Elise LaDouceur
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Dr. Elise LaDouceur is a dual-boarded (anatomic and clinical pathology) veterinary pathologist at the Joint Pathology Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, where she trains veterinary anatomic pathology residents, performs diagnostic pathology, and maintains a research program. She attended Boston College (Massachusetts, USA), where she received her Bachelor of Science, and Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (Massachusetts, USA), where she received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. LaDouceur became boarded in anatomic pathology in 2015 following her residency at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine (California, USA), and in clinical pathology in 2023 after studying under the guidance of Dr. Perry Bain (Tufts) and LTC Jennifer Scruggs (Joint Pathology Center).
Dr. LaDouceur is widely published in veterinary anatomic pathology. She is an expert in zoo, exotic, and wildlife pathology, particularly invertebrate pathology, and frequently lectures nationally and internationally on the subject. Dr. LaDouceur was the guest editor of the recent Veterinary Pathology Special Focus Issue on Invertebrate Pathology. She also edited the textbook, Invertebrate Histology, which features normal histologic anatomy of invertebrates. In addition, Dr. LaDouceur is the Moderator for the bi-annual Invertebrate Pathology Day Seminar, hosted by the Davis-Thompson Foundation. In the last decade, she published 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and abstract presentations, most of which focused on zoo, exotic, and wildlife pathology. Aside from research, Dr. LaDouceur’s primary professional passion is teaching, and she thoroughly enjoys working with the outstanding veterinary anatomic pathology residents at the Joint Pathology Center who make pathology fun.
Dr. LaDouceur currently works remotely and resides in New Hampshire, USA with her husband (Andrew Cartoceti, also an anatomic pathologist), two children (Mel, 5yo and Mae, 2.5yo), cat (Foxy Brown), Madagascar hissing cockroaches, and many frogs, fish, and other critters.
