Maia R. Aitken, DVM, DACVS (Large Animal), DACVECC

Assistant Professor of Large Animal Emergency & Critical Care
University of Pennsylvania
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Dr. Aitken is an assistant professor of Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care at the New Bolton Center Campus of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (PennVet). Prior to joining PennVet, she received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Cornell University in 2009. She moved to New Bolton Center for a large animal surgical internship followed by a surgical residency and obtained board certification in large animal surgery (Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgery) in 2015. This was followed by a fellowship in large animal emergency and critical care and resulted in board certification in this specialty (Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care) in 2019. Dr. Aitken’s professional interests include all areas of emergency medicine and surgery, with a particular focus on colic surgery, postoperative complications, and neonatal emergencies

Presentation(s):

• Management and Surgical Treatment of Recurrent Large Colon Disease
  _{Research Innovations and Clinical Applications in Equine Gastrointestinal Surgery}

  Saturday, October 15, 2022
  2:00pm – 2:30pm

• Panel Discussion on Colic
  _{Research Innovations and Clinical Applications in Equine Gastrointestinal Surgery}

  Saturday, October 15, 2022
  4:30pm – 6:00pm