Research interests include pain assessment and management in all species, particularly interventional pain medicine and chronic pain management, and anesthesia of zoo animals and wildlife.
Dr. Boesch is a 2006 graduate of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed a residency in anesthesiology at Cornell in 2010 receiving the Veterinary Class of 1954 Clinical Resident Award. She was subsequently appointed Assistant Clinical Professor of Veterinary Anesthesia at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, and returned to Cornell as a Lecturer in the Section of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine in 2013. In addition to her lectureship duties she is also currently a PhD candidate with the Department of Paraclinical Sciences at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Dr. Boesch focuses her research on pain and its management, particularly interventional and chronic pain management, as well as the physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology of captured wildlife. Her interest in anesthesia and pain management applies to all species.
In 2015 Dr. Boesch received the SAVMA Teaching Excellence Award in Clinical Sciences. She is a member of the International Society for the Study of Pain, International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management, and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia (DACVAA). She serves as faculty advisor for the Student Chapter of the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management.