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Bernard S. Jortner

Bernard S. Jortner, VMD, MS, Diplomate, ACVP

Co-director, Laboratory for Neurotoxicity Studies
Professor Emeritus
Pathology
Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology
 
e-mail: bjortner@vt.edu
Capsule Biography (PDF)


Education

1969 NIH, Neuropathology
Yale University
New Haven, CT
1966 M.S., Comp. Pathology
University of CT
Storrs, CT
1960-62 Residency, Pathology
Bronx, NY Veterans Hospital
1958 V.M.D., Veterinary Medicine
University of PA
Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification

1963 Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Research Interests

  • Dr. Jortner is interested in the neuropathological effects of toxins, in particular that of organophosphate compounds. Methods of study include light microscopy (with a focus on use of epoxy resin embedded tissue sections to allow high resolution study), morphometrics, electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry.
  • In collaboration with neurotoxicologist Dr. Marion Ehrich, Dr. Jortner has studied effects of heavy metals, solvents and in particular the delayed neurotoxicity of organophosphates. Their approach to the pathology of these states has employed high resolution light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry (at the light and electron microscopic levels) and morphometry.
  • Other interests include pathological effects of toxins on tissues besides the nervous system and peripheral nerve pathology.

Professional Experience

2010-present Professor Emeritus
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
1980-2010 Professor of Pathology
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
1971-1980 Associate Professor of Pathology
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
1966-1971 Assistant Professor of Pathology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Professional Memberships

  • American Association of Neuropathologists
  • American Society for Investigative Pathology
  • International Academy of Pathology
  • American College of Veterinary Pathologists
  • Society of Toxicologic Pathologists
  • International Brain Research Organization
  • Society for Neuroscience
  • Society of Toxicology
  • Peripheral Nerve Society

Selected Publications

  1. Jortner BS. The return of the dark neuron. A histological artifact complicating contemporary neurotoxicologic evaluation. NeuroToxicology 27:628-634, 2006.
  2. BS Jortner, SK Hancock, J Hinckley, L Flory, L Colby, L Tobias, L Williams, M Ehrich. Neuropathological studies of rats following multiple exposure to tri-ortho-tolyl phosphate, chlorpyrifos and stress. Toxicologic Pathology 33, 378-385. 2005.
  3. D.S. Barber, M.F. Ehrich and B.S. Jortner. The effect of stress on the temporal and regional distribution of uranium in rat brain after acute uranyl acetate exposure. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health 68, 1-13, 2005.
  4. Lo Pachin R.M., Jortner B.S., Reid, M., Das, S.: g-Diketone central neuropathy: quantitative morphometric analysis of axons in rat spinal cord white matter regions and nerve roots. Toxicol. Applied Pharmacol. 193:29-46, 2003.