ROSE BORKOWSKI, DVM. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Jacksonville University Jacksonville, Florida

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1 ROSE BORKOWSKI, DVM Department of Biology and Marine Science, Jacksonville University 2800 University North Jacksonville, Florida (Office) (Fax) September 2009 EDUCATION Doctor of Veterinary Medicine - University of Florida Bachelor of Arts, Zoology - University of North Carolina LICENSURE State Veterinary Licenses Florida and Virginia PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Jacksonville University Jacksonville, Florida Present Responsible for teaching undergraduate courses in comparative vertebrate anatomy, marine mammal biology, human ecology and zoonotic disease, human anatomy and physiology. Oversees student internship, independent study, research, and shadowing programs involving diverse animal species at zoos, wildlife agencies, racetracks, and veterinary practices. RESPONSE VETERINARIAN Dolphin Conservation Field Station Marineland, Florida (Southeast Regional Marine Mammal Stranding Network) United States Navy Marine Mammal Program Present 2009 Present ASSISTANT COMMISSION VETERINARIAN Colonial Downs Summer Thoroughbred Meet New Kent, Virginia Exotic Bird Hospital Jacksonville, Florida 2008-Present ATTENDING VETERINARIAN Lion Country Safari - Loxahatchee, Florida Full-time medical and surgical services for diverse species at large AZA accredited zoological park. Inventory of nearly one thousand animals including several hundred African hoofstock, elephants, lions, chimpanzees, birds, reptiles, others. Field experience involved hundreds of large exotic animal immobilizations and substantial clinical work with hoofstock and primates. Developed preventive medicine and disease surveillance programs, escaped animal plans/drills, refined species-specific field anesthesia regimens. Oversaw hospital development, equipment acquisition, compliance with USDA, DEA, and AZA regulations, consulting veterinarian involvement, zoonotic disease education, student externships. Palm Beach Kennel Club West Palm Beach, Florida

2 CONTRACT VETERINARIAN National Marine Fisheries Service - Silver Spring, Maryland Served as a primary writer developing national guidelines for the release of rehabilitated wild marine mammals. Document emphasized prevention of disease transmission to free-ranging populations. 2 VETERINARIAN South Florida Veterinary Practices Key West and Miami, Florida Provision of medical and surgical services for dogs, cats, and exotic pets at several South Florida veterinary practices needing additional coverage for primary veterinarians. STAFF VETERINARIAN AND ASSISTANT CLINICAL PROFESSOR Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine Grafton, Massachusetts Full-time clinician for exotic animal service. Medical and surgical services for pet birds, reptiles, and exotic mammals plus animals from area zoological parks, circuses, and biomedical centers. Oversaw student and resident clinical rotations, served as general student advisor, presented lectures in comparative medicine course, served as course coordinator for aquatic animal medicine course and faculty advisor for student chapter of International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine. CONSULTING VETERINARIAN New England Aquarium (NEA) Boston, Massachusetts Medical and surgical services for collection animals and aquatic wildlife, particularly aquatic birds, pinnipeds, and small cetaceans. Provided veterinary support for marine mammal strandings including response to single and mass cetacean stranding events. Clinical instruction of veterinary students and interns at NEA. CONSULTING VETERINARIAN Big Apple Circus New York, New York 1999 Composed written guidelines for the husbandry and care of captive performing elephants. INTERN AND ASSISTANT STAFF VETERINARIAN Tufts Wildlife Clinic - Grafton, Massachusetts Completed a one year internship in wildlife medicine and surgery, then joined the staff of this full-service wildlife hospital. Provided medical and surgical services to ill and injured native wild animals, primarily avian cases with smaller percentage of wild mammals and reptiles. Participated in field biosampling and health assessment of juvenile wild bald eagles as part of reintroduction efforts for this species in Massachusetts. Conducted wild bird necropsies and sampling for mass avian mortality event in Boston. VETERINARIAN Calusa Animal Hospital - Boca Raton, Florida INTERN VETERINARIAN Angell Memorial Animal Hospital - Boston, Massachusetts Completed 13-month internship in small animal medicine and surgery. Intensive experience in the management of small domestic animal and exotic pet emergencies as well as routine preventive health care. MARINE MAMMAL TRAINER AND SUMMER EDUCATION DIRECTOR Miami Seaquarium - Key Biscayne, Florida 1985, Full-time marine mammal trainer, worked primarily with bottlenose dolphins, occasionally with manatees and sea lions. Daily general care of captive dolphins, plus training for performances, veterinary examinations and venipuncture. Served as director of the park s first summer education camp for children.

3 SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR Dade County Public Schools - Miami, Florida Full-time certified science instructor for Miami Palmetto Senior High School and Miami Southridge Senior High School. Taught biology, ecology, and physical science including laboratory. Served as coach for girls basketball and softball teams. 3 GRANTS Borkowski, R., C. Merigo, B, Rubenstein, and J. Rice Kohlberg Foundation. Stranded Marine Animal Facility. Delivered a presentation that demonstrated how rehabilitation of stranded marine mammals can enhance public support for conservation issues. The presentation secured funding for the New England Aquarium to construct a marine mammal rehabilitation pool in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Harper, C., R. Borkowski, A. Hoffman, and A. Warner Geraldine Dodge Foundation. Noninvasive development of bronchial nomenclature and bronchoscopic protocol for the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Development of artificial models, radiographic and videoendoscopic images of harbor porpoise bronchial anatomy. Borkowski, R. and Rommel, S National Marine Fisheries Service. Thymus characteristics and histopathologic findings in stranded and gill netted harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Morphologic and histopathologic characterization of the harbor porpoise thymus in health and disease. Collaborated with scientists in Woods Hole, MA., Grand Manan, Canada, and the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., conducting necropsies on porpoises that died in the gill net fishery or following stranding. PUBLICATIONS* *Publication also presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians or the International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine as indicated. Borkowski, R, S. Citino, M. Bush, P. Wollenman, and B. Irvine Surgical castration of subadult giraffe, (Giraffa camelopardalis). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. In Press. Borkowski, R., P.A. Moore, S. Mumford, and S. Carastro Adaptations of subpalpebral lavage systems used in llamas (Lama glama) and a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 38: Whaley, J.E., and R. Borkowski Interim Best Practices Marine Mammal Stranding Response, Rehabilitation, and Release. Standards for Release. Accessed 14 September *Borkowski, R., P. Wollenman, R. Brusie Treatment of pedal osteomyelitis in African hoofstock: Medical and surgical options, salvage procedures. Proc. Joint Conf. Am. Assoc. Zoo Vet. / Am. Assoc. Wild. Vet. / Nutr. Adv. Grp. P *Borkowski, R., B. Irvine, P. Wollenman Rapid immobilization of hoofstock in large herds. Proc. Joint Conf. Am. Assoc. Zoo Vet. / Wildl. Dis. Assoc. / Am. Assoc. Wildl. Vet. Pp *Borkowski, R., P. Wollenman, J. Bellows Health assessment, medical, and dental interventions for a group of 33 chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Proc. Joint Conf. Am. Assoc. Zoo Vet. / Wildl. Dis. Assoc. / Am. Assoc. Wildl. Vet. Pp *Borkowski, R. and R. Boswell Use of ACell Vet TM Scaffold, an extracellular matrix incorporating pig urinary bladder for wound healing in zoo species. Proc. Joint Conf. Am. Assoc. Zoo Vet / Wildl. Dis. Assoc./ Am. Assoc. Wildl. Vet. Pp

4 *Borkowski, R. et. al Survey results for West Nile Virus and St. Louis Encephalitis Viruses at Lion Country Safari. Proc. Am. Assoc. Zoo Vet. Pp Harper C., R. Borkowski, A. Hoffman, and A. Warner Development of a bronchoscopic nomenclature for use in the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 32: Borkowski, R., T. Taylor, and J. Rush Cerebral infarction and myocardial fibrosis in a white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 28: *Borkowski, R., P.A. Moore, and S. Mumford, et. al Extended use of subpalpebral lavage systems for treatment of keratitis in a harbor seal, (Phoca vitulina). Proc. Internatl. Assoc. for Aquatic Animal Med. Pp Borkowski, R. and A.Z. Karas Sedation and anesthesia of pet rabbits. Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Practice. 14: Borkowski, R Lead poisoning and intestinal perforations in a snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) due to fishing gear ingestion. J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 28: Fox, J. G., C. A. Dangler, W. Sager, R. Borkowski, J. M. Gliatto Helicobacter mustelae-associated gastric adenocarcinoma in ferrets (Mustela putorius furo). Vet Pathol. 34: Borkowski, R Anesthesia of the reptile patient. Japanese J. of Small Animal Pract. 12:3-19. Sedgwick, C.J. and R. Borkowski Allometric scaling: extrapolating treatment regimens for reptiles. In: Mader, D.R. (ed). Reptile Medicine and Surgery. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. Pp Borkowski, R. and S. Rommel Preliminary observations regarding morphologic characteristics of the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) thymus. Proc. of the Northeast Regional Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding Network Conf. P. 1. Borkowski, R., H. Krum, et. al Use of radiation therapy in the medical and surgical management of severe pododermatitis in an African rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes crestastus). Proc. of the Internatl. Assoc. for Aquatic Animal Med. 26:119. Borkowski, R. and R. Bullis Shell disease in Cancer sp. crabs. The Biological Bulletin. 177: 327. SELECT PRESENTATIONS Borkowski, R Insights into Conservation Medicine from Clinical Work at Zoological Parks. The Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine Spring Wildlife Symposium and Annelisa Kilbourne Memorial Lecture. Grafton, MA. Borkowski, R Basic Clinical Techniques for Stranded Seals and Small Cetaceans. Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and New England Aquarium Veterinary Continuing Education Symposium. Cape Cod, MA. Borkowski, R Avian Emergency Medicine. Veterinary Continuing Education Lecture, Boston Road Animal Hospital, Springfield, MA. Borkowski, R Approach to Clinical Problems in Small Captive Cetaceans. Cornell University Special Species Symposium. Ithaca, NY. Borkowski, R Veterinary Management of Trauma in Avian Wildlife. The Connecticut State Wildlife Rehabilitation Meeting. Stamford, CT. 4

5 Borkowski, R Overview of Marine Mammal Zoonoses. Northeast Regional Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Workshop. Plymouth, MA. Borkowski, R Concepts of Interdependence: Insights from Domestic, Wildlife, Exotic Animal Medicine and the Hurricane Andrew Veterinary Relief Effort. The Aquavet 20 th Anniversary Continuing Education Conference. Woods Hole, MA. Borkowski, R Zoonotic Disease, Antibiotic Resistance, and Infectious Disease Topics. The Pennsylvania State Wildlife Rehabilitation Meeting. Carlisle, PA. Borkowski, R Pathologic Findings from Three Stranded Marine Mammals. Proceedings of the 1996 Northeast Regional Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding Network Conference. Mystic, CT. Borkowski, R Training Marine Mammals for Veterinary Exams. Roger Williams Park Zoo, Veterinary and Zookeeper Continuing Education Series. Providence, RI. Borkowski, R Raptor Care and Rehabilitation. Massachusetts Annual State Wildlife Rehabilitation Meeting. Stoneham, MA. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Veterinary Medical Association American Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians Association of Avian Veterinarians Wildlife Disease Association Society for Marine Mammalogy 5