Pablo Espinosa Mur
Assistant Professor
LV, DVSc, DACVR, DACVS, DECVSMR
espinosp@uoguelph.ca
Office: CS 2150
519-824-4120 Ext. 54325
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Profile
Dr. Pablo Espinosa Mur graduated from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid and completed a rotating internship at the CHUV of the University of Montreal. Following his rotating internship he completed a one year Surgical Internship at Milton Equine Hospital, Ontario. Pablo then went on to complete a surgical residency at UC Davis where he stayed as Clinical faculty for 2 years. At UC Davis he actively participated in PET scan research in equine patients. Following two years of private practice in Germany, Pablo decided to switch to the radiology field and completed a radiology program and Doctorate in Veterinary Science at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph. Pablo is presently an Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging in the Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College.
Research Interests
Dr. Espinosa-Mur’s primary research interest is clinical research focused on ultrasound and particularly advanced ultrasound techniques such as superb microvascular imaging of abdominal organs such as the canine and feline pancreas. Other research interests include the use of NaF PET scan in musculoskeletal disorders.
Current Graduate Students
- Seyedeh Pantea Rahnama - MS
Links
1. Veterinary Vertex Podcast - https://avmajournals.avma.org/page/111
Selected Publications
2023 Espinosa-Mur, P; Spriet, M; Katzman, S; Galuppo, LD. 18F-Sodium Fluoride Positron Emission Tomography Provides Pertinent Additional Information to Computed Tomography for assessment and management of tarsal pain in horses. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Early view Oct-2023.
2022 Bernardino, PN; Smith, WA; Galuppo, LD; Espinosa-Mur, P; Cassano, JM. Therapeutics prior to mesenchymal stromal cell therapy improves outcome in equine orthopedic injuries. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 18; 83 (10).
2021 Espinosa-Mur, P; Whitcomb, MB; Vanslambrouck, L; Kass PH; Galuppo LD. Evaluation of factors affecting successful ultrasound-guided injection into the podotrochlear bursa using a palmarolateral approach. Veterinary Surgery.
2021 Espinosa-Mur, P; Spriet, M; Nogues-Perez, M; Cullen, T; Galuppo, LD. Medial malleolus fragmentation following talocalcaneal arthrodesis by a dorsomedial approach in a horse. Canadian Veterinary Journal. 62(8):861-866.
2021 Espinosa-Mur, P; Phillips, KL; Galuppo, LD; DeRouen, A; Benoit, P; Anderson, E; Shaw, K; Puchalski, S; Peters, D; Kass, PH; Spriet, M. Radiological prevalence of osteoarthritis of the cervical region in 104 performing Warmblood jumpers. Equine Veterinary Journal, 53(5):972-978.
2021 Wilson, S; Spriet, M; Espinosa-Mur, P; Anishchenko, S; Beylin, D; Katzman, S; Galuppo, LD. 18 Fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for assessment of deep digital flexor tendinopathy: An exploratory study in eight horses with comparison to CT and MRI. Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound. 62 (5); 610-620.
2021 Norvall, A; Spriet, M; Espinosa-Mur, P; Ariño-Estrada, G; Murphy, BG; Katzman, SA; Galuppo, LD. Chondrosesamoidean ligament enthesopathy: Prevalence and findings in a population of lame horses imaged with positron emission tomography. Equine Veterinary Journal, 53(3):451-459.
2019 Spriet, M; Espinosa-Mur, P; Cissell, DD; Phillips, KL; Arino-Estrada, G; Beylin, D; Stepanov, P; Katzman, S; Galuppo, LD; Garcia-Nolen, T; Murphy, B; Stover, SM. 18F-Sodium Fluoride Positron Emission Tomography of the racing Thoroughbred fetlock: Validation and comparison with other imaging modalities in nine horses. Equine Veterinary Journal; 51(3):375-383.
2019 Tanner, J; Spriet, M; Espinosa-Mur, P; Estell, K; Aleman, M. The prevalence of temporal bone fractures is high in horses with severe temporohyoid osteoarthropathy. Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound; 60 (159-160).
2019 Pye, J; Espinosa-Mur, P; Roca, R; Kilcoyne, I; Nieto, J; Dechant, J. Preoperative factors associated with resection and anastomosis in horses presenting with strangulating lesions of the small intestine. Veterinary Surgery. 2019(13184).
2019 Torrent, A; Spriet, M; Espinosa-Mur, P; Clark, KC; Whitcomb, MB; Borjesson, DL; Galuppo, LD. Ultrasound-guided injection of the cranial tibial artery for stem cell administration in horses. Equine Veterinary Journal 51(5):681-687.
2018 Espinosa-Mur, P; Cote, N; Desjardins, M. Arthroscopic removal of osteochondral fragments in the dorsal pouch of the proximal intertarsal joint in horses. Veterinary Surgery. 47 (4); 555-565.
2018 Spriet, M; Espinosa-Mur, P; Kyme, A; Phillips, K; Katzman, S; Galuppo, LD; Stepanov, P; Beylin, D. 18F-Sodium Fluoride Positron Emission Tomography of the equine distal limb: Exploratory study in three horses. Equine Veterinary Journal, 50(1); 125-132.
2017 Espinosa-Mur, P; Nieto, J; Estell, K; Kass, P; Aleman, M. Outcome after medical and surgical therapy of horses with temporohyoid osteoarthropathy. Equine Veterinary Journal. 49(6); 770-775.
2017 Espinosa-Mur, P; Nieto, J; Snyder, J; Galuppo, LD; Katzman, S. A novel ultrasound guided technique for desmotomy of palmar/plantar annular ligament in horses. Veterinary Surgery. 46(5); 611-620.
2017 Espinosa-Mur, P; LeJeune, S; Cenani, A; Kass, P; Brosnan, R. Investigation of perioperative and anesthetic variables affecting survival of horses with small intestinal strangulating lesions. Veterinary Surgery. 46(3); 345-353.
2016 Espinosa-Mur, P; Benoit, P; Salazar-Mendoza, I; De la Fuente-Vazquez, J; Heiles, P. Transrectal ultrasonography of the equine lumbosacral nerves: pilot study in 28 healthy warmblood horses. Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound. 58 (2); 228-236.
2016 Spriet, M; Espinosa-Mur, P; Kyme, A; Stepanov, P; Zavarzin, V; Schaeffer, S; Katzman, S; Galuppo, LD; Beylin, D. Positron emission tomography of the equine distal limb: exploratory study. Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound. 57 (6); 630-638.
2015 Espinosa-Mur, P; Spriet, M; Sole. A; Walker, N; Vaughan, B; Galuppo, LD. Scintigraphic tracking of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells in the distal limb after intra-arterial injection in standing horses. Veterinary Surgery. 45; 619–624.
2015 Scott, C; Christensen, B; Dechant, J; Espinosa-Mur, P; LaDouceur, E. Theriogenology question of the month: multiple genital tumors in a 20-year-old lusitano stallion. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 247; No-10, 1105-1108.
2013 Espinosa-Mur, P; Lacourt, M; Alexander, K; Florent, D; Laverty, S. Fragmentation of the proximal tubercle of the talus: 9 cases (2004-2010). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 242; No-7; 984–991.
Book chapters
2019 Large Animal Internal Medicine. Bradford P. Smith. 6th Edition. Chapter-28: Collection and Analysis of Bone Marrow. Co-author with Dr. Andrea A. Bohn, DVM, PhD, DACVP.
Grants
2018 Research Grant from the Sport Horse Research Foundation Center for Equine Health, Wellington, FL, USA. Radiographic and Ultrasonographic Findings of the Caudal Cervical Region in 105 Warmblood Jumpers.
2018 Research Grant from the Center for Equine Health, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. Comparison of findings between magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography in horses with forelimb lameness responding to palmar digital diagnostic anaesthesia.
2015 Research Grant from the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, Inc. Positron Emission Tomography imaging of the equine distal limb.
2015 Research Grant from the Center for Equine Health, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. Ultrasonographic guided injection of the podotrochlear bursa.
2013 Research Grant from the Center for Equine Health, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. Scintigraphic tracking of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells in the distal limb after intra-arterial injection in standing horses.
