Katelynn Ondek - Ethos Veterinary Health

About

Originally from Pennsylvania, Dr. Katelynn Ondek moved to California to pursue her dual passions in veterinary medicine and neurology research through UC Davis’ DVM-PhD program. Her dissertation research focused on electrical biomarkers of hippocampal injury and therapeutic applications of deep brain stimulation in traumatic brain injury and refractory epilepsy. She is now slowly re-learning what “winter” is with a rotating internship at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital in Tinton Falls, NJ and now a neurology specialty internship at Mass Vet.

Education

University of California, Davis PhD in Neuroscience (2020)

University of California, Davis Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (2022)

Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, NJ Rotating Internship (2023)

Published Articles

Neuroendocrine regulation of appetitive ingestive behavior Erin Keen-Rhinehart, Katelynn Ondek, Jill E Schneider. (15 November 2013). Frontiers in Neuroscience, Volume 7.

A new model of repeat mTBI in adolescent rats Katelynn Ondek, Olga Brevnova, Consuelo Jimenez-Ornelas, Audrey Vergara, Marike Zwienenberg, Gene Gurkoff. (September 2020). Experimental Neurology, Volume 331.

An implantable helmet for studying repeat TBI Katelynn Ondek, Steven Lucero, Marike Zwienenberg, Gene Gurkoff. (24 September 2021). MethodsX, Volume 7 (101142).

Recovery of Theta Frequency Oscillations in Rats Following Lateral Fluid Percussion Corresponds With a Mild Cognitive Phenotype Katelynn Ondek, Aleksandr Pevzner, Kayleen Tercovich, Amber M Schedlbauer, Ali Izadi, Arne D Ekstrom, Stephen L Cowen, Kiarash Shahlaie, Gene G Gurkoff. (4 December 2020). Frontiers in Neurology.

Clinically indicated electrical stimulation strategies to treat patients with medically refractory epilepsy Ali Izadi, Katelynn Ondek, Amber Schedlbauer, Inna Keselman, Kiarash Shahlaie, Gene Gurkoff. (16 November 2018). Epilepsia Open.

Early Intervention via Stimulation of the Medial Septal Nucleus Improves Cognition and Alters Markers of Epileptogenesis in Pilocarpine-Induced Epilepsy Ali Izadi, Amber Schedlbauer, Katelynn Ondek, Gregory Disse, Arne D Ekstrom, Stephen L Cowen, Kiarash Shahlaie, Gene G Gurkoff. (07 September 2021). Frontiers in Neurology, Volume 12.

Outside of the Hospital

Katelynn enjoys west coast swing and other social partner dancing, hiking, cuddling cats, and listening to audiobooks at 3x speed.