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• Clinical Associate Professor
• BA 1981, Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara
• VMD 1988, University of Pennsylvania
• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Radiology (Radiology) 1993
• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Radiology (Radiology Oncology) 1995

Radiobiology; modifiers of radiation. Clinical radiotherapy trials using spontaneous canine tumors.

Clinical radiology; radiographic anatomy; ultrasound; radiation oncology; nuclear medicine.

Forrest, L.J., Dodge, R.K., Page, R.L., Heidner, G.L., McEntee, M.C., Novotney, C.A., Thrall, D.E. Relationship between quantitative tumor scintigraphy and time to metastasis in dogs with osteosarcoma. J. Nucl. Med . 33:1542-1547, 1992.

Forrest, L.J., Thrall, D.E. Bone scintigraphy for metastasis detection in canine osteosarcoma. Vet. Rad. and Ultrasound . 35:129-130, 1994.

Forrest, L.J., Thrall, D.E. Oncologic applications of diagnostic imaging techniques. Vet. Clin. North Am. (Small Anim. Pract.) 25(1):185-205, 1995.

O'Brien, R.T., Forrest, L.J. A retrospective study of umbilical ultrasound in calves. Vet. Radio. & Ultrasound , 37:63-67, 1996.

Forrest LJ, Baty CJ, Metcalf MR, Thrall DE. Feline hyperthyroidism: Efficacy of treatment using volumetric analysis for radioiodine dose calculation. Vet. Radio. & Ultrasound 1996;37:141-145.

Forrest LJ, Dubielzig RR, Galbreath EJ, MacEwen EG. Peripheral neuroblastoma in a dog. Vet Radio & Ultrasound 1997;38(6):457-460.

Forrest, LJ. The role of nuclear medicine in cancer management. Veterinary Cancer Society Newletter 1997;21(3):1,4.

Forrest LJ. Combination cancer treatment: Surgery and radiation therapy. Vet Med 1997;Dec:1043-1049.

Forrest LJ, Graybush CA. Radiographic patterns of pulmonary metastasis in cats. Vet Radio & Ultrasound 1998;39(1):4-8.

Forrest LJ, Mahler PJ, Vail DM, Mackie TR, Ladd WM, Kinsella TJ. Computed tomographic evaluation of radiation pneumonitis in a canine model. Radiat Oncol Invest 1998;6:128-134.

Forrest LJ, O'Brien RT, Tremelling MS, Steinberg H, Cooley AJ, Kerlin RL. Sonographic renal findings in 20 dogs with leptospirosis. Vet Radio & Ultrasound 1998;39(4):337-340.

Adams WM, Miller PE, Vail DM, Forrest LJ, MacEwen EG. An accelerated technique for irradiation of malignant canine nasal tumors. Vet Radio & Ultrasound 1998;39(5):475-481.

Hershey AE, Kurzman ID, Bohling CA, Forrest LJ, Stonerook M, Placke ME, Imondi AR, Vail DM. Inhalation chemotherapy for macroscopic primary or metastatic lung tumors: Proof of principle using dogs with spontaneously occurring tumors as a model. Clin Canc Res 1999;5:2653-2659.

Henik RA, Forrest LJ, Friedman AL. Rickets caused by excessive renal phosphate loss and apparent abnormal vitamin D metabolism in a cat. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1999;215:1644-1649.

Madden A, Pinckney RD, Forrest LJ. Canine paragonimosis. Vet Med 1999;Sept:783-792.

Stepien R, Benson KG, Forrest LJ. Radiographic measurement of cardiac size in normal ferrets. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 1999;40(6):606-610.

Forrest LJ, Chun R, Adams WM, Cooley AJ, Vail DM. Postoperative radiotherapy for canine soft tissue sarcoma. J Vet Int Med 2000;14:578-582.

Cook BE Jr, Lucarelli MJ, Lemke BN, Dortzbach RK, Kaufman PL, Forrest L, Greene E, Gabelt BT.Eyelid lymphatics I: histochemical comparisons between the monkey and human. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2002;18(1):18-23.

Cook BE Jr, Lucarelli MJ, Lemke BN, Dortzbach RK, Kaufman PL, Forrest L, Greene E, Gabelt BT. Eyelid lymphatics II: a search for drainage patterns in the monkey and correlations with human lymphatics. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2002;18(2):99-106.

Ballegeer EA, Stepien RL, Forrest LJ. Radiographic appearance of bronchoalveolar carcinoma in 9 cats. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2002;43(3):276-271.

Green EM, Adams WH, Forrest LJ. Four fraction palliative radiotherapy for canine osteosarcoma: a retrospective study of 23 dogs. J Am Anim Hosp 2002;38(5):445-51.

Zekas LJ, Forrest LJ. Effect of perineural anesthesia on the ultrasonographic appearance of equine palmar metacarpal structures. Vet Radiol & Ultrasound, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2003, pp. 59-64.

Mackie TR, Kapatoes J, Ruchala K, Lu W, Wu C, Olivera G, Forrest L, Tome W, Welsh J, Jeraj R, Harari P, Reckwerdt P, Paliwal B, Ritter M, Keller H, Mehta M. Image-guidance for precise conformal radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp.89-105, 2003.

Turek MM, Forrest LJ, Adams WM, Helfand SC, Vail DM. Postoperative radiotherapy and mitoxantrone for anal sac adenocarcinoma in the dog: 15 cases (1991-2001). Vet Comp Oncol, 2003;1(2):94-104.

Green EM, Forrest LJ, Adams WM. A vacuum-formable mattress for radiotherapy positioning: investigation of its accuracy and efficiency. Vet Radiol Ultrasound, 2003;44(4):476-479.

Poirier VJ, Forrest LJ, Adams WM, Vail DM. Piroxicam, mitoxantrone, and coarse fraction radiotherapy for the treatment of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder in 10 dogs: a pilot study. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc, 2004;40(2):131-6.

Poirier VJ, Hershey AE, Burgess KE, Phillips B, Turek MM, Forrest LJ, Beaver L, Vail DM. Efficacy And Toxicity Of Paclitaxel (Taxol®) For The Treatment Of Canine Malignant Tumors. J Vet Intern Med 2004;18(2):219-22.

Zekas LJ, Forrest LJ, Swainson S, Phillips LA. Radiographic diagnosis: mineralized paraprostatic cyst in a dog. Vet Radiol Ultrasound, 2004;45(4):310-1.

Forrest LJ, Mackie TR, Ruchala K, Turek M, Kapatoes J, Jaradat H, Hui S, Balog J, Vail DM, Mehta MP. The Utility of Megavoltage Computed Tomography Images from a Helical Tomotherapy System for Set-up Verification Purposes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2004; 60(5):1639-44.

Adamo PF, Forrest LJ, Dubielzig R. Canine and feline meningiomas: an update on diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Compend Contin Educat Pract Vet, 2004;26(12):951-966.