Lauren Ienello, DVM, DACVAA
Assistant Professor, Anesthesia, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Lauren Ienello

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
Anesthesia

Education

Anesthesia Residency, University of Minnesota

DVM, University of Minnesota

BS, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Small Animal Internship, University of Minnesota

Licensures and Certifications

Diplomate ACVAA

Summary

Lauren Ienello is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. She received her Bachelor of Science in Pre-veterinary Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a minor in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation in 2010. She then became a Certified Veterinary Technician and worked at MSPCA Angell in Boston Massachusetts as an Anesthesia Technician for 4 years before deciding to go to veterinary school. She then received her DVM in 2018, and completed a Small Animal Rotating Internship in 2019 and a Residency in Comparative Anesthesia and Pain Medicine in 2022, all at the University of Minnesota, where she was hired on to stay.

Dr. Ienello has a strong interest in critical anesthetic cases, regional anesthesia as well as zoo and wildlife anesthesia and analgesia. She enjoys teaching students, interns and residents.

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Clinical

Clinical interests

  • Regional anesthesia
  • Zoo and wildlife anesthesia and analgesia

Research

Research Summary/Interests

Dr. Ienello is interested in developing loco-regional techniques in underrepresented species. She is also interested in improving anesthetic techniques for zoo and wildlife species.

Publications

  • Ienello L, Kennedy M, Wendt-Hornickle E, Baldo C, Moshnikova V, Guedes A. Ultrasound-guided rectus sheath block injections in miniature swine cadavers: technique description and distribution of two injectate volumes. Vet Anaesth Analg. 2022 Mar;49(2):210-218. doi: 10.1016/j.vaa.2022.01.001. Epub 2022 Jan 11. PMID: 35105527.

Abstracts:

  • Haley AL, Kennedy M, Hickey C, Gordon-Evans WJ, Wendt-Hornickle E, Tearney CC, Walters B, Ienello L, Guedes A. Evaluation of preoperative rectus sheath block with bupivacaine for analgesia in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy. ACVS, ACVAA Annual Meeting, October 13th, 2022, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  • L. Ienello, A. Guedes, S. Moore, W. Severud, R. Thompson, T. Wolf. Evaluation of oxygen versus oxygen and doxapram treatments after thiafentanil and xylazine immobilization in free-ranging moose (Alces alces) in Northern Minnesota [abstract]. IVECCS, ACVAA Annual meeting Abstracts.; September 12th, 2021, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
  • *L. Ienello, M. Kennedy, E. Wendt-Hornickle, C. Baldo, V. Moshnikova, A. Guedes. Ultrasound-guided rectus sheath block in fresh porcine cadavers: Technique description and effect of two injectate volumes [abstract]. IVECCS, ACVAA Annual Meeting Abstracts.; September 12th, 2021, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

*Won ACVAA Conference Award.