Dr. Sophy Jesty is a board certified veterinary cardiologist. She graduated from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2001. Dr. Jesty went on to complete a sports medicine imaging fellowship (University of Pennsylvania), a residency in large animal internal medicine (University of Pennsylvania), a residency in cardiology (Cornell University), and a basic research fellowship in regenerative medicine (Cornell University). She worked as a cardiologist in private practice in New York City from 2010-2011, and then was on faculty at the University of Tennessee in the section of Cardiology from 2011-2015. In 2015, Dr. Jesty joined the staff at Charleston Veterinary Referral Center
When Dr. Jesty isn’t treating patients, she can be found boating and shark tooth hunting with her wife Val, and their two children Emi and Pippa. Two dogs (Biscuit and Carlos) and 3 cats (Bug Bug, Bomba, and Manta Ray) fill out the family.
Education / Experience:
| 2015-present | Cardiologist - Charleston Veterinary Referral Center |
| 2011-2015 | Assistant Professor - Cardiology - University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN |
| 2010-2011 | Cardiologist & Medical Director - Fifth Avenue Veterinary Specialists, New York, NY |
| 2008-2010 | Fellowship - Cardiac Regenerative Medicine, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY |
| 2008 | Diplomate - American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology) |
| 2005-2008 | Residency - Cardiology, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY |
| 2003-2005 | Residency - Large Animal Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania College of Veterinary Medicine, Kennett Square, PA |
| 2001-2003 | Fellowship - Large Animal Ultrasound and Cardiology, University of Pennsylvania College of Veterinary Medicine, Kennett Square, PA |
| 2001 | Doctor of Veterinary Medicine - Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY |
| 1994 | Bachelor of Science - Animal Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
Publications
Jesty SA, Jung SW, Cordeiro JM, et al. Cardiomyocyte calcium cycling in a naturally occurring German shepherd dog model of inherited ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. J Vet Cardiol 2013; 15: 5-14.
Scruggs JL, Fry MM, Jesty SA. Applied cytology: chylous effusion. Clinician’s Brief 2013; 8-10.
Rajagopalan V, Jesty SA, Craig LE, et al. Comparison of presumptive echocardiographic and definitive diagnoses of cardiac tumors in dogs. J Vet Intern Med 2013; 27: 1092-1096.
Fowler MM, Jesty SA, Gompf RE, et al. ECG of the month. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2013; 243: 52-54.
DeLillo DM, Jesty SA, Souza MJ. Episodic syncope caused by ventricular flutter in a tiger (Pathera tigris). J Zoo Wildl Med 2013; 44: 500-504.
Jesty SA, Steffey MA, Lee FK, et al. ckit+ precursors support postinfarction myogenesis in the neonatal, but not adult, heart. Proc Nat Acad Sci 2012; 109: 13380-13385.
Jesty SA. Cardiac biomarkers in equine medicine. Vet J 2012; 192: 131-132.
Jesty SA, Kraus MS, Johnson AL, et al. Accessory bypass tract masked by the presence of atrial fibrillation in a horse. J Vet Cardiol 2011; 13: 79-83.
Short DM, Seco OM, Jesty SA, et al. Spontaneous closure of a ventricular septal defect in a horse. J Vet Intern Med 2010; 24: 1515-1518.
Kornreich B, Enyeart M, Jesty SA, et al. The effects of pentoxifylline on equine platelet aggregation. J Vet Intern Med 2010; 24: 1196-1202.
Kraus MS, Jesty SA, Gelzer AR, et al. Measurement of plasma cardiac troponin I concentration by use of a point-of-care analyzer in clinically normal horses and horses with experimentally induced cardiac disease. Am J Vet Res 2010; 71: 55-59.
Jesty SA, Kraus MS, Gelzer AR, et al. Effect of transvenous electrical cardioversion on plasma cardiac troponin I concentrations in horses with atrial fibrillation. J Vet Intern Med 2009; 23: 1103-1107.
Gelzer ARM, Kraus MS, Rishniw M, Moise NS, Pariaut P, Jesty SA, et al. Combination therapy with digoxin and diltiazem controls ventricular rate in chronic atrial fibrillation in dogs better than digoxin or diltiazem monotherapy: a randomized crossover study in 18 dogs. J Vet Intern Med 2009; 23: 499-508.
Divers TJ, Kraus MS, Jesty SA, et al. Clinical findings and serum cardiac troponin I concentrations in horses after intragastric administration of sodium monensin. J Vet Diagn Invest 2009; 21: 338-343.
Johnson AL, Jesty SA, Gelzer AR, et al. ECG of the month: Ventricular tachycardia in a horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2007; 231: 706-708.
Jesty SA, Wilkins PA, Palmer JE, et al. Persistent truncus arteriosus in two Standardbred foals. Eq Vet Educ 2007; 19: 307-311.
Jesty SA, Reef VB. Septicemia and cardiovascular infections in horses. Vet Clin North Amer Eq Pract 2006; 22: 481-495.
Johns IC, Jesty SA, James FM. Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis in an adult horse with enteric Salmonellosis. J Vet Emerg Crit Care 2006; 16: 219-223.
Jesty SA, Palmer JE, Parente EJ, et al. Rupture of the gastrocnemius muscle in six foals. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2005; 227: 1965-1968.
Jesty SA, Sweeney RW, Dolente BA, et al. Idiopathic pericarditis and cardiac tamponade in two cows. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2005; 226: 1555-1558.
Pellegrini-Masini A, Dolente BA, Habecker P, Jesty SA. Myonecrosis and cutaneous infarction associated with Salmonella serovar Infantum infection in a horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2004; 225: 722-725.
Traktman P, Ke L, DeMasi J, Rollins R, Jesty S, et al. Elucidating the essential role of the A14 phosphoprotein in vaccinia virus morphogenesis: construction and characterization of a Tetracycline-inducible recombinant. J Vir 2000; 74: 3682-3695.
Traktman P, Caligiuri A, Jesty SA, et al. Temperature-sensitive mutants with lesions in the vaccinia virus F10 kinase undergo arrest at the earliest stage of virion morphogenesis. J Vir 1995; 69: 6581-6587.
Abstracts
Jesty SA, Johns SA, Potter B, Gerger E, Asif I. Mechanisms for sudden cardiac death in endurance athletes: support for exercise induced arrhythmogenesis. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine annual forum. Nashville TN. 2014.
Johns SM, Jesty SA, Moyers T. Inotropic effect of L-lysine in healthy cats. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine annual forum. Nashville TN 2014.
Berger E, Jesty SA, Johns SM, Asif IM. Mechanisms for sudden cardiac death in endurance athletes: support for exercise induced arrhythmogenesis. American Medical Society for Sport Medicine annual forum. New Orleans LA. 2014.
Jesty SA, Fletcher DJ. Continuous cardiac output monitoring in exercising horses using PulseCO. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine annual forum. Anaheim CA. 2010.
Jesty SA, Jung SW, Cordeiro J, Kornreich BG, Gunn TM, Antzelevitch C, Moise NS. Cardiomyocyte calcium transients in German shepherd dogs with inherited ventricular arrhythmias. European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine annual forum. Ghent, Belgium. 2008.
Jesty SA, Jung SW, Cordeiro J, Kornreich BG, Gunn TM, Antzelevitch C, Moise NS. Cardiomyocyte calcium transients in German shepherd dogs with inherited ventricular arrhythmias. American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine annual forum. San Antonio TX. 2008.
Jesty SA, Palmer JE, Parente EJ, Schaer TP, Wilkins PA. Gastrocnemius rupture in foals: 6 cases (2000-2003). American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine annual forum. Baltimore MD. 2005.
