Tammi Coleman, CVT, RLAT

Experience

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  VCA Cat Hospital of Philadelphia

  Sept 1992 - Oct 2002

  Veterinary Technician

  Worked as a veterinary technician at a busy center city feline only hospital duties include giving and maintaining inhalant and injectable anesthesia for all procedures. Set up surgery and assist doctor during procedures. Give SQ, IM, IV injection and catheter placement. Blood collection and preform collaborator diagnostics, reading ear swabs, fecal and urine specimens. Dental cleaning and extraction. Taking radiographs and teaching owners to give pills/injectables. Supervisor duties: (1999) scheduling all technician and support staff. Ordering all hospital supplies, maintain regulatory compliance and yearly review of support staff. Show less

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  University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

  Nov 1999 - Jun 2003

  Duties:• Conducted annual health monitoring, animal training, and enrichment for sixty nonhuman primates.• Collected sentinel monitoring samples for a 3500-rodent vivarium.• Administer clinical veterinary nursing support for pre-clinical toxicology research animals.• Automated blood collection, IV, IP, and SQ injections, prepared and gave medications.• Handle sedating and monitoring for animals under anesthesia.• Supplied clinical management of all animals under Medical Genetics, including rodents, nonhuman primates, cats, and swine. Show less Senior Veterinarian Technician for 3500 rodents and 60 NHP.Duties:• Conducted annual health monitoring, animal training, and enrichment for sixty nonhuman primates.• Collected sentinel monitoring samples for a 3500-rodent vivarium.• Administer clinical veterinary nursing support for pre-clinical toxicology research animals.• Automated blood collection, IV, IP, and SQ injections, prepared and gave medications.• Handle sedating and monitoring for animals under anesthesia.• Supplied clinical management of all animals under Medical Genetics, including rodents, nonhuman primates, cats, and swine. Show less

  • Manager Clinical Veterinary Services

    Apr 2002 - Jun 2003

  • Lab Animal Technologist

    Nov 1999 - Jun 2003
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  University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

  Jun 2003 - May 2014

  Reseach Specialist C

  We study the interactions between sleep, brain development, plasticity, neurodegeneration, and the role of different brain cells in these processes. We use various combinations of electrophysiology, brain imaging (macro and single cell), and molecular biology in our experiments. Duties:• Fabricated EEG/EMG cranial electrode implants used in experimental surgeries. • Oversaw behavioral training and experimental recordings using electroencephalography EEG, electromyography EMG, electrocardiograph EKG, and electrooculography EOG.• Executed sedation, anesthesia monitoring, injections, and clinical care for all active studies Show less

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  University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

  Jun 2014 - now

  Our work uses a variety of techniques to study sensory processing within single cells and across large-scale populations in vivo. We use two-photon optogenetics using 3D holography, functional connectomics with electron microscopy, novel viral constructs, and gene editing to disrupt naturally expressed proteins and receptors.I manage the day-to-day lab operations for our team of four. Train lab members to perform clinical animal observation and experimental procedures. Supply clinical nursing care for a ferret colony of fourteen animals. And execute sedation and anesthesia monitoring for all surgeries. Show less Auditory and Communication Systems Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. Studying the behavioral and brain mechanisms underlying hearing and vocal communication in both basic science and translational models.Duties:• Conducted behavioral training for auditory experiments in a marmoset colony of twenty-five. • Supervised marmoset breeding program by setting up breeding pairs and caring for offspring.• Generated IACUC protocols and amendments for surgical procedures, drug doses, and training.• Instructed lab staff in experimental procedures, lab safety, and care of the marmoset colony. Show less

  • Research Specialist C

    Feb 2022 - now

  • Research Specialist C

    Jun 2014 - Feb 2022