When Dane Tatarniuk began his summer research project in 2008, the second-year veterinary student wasn’t expecting to play a role in developing a minimally-invasive surgical technique for treating sinusitis in horses.  

“My initial project was to investigate the normal anatomy of the horse’s nasal maxillary opening–the opening that leads from the nasal cavities into the paranasal sinuses,” explains Tatarniuk, whose summer job was supported by the WCVM’s Equine Health Research Fund.

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