Mittelman Neil

Mittelman Neil

 Neil S. Mittelman, DVM, DACVIM (LAIM, Neurology)

Neil S. Mittelman, DVM, DACVIM (LAIM, Neurology)

Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery

  • BS: Cornell University
  • DVM: Cornell University
  • Rotating Hospital Internship: Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital
  • Rotating Hospital Internship, Large Animal Surgery, Medicine & Critical Care: New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
  • Residency, Large Animal Internal Medicine: New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
  • Internship, Neurology: North Florida Neurology
  • Residency, Neurology and Neurosurgery: Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

mittelmann@rowan.edu 

Dr. Neil Mittelman is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Neurology department. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with distinction in research from Cornell University with a BS in Animal Science and a minor in Biological Sciences in 2008 and Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2012.

Following graduation Dr. Mittelman continued advanced training in medicine and surgery at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, KY where he assisted in the neurological evaluation of hundreds of horses as well as multiple spinal surgeries. During his subsequent internship and Internal Medicine Residency at the New Bolton Center University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine he treated neurological conditions in numerous large animals from alpacas to zebras. He presented at multiple national veterinary conferences and published articles on protozoal, parasitic, and toxic causes of neurological disease, often utilizing diagnostics and treatments more commonly used in small animals and human neurology. He subsequently achieved board-certification in Large Animal Internal Medicine.

Further pursuing his interest in small animal medicine and neurosurgery, Dr. Mittelman completed a Small Animal Neurology Internship at North Florida Neurology from 2017-2018. Dr. Mittelman then completed a Residency in Small Animal Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 2020 and obtained board-certification in Neurology. He then joined the staff of Long Island Veterinary Specialists performing numerous neurosurgeries on both the spinal cord and brain of dogs and cats in addition to treating all aspects of medical neurological disease. Dr. Mittelman continued to practice Neurology and Neurosurgery in New Jersey until joining the Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine in 2025.

His professional interests include surgical correction and management of disorders of the spinal cord, inflammatory and infectious causes of meningitis and meningoencephalitis, as well as seizure management. Dr. Mittelman is a member of the AVMA and the ACVIM where he has also served as a member and Chair of the Neurology Forum Committee.

Outside of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Mittelman enjoys playing with his family Boxer Sweet Caroline, watching stand-up comedy, basketball, baseball, and football.

Publications

  • Mittelman, NS. Recognize, Localize, & Save Lives. Fetch Coastal 2024 Atlantic City, NJ
  • Mittelman, NS. Neurological Examination from Head to Tail. Fetch Coastal 2024 Atlantic City, NJ
  • Forgash, Jennifer T., Yu‐Mei Chang, Neil S. Mittelman, Scott Pietsch, Leontine Benedicenti, Evelyn Galban, James J. Hammond et al. "Clinical features and outcome of acquired myasthenia gravis in 94 dogs." Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 35, no. 5 (2021): 2315-2326.
  • Wu, Y., Chang, Y. M., Lawson, B. S., Galban, E. M., Mittelman, N. S., Benedicenti, L., ... & Garden, O. A. (2021). Myeloid-derived suppressor cell and regulatory T cell frequencies in canine myasthenia gravis: A pilot study. The Veterinary Journal, 267, 105581.
  • Mittelman, NS. and Galban Eg. Multifocal osteomyelitis and fungal diskospondylitis in a Labrador Retriever. 2019 Southeast Veterinary Neurology Conference.
  • Kaiman, Gk, Mittelman, NS, Thibault, A. CBD’s, MUE’s and FCE’s: the Neuro Alphabet. 2019 Penn Annual Conference 2019.
  • Mittelman NS, Stefanovski D, Johnson AL. Utility of C‐reactive protein and serum amyloid A in the diagnosis of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis. J Vet Intern Med. 2018; 32:1726–1730. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.15254 
  • Mittelman NS, Stefanovski D, Johnson AL. Utility of C‐reactive protein and serum amyloid A in the diagnosis of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis and other equine nervous system diseases (abstract). 2017 2nd EPM Society Workshop.
  • Mittelman NS, Stefanovski D, Johnson AL. Utility of C‐reactive protein and serum amyloid A in the diagnosis of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis and other equine nervous system diseases (abstract). 2017 Southeast Veterinary Neurology Conference.
  • Mittelman NS, Stefanovski D, Johnson AL. Utility of C‐reactive protein and serum amyloid A in the diagnosis of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (abstract). 2017 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program. J Vet Intern Med. 2017; 31: 1345-1346. doi:10.1111/jvim.14778 
  • Mittelman, N., Divers, T., Engiles, J., Gerhold, R., Ness, S., Scrivani, P., Southard, T. and Johnson, A. Parelaphostrongylus tenuis cerebrospinal nematodiasis in a horse with cervical scoliosis and meningomyelitis. J Vet Intern Med. 2017; 31: 890-893. doi:10.1111/jvim.14691 
  • Mittelman, N., Engiles, J., Murphy, L., Vudathala, D. and Johnson, A. Presumptive Iatrogenic Microcystin‐Associated Liver Failure and Encephalopathy in a Holsteiner Gelding. J Vet Intern Med. 2016; 30: 1747-1751. doi:10.1111/jvim.14571 
  • Mittelman, NS. Blue-green Algae Toxicosis or How I learned to start worrying and Inform Owners about Supplement Toxicosis (abstract). 2016 Penn Annual Conference.
  • N.S Mittelman, R.C. Boston, R.W. Sweeney, and R. Nolen-Walston. The effect of two synthetic starch solutions on colloid osmotic pressure and total solids by refractometry of equine plasma (abstract). International Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Symposium and the European Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society Annual Congress 2014. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. 2014; 24: S22-S23. doi:10.1111/vec.12227 
  • Mittelman, NS. and Ducharme, NG. Wireless electromyography of selected laryngeal muscles in horses at rest and exercise (poster presentation). 2010 Merial/NIH National Veterinary Scholars Symposium