Medical Advisory Committee (MAC)
The Medical Advisory Committee comprises a group of medical doctors and veterinary specialists who have volunteered to assist Lincoln Park Zoo’s veterinary team in their areas of expertise.
Specialties include anesthesia, trauama and critical care, dentistry, dermatology, nutrition, endocrinology, gastroenterology, surgery, gynecology, internal medicine, pediatrics, neurology, nephrology, radiology and imaging, oncology, ophthamology, orthopedics, pulmonary care and urology.
The Medical Advisory Committee meets three to four times annually for case presentations, and newsletters are circulated between meetings for research and clinical updates.
The MACs in action.
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Jeff Visotsky, M.D., F.A.C.O.S., Center for Orthopedic Surgery, Lincoln
Park Zoo Medical Advisory Committee member.
Dr. Visotsky consults with
veterinarians on orthopedic (skeletal) cases. In addition to providing
loans of necessary diagnostic equipment, such as the fluoroscopy (moving radiographs) unit in this picture, he also assists with surgical
procedures for some complex skeletal cases. This specific case involved a
juvenile DeBrazza's monkey that was born with a rotation of the foot;
using the fluoroscopy, it was diagnosed that the infant had misshaped
bones within the foot structure rather than a break or actual rotation
of the bones. As the animal grew, the strength of the remaining normal
leg permitted him to move without lameness.
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