Overview
Work History
Education
Publications
Poster Presentations
Extracurricular and Interests
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Jonah Zitsman

Eatontown

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Surgery Resident

Red Bank Veterinary Hospital
07.2022 - Current
  • Held primary case responsibility for both elective and emergency surgeries supervised by 4 DACVS and 2 residency trained surgeons
  • Participated in daily hospital-wide rounds, weekly journal club reviews
  • Completed multiple week long rotations with the Anesthesia, Critical Care, Neurology and Internal Medicine Department

Surgery Intern

Red Bank Veterinary Hospital
07.2021 - 07.2022
  • Held primary case responsibility for emergency surgeries supervised by 4 DACVS and 1 residency trained surgeon
  • Participated in daily hospital-wide rounds, weekly journal club reviews

Surgery Intern

Blue Pearl Pet Hospitals
07.2020 - 07.2021
  • Scrubbed in and assisted on a variety of scheduled and emergent surgeries with 5 DACVS Surgeons
  • Completed follow up communication and discharge review of post-operative patients
  • Held primary case responsibility on all emergency cases one day per week

Small Animal Rotating Intern

Red Bank Veterinary Hospital
06.2019 - 07.2020
  • Rotated through the following departments: Emergency, internal medicine, surgery, exotics, cardiology, ophthalmology, neurology, radiology, oncology, anesthesia, and general practice
  • Held primary case responsibility on all emergency cases
  • Participated in daily rounds facilitated by board-certified specialists

Student Night Technician Team Leader

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
12.2015 - 03.2018
  • Worked on call shifts for after hours and emergency surgeries
  • Prepared patients and operating room and acted as circulating nurse/technician throughout procedure
  • Coordinated training of new first year student technicians

Surgical Assistant

Cornell University Veterinary Specialists
07.2017 - 08.2017
  • Assisted in patient induction and preparation
  • Assisted with a variety of orthopedic and soft tissue surgeries
  • Sterilized instruments and operating rooms post-operatively

Lab Technician

Columbia University Center for Translation Immunol
09.2013 - 07.2015
  • Acted as circulating nurse in non-human primate organ transplant procedures
  • Collected, processed and analyzed leukocytes found in tissues samples via FACS
  • Isolated and cultured regulatory T cell lines and assessed functionality

Education

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine -

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Ithaca, NY
07-2019

Master of Arts - Biochemistry

Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
07-2015

Publications

Zitsman, J Baginski, H Tarricone, J, Davis, G and R Ford. Comparative Outcomes Following Laparotomy Assisted Endoscopic Removal or Gastrotomy for Treatment of Linear Foreign Bodies. In final review prior to submission

Objective: To compare infection and complication rate or removal of linear foreign bodies anchored at the pylorus via traditional gastrotomy vs laparotomy assisted endoscopy plan for publication  Status: In final review prior to submission to Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research


Weiner, J Duran-Struuck R, Zitsman J, Buhler, L Sondermeijer, H McMurchy, A Levings, M Sykes, M and A Griesemer. Restimulation After Cyropreservation and Thawing Preserves the Phenotype and Function of Expanded Baboon Regulatory T Cells. 2015. Trans Dir 1(1). pp 1-7


Zitsman, J Alonso Guallart, P Ovanez, C Kato, Y Rosen, JF Weiner, JI and R Duran-Struuck. Distinctive Leukocyte Subpopulations According to Organ Type in Cynomolgus Macaques. 2016. Comp Med 66(4). pp 308-323


Duran-Struuck, R Sondermeijer, H, Buhler, L Alonso-Guallart, P Zitsman, J Kato, Y Wu, A McMurchy, NA Woodland, D Griesemer, A Martinez, M Boskovic, S Kawai, T Cosmini, AB, Wuu, C-C, Slate, A Mapara, M Baker, S Tokarz, R D’Agati, V Hammer, S Pereira, M Lipkin, WI Wekerle, T Levings, M and Sykes, M. Effect of Ex Vivo-Expanded Recipient Regulatory T cells on Hematopoietic Chimerism and Kidney Allograft Tolerance Across MHC Barriers in Cynomolgus Macaques. 2017. Transplantation 101(2). Pp274-283


Alonso-Guallart, P Duran Struuck, R Stern, J Berglund, E, Llore, N Zitsman, J Pierre, G Kofman, S Danton, M Gokova, S Lopes, E McMurchy, A Tang, Q Levings, M Sykes, M and A Griesemer. Megadose Bone Marrow and Regulatory T cells for the Induction of Immune Tolerance in Non-Human Primates Through Durable Mixed Hematopoietic Chimerism Across MHC Barriers. 2018. Transplantation 102. Pp S263-264


Alonso Guallart, P Zitsman, J Stern, J Kofman, S Woodland, D Ho, S-H, Sondermeijer, H McMurchy, A Levings, M Griesemer, A, Sykes, M and R Duran-Struuck. Characterization, Biology and Expansion of Regulatory T Cells in Cynomolgus Macaque for Pre-clinical Studies. 2019. American Journal of Transplantation 19(8). Pp 2186-2198


Alonso-Guallart, P Duran-Struuck, R Zitsman, J, Sameroff, S Pereiara, S Marcus, MD, Stern, J Berglund, E Llore, N Pierre, G Lopes, E Kofman, S Danton, M Sondermeijer, H, Woodland, D Kato, Y Ekanayake-A, D Iuga, A, Wuu, C-S Wu, A Lipkin, I Tokarz, R Sykes, M and A Griesemer. Impact of CMV reactivation, treatment approaches and immune reconstitution in a nonmyeloablative tolerance induction protocol in Cynomolgus macaques. 2020. Transplantation. 101(2). Pp274-283


Chaudry, S Kato, Y Weiner, J Alonso-Guallart, P Baker, S Woodland, DC 4th Lefkowtich, JH Duran-Struuck, R Sondermeijer, HP Zitsman, J Sears, ML Wu, A Karolewski, B Houck, PJ Martinez, M Kato, T Sykes, M and A Griesemer. Transient Mixed Chimerism with Nonmyeloablative Conditioning Does Not Induce Liver Allograft Tolerance in Nonhuman Primate. 2020. Transplantation 104(8). Pp 1580-1590

Poster Presentations

Alonso Guallart, P Zitsman, J Sondermeijer, H Woodland, D Kato, Y Weiner, J Griesemer, A Buhler, L McMurchy, A Levings, M, Sykes, M and R Duran-Struuck. Induction of Durable Mixed Hematopoietic Chimerism and Immune Tolerance in Monkeys. 2015. Bio Blood and Marrow Transplant 21(2). Pp S46-47: Published abstract from oral presentation given at American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation BMT Tandem Meetings 2015


Alonso Guallart, P Zitsman, J Sondermeijer, H Buhler, L Ovanez, C McMurchy, A Levings, M, Sykes, M and R Duran- Struuck. Phenotype, Function and Expansion of Regulatory T Cells in the Cynomolgus Macaque (Macaca fascicularis). 2015. Bio Blood and Marrow Transplant 21(2). Pp S280-281: Published abstract presented at American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation BMT Tanderm Meetings 2015


Zitsman, J Alonso Guallart, P Ovanez, C Sykes, M and R Duran-Struuck. Phenotypic and Functional Characterization of Mauritian Cynomolgus Macaque (Macaca fasicularis) Regulatory T-Cells for Pre-Clinical Studies. Poster presented at: Biomedical Research using Mauritian macaques; 2014, March 13 Madison, WI.


Ovanez, C Zitsman, J Alonso Guallart, P Kato, Y Sykes, M and R Duran-Struuck. Immunophenotyping of the Hematopoietic Organs of the Marutuan Macaca fascicularis. Poster presented at: Biomedical Research using Mauritian macaques; 2014, March 13 Madison, WI.


Alonso Guallart, P Zitsman, J Sondermeijer, H Buhler, L Ovanez, C Woodland, D Kato, Y McMurthy, A Levings, M Sykes, M and R Duran-Struuck. “Off the shelf” cryopreserved polyclonal regulatory T cells in the Mauritian Cynomolgus Macaque for Clinical Application. Poster presented at: Biomedical Research using Mauritian macaques; 2014, March 13 Madison, WI.

Weiner, J Duran-Struuck, R Zitsman, J Sykes, M, and A Griesemer. Cryopreservation Restores Expanded Regulatory T Cell Function. Poster presented at: World Transplant Congress; 2014, July 29 San Francisco CA.

Extracurricular and Interests

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine - Class of 2019 Representative


Cornell University College of Veterinary medicine Surger Club - Vice President | 2016-2017


Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Zoo and Wildlife Society - Vice President | 2016-2017


Cornell Vet Players - Second Viola | Spring 2017

Marathon Finisher - Rehoboth Beach, DE | 2017, Buffalo, NY| 2018

Timeline

Surgery Resident

Red Bank Veterinary Hospital
07.2022 - Current

Surgery Intern

Red Bank Veterinary Hospital
07.2021 - 07.2022

Surgery Intern

Blue Pearl Pet Hospitals
07.2020 - 07.2021

Small Animal Rotating Intern

Red Bank Veterinary Hospital
06.2019 - 07.2020

Surgical Assistant

Cornell University Veterinary Specialists
07.2017 - 08.2017

Student Night Technician Team Leader

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
12.2015 - 03.2018

Lab Technician

Columbia University Center for Translation Immunol
09.2013 - 07.2015

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine -

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

Master of Arts - Biochemistry

Bowdoin College
Jonah Zitsman