“We passed!” exclaimed Hospital Director Dr. Helen Diggs. The triennial American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) accreditation site visit took place September 8 and was an overwhelming success. Six hospital services were individually evaluated as part of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital’s AAHA accreditation: Small Animal Medicine, Small Animal Surgery, Oncology, Cardiology, Anesthesiology, and Diagnostic Imaging. Other […]
Archive for September 13th, 2011
AAHA site visit a success
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011Continuing Education series begins Wednesday, Sept. 14
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011Milan Milovancev, DVM, MS, DACVS, will present the first of the CE series for DVMs with his course “Canine laryngeal paralysis: More than upper airway.” The fall and spring series will have ten courses through June 2012 offered at 1.5 credits each. Cost is $20 per course with Pfizer Animal Health helping to sponsor refreshments. […]
Dr. Tornquist helps in Liberia
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011Dr. Sue Tornquist recently returned from a 3-week project in Liberia with Veterinarians Without Borders. She was one of a team of three veterinarians and one veterinary student on the trip. The project included a week of training Community Animal Health Workers in Zorzor, in northern Liberia, and a week of training university agriculture students […]
Orientation begins for the Class of 2015
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011The Class of 2015 will be welcomed to the College of Veterinary Medicine with orientation Wednesday through Friday, September 21-23. There are 56 students entering their first year of veterinary medicine. Orientation culminates with the White Coat Ceremony and dinner Friday evening. The incoming students will receive their white coats and stethoscopes courtesy of the […]
The CVM Dairy Barn gets a face lift
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011A new coat of paint in 2010 gave a refreshing new look to the old dairy barn on SW Washington Way. But the roof was deteriorating and the historic structure was in danger. Under blue skies in August, workers stripped off the old roof and replaced it with sheathing and roofing tiles.
Class of 2001 celebrates 10-year reunion
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011Dr. Jilinda Lewis-Simpson reported that the Class of 2001 held their 10-year reunion in July in Corvallis. She said, “It was a great event to catch up on 10-years’ worth of happenings from all our class-mates! We got a tour (and did a bit of drooling) of all the changes that have been happening to […]
