Igor Yankin
Clinical Associate ProfessorResearch and Scholarly Interests
Emergency & Critical Care:
- Shock, sepsis, point-of-care ultrasound, mechanical ventilation, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders.
Biography
"My veterinary career is primarily focused on exceptional patient care, clinical teaching and advancement of small animal emergency and critical care research. These three aspects of my career are closely interdependent upon one another and play an integral role in my professional development. In the past 2 years, I designed and conducted three different labs for TAMU house officers and technicians. These trainings have advanced their skills in mechanical ventilation and point-of-care ultrasound, which eventually led to improved patient care and their job satisfaction. Another important part of my teaching included mentoring 7 Emergency and Critical Care residents. To provide my residents with the most up-to-date training, I completed a hemodialysis academy in 2021-2022, and took an in-person 3-day course on advanced mechanical ventilation in 2020. Passing this knowledge and experience onto my trainees resulted in improved experience during their training and allowed them to advance their skills as well.
Although I am a clinical faculty with 10% assignment to scholarship, veterinary research is an extremely important part of my professional life. Over the past 4 years working at Texas A&M University, I published 6 manuscripts in veterinary journals (AJVR, JSAP, JVECC and JVIM). My research focuses on important problems in coagulation disorders, sepsis and various emergency conditions such as canine hemoabdomen and feline idiopathic chylothorax. One of my research projects provided an important insight on whether DDAVP is capable of reversing certain blood thinners in dogs. This had not been studied before in veterinary medicine. My colleagues and I showed that DDAVP did not improve platelet aggregation in healthy dogs on this therapy in contrast to human patients.
The delivery of excellent care to patients is one of my most important missions. As a clinical faculty, I spend the majority of my working time on the clinic floor (on average, 36-38 weeks of a 48-week clinical year). Over the last 4 years, my main focus has been on improving the quality of patient care and patient safety at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH). I serve as a member of a Patient Safety Committee and I chair the TAMU Instinct Treatment Plan Working Group. I have created multiple protocols and a total of 38 standard operating procedures that enhanced workflow and increased patient safety at our hospital. As a veterinary criticalist and member of the Patient Safety Committee, I review the majority of patient’s deaths in our hospital, which gave me an opportunity to identify systemic issues and root causes leading to poor outcomes. I used this information to develop hospital-wide policies that improved overall patient safety."
Education
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care
Small Animal Emergency & Critical Care, 2019
University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine | Gainesville, FL
Small Animal Emergency & Critical Care Residency, 2019
Oregon State University, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine | Corvallis, OR
Small Animal Rotating Internship, 2016
Kuban State Agrarian University | Krasnodar, Russia
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, 2010
Licensure
Texas Vet License: 15908
Honors & Awards
| Award/Honor | Organization | Year |
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Professional Organizations
Journal Articles
Cody I Riffe, Justin A Heinz, Carly A Patterson, Audrey K Cook, Igor Yankin. There is no significant difference in the treatment of aspiration pneumonia in dogs with ampicillin-sulbactam versus ampicillin-sulbactam and enrofloxacin. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2025 May 9;263(8):1-9. doi: 10.2460/javma.24.10.0673. 2025 Aug 1.
Yankina I, Ida KK, Wesselowski SR, Baetge CL, Moreno KL, Lepiz MAL, Espinoza MBG, Yankin I. Anesthetic management and anesthesia-related complications in dogs with a dilated cardiomyopathy phenotype: a retrospective study of 30 dogs (2010-2024). J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2024 Aug 23.
Jones N, Humm K, Dirrig H, Espinoza MBG, Yankin I, Birkbeck R, Cole L. Clinical features and outcome of dogs and cats with gastrointestinal pneumatosis: 30 cases (2010-2021). J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio). 2024 Aug 26.
Lim S, Hennig GS, Niedzwecki A, Yankin I. Uroabdomen secondary to spontaneous bladder rupture in a dog with dystocia. J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio). 2024 Aug 26.
Storer A, Stranahan LW, Arvayo MM, Yankin I. Acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with a pheochromocytoma in an adult dog. Can Vet J. 2024 Aug.
Binagia EM, Gregory EA, Yankin I. Clinical examination findings and electrolyte abnormalities of dogs with marijuana/tetrahydrocannabinol toxicity: 223 cases (January 2017-July 2021). J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2024 Apr 12:1-8.
Min S, Wesselowski SR, Nabity MB, Yankin I. Pulmonary hypertension is associated with hypocoagulability in dogs: a retrospective analysis of 66 cases (20132021). Am J Vet Res. 2024 Feb 12; 85(4).
Lozano BA, Yankin I, Perry S, Rutter CR. Acid-base and electrolyte evaluation in dogs with upper GI obstruction: 115 dogs (2015-2021). J Small Anim Pract. 2023 Aug 10.
Parry ME, Vallone JM, Gremillion CL, Wustefeld-Janssens BG, Yankin I. Retrospective evaluation of the diagnostic utility of computed tomography in dogs with nontraumatic hemoperitoneum: 26 cases (2015-2020). J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio). 2023 Jul-Aug;33(4):447-453.
Osgood AM, Hollenbeck D, Yankin I. Evaluation of quick sequential organ failure scores in dogs with severe sepsis and septic shock. J Small Anim Pract, 2022 Jul 9.
Yankin I, Carver AM, Koenigshof AM. The use of impedance aggregometry to evaluate platelet function after the administration of DDAVP in healthy dogs treated with aspirin or clopidogrel. Am J Vet Res. 2021 Oct;82(10):823-828.
Yankin I, Nemanic S, Funes S, de Morais H, Gorman E, Ruaux C. Clinical relevance of splenic nodules or heterogeneous splenic parenchyma assessed by cytologic evaluation of fine-needle samples in 125 dogs (2011-2015). J Vet Intern Med. 2020 Jan;34(1):125-131.
Yankin I, Schaer M, Johnson M, Meland T, Londoño LA. Persistent pit viper envenomation in a cat. JFMS Open Rep. 2017 Oct 27;3(2).