Ronald Stewart Walton

Veterinarian specializing in small animal internal medicine and emergency care, with expertise in diagnosis, treatment planning, ultrasound, endoscopy, and surgical procedures. Proven track record of enhancing clinic efficiency and patient outcomes through effective team leadership in high-pressure environments. Mentored residents achieving a 100% board pass rate, demonstrating commitment to professional development and excellence in veterinary medicine.

• American Veterinary Medical Association
• American Animal Hospital Association
• Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society
• Editorial Board Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
• College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
• College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
• Society for Critical Care Medicine
• International Shock Society
• European Emergency and Critical Care Society
• International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management
• European School for Advanced Veterinary Studies (Faculty)
• European School for Advanced Veterinary Studies-Asia (Faculty)
• American Association of Equine Practitioners

• Phi Kappa Phi- National Honor Society, 82
• Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society Research Award, 94
• Pfizer Resident of the Year: Colorado State University, 97
• Order of Military Medical Merit, 02

• Energy Expenditure in 104 Post Operative and Traumatically Injured Dogs with Indirect Calorimetry, Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 96, 72, 121-30
• Polymerized Hemoglobin versus Hydroxyethyl Starch in an Experimental Model of Feline Hemorrhagic Shock, Fifth International Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Symposium. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 96, 73, 1-5
• Arterial blood gas trends in dogs with bacterial pneumonia, Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 97, 73, 27-31
• Shock, Secrets of Veterinary Emergency Medicine, WE Wingfield, Hanley and Belfus, Philadelphia, 00, 28-36
• Hypothermia, Secrets of Veterinary Emergency Medicine, WE Wingfield, Hanley and Belfus, Philadelphia, 00, 44-48
• Acute Progressive Lower Motor Disease, Secrets of Veterinary Emergency Medicine, WE Wingfield, Hanley and Belfus, Philadelphia, 00, 282-285
• Thoracoscopy, Small Animal Endoscopy, T Tams, Mosby, St. Louis, 99, 221-32
• Thoracoscopy, Current Veterinary Therapy XIII, J Bonagura, Saunders, Philadelphia, 00, 157-159
• Video-assisted Thoracoscopy, Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract, 01, Jul, 31, 4, 729-59, ix
• Antimicrobial efficacy of external fixator pins coated with a lipid stabilized hydroxyapatite/chlorhexidine complex to prevent pin tract infection in a goat model, J Trauma, 01, Jun, 50, 6, 1008-14
• Severe Liver Disease, Veterinary ICU Book, WE Wingfield and MR Raffee, Teton New Media, Jackson, 02, 785-803
• Thoracoscopy, Veterinary ICU Book, WE Wingfield and MR Raffee, Teton New Media, Jackson, 02, 137-146
• Optical Biopsy: Non-Invasive Tissue Evaluation Utilizing Optical Coherence Tomography, Vet Derm, 04, 15, Suppl 1, 13-14
• Evaluation of rabbit tracheal inflammation using optical coherence tomography, Chest, 06, 130, 3, 863-8
• Thoracoscopy, Current Veterinary Therapy XIV, J Bonagura, Saunders, Philadelphia, 08, Evolve 722-730
• Effect of buprenorphine in the adrenal, thyroid, and cytokine intra-operative responses in a rat model- A preliminary study, Iran J Basic Med Sci, 17, 20, 368-379
• Etomidate decreases adrenal gland apoptosis and necrosis associated with hemorrhagic shock in a rat model (Rattus norvegicus), Cogent Biology, 17, 3, 1
• Effects of etomidate in the adrenal and cytokine responses to hemorrhagic shock in rats, European Journal of Inflammation, 16, 14, 3, 10.1177/1721727X16677604

• Internship, Medicine and Surgery, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 86, 87
• Residences, Internal Medicine and Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Colorado State University, 94, 97
• Military Training, Officer Basic Course, Officer Advanced Course, Combined Arms Services Staff School, Air Assault, Command and General Staff College, Lean Six Sigma