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Dominique Penninck and Marc-André d’Anjou — who we are, and why this collection exists.

Dominique Penninck

Dominique Penninck

DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVR and ECVDI

  • DVM, Liège 1981
  • Residency, UC Davis 1985–88
  • Diplomate ACVR
  • Diplomate ECVDI
  • Clinical PhD, Liège 1998
  • Cummings School, Tufts

Dominique Penninck graduated from the Veterinary school at the University of Liège (Belgium) in 1981.  After a residency at University of Davis, California (1985-88), she joined the radiologist team at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University.  She is diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology, and the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging.  She received her clinical PhD from the University of Liège in 1998.  She has been invested in teaching ultrasonography to students, interns, residents, and practicing veterinarians, adopting and developing new methodologies to facilitate the learning of this modality.  In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her grown up kids, traveling, discovering the arts, taking photographs, and dancing!

Marc-André d’Anjou

Marc-André d’Anjou

DVM, Diplomate ACVR, founder of Animages

  • DVM, Montreal 1996
  • Residency, Tufts
  • Diplomate ACVR 2003
  • Faculty, Montreal for 10 years
  • Animages, 2016

Marc-André d’Anjou became veterinarian in 1996, graduating from the University of Montreal, before completing a residency program in diagnostic imaging at Tufts University leading to his board-certification from the American College of Veterinary Radiology in 2003. He was faculty at the University of Montreal for 10 years before founding Animages in 2016. He kept his teacher hat, lecturing to students and veterinarians, supervising interns and residents, and creating eLearning environments for small animal diagnostic imaging. Marc-André spends his free time traveling and chasing light and his kids with his cameras, and playing around with multimedia softwares. As opposed to Dominique, Marc-André is not a formidable dancer.

Selected publications

Here is a selection of their publications in the field of Small Animal Ultrasonography:

  1. 2001

    Ultrasonography of the normal feline pancreas and associated anatomic landmarks: a prospective study of 20 cats

    SM Etue,  DG Penninck, K Labato, S Pearson, AAS Tidwell.  Vet Radiol Ultrasound  2001; 42:330-336

  2. 2002

    Ultrasonographic and clinicopathologic findings in 21 dogs with intestinal adenocarcinoma

    MC Paoloni, DG Penninck, AS Moore. Vet Radiol Ultrasound  2002;43:562-567.

  3. 2003

    Ultrasonographic findings in dogs and cats with gastrointestinal perforation

    SR Boysen, AS Tidwell, DG Penninck. Vet Radiol Ultrasound  2003;44:556-564.

  4. 2003

    Diagnostic value of ultrasonography in differentiating canine enteritis from intestinal neoplasia

    DG Penninck, B Smyers , CRL Webster, W Rand,  AS Moore. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2003;44:570-575.

  5. 2003

    Ultrasonographic detection of ingested and perforating wooden foreign bodies in four dogs

    D Penninck and SL Mitchell. JAVMA 2003 July 15;223(2):206-209.

  6. 2004

    Ultrasonography of portosystemic shunting in dogs and cats

    MA d’Anjou, D Penninck, L Cornejo, and P Pibarot. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2004 45(5): 424-437.

  7. 2006

    Relationship of pancreatic duct dilation to age and clinical findings in cats

    S Hecht, DG Penninck, OM Mahony, R King, and WM Rand WM.  Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2006;47:287-294.

  8. 2007

    The Sonographic Search for Portosystemic shunts

    MA d’Anjou. Clin Tech Small Anim Pract (Special topic: Ultrasound) 2007; 22:104-114, 2007.

  9. 2007

    Ultrasonographic features of extrahepatic biliary obstruction in 30 cats

    Gaillot HA, Penninck DG, Webster CRL, Crawford S. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2007;48:439-447.

  10. 2007

    Ultrasonographic measurement of kidney-to-aorta ratio as a method of estimating renal size in dogs

    A Marechal, MA d’Anjou, M Moreau, G Beauregard, K Alexander. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2007; 48(5): 424-438.

  11. 2007

    Ultrasonographic intestinal hyperechoic mucosal striations in dogs are associated with lacteal dilation

    J Sutherland-Smith, DG Penninck, JH Keating, CRL Webster. Vet Radiol Ultrasound  2007;48;51-57.

  12. 2008

    Postoperative ultrasonographic appearance of uncomplicated enterotomy or enterectomy sites in dogs

    AR Matthews, DG Penninck, CRL Webster. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2008;49(5): 477-483.

  13. 2008

    Non-surgical resolution of gallbladder mucoceles in 2 dogs

     R Walter, M Dunn, MA d’Anjou, M. Lécuyer. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2008 Jun 1;232(11):1688-93.

  14. 2009

    Can sonographic signs predict the results of liver fine-needle aspiration in dogs with suspected liver disease?

    M Guillot, MA d’Anjou, K Alexander, C Bédard, M Desnoyers, G Beauregard, JRE del Castillo. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2009, 50(5):513-518.

  15. 2009

    Sonographic findings of gastric polyps in 7 dogs

    A Diana, DG Penninck, JH Keating. Vet Radiol Ultrasound  2009;50(2):201-4.

  16. 2010

    Clinical significance of sonographically-detected renal pelvic dilatation in dogs and cats

    MA d’Anjou, A Bédard, M Dunn. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2010, 52(1) :88-94.

  17. 2010

    Ultrasonographic assessment of long-term enterectomy sites in dogs

    Mareschal A, Penninck D. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2010;51(6):652-655.

  18. 2010

    Sonographic assessment of gallbladder volume in normal cats

    D Penninck, J O’Sullivan, C Leveille-Webster. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2010;51(6):665-666.

  19. 2010

    The sonographic appearance of intestinal mucosal fibrosis in cats

    D Penninck, CRL Webster, JH Keating. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2010;51(4):458-461.

  20. 2011

    Gallbladder sludge on ultrasound is predictive of increased liver enzymes and total bilirubin in cats

    .  N Harrant, MA d’Anjou, M Dunn, G Beauchamp. Can Vet J. 2011 Sep;52(9):999-1003.

  21. 2011

    Comparaison of sonographic features of benign and neoplastic deep lymph nodes in dogs

    M de Swarte, K Alexander, B Rannou, MA d’Anjou, L. Blond, G. Beauchamp. 2011 Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 52:451-456.

  22. 2011

    Ultrasonographic characterization of feline ileocecocolic abnormalities

    O Taeymans, N Holt, D Penninck, CR Webster. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2011;52, 335-339.

  23. 2012

    Ultrasonographic and clinicopathological features of feline gastrointestinal eosinophilic sclerosing fibroplasia in 4 cats

    A Weissman, D Penninck, C Wester, S Hecht, J Keating, LE Craig  Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery  2012;15(2),148-154.

  24. 2013

    Ultrasonographic measurement of the pancreas and pancreatic duct in clinically normal dogs

    DG Penninck, U Zeyen, O Tayemans, CR Webster.  Am J Vet Research 2013;74(3),433-437.

  25. 2014

    Ultrasonographic evaluation of the thickness of wall layers in the intestinal tract of dogs

    Geyer N, Penninck D, Webster CRL. Am J Vet Res 2014;75(4):349-53.

  26. 2014

    Ultrasonographic measurement of the relative thickness of wall layers in the feline intestinal tract

    A. Diana, P.DiDonato, M. Pietra, M. Cipone, D. Penninck. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery,2014,16(4)333-339

  27. 2014

    The clinicopathologic and ultrasonographic features of cats with eosinophilic enteritis

    Tucker S, Penninck D, Keating J, Webster C. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 2014,16 (12):950-956.

  28. 2015

    Ultrasonographic features of canine gastrointestinal stromal tumors compared to other gastrointestinal spindle cell tumors

    Hobbs J, Sutherland-Smith J, Penninck D, Jennings S, Barber L, Barton B.  Vet Radiol & Ultrasound, 2015;56:432-438.

  29. 2015

    Malignant transformation of a duodenal duplication cyst in a cat

    Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 2015,1-3. Hobbs J, Penninck D, Lyons J.

  30. 2017

    Ultrasonographic and clinicopathological features of pyloroduodenal adenomatous polyps in cats

    Daure E, Jania R, Jennings S, d’Anjou M-A, Penninck D. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 2017 Feb;19(2)141-145.

  31. 2018

    Ultrasonographic evaluation of the canine urinary bladder following cystotomy for urolithiasis

    Mariano AD, Penninck DG, Sutherland-Smith J, Kudej RK.  JAVMA 2018 May 1;252(9):1090-1096.

  32. 2017

    Ultrasonographic and clinicopathologic features of segmental dilations of the common bile duct in four cats

    H.Spain, D.Penninck, CRL.Webster, E.Daure, S.Jennings Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, Open Rep. 2017 Jun 27;3(1):2055116917716881.

  33. 2019

  34. 2020

    Approach to the diagnosis of hepatocutaneous syndrome in dogs: A retrospective study and literature review

    K.Burns, Cynthia R. L. Webster, Lluis Ferrer, D.Penninck. JAAHA (2020) https://doi.org/10.5326/JAAHA-MS-7072

  35. 2020

    Ultrasonographic evaluation of cholecystoduodenostomy sites in six cats

    A.DeJesus, Dominique G Penninck, Cynthia RL Webster. Journal of Feline surgery and Medicine, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612X20921062