ESFM Delegate Briefing, Edinburgh, 26 September 2008
Dr. Dennis Chew, DVM
Dr. Dennis Chew is a 1972 graduate of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University. He did a 1-year internship at South Weymouth Veterinary Associates (Massachusetts) and a 2-year residency in internal medicine and nephrology at the Animal Medical Center (NY, NY). He became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine specialty) in 1977. Dr. Chew has been an attending veterinarian at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital since 1975 and has been a Full Professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences since 1989. Most of his work in clinics, research, and publications involves urology/nephrology in small animals. He has special interest in disorders of calcium metabolism (idiopathic hypercalcemia in cats), treatment of renal secondary hyperparathyroidism (especially phosphorus, calcium, calcitriol and PTH dynamics), acute renal failure, disorders of the feline lower urinary tract (idiopathic/interstitial cystitis and urolithiasis). He has pioneered many of the diagnostic procedures for urinary endoscopy in dogs and cats.
