Dr. Leigh Griffiths

 

Dr. Leigh Griffiths

Leigh Griffiths, VetMB, RCVS Diplomate of Small Animal Surgery (Soft Tissue), Diplomate ACVIM (Cardiology), MRCVS, PhD, Assistant Professor

Dr. Griffiths graduated from Cambridge University in 1995, spent a year in small animal practice and then completed a residency in small animal soft tissue surgery at Glasgow University Veterinary School.  In 2000 he earned the Royal College of Veterinary Surgery diploma of small animal soft tissue surgery.  In 1999 he accepted a position as a lecturer in small animal surgery at University of Liverpool Veterinary School.  Dr. Griffiths is the first veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom to train as a microvascular surgeon at the world-renowned Canneisburn Hospital.  He completed a fellowship in cardiac surgery at Colorado State University in 2003 followed by a PhD and residency in Cardiology.  In 2007 he joined the faculty at the University of California – Davis, where he runs the cardiovascular surgery program.  He provides services for cardiac angiography and non-invasive tests such as echocardiography and electrocardiography.  He is also interested in interventional cardiology, including pacemaker implementation, balloon valvuloplasty and patent ductus arteriosus occlusion.  Dr. Griffiths offers surgical options unavailable elsewhere: open heart surgery, procedures to correct congenital defects and selected cardiac tumor surgeries.  Dr. Griffiths’ basic science research program involves looking for ways to identify and ultimately avoid, the barriers to transplantation of animal derived tissue scaffolds for use in production of tissue engineered tissues (valve replacement) and organs (heart transplantation) for implantation in animal and human patients.

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