Ducharme, Normand Guy

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research overview

Equine sports medicine with emphasis on upper respiratory function during exercise, and its influence on pulmonary hemodynamics

principal investigator on

LARYNGEAL PACEMAKER IN HORSES awarded by MED-EL 2005 - 2013
NOTES: (NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY) awarded by COOK MEDICAL ENDOSCOPY 2009 - 2013

co-principal investigator on

EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NEUROPTHY awarded by GRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RES FDN 2011 - 2013

individual publications

academic article
- Biomechanical Characterization of Equine Laryngeal Cartilage. Equine Vet J. 43:5391-5401. 2011
- Computed tomography of temporal bone fractures and temporal region anatomy in horses. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 24:398-406. 2010
- Development of equine upper airway fluid mechanics model for thoroughbred racehorses. Equine Veterinary Journal. 40:272-279. 2008
- Implications of different degrees of arytenoid cartilage adduction on equine upper airway characteristics. Equine Veterinary Journal. 40:629-635. 2008
- Simulation of turbulent airflow using a CT based upper airway model of a racehorse. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 130:031011. 2008
conference paper
- Turbulent flow modeling in the upper airway of racehorses. Proceedings of the 2006 Summer Bioengineering Conference. 2006

selected publications listing

- Ducharme N, Tessier C. Chirurgie respiratoire chez le cheval: indications et pronostic. Pratique Vétérinaire Équine, numéro spécial 38:99-105, 2006.
- Infernuso T, Watts AE, Ducharme NG. Septic epiglottic chondritis with abscessation in 2 young Thoroughbred racehorses. Can Vet J 47(10):1007-1010, 2006.
- Radcliffe CH, Woodie JB, Hackett RP, Ainsworth DM, Erb HN, Mitchell LM, Soderholm LV, Ducharme NG. A comparison of laryngoplasty and a modified partial arytenoidectomy as treatments for laryngeal hemiplegia in exercising horses. Vet Surg 35:643-652, 2006.
- Textor JA, Ducharme NG, Gleed RD, Hackett RP, Erb HN, Mitchell L, Soderholm LV. Effect of pericardiotomy on exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension in the horse. Equine Comp Exercise Physiol 3:45-51, 2006.
- Divers TJ, Ducharme NG, de Lahunta A, Irby NL, Scrivani PV. Temporohyoid osteoarthropathy. Clin Tech in Equine Pract 5:17-23, 2006.
- Chalmers HJ, Cheetham J, Yeager AE, Ducharme NG. Ultrasonography of the equine larynx. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 47:476-481, 2006.
- Chalmers HJ, Cheetham J, Dykes NL, Ducharme NG. Computed tomographic diagnosis--stylohyoid fracture with abscess in a horse without temporohyoid disease. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 47:165-167, 2005.
- Gardner RB, Nydam DV, Mohammed HO, Ducharme NG, Divers TJ. Serum gamma glutamyl transferase activity in horses with right or left dorsal displacements of the large colon. J Vet Intern Med 19:761-764, 2005.
- Lin RC, Engeli E, Prowten AW, Erb HN, Ducharme NG, Goodrich LR. Antebrachial fractures in four captive polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Vet Surg 34:358-365, 2005.
- Woodie JB, Ducharme NG, Hackett RP, Erb HN, Mitchell LM, Soderholm LV. Can an external device prevent dorsal displacement of the soft palate during strenuous exercise? Equine Vet J 37:425-429, 2005.
- Woodie JB, Ducharme NG, Kanter P, Hackett RP, Erb HN. Surgical advancement of the larynx (Laryngeal tie-forward) as a treatment for dorsal displacement of the soft palate: a prospective study 2001-2004. Equine Vet J 37:418-423, 2005.
- Jansson N, Ducharme NG. Angular limb deformities in foals: causes and diagnosis. Comp Continuing Ed, 27(1): 48-54, 2005.
- Jansson N, Ducharme NG. Angular limb deformities in foals: treatment and prognosis. Comp Continuing Ed, 27(2): 134-146, 2005.
- Abou-Madi N, Kollias GV, Hackett RP, Ducharme NG, Gleed RD, Moakler JP. Umbilical herniorrhaphy in a juvenile Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). J Zoo Wildl Med 35:221-225, 2004.
- Nixon AJ, Fortier LA, Goodrich LR, Ducharme NG. Arthroscopic reattachment of osteochondritis dissecans lesions using resorbable polydioxanone pins. Equine Vet J 36:376-383, 2004.
- Pease AP, van Biervliet J, Dykes NL, Divers TJ, Ducharme NG. Complication of partial stylohyoidectomy for treatment of temporohyoid osteoarthropathy and an alternative surgical technique in three cases. Equine Vet J 36:546-550, 2004.
- Ducharme NG, Hackett RP, Woodie JB, Dykes N, Erb HN, Mitchell LM, Soderholm LV. Investigations into the role of the thyrohyoid muscles in the pathogenesis of dorsal displacement of the soft palate in horses. Equine Vet J 35:258-263, 2003.
- Hackett RP, Ducharme NG, Gleed RD, Mitchell L, Soderholm LV, Erickson BK, Erb HN. Do Thoroughbred and Standardbred horses have similar increases in pulmonary vascular pressures during exertion? Can J Vet Res 67:291-296, 2003.
- Cable CS, Ducharme NG, Hackett RP, Erb HN, Mitchell LM, Soderholm LV. Sound signature for identification and quantification of upper-airway disease in horses. Am J Vet Res 63:1707-1713, 2002.
- Ducharme NG, Goodrich L, Woodie JB. Vocal cordectomy as an aid in the management of horses with laryngeal hemiparesis/hemiplegia. Clin Tech in Equine Pract 1:17-21, 2002.
- Goodrich LR, Nixon AJ, Fubini SL, Ducharme NG, Fortier LA, Warnick LD, Ludders JW. Epidural morphine and detomidine decreases postoperative hindlimb lameness in horses after bilateral stifle arthroscopy. Vet Surg 31:232-239, 2002.
- Semevolos SA, Ducharme NG, Hackett RP. Clinical assessment and outcome of three techniques for jejunal resection and anastomosis in horses: 59 cases (1989-2000). J Am Vet Med Assoc 220:215-218, 2002.
Selected Books and Chapters
- Ducharme NG, author or co-author of several chapters. In Mair T, Divers T, Ducharme NG (eds): Manual of Equine Gastroenterology, W.B. Saunders, 2002.
- Ducharme NG, Hackett RP. Arytenoid Chondritis. In: The 5-Minute Veterinary Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp138-139, 2002.
- Ducharme NG, Hackett RP. Laryngeal Hemiplegia. In: The 5-Minute Veterinary Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp 618-619, 2002.
- Ducharme NG, author or co-quthor of several chapters. In: Fubini SL, Ducharme NG (eds), Farm Animal Surgery, St. Louis, MO, Elsevier, 2004.
- Ducharme NG, Robertson JT. Nasopharyngeal collapse. Submitted August 2004, Lekeux Ed. http://www.Ivis.org.
- Robertson JT, Ducharme NG. Dorsal displacement of the soft palate. Submitted August 2004, Lekeux Ed. http://www.Ivis.org.
- Ducharme NG. Pharynx. In Auer JA, Stick JA (eds), Equine Surgery, 3rd edition. St. Louis, MO, Elsevier, 2005, pp 544-565.

teaching activities

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- President-elect, American College of Veterinary Surgeons, 2004-2005
- Grant reviewer, Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation, 2004 - present
- Regent, Board of Trustees, American College of Veterinary Surgeons, 1997-2000

education and training

M.Sc. Master of Science in Large Animal Surgery, University of Guelph 1983 - 1985
D.V.M., University of Montreal 1979

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