College of Veterinary Medicine

Lisa M. Pohlman

Professor, Clinical Pathology


Education and Professional Training

BSc (1999), University of Guelph
DVM (2001), University of Guelph
MS (2007), Auburn University
Diplomate ACVP (2007)

Email: lpohlman@vet.k-state.edu

Interests and Responsibilities

Since joining the faculty at KSU in 2007, Dr. Pohlman has had a variety of roles. For her first 13 years at KSU she provided the majority of the diagnostic clinical pathology service. For 10 of those years she served as Director of the Clinical Pathology Laboratory. The role she is most passionate about though, and focuses much of her time on now is teaching. Through didactic lectures, laboratories, small group discussions and one-one-one mentorship, she has contributed to the education of thousands of future veterinarians as well as mentored numerous interns, residents, and graduate students. She is also dedicated to helping veterinarians, long after the formal teaching has ended and she acts as a permanent resource for former students, interns and residents, as well other veterinarians as via her numerous clinically relevant publications and speaking engagements at local, national and international meetings.
In 2017, Dr. Pohlman took a 6-month sabbatical to broaden her expertise and credentials in online and hybrid teaching; she completed 2 teaching certificates through the Online Learning Consortium. She fully applied her skills during the COVID crisis.
Although her area of specialty is clinical pathology, Dr. Pohlman also contributes to the profession by volunteering her time to shelter medicine. In 2010, she worked with the KSU CVM students to begin the shelter medicine club and acted as the faculty advisor of that club for 5 years until a formal shelter medicine program was instituted at the CVM. Since 2012, she has served (and is currently serving) as President and Medical Director of the Riley County Humane Society (RCHS). As well, she has combined her dual roles as RCHS leader and teacher and worked to provide numerous veterinary and pre-veterinary students with animal handling experience.
Her research interests include improvement of clinical pathology laboratory methods and identification and characterization of disease in domestic species, particularly in shelter/rescue animals, as well as pets owned by individuals who cannot afford routine veterinary care. She is also interested in educational research to improve knowledge, as it exists toward pedagogy and educational systems as a whole.

Awards

ASVCP Educator Award November 2022
Elanco Teaching Excellence Award November 2021
Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award May 2019
Bayer Excellence in Teaching Award October 2017
Phi Zeta Manuscript Award for Basic Science January 2009
(ASVCP) Young Investigator Award December 2006

Courses Taught & Coordinated

• VDMP 835 Clinical Pathology II
• VDMP 811 Clinical Pathology I
• VDMP 848 Clinical Pathology
• VDMP 836 Cross-Course Integration III
• VDMP 847 Cross-Course Integration IV
• VDMP 891 Laboratory Diagnosis
• VDMP 902 Diagnostic Medicine Rotation – Clinical Pathology Section
• Senior Student Clinical Pathology Elective Externship Experience

Selected Publications

Shum C, Pohlman LM, Top 5 Spurious Clinical Pathology Abnormalities on the CBC, The Clinician’s Brief, June 2023

  • invited
  • senior and corresponding author

Shum C, Pohlman LM, Top 5: Spurious Clinical Pathology Abnormalities on Serum Chemistry Profile, The Clinician’s Brief, May 2023

  • invited
  • senior and corresponding author

Berry A, Pohlman LM, Top 5 Tid Bits about Interference and Measuring Plasma Total Protein. The Clinician’s Brief, May 2023

  • senior and corresponding author

Seger H, Pohlman LM, Top 5 Errors when Performing a Urinalysis. The Clinician’s Brief, March 2023

  • senior and corresponding author

Flaherty E, Pohlman LM, Top 5 Causes of Erythrocytosis. The Clinician’s Brief, Nav. 2022

  • senior and corresponding author

Strohbehn A, Pohlman LM, Chronic Severe Diarrhea in a Dog. The Clinician’s Brief, May 2022

  • senior and corresponding author

Williams C, Comroe A, Pohlman LM, Pedunculated Tail Mass in a Hound Dog, The Clinician’s Brief, May 2022

  • senior and corresponding author

Shi H. Pohlman LM, Top 5 Leukogram Patterns Associated with Abnormal Neutrophil Concentration, The Clinician’s Brief, March, 2022

  • senior and corresponding author

Zabiegala A, Pohlman LM, Page to Patient: Prednisone as a Single Agent Therapy for Canine Lymphoma The Clinician’s Brief, March 2022

  • senior and corresponding author

Bosch S, Nelson S, Meekins J, Pohlman LM, Eyelid Mass with Conjunctival & Periocular Swelling in a Cat, The Clinician’s Brief, Jan. 2022

  • senior and corresponding author

Larosche S, Pohlman LM, Botryoid Neutrophils and Inappropriate Rubricytosis in a Dog, The Clinician’s Brief, Nov. 2021

  • senior and corresponding author

Ryan K, Pohlman LM, Top 5 Abnormalities Missed When a Blood Film Is Not Examined in Conjunction with a CBC, The Clinician’s Brief, October. 2021

  • senior and corresponding author

Davis E, Pohlman LM, Apparent Degenerative Left Shift in an Australian Shepherd, The Clinician’s Brief, October 2021

  • senior and corresponding author

Fitzgerald A, Zhang Y, Whitehouse W, Brabson T, Pohlman LM, Cernicchiaro N, Tonozzi C, Ensley S, Detecting and Quantifying Marijuana Metabolites in Serum and Urine of 19 Dogs Affected by Marijuana Toxicity, J. vet diag Inves, July, 2021

  • Winner of JVDI Best Brief Communication for 2021

Soga I, Pohlman LM, Top 5 Sample Collection and Handling Errors of Fine Needle Biopsies
that Result in Non-Diagnostic Samples, The Clinician’s Brief, June, 2021

  • senior and corresponding author

Clarizio L, Pohlman LM, Top Five Blood Collection and/or Sampling Errors that Result in Erroneous Results, The Clinician’s Brief, April/May 2021

  • senior and corresponding author

Maki E., Pohlman LM, Watery diarrhea and periodic fecal dribbling in a cat, Clinician’s Brief, March, 2021

  • senior and corresponding author

Knetsche A, Pohlman LM, Pancytopenia and Icterus in a Cat, The Clinician’s Brief, March, 2021

  • senior and corresponding author

Boyd N, Thomason J, Pohlman LM, Anselmi C, Mediastinal histoplasmosis with cardiac involvement in a cat, Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, Vol 31, Oct. 2020

Wu B, Shettler M, Pohlman LM. Severe Anemia in a cat, The Clinician’s Brief, Oct. 2020

  • senior and corresponding author

Ambar N., Eshar D, Pohlman LM, Beaufrere H. The effects of sex and aging on selected plasma biochemistry analytes in zoo-kept American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber), Comp Clin Path; 29(5), 1079-1082 - August 2020

D Schwartz, IKM Ali, S Roy, LM Pohlman, B Kastl, and D Eshar. Entamoeba sp. infection in a bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps). Vet Glas; 2020,00,1-8

Rothacker T, Pohlman L, Lin D, Andrews G. Pathology in Practice: Mediastinal Mass in a Dog. J Am Vet Med Assoc: June, 2020

Steen S, Pohlman LM, Progressive Facial Lesion in a Community Cat, The Clinician’s Brief, Jan. 2020

Pohlman LM, Top 5 Cytologic Findings from Enlarged Lymph Nodes, The Clinician’s Brief, May 2019

Pohlman LM, White Blood Cell Evaluation in Blood Films, The Clinician’s Brief, May 2018

Pohlman LM, Red Blood Cell Evaluation in Blood Films, The Clinician’s Brief, April 2018

Pohlman LM, Blood Smear Platelet Evaluation and interpretation, The Clinician’s Brief, Feb. 2018

Rothacker T, Guess S, Pohlman LM, Pancytopenia in a cat, The Clinician’s Brief, May 2017

  • senior and corresponding author

Pohlman LM, My Daily Essentials, Veterinary Team Brief, May 2017

Wasserkrug-Naor A, Pohlman LM, Tenesmus and Hematochezia in a Dog, The Clinician’s Brief, April, 2017

  • senior and corresponding author

McCullough, C., Eshar, D., Wright, T.L., Pohlman LM, "Plasma amylase and lipase concentrations in captive black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)." Comp Clin Pathol (2017) 26: 735. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-017-2424-4

Eshar, D., Lapid, R., Weinberg, M., King, R., & Pohlman, L. M. (2017). Refractometric Urine Specific gravity of Free-Living Egyptian Fruit bats (Rousettus Aegyptiacus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 48(3), 878-881. https://doi.org/10.1638/2016-0214.1

Eshar, D., Nau, M. R., & Pohlman, L. M. (2017). Plasma Thyroxine (T4) Concentration in Zoo-kept Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 48(1), 116-120. https://doi.org/10.1638/2016-0073.1

Wasserkrug Naor A, Wilkerson MJ, Meindel M, Morton M, Pohlman LM, Pathology in Practice: Multiple swollen joints in a German Shepherd dog, JAVMA, March, 2017

Reinhart JM, White BJ, Pohlman LM, Schermerhorn T, Stability of Osmolality in Frozen Canine Serum and Urine Samples, Vet Clin Path, Vet Clin Path, October, 2016

Pohlman LM, RBC Morphology Interpretation & Blood film Review, The Clinician’s Brief, Aug. 2016

Grauer GF, Pohlman LM, Urinalysis Interpretation, The Clinician’s Brief, March 2016

Bell MK, Pohlman LM, Demodecosis -- Severe, Generalized Pyoderma in a Puppy. The Clinician’s Brief, June 2016

Bell MK, Pohlman LM, Cytology of Metastatic Carcinoma in a Lymph Node, The Clinician’s Brief, July 2016

  • senior and corresponding author

Higbie CT , Eshar D, Choudhary S, Pohlman LM, Ganta C, Andrews G, Eosinophilic Leukemia in a Pet African Hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine, 2016, January, 25(1): 65-71

Smee NM, Pohlman LM, Vahl CI, Sanderson MW, Grauer GF Effect of Storage Time and Temperature on Canine Urine Enzymes N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase (NAG) and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), Intern J Appl Res Vet Med, Vol. 14, No.1, 2016

Eshar D., Pohlman LM, and Harkin K. urine properties of captive black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus), Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine, 2016, July, 25(3): 213-219

Eshar D., Lindemann DM. Pohlman LM. Serum bile acids concentration in captive American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber), Comparative Clinical Pathology, 2015 :1-4

Reinhart JM, Yancey MR, Pohlman LM, DVM, MS, Schermerhorn T, Evaluation of Mean Corpuscular volume difference as a marker for serum hypertonicity during water deprivation in dogs. AJVR, 76 (2) February 2015

Meindel MJ, Pohlman LM, Debay DM, Higginbotham ML, Moon RS, Regional nodal metastasis of humeral chondrosarcoma in a dog, JAAHA, Sep-Oct;51(5):346-51, 2015

Townsell M, Pohlman LM, Harkin KR, Chronic cough in a dog, JAVMA, March 15, Vol. 246, No. 6, Pages 613-615, 2015

Reinhart JM, Yancey MR, Pohlman LM, DVM, MS, Schermerhorn T, In Vitro Increase of Mean Corpuscular Volume Difference (dMCV) as a Marker for Serum Hypertonicity in Dogs, Res Vet Sci, Jun;96(3):442-6. 2014

Delk, K.W., J.W. Carpenter, B. Bawa, L. Schumacher, D.S. Biller, and L. Pohlman. T-cell lymphoma in a domestic ferret (Diagnostic Challenge). J. Exot. Pet Med. 22(4):409-412. 2014

Taylor EA, Beard WL, Douthit T, and Pohlman LM, Effect of orally administered sodium bicarbonate on caecal pH, EVJ, 46(2); 223-226, 2014

Morton M, Pohlman LM, Penile Mass in a dog, Clinician’s Brief, September 2014

  • senior and corresponding author

Pohlman LM, The Debate on Acid-Base Balance Assessment, Advances in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, 27(3), March 2014

Matthews ME, Eshar D, Delk KW, Pohlman L, Andrews G, Splenopancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma with Carcinomatosis in a Northern Water Snake (Nerodia Sipedon), J Zoo Wildl Med, 45(2), 2014

Pohlman LM, Bagladi-Swanson M, Torres-lrizarry M, Pathology in practice: Disseminated pyogranulomatous inflammation with intralesional Sporothrix organisms in a cat, JAVMA, Jul 15;245(2):187-9, 2014

Delk KW, Carpenter JW, Pennick K, Pohlman L, Nietfeld J, What Is Your Diagnosis; Ovarian Adenocarcinoma, JAMS, Sep;27(3):233-5, 2013

Meindel MJ, Pohlman LM, Abdominal Effusion in a Dog, The Clinicians’ Brief, April, 2013

  • senior and corresponding author

Brenner K, Pohlman LM, Muldowney I, Peterson D, Schermerhorn T, Peritoneal EMH in a Dog with Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia, J Am Anim Hosp Assoc, 2013 Jul 16

Phair KA, Carpenter JW, Smee N, Myers CB, and Pohlman LM, Severe anemia caused by babesiosis in a maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), J Zoo Wildl Med, 2012 Mar;43(1):162-7

Galgut B, Pohlman LM, Ear Mass in a dog; What’s Your Diagnosis? The Clinicians’ Brief, October, 2010

  • senior and corresponding author

Pohlman LM, Higginbotham ML, Welles E G, and Johnson CM, Immunophenotypic and Histologic Classification of 50 Cases of Feline Gastrointestinal Lymphoma, Veterinary Pathology 46:259-268 (2009)