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    Tainor Tisotti

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    Assistant Professor

    Ontario Veterinary College, Department of Clinical Studies

    ttisotti@uoguelph.ca
    (226) 924-4074
    Office:OVC Mona Campbell Centre for Animal Cancer, Room 2162
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    Originally from Brazil, Dr. Tisotti completed his veterinary degree at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in 2015, followed by a small animal internship. He completed his anesthesia residency and Doctor of Veterinary Science degree at OVC in 2020, as well as an additional post-doctoral year. Prior to returning to OVC for a faculty position, Dr. Tisotti worked at private practices in Alberta and Ontario. He attained his board certification with the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia in 2022.

    Awards

    2021 - The Elsevier Prize in the Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia Journal

    • Tainor Tisotti, Alexander Valverde, Ashley Hopkins, M Lynne O’Sullivan, Brad Hanna & Luis Arroyo for the paper:

    Use of intravenous lidocaine to treat dexmedetomidine-induced bradycardia in sedated and anesthetized dogs

    Vet Anaesth Analg; 48:174–186.

    Research Interests

    • Loco-regional anesthesia
    • Cardiorespiratory effects of anesthetic drugs
    • Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
    • Anesthesia of the critical patient
    • Analgesia

    Selected Publications

    Tisotti T, Sanchez A, Nickell J, Smith CK, Hofmeister E. Retrospective evaluation of acute hyperkalemia of unknown origin during general anesthesia in dogs. Vet Anaesth Analg 2023; 50:129135.

    McCready J, Gozzard H, Tisotti T, & Beaufrère H. Effect of pneumoperitoneum on gastrointestinal motility, pain behaviors, and stress biomarkers in guinea pigs (cavia porcellus). Am J Vet Res 2022; 83:1-9.

    Tisotti T, Valverde A, Hopkins A, Lynne O’Sullivan M, Hanna B, Arroyo L. Use of intravenous lidocaine to treat dexmedetomidine-induced bradycardia in sedated and anesthetized dogs. Vet Anaesth Analg 2021; 48:174-186.

    Serpa P, Garbade P, Natalini C, Pires A, Tisotti T. High-resolution melting analysis for detection of a single-nucleotide polymorphism and the genotype of the myostatin gene in warmblood horses. Am J Vet Res 2017; 78:63-68.

    More publications can be found on Google Scholar or Pubmed.