On November 8, friends close to Elizabeth Mason celebrated the completion of the small animal intensive care unit expansion with Lois Bates Acheson Teaching Hospital faculty and staff. Betty Chapman, friend and executor of Mason’s estate, cut the ribbon and commented that Elizabeth would have been so pleased to know how her gift helped animals […]
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ICU expansion dedication
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010Dog receives radiation treatments locally
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010The Oncology Service at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) celebrated a milestone recently by radiating its first cancer patient. Jasmine, a dog with osteosarcoma (bone cancer), received radiation on a front leg at Samaritan Regional Cancer Center (SRCC) in Corvallis. Members of the team included Drs. Shay Bracha and Stuart Helfand, faculty oncologists; Dr. Krystal […]
Pets soon able to get magnetic imaging (MRI)
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010Early morning on October 5th, a large truck rolled in behind the back of the small and large animal facility of the Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) delivering a 1 Tesla magnetic resonance tomography unit in a mobile trailer. Stan Stearns, who is a member of the advisory council, the founder and president […]
Zoo, Wildlife and Exotic Club hosting new symposium
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010The Zoo, Wildlife, and Exotic Animal Medicine club of OSU College of Veterinary Medicine, along with the Student Chapter of the Wildlife Disease Association, is proud to announce they are hosting their first symposium in October. The symposium is entitled “Medicine and Management of Non-Traditional Species” and will host experts in the field from Oregon […]
Aquatic animal diagnostics at the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL) team members are usually laboratory-bound, conducting diagnostic tests and reporting those results all within the confines of CVM facilities. But one of our diagnosticians is not restricted to the laboratory and is able to work in the field examining a select group of animals, diagnosing and treating their diseases, and offering […]
Student Ambassador’s First Annual High School Day
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010On September 21, the Oregon State College of Veterinary Medicine’s student ambassadors organized a High School Day for local students in Corvallis, Albany and Sweet Home. The purpose of the day was to expose the students to concepts learned in veterinary school and to give information about the process leading to veterinary school. Forty-five students […]
