Dr. Kyla Ortved

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Biography

Kyla Ortved holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and a PhD in Comparative Biomedical Sciences. Her research focuses on establishing regenerative therapies to enhance musculoskeletal healing, primarily utilizing horse models to address human diseases. Her expertise lies in equine orthopedic surgery, including fracture repair, arthroscopy, tenoscopy, and regenerative medicine. Ortved aims to develop gene cell therapies that improve cartilage repair and prevent osteoarthritis while also seeking to identify superior mesenchymal stem cell sources for treating chondral defects. Furthermore, her work investigates the pathophysiology of post-traumatic osteoarthritis and utilizes adeno-associated virus for the overexpression of immunomodulatory cytokines in joints.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
Application Checklist
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