Dominic Marino, DVM, of Long Island Veterinary Specialists has performed hip replacement surgery on a 10-month-old tabby found by staff at the Humane Society of New York in midtown Manhattan. Hip replacement in cats became possible within the last few years as surgeons learned to operate on smaller animals, says Dr. Marino. The surgery, which included fixing a torn knee ligament, will give Winston a chance to walk normally.

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Posted: May 9, 2008

David E. Anderson, DVM, MS, of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University has successfully preformed surgery to replace the natural ligament of a 1,500 lb. cow with man-made nylon monofilament, a solid material about the diameter of a coffee straw. The cruciate ligament is a dense tissue that connects the bones in the knee joint. Injuring it can be career-ending and often life-ending - until now, Anderson says.

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Posted: April 15, 2008

S. Kathleen Salisbury, DVM, MS, of the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine has been chosen by the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) to receive the 2007 National Carl J. Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award, the most prestigious teaching award in veterinary medicine in the United States. The award will be presented at the AAVMC annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, March 16, 2008.

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Posted: December 21, 2007

Otto Lanz, DVM, an associate professor of surgery in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, recently received the Bayer Animal Health Faculty Recognition Award from the Class of 2008 during the college’s 24th annual awards program.

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Posted: December 9, 2007

David Anderson, DVM, MS was recently featured in an interview on the "Cattlemen to Cattlemen" show produced by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. This interview was regarding the growing crisis of rural veterinarians, espcially food animal vets.

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Posted: November 6, 2007

Spencer A. Johnston, VMD, Diplomate ACVS and former professor of veterinary medicine at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM), has been appointed as the Edward H. Gunst Professor in the Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.

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Posted: September 25, 2007

Daniel Dwight Smeak, DVM, Diplomate ACVS has been named director of the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Colorado State University.

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Posted: August 14, 2007

Robert Taylor, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS is back in the news, applying his research on "ingrowth" prostestics to help a dog injured in Kuwait.

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Posted: June 29, 2007

Robert Taylor, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS, a featured veterinarian on Animal Planet's "Emergency Vets," implanted a honeycomb-like structure that will allow a dog's bone cells, muscle, and vascular tissue to grow. After physical therapy, the dog, "Soldier," will get a prosthesis attached. This cutting-edge procedure observers say could lead to advances in traumatic human amputations in the future.

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Posted: April 10, 2007

Dennis Timothy Crowe, Jr., DVM, DACVS, DACVECC, FCCM has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM). The College is part of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and as part of its missions, fosters the highest goals of multiprofessional care.

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Posted: March 30, 2007

Philip A. Bushby, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS, has been named Mississippi’s Marcia Lane Endowed Professor in Human Ethics and Animal Welfare. This is MSU’s first endowed professorship in animal ethics and welfare. The position was created with a $500,000 supporting gift from benefactor Marcia Lane, a California native. Dr. Bushby is currently the service chief of primary care at the college’s Animal Health Center.

Posted: March 20, 2007

Stephen J. Withrow, DVM, has received the prestigous 2007 Mark L. Morris, Sr. Lifetime Achievement Award. Recognized as a pioneer in his dedication to cancer research and treatment, Dr. Withrow is an internationally acclaimed scientist and award-winning professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University.

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Posted: February 20, 2007

Priti Karnik, DVM, has donated surgeries to two puppies born with cleft palates. The puppies, Magic and Merlin were only three days old and about five ounces each when they were found in a shelter. Unable to eat on their own, they had to be tube fed. Now, three months old, they have undergone their first surgeries and are "on the road to normal, happy lives.”

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Posted: February 20, 2007

Sheila W. Allen, the interim dean of the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine, is the college’s permanent dean.

Allen served as interim dean since March 1, 2006, following the retirement of former dean Keith W. Prasse. She was associate dean for academic affairs and acting head of the department of small animal medicine and surgery before becoming interim dean. She is the second female dean of a veterinary college in the country.

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Posted: January 26, 2007

For many, Christmas is a time to count your blessings, appreciate the love of family and friends and reach out to others. For a young and growing Stevensville, Maryland family, it will also be a time to remember how the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine and the generosity of the human spirit combined to keep a very special boy and his dog together.

When the VMRCVM’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital director Dr. Robert Martin learned of their plight, he responded.

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Posted: December 29, 2006

Claude A. Ragle, DVM, received the Distinguished Service Award during the American Association of Equine Practitioners' (AAEP) 52nd Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas. The award, given to an individual who has provided exemplary service to the AAEP or a similar organization to the benefit of the horse, horse industry or the profession of equine veterinary medicine, was presented to Ragle yesterday (Dec. 5) during the President's Luncheon.

As a result of his dedication to the veterinary profession, Ragle has been the recipient of the Butler Large Animal Award at Michigan State University; the Veterinary Medicine Graduating Class "Hooder" at Washington State University; and the General Wayne O. Kester/AAEP "Tip of the Hat" Award for the Equine Clinicians Network, of which he is the founder and moderator.

Posted: December 26, 2006

Dale Bjorling, Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, received the 2006 Waltham International Award for Scientific Achievement during the 2006 World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) meeting held in Prague, Czech Republic October 11-14. In conjunction with this international award, he presented a lecture entitled "Basic Mechanisms in Urinary Tract Infection-Role of Surgery." Dale currently is a member of the ACVS Board of Regents and has been a Diplomate since 1985.

Posted: October 25, 2006

Ghery Pettit, the retired 26 year head of small animal surgery at the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, received the 2005-06 Phi Kappa Sigma Alumnus of the Year Award in July. The honor is the highest award for professional accomplishment and commitment to the fraternity. He is the twenty-second recipient of the award since it was first given in 1978. Dr. Pettit has served as been with the fraternity since 1981 when he began as an advisor and went on to serve as president and as a member of the board of directors. Past recipients of the award include Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell and and astronaut G. David Low.

Posted: October 25, 2006