ultrasound
  
  
• SOUTHPAWS VETERINARY REFERRAL CENTER, Springfield, VA. 1996-1997, Director of Critical Care
  
  
• DOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL, Portland, OR. 1994-1996, Chief of Staff, Emergency & Critical Care

CONTINUING EDUCATION INSTRUCTION

• Emergency Procedures wet lab for veterinarians and technicians. IVECCS - San Antonio, TX. 2002
  Emergency Procedures - Wet Lab. Southeast Veterinary
  Conference - Myrtle Beach, SC. 2001
  
  
• Shock: Identification and Treatment. Western Pennsylvania
  Veterinary Medical Association - Pittsburgh, PA. 1999
  
  
• The Critical Pancreatitis Patient - SouthPaws Continuing
  Education Seminar, Springfield, VA. 1996
  
  
• The Emergency/Critical Care Patient: Nursing Considerations,
  Portland Community College Veterinary Technician Program,
  Portland, OR. 1995
  
  
• Oxygen: The Invisible Drug of Choice. Portland Veterinary
  Medical Association, Portland, OR. 1995
  
  
• Pancreatitis: A Medical/Surgical Update, Portland Veterinary
  Medical Association, Portland, OR. 1994
  
  
• Serial Lactate Levels: A Prognostic Indicator in the Veterinary
  ICU Patient IVECCS Research Abstract Presentation, San Antonio, TX. 1994
  
  
• The Surgical Trauma Patient, University of Wisconsin
  School of Veterinary Medicine, Madison, WI. 1994
  
  
• DIC: Current Pathophysiology and Treatment, Virginia
  Maryland Regional Veterinary College, Blacksburg, VA. 1994

PUBLICATIONS

• Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (Contributing author). Kirby, R, Ed. Iowa State University Press, 1998
  
• Veterinary Clinics of North America, Volume 25, No. 6, November 1995, pg. 1291. Chapter: Autotransfusion in the Emergency Patient
  
• Veterinary Clinics of North America, Volume 24, No. 6, November 1994, pg. 1225. Chapter: Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome: Septic Shock

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

• American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC)
  
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
  
• Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (VECCS)
  
• American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA)
  
• American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
  
• California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA)
  
• Santa Barbara Ventura Veterinary Medical Association (SBVVMA)

HONORS/AWARDS

• 1989 Intern Teaching Award
  
• 1988 Phi Zeta Research Award
  
• 1988 Merck Award for academic achievement and potential in small animal medicine/surgery
  
• 1988 Magna cum Laude - University of Pennsylvania - School of Veterinary Medicine
  

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