Schober, Karsten E.
Karsten E. Schober, DVM, Dr med vet, PhD
Diplomate ECVIM-CA (Cardiology)
Associate Professor (Cardiology)
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
The Ohio State University
1010 Veterinary Hospital
601 Vernon Tharp St.
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Ph: (614) 292-3551
Fx: (614) 292-0895
schober [dot] 4 [at] osu [dot] edu
Professional Training and Experience
- 1990 Graduation University of Leipzig, Germany
- 1990-94 Internship, residency, and thesis (Dr med vet) University of Leipzig, Germany
- 1993 Visitor at the Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA (5 months)
- 1994/95 PostDoc Fellow at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- 1995-2003 PhD program and senior lecturer at the Department of Small Animal Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany
- 2002 Habilitation thesis (PhD)
- 1999/2000 PostDoc Research Fellow at the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Columbia/Missouri
- 2003-2006 Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of veterinary Clinical Studies, The Ohio State University
- 2006-2009 Assistant Professor of Cardiology (Tenure track)
- 2009-current Associate Professor of Cardiology (Tenured)
General Research Interests (Dogs and Cats)
- Echocardiography
- Cardiac biomarkers
- Hemodynamics
- Feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Diastolic heart function
- Cardiovascular drugs
- Congestive heart failure
