Jody Lulich, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM
Professor, Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Jody Lulich

Contact

Office Address

Lewis Small Animal Hospital
1365 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Role
Faculty
Hospital(s)
Lewis Small Animal Hospital
Services
Internal Medicine (Small Animal),
Urology

Education

Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota

PhD, University of Minnesota

DVM, Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois Tuskegee University

Internship, Small Animal Rotating Internship, University of Minnesota

Licensures and Certifications

Diplomate ACVIM (Internal Medicine)

Summary

Professional associations

  • Veterinary Medical Associations: AVMA, MVMA
  • Specialty Organizations ACVIM: small animal internal medicine
  • Professional Societies; Veterinary nephrology and Urology, Research On Calculi Kinetics
     

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Clinical Interests

  • Small Animal Internal Medicine Urology and nephrology
  • Laser lithotripsy
  • Cystoscopy
  • Minimally Invasive Interventional procedures to manage urinary tract disorders

Research

Research summary/interests

  • Urolithiasis
  • Calcium oxalate urolith epidemiology, etiopathiogenesis, dissolution, and prevention
  • Urolith analysis
  • Biomarkers of Disease (NMR spectroscopy, proteomics, metabolomics, genetics)
  • Urinary tract oncology
  • Clinical and translational research
  • Spontaneous Animal Models for Disease
  • Urinary tract infections

Selected publications

  • Lulich JP, Osborne CA, Carvalho M, Nakagawa Y. The Effects of a urolith prevention diet on urine compositions of glycosaminoglycans, Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein and nephrocalcin in cats with calcium oxalate urolithiasis. AJVR, publication December 2011.
  • Lulich JP, Osborne CA, Albasan H, Monga M, Bevan JM. Efficacy and safety of laser lithotripsy in fragmentation of urocystoliths and urethroliths for removal in dogs. JAVMA, 2009;234:1279-1285.
  • Mauricio C, Lulich JP, Osborne CA, Nakagawa Y. Defective urinary crystallization inhibition and urine stone formation. International Braz J Urol. 2006;32:342-349.
  • Lulich JP, Osborne CA, Lekcharoensuk C, et al. Effects of diet on urine composition of cats with calcium oxalate urolithiasis. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2004;40:185-191.
  • Lekcharoensuk C., Osborne CA, Lulich JP, Thumchai R , Kirk Claudia, Ulrich LK, Koehler LA, Carpenter KA, Swanson LL. Association between dietary factors and the risk of calcium oxalate and magnesium ammonium phosphate urolithiasis in cats: JAVMA 2001; 219(9):1228-1237.
  • Lulich JP, Osborne CA, Lekcharoensuk C, Kirk CA, Allen TA. Effects of hydrochlorothiazide and diet in dogs with calcium oxalate urolithiasis. J of the American Veterinary Association, J American Veterinary Medical Association. 2001; 218: 1583-1586.