Toshitsugu Ishihara, BVetMed, MS

MS, Biomedical Sciences, 2024
Auburn University
Auburn, AL

BVSc, 2012
Tottori University
Tottori, Japan

2024-present
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2021–2024
Resident, Comparative Anesthesiology
Auburn University
Auburn, AL

2020–2021
Staff Veterinarian
Kyoto Animal Emergency Center
Kyoto, Japan

2017–2021
Assistant Director
Higashida Veterinary Clinic
Osaka, Japan

2012–2017
Staff Veterinarian
Higashida Veterinary Clinic
Osaka, Japan

2014–2016
Staff Veterinarian
Hokusetsu Emergency Animal Hospital
Osaka, Japan

• Anesthesia and Analgesia
• Transnational research
• Laboratory animal medicine
• Animal welfare

1. Ishihara T, Hofmeister E, Bayne JE, Clark-Price S. Combined ultrasound and nerve stimulator-guided brachial plexus nerve block in a pig undergoing olecranon fracture repair. Vet Rec Case Rep. 2024;e870 .https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.870    
2. Ishihara T, Bayne J, Yin J-H, Starbird C, Hofmeister E. Neurological complications following spinal anesthesia in a goat. Vet Rec Case Rep. 2024;e861.https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.861
   
3. Castro D, Ishihara T, Hofmeister EH, Clark-Price S, Portela DA. Ultrasound-guided and 'blind' sciatic nerve injection techniques: Comparison in rat cadavers. Vet Anaesth Analg. 2024 Mar 8:S1467-2987(24)00033-3. doi: 10.1016/j.vaa.2024.03.001.
   
4. Castro D, Ishihara T, Hofmeister E, Clark-Price S, Portela DA. Ultrasound-guided sciatic nerve block in Wistar rat cadavers: Relevant anatomy and injection distribution. Vet Anaesth Analg. 2024 Mar-Apr;51(2):173-180. doi: 10.1016/j.vaa.2023.11.010.
   
5. Ishihara T, Clark-Price S, Lin HC, Bayne JE, Martin-Flores M. Onset and duration of action of escalating dosages of atracurium in anesthetized healthy goats. Vet Anaesth Analg. 2024 Mar-Apr;51(2):160-167. doi: 10.1016/j.vaa.2023.12.004.
   
6. Azuma K, Ishihara T, Nakamoto H, Amaha T, Osaki T, Tsuka T, Imagawa T, Minami S, Takashima O, Ifuku S, Morimoto M, Saimoto H, Kawamoto H, Okamoto Y. Effects of oral administration of fucoidan extracted from Cladosiphon okamuranus on tumor growth and survival time in a tumor-bearing mouse model. Mar Drugs. 2012 Oct;10(10):2337-2348. doi: 10.3390/md10102337.
   

Scientific Platform Presentation with Abstract Publication

1. Ishihara T, Clark-Price S, Lin HC, Bayne JE, Martin-Flores M. Onset and duration of action of escalating dosages of atracurium in anesthetized healthy goats. American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, October 12, 2023.