Virginia Buechner-Maxwell, DVM, MS, DACVIM

NIH Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, 1993–1995
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Equine Internal Medicine Residency, 1991
Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Leesburg, VA

MS, Veterinary Clinical Medicine, 1991
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Equine Surgery and Medicine Internship, 1988
Chino Valley Equine Hospital
Chino, CA

DVM, 1987
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

MS, Cell and Molecular Biology, 1987
Department of Biology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

BA, Biology and Secondary Education, 1976
Goucher College
Towson, MD

• American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 1994

• Equine asthma (COPD, RAO)
• Equine neonatal medicine
• Animal-human relationships

2008–present
Professor
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

1996–2002
Assistant Professor
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

1995–1996
Clinical Instructor
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

1991–1993
Clinical Instructor, Equine Internal Medicine
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

1979-1981
Teacher, Biology and Mathematics
Staples High School
Westport, CT

1976–1979
Teacher, Secondary Sciences and Mathematics
Edmond Burke School
Washington, DC

• American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
• American Thoracic Society
• American Veterinarian Medical Association
• Veterinary Comparative Respiratory Society
• International Society for Arthrozoology
  
• International Association of Human-Animal Interaction Organizations
• Phi Zeta Society
• Alpha Psi Fraternity

• Review Board, Humans and Horses Research Foundation, 2017-present
• President, Chair of the Board, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2012-2015
• Board of Regents, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2010-2016
• Forum Chair, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2005-2010
• Advance VT Leadership Fellowship, Virginia Tech, 2005
• Graduate Student Presentation Award, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine Research Symposium, 1991
• Graduate Student Presentation Award, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine Research Symposium, 1990
• DC Academy of Veterinary Medicine Award for Excellence in Medicine and Surgery, 1987
• Sigma Xi Research Award, 1980

1. Ng YN, Pierce BJ, Otto CM, Buechner-Maxwell VA, Siracusa C, Werre S. The Effect of Dog-Human Interaction on Cortisol and Behavior in Registered Animal-Assisted Activity Dogs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Applied Animal Behaviour Science 159: 69-81, 2014
2. Johnstone LK, Engiles JB, Aceto H, Buechner-Maxwell VA, Divers T, Gardner R, Levine R, Scherrer N, Tewari D, Tomlinson J, Johnson AL. Retrospective Evaluation of Horses Diagnosed with Neuroborreliosis on Postmortem Examination: 16 Cases (2004–2015): JVIM,: 30 (4): 1305–1312, 2016
3. Parkinson NJ, Buechner-Maxwell VA, Witonsky SG, Pleasant RS, Werre SR, Ansar Ahmed SA, Characterization of Basal and Lipopolysaccharide-induced microRNA Expression in Equine Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Using Next-Generation Sequencing., PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177664. May 26, 2017
4. O’Haire ME, Bibbo J, Hoffman CL, Mueller M, Ng Z, Buechner-Maxwell VA, Overview of Centers and Institutes for Human-Animal Interaction in the United States,  Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin 6 (special edition):3-22, 2018
5. Witonsky S, Santonastaso A,  Werre S, Wagner B, Buechner-Maxwell VA, Pleasant SR, Lindsay D, Can Levamisole Upregulate the Equine Cell mediated Macrophage (M1) Dendritic Cell (DC1) CD4 T-helper 1(Th1) CD8 T-cytotoxic 1 (Tc1) immune response in vitro, accepted JVIM, Mar 29:33 (2) 889-896 Epub Jan 29, 2019
6. Christmann U, Hite RD, Witonsky SG, Buechner-Maxwell VA, Wood P, Evaluation of lipid markers in surfactant obtained from asthmatic horses exposed to hay. Am J Vet Res 2019 Mar;80(3):300-305
7. Arditti JA, Morgan AA, Spiers S, Buechner-Maxwell VA, Shivy V, Perceptions of Rehabilitative Change among Incarcerated Persons Enrolled in a Prison-Equine Program (PEP), J Qual Crim Justice & Criminology, accepted in May 2019 for publication in 2020
8. Morgan AA, Arditti JA, Spiers S, Buechner-Maxwell VA, Shivy V. Part 2: “Came for the horses, stayed for the men”: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Staff, Community, and Reentrant Perceptions of a Prison Equine Program (PEP). accepted for publication, Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
   
9. Boyle SF, Corrigan VK, Buechner-Maxwell VA, Pierce B, Evaluation of Risk of Zoonotic Pathogen Transmission in a University-Based Animal Assisted Intervention (AAI) Program, accepted for publication, Frontiers in Veterinary Science/doi:10.3389/fvets.2019.00167
10. Robino AE, Corrigan VK, Anderson B, Werre S, Farley JP, Marmagas SW, Buechner-Maxwell VA. College Student Mental Health in an Animal-Assisted Intervention Program: A Preliminary Study, Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 4/26/2020, https://doi.org/10.1080/15401383.2020.1757002