Education

MS, Purdue University, 2007

VMD, University of Pennsylvania, 2002

BA, Texas A&M University, 1998

Certifications

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (SAIM)

Research Interest

My focus is clinical veterinary endocrinology research that directly helps improve the lives of pets and their people. This includes treatment and monitoring of diabetes mellitus, Addison’s disease, and Cushing’s syndrome. More recent work includes studies to help decrease the side effects of steroids in dogs.

Teaching Interest

I love to teach small animal internal medicine—endocrinology, specifically. My goal is have as much fun as possible while doing it. Sometimes this involves alternative methods that use music and/or games to help get the ideas across.

Clinical Interest

Although I see all sorts of small animal internal medicine cases, treatment of endocrine disease is my passion.

Publications

Bugbee A, Rucinsky R, Cazabon S, Kvitko-White H, Lathan P, Nichelason A, Rudoph L. 2023 AAHA Selected Endocrinology of Dogs and Cats Guidelines. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 2023.

Lathan P. Laboratory Diagnosis of Thyroid and Adrenal Disease. Vet Clin Nor Am, 2023. 53(1);207-24.

Galati P, Archer T, Sullivant A, Wills R, Lathan P. Effects of desmopressin acetate administration in healthy dogs receiving prednisolone. J Vet Intern Med, 2021. 35(5);2271-2276.

Sullivant A, Lathan P. Ketoconazole-induced hypoadrenocorticism. Canadian Vet J, 2020. 61(4);407-410.

Behrend E, Holford A, Lathan P, Rucinsky R, Schulman R. 2018 AAHA Diabetes Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc, 2018. 54(1);1-21.

Cridge H, Wills R, Lathan P. Correlation between urine color and urine specific gravity in dogs: Can urine color be used to identify concentrated urine? Can Vet J, 2018. 59(2);178-180.

Hiebert, EC, Wills R, Lathan P. Mucous membrane color assessment variability between veterinary students utilizing either a colorimetric or word-based scale. J Vet Med Educ, 2019. 46(1);77-80.

Cridge H, McLewee N, Cooley J, Lathan P. Concurrent metastatic islet cell carcinoma, ACTH-producing pituitary carcinoma, adrenocortical necrosis and glucocorticoid-deficient hypoadrenocorticism in a dog. Vet Rec Case Reports, 2017. 5(3).

Lathan P, Scott-Moncrieff JC, Wills R. Use of the cortisol-to-ACTH Ratio for diagnosis of primary hypoadrenocorticism in dogs. J Vet Intern Med, 2014. 28(5);1546-1550.

Lathan P, Zambon S, Moore G, Scott-Moncrieff JC. Use of a low-dose ACTH stimulation test for the diagnosis of hypoadrenocorticism in dogs. J Vet Intern Med 2008. 22(4):1070-3.