Joan R. Coates , DVM, MS, DACVIM
- Director Comparative Neurology Program
- Professor Neurology and Neurosurgery
Research
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Areas of expertise
- Translational/Clinical Neuroscience
Research Summary
Dr. Joan Coates specializes in neurology and neurosurgery and is Section Head of the Neurology & Neurosurgery Section/Service.
Dr. Coates is a member of the Comparative Neurology Program, which explores inherited developmental and degenerative diseases of the nervous system, and is involved with translational research for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Her research focus involves the study of canine degenerative myelopathy as a disease model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease).