Harry Cridge, Associate Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine, and collaborators have spent the past several years investigating ways to improve the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatitis and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) in dogs.
Recently, his publications have been recognized as two of the top five most-read articles by the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association: “Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in dogs and cats” and “Management of acute-onset pancreatitis in dogs: a narrative review.”
Similarly, Cridge’s research has won top-cited and top-downloaded article awards in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine over the past several years. The publications hold great interest to practitioners and fellow researchers alike.
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine Recognitions
- Top Cited Article, Top Downloaded Article, 2024: Cridge H, Lim SY, Algul H, Steiner JM. “New insights into the etiology, risk factors, and pathogenesis of pancreatitis in dogs: Potential impacts on clinical practice.”
- Top Cited Article, 2023: Cridge H, Twedt DC, Marolf AJ, Sharkey LC, Steiner JM. “Advances in the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis in dogs.”
- Top Cited Article, 2022: Cridge H, Sullivant AM, Wills RW, Lee AM. “Association between abdominal ultrasound findings, the specific canine pancreatic lipase assay, clinical severity indices, and clinical diagnosis in dogs with pancreatitis.”
- Top 20 Article, 2019: Cridge H, MacLeod AG, Pachtinger GE, Mackin AJ, Sullivant AM, Thomason JM, Archer TM, Lunsford KV, Rosenthal K, Wills RW.” Evaluation of SNAP cPL, Spec cPL, VetScan cPL Rapid Test and Precision PSL assays for the diagnosis of clinical pancreatitis in dogs.”
Through the work, Cridge and his team have highlighted diagnostic and treatment recommendations. They aim to simplify the diagnostic process and provide better clinical guidelines for practitioners. “Essentially, it’s about ensuring that we can provide the best care for our canine patients by making pancreatitis easier to detect and treat in everyday practice,” he says. “Additionally, we highlight how EPI may be underdiagnosed and can significantly impact a dog’s quality of life. By improving awareness and diagnostic accuracy, we can ensure earlier intervention and better long-term outcomes for affected dogs.”
To Cridge, the article’s most-read status suggests a need for better understanding, research, and management of both pancreatitis and EPI in dogs.
“It’s incredibly rewarding to see my research gaining so much attention, especially within the veterinary community,” he says. “It also reinforces the importance of continued research in this field. Knowing that my work is helping to inform and guide practitioners in their clinical decision-making is both humbling and motivating. It reinforces my belief in the potential to make a real impact on veterinary practices.”
Special Thanks
“I am incredibly grateful to my research team and collaborators, whose dedication and expertise have been instrumental in this work," says Cridge. "I also want to thank the veterinary community—practitioners, specialists, and students—who engage with and apply this research in their daily practice. Special thanks to the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association for providing a platform to share this work and to the institutions and organizations that have supported my research. Finally, I deeply appreciate the pet owners and their dogs who have participated in our studies; their contribution is invaluable in advancing veterinary medicine.”