Dr. S. Emi Knafo – Reptile and Exotic Medicine

About S. Emi Knafo, DVM, DACZM

Dr. Emi Knafo completed her veterinary (DVM) training at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in 2008. During her veterinary training, she received a competitive research grant and award from the Morris Animal Foundation to study free-ranging zebra in northern Kenya. She then completed internships in large animal surgery and zoological medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Georgia, respectively. Dr. Knafo continued her clinical training with a zoological medicine residency at Cornell University, after which time she joined the faculty in the Zoological Companion Animal Medicine Service at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University from 2014-2018. Subsequently, Dr. Knafo joined the Exotics Service at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital in Tinton Falls, NJ before coming to the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Zoological Medicine in 2022.

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Presentation Synopsis

1. Avian Anesthesia
2. Rabbit Anesthesia
3. Avian Regional Limb Perfusion “How To”
4. Avian Reproductive Disease - Medicine and Surgery (75 min)
5. Cloacal Prolapse
6. Rabbit Soft Tissue Surgery
7. Honey Bee Medicine
8. Reptile Reproductive Disease - Medicine and Surgery
9. Rabbit Dentistry (can be 75min)