Fordham Margaret

Fordham Margaret

Margaret Fordham, DVM, Dip - VetEd

Margaret Fordham, DVM, MSc VetEd

Associate Professor
Director, Veterinary Clinical Skills

  • BS: Smith College
  • DVM: Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania

fordham@rowan.edu

Margaret Mostoller Fordham is the Director of Veterinary Clinical Skills and Associate Professor at the Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine of Rowan University. After she received her DVM from Cornell University, she was a clinician in pet exotics practice and small animal emergency medicine for many years, primarily in the Philadelphia and South New Jersey region. She completed a residency in Special Species Medicine and Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania in 2008 and was a lecturer (clinical instructor) at the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 2008-2010. She was a visiting professor of Special Species Medicine and Surgery at the School of Veterinary Medicine at Saint Matthew’s University from 2010-2019 and the Director of Veterinary Skills at the Long Island School of Veterinary Medicine at Long Island University from 2019-2022. She received her Diplomate in Veterinary Education from the Royal Veterinary College in 2022 and is completing her MSc in Veterinary Education in 2025. Her research interests include innovations in veterinary education, emergency medicine and anesthesia in exotic pets. She looks forward to helping the SSVM veterinary students learn the professional and technical skills they will need to be day one ready at graduation!

Publications

  • Webb J., Graham J.,  Fordham M., DeCubellis J., Buckley F., Hobbs J., Berent A., Weisse C. (2017) ‘Diagnosis and treatment of esophageal foreign body or stricture in three ferrets (Mustela putorius furo)’, JAVMA 251(4); 451-457.
  • Fordham M., Roberts B, (2016) ‘Emergency and Critical Care,’ Veterinary Clinics of North America, Exotic Animal Practice.
  • Eroshin V., Reiter A., Rosenthal K.,  Fordham M., Latney L., Brown S., Lewis J. (2011)‘Oral examination results in rescued ferrets: clinical findings’,  J Vet Dent 28(1); 8-15.
  • Fordham M., Rosenthal K., Durham A., Duda L., Komaromy A. (2010) ‘Intraocular osteosarcoma in an Umbrella Cockatoo (Cacatua alba)’, Vet Ophth 13(1); 103-108.
  • Limiñana R., López-Olvera J., Gallardo M., Fordham M., and Urios V. (2009) ‘Blood chemistry and hematologic values in free living nestlings of Montagu’s Harriers (Circus pygargus) in a natural habitat’, JZWM 40(4); 687-695.
  • Eroshin V., Reiter A., Rosenthal K.,  Fordham M., Latney L., Brown S., Lewis J. (2009). ‘Evaluation of dental disease in a rescue ferret population’, Proceedings: Veterinary Dental Forum, Phoenix, AZ
  • Echols M., Fisher P., Fordham M., Tibbetts L., Topor S. (2009) ‘The role of the avian/exotic animal technician’, JAMS; 23(1): 64-68.
  • Wolgemuth, D., Behringer R.,  Mostoller M., Brinster R., and Palmiter R. (1989) ‘Transgenic mice overexpressing the mouse homeobox-containing gene Hox-1.4 exhibit abnormal gut development’,  Nature 337, 464-467.