Biography: Dr. Orton received his DVM from Washington State University in 1978. He completed residency training in small animal surgery at Ohio State University in 1982 and was board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1985. Dr. Orton joined the faculty of Colorado State University in 1983 as a small animal surgeon. He took a leave of absence from his faculty position to complete an NIH research fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and earned a PhD from CSU. After returning to the faculty in 1988, Dr. Orton established the clinical cardiology service at CSU. Dr. Orton began an open heart surgery program for dogs in 1991. This program is credited with many firsts in the area of canine heart surgery and is recognized as the premier center for canine heart surgery in North America. Dr. Orton heads an NIH-funded research program in the area of heart valve pathobiology and tissue engineering.
Degrees:
B.S. Oregon State University
D.V.M. Washington State University
M.S. Ohio State University
Ph.D. Colorado State University
Certifications:
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Teaching:
Graduate Courses
VS 628 Physiology and Pathophysiology (course coordinator)
VS 702 Post-Graduate Medicine II
VS 703 Post-Graduate Medicine III
VS 673 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
VS 655 Veterinary Echocardiography
Professional Veterinary Medical Courses
VM 747 Cardiology and Respiratory Medicine (course coordinator)
Research Interests:
Pathobiology of Heart Valve Disease
Canine Mitral Valve Disease
Tissue Engineering
Clinical Specialties:
Cardiology
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Selected Publications:
Pub Med for E. Christopher Orton
Cardiac Surgery
Orton EC, Herndon GD, Boon J, Gaynor JS, Hackett TB, Monnet E. Intermediate-term outcome in dogs with subvalvular aortic stenosis: influence of open surgical correction. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2000, 216:364-367
Orton EC, Mama K, Hellyer P, Hackett TB. Open surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot in two dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2001, 219:1089-1093
Martin J, Orton EC, Boon J, Mama K, Gaynor JM, Bright JM. Double-chambered right ventricle: clinical findings and surgical repair in seven dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2002, 220:770-774
Griffiths LG, Boon J, Orton EC. Evaluation of techniques and outcomes of mitral valve repair in dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2004, 224:1941-1945
Orton EC, Hackett TA, Mama K, Boon JA. Technique and outcome of mitral valve replacement in dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2005, 226:1508-1511
Arai S, Wright BD, Miyake Y, Boon J, Orton EC. Heterotopic implantation of a porcine bioprosthetic heart valve in a dog with aortic endocarditis. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2007, 231:727-730
Recent Research
Disatian S, Ehrhart EJ, Zimmerman S, Orton EC. Interstitial cells from dogs with naturally-occurring myxomatous mitral valve disease undergo phenotype transformation. J Heart Valve Dis 2008, 17:402-412
Griffiths LG, Chloe L, Reardon KF, Dow SW, Orton EC. Immunoproteomic identification of bovine pericardium xenoantigens. Biomaterials 2008, 29:3514-3520
Disatian S, Orton EC. Autocrine serotonin and transforming growth factor b 1 signaling mediates spontaneous myxomatous mitral valve disease. J Heart Valve Dis 2009, 18:44-51, 2009
Mailing Address:
Dr. Christopher Orton
Department of Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1670
