Imke März
Standard Curriculum Vitae
Personal Details
Name: Imke März
Date of Birth: 22/12/1972
Nationality German
Current Job Title: Senior Clinician
Address (Work): Tierklinik Hofheim
Im Langgewann 9 65719 Hofheim Germany
Contact Address: Am Hombiegel 7
35415 Pohlheim Germany
Email: [email protected]
Academic Qualifications
Veterinary Degree awarded by Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig
Date awarded: 02/05/2001
National registration number: 6520170 EU
Postgraduate Experience
November 2012 to present Senior clinician
Sept. 2011 to March 2013 Clinical instructor, Small animal clinic, University of Gießen
Sept. 2008-Aug. 2011 Residency, Royal Veterinary College, North Mymms, UK
Oct. 2003 – Aug. 2008 Research assistant, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University
of Leipzig, Germany, Department of Small Animal Medicine
May 2001 – Sept. 2003 Graduate assistant, rotation system (Internship), Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany, Department of Small Animal Medicine
Residency
Date started: 01/09/2008
Date completed: 31/08/2011
Programme Director: Adrian Boswood
Resident Advisor: Adrian Boswood
Resident Advisor: Virginia Luis Fuentes
ECVIM Registration number: 08028
28th Febr-11th March 2011 Human cardiology rotation, Dr. Graham Derrick, Consultant
Cardiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
25th-129th April External rotation Cardiology, Joanna Dukes-McEwan, Dipl
ECVIM-CA (Cardiology), University of Liverpool
2nd-6th May 2011 External rotation Cardiology, PD Karsten Schober, Dipl
Research
a) Clinical research investigative projects participated in
• Doctoral thesis: Echocardiographic assessment of the left atrial size and function in normal cats and cats with left ventricular hypertrophy. Complete
• MMPs and TIMPs in normal dogs and dogs with degenerative AV valve disease. Complete
• Heart tumours in dogs and cats. Complete
• Cardiomyopathy in Norwegian Forest Cats. Complete.
b) Publications
a) Published First author:
•Echocardiographic measurement of the left atrial dimension in healthy cats and cats with left ventricular hypertrophy (german). Maerz, K. Schober, G. Oechtering. Tierärztliche Praxis (Kleintiere) Aug-Sept 2006, 34 5, page 341-346.
Co-author:
•Oculocardiac Reflex in a Dog Caused by a Choroidal Melanoma with Orbital Extension. Steinmetz A, Ellenberger K, März I, Ludewig E, Oechtering G. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2011 Dec 20
• An immunohistochemical study of feline myocardial fibrosis.Aupperle H, Baldauf K, März I. J Comp Pathol. 2011 Aug-Oct;145(2-3):158-73. Epub 2011 Feb 15 • Distribution of extracellular matrix components in normal and degenerated canine
tricuspid valve leaflets. Aupperle H, März I, Thielebein J, Kiefer B, Dinges G, Schoon HA. J Comp Pathol. 2009 Jul;141(1):41-51.
•Expression of genes encoding matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) in normal and diseased canine mitral valves. Aupperle H, Thielebein J, Kiefer B, März I, Dinges G, Schoon HA, Schubert A. J Comp Pathol. 2009 May;140(4):271-7.
• Immunohistochemical characterization of the extracellular matrix in normal mitral valves and in chronic valve disease (endocardiosis) in dogs. Aupperle H, März I, Thielebein J, Kiefer B, Kappe A, Schoon HA. Res Vet Sci. 2009 Oct;87(2):277-83. •Histomorphological findings and expression of matrix metalloproteinases and their
tissue specific inhibitors (TIMPs) in normal tricuspid valves and in chronic tricuspid valvular disease in dogs. Aupperle H, März I, Thielebein J, Dinges G, Schoon HA. Vet J. 2008 Oct 24.
•Detection and characterization of chondroid metaplasia in canine atrioventricular valves. Aupperle H, März I, Schoon HA. J Comp Pathol. 2008 Aug-Oct;139(2-3):113-20.
•Expression of transforming growth factor-beta1, -beta2 and -beta3 in normal and diseased canine mitral valves. Aupperle H, März I, Thielebein J, Schoon HA. J Comp Pathol. 2008 Aug-Oct;139(2-3):97-107.
•An immunohistochemical study of the role of matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors in chronic mitral valvular disease (valvular endocardiosis) in dogs. Aupperle H, Thielebein J, Kiefer B, März I, Dinges G, Schoon HA. Vet J. 2009 Apr;180(1):88-94.
•Diagnostic accuracy of electrocardiography and thoracic radiography in the assessment of left atrial size in cats: comparison with transthoracic 2-dimensional echocardiography. Schober KE, Maerz I, Ludewig E, Stern JA. J Vet Intern Med. 2007 Jul-Aug;21(4):709-18.
•Primary and secondary heart tumours in dogs and cats. Aupperle H, März I, Ellenberger C, Buschatz S, Reischauer A, Schoon HA. J Comp Pathol. 2007 Jan;136(1):18-26.
• Assessment of left atrial appendage flow velocity and its relation to spontaneous echocardiographic contrast in 89 cats with myocardial disease. Schober KE, Maerz I. J Vet Intern Med. 2006 Jan-Feb;20(1):120-30.
•Doppler echocardiographic assessment of left atrial appendage flow velocities in normal cats. Schober KE, Maerz I. J Vet Cardiol. 2005 May;7(1):15-25.
b) Abstracts
§ Der linke Vorhof der Katze. 58. Jahreskongress der DGK-DVG, 18th October 2012, Düsseldorf, Germany. Presenter: I. März
§ Endocarderkrankungen: Makroskopie, Histopathologie und Pathogenese. 55. Jahreskongress der DGK-DVG, 14th November 2009, Berlin, Germany. Presenter: H. Aupperle
§ Cardiac fibrosis in cats. 27th Annl Meeting of ESVP, 10th September 2009, Krakau, Poland. Presenter: H. Aupperle
§ Echocardiographic assessment of diastolic function. 54. Jahreskongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kleintiermedizin, 27th September 2008. Presenter: I. März
§ Echocardiographic assessment of left atrial function. 54. Jahreskongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kleintiermedizin, 27th September 2008. Presenter: I. März
§ The cat with dyspnoea. 4. Leipziger Tierärztekongress, 18th January 2008, Leipzig. Presenter: I. März
§ The significance of myocardial contusion in animals with trauma. 53.
Jahreskongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kleintiermedizin, 17th November 2007, Berlin. Presenter: I. März
§ Diastolic function in cats. 52. Jahreskongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kleintiermedizin, 22nd September 2006, Düsseldorf. Presenter: I. März
§ Echocardiographic assessment of the left atrial size in cats. 13. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe „Innere Medizin und Klinische Labordiagnostik“ (InnLab), 6th February 2005, Munich. Presenter: I. März
