Vet Gazette

Dr. Krystal Harris, Oncology Resident

Dr. Harris came from St. George’s University in Grenada to complete her clinical year at OSU. After completing her year in June 2010, she signed on as an oncology intern for a year. She is continuing in oncology as a resident.

Dr. Barbara Hunter, Large Animal Surgery Resident

Dr. Hunter is originally from Alberta, Canada. She’s spent the past year in Corvallis doing a Clinical Fellowship in the Large Animal Hospital. Before coming to OSU, she worked as a sport horse veterinarian at Edmonton Equine Veterinary Services in Edmonton, Alberta. She has a 3-year-old Siamese cat named Herbie.

Sarah Smith, Surgery/Rehabilitation Technician

Sarah worked as a dog trainer for six years before receiving her CVT. Prior to joining the CVM, she worked for a small animal holistic/Western medicine general practice. She was born, raised and is still commuting from Salem. In her free time, Sarah enjoys reading, spending time with family and friends and scuba diving on the West coast, Hawaii and the Caribbean. JuJu B, 2-years-old, London, 3, and Diego, 5, are her cats. Diego was the first bottle-fed kitten she ever raised; but for the past five years she has bottle-fed and raised over 20 litters of orphaned kittens for Salem Friends of Felines. Rocket Man (AKC-certified canine good citizen) is her 10-year-old Aussie and Lily Bug is her 3-year-old Lab.

Other new faces that have joined the College:

Shelley Brown, Central Sterile Technician

April Cummings, Accounting

Jennifer McClain, Ultrasound Technician

Mary Schings, Surgery Technician

Organized by Precollege Programs at OSU, 45 high school students from around the state came to participate in a GEAR UP Health Sciences Camp at OSU in June. As part of this camp, the students toured the College and attended activities related to veterinary medicine. Divided into two groups, the young high schoolers, who have completed 9th grade, participated in an eyeball dissection activity lead by Dr. Christiane Löhr, anatomic pathologist at the CVM and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.

Dr. Löhr discussed the normal anatomy and functions of the eye and provided an opportunity for the students to dissect and examine normal eyeballs. To further illustrate the importance of vision in daily life, Dr. Löhr also presented eyeballs as examples of disease commonly seen in domestic animals and discussed the problems and consequences associated with damage to the eye. The activity was a huge success as shown by the comments of the students who participated.

(Left to right) On June 24, Dr. Patrick Carney, small animal medicine resident; Dr. Sarah McNitt, large animal medicine resident; Dr. Krystal Claybrook, oncology intern; Dr. Brian Dugovich, small animal intern; and Dr. Tara Riddick, large animal surgery resident, received their certificates for having served as house officers. Unavailable were Dr. Barbara Hunter, large animal clinical fellow; Dr. Timothy Preston, small animal intern; and Dr. Thomas Smith, small animal surgery resident.

Dr. Claybrook is staying on as an oncology resident and Dr. Barbara Hunter will stay as a large animal surgery resident.