Eight new Clinical Sciences house officers have joined the College. Two new Biomedical Sciences residents have also joined us. Please welcome them and introduce yourself when you see them. Click to read their bios: Read the rest of this entry »
Radiology adds assistant professor
July 19th, 2011
Originally from northern California, Dr. Sarah Nemanic has joined Diagnostic Imaging via Houston, Texas, Tucson, Ariz., and, lastly, Okemos, Mich. She received her DVM from the University of California, Davis, in 2006, her PhD in 2002 from the University of Texas, Houston, Health Science Center, where she also received her master’s in 1999.
Dr. Nemanic has two cats. Joey is a 3-year-old male DLH orange tabby cat who was rescued while begging for food in the snow at a retirement home. Found alone in a snowbank with his placenta still attached on the day of his birth, Simeon is only 16-weeks-old. Both are from Michigan.
Welcome, Dr. Nemanic! You’ll find it much warmer here.
Class of 2001 reunion July 29
July 19th, 2011It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years already! For the full schedule, click here. If you have questions, contact Katie Samuelson, ktlsam@gmail.com
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OSU K9 research may aid human cancer treatment
June 16th, 2011CORVALLIS, Ore. — A dog diagnosed with a very aggressive form of cancer is beating the odds. He’s alive today, thanks to some breakthrough cancer research by Oregon State University veterinarians.
Nine-year-old golden retriever Orion was diagnosed about three months ago with stage four cancer, an aggressive type known as hemangiosarcoma that spread throughout his body.
“Essentially when we met him he had all the odds stacked against him and that he’s come this far is nothing short of a small miracle,” said Dr. Stuart Helfand, OSU Oncology Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine.
Veterinarians say in the past, dogs with his type of situation survived only for about a week.
But Orion’s been wagging his tail for three months since his diagnosis.
Click to see story and video by Heather Turner, KEZI-TV.
(See also the owner Jody Kujovich’s story in the last Vet Gazette.)
Class of 2011 Graduation
June 16th, 2011
Dr. Cyril Clarke
The Corvallis Gazette-Times featured the Class of 2011 graduation on the front page of the June 13 edition. Please click here to read the excellent coverage.
On Sunday, June 12, the 29th graduating class of the College of Veterinary Medicine gathered for the ceremony at LaSells Stewart Center. Dean Cyril Clarke welcomed everyone and introduced the members of the platform party: Dr. Becky Warner, OSU Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and International Programs; The Honorable Douglas Whitsett, Oregon State Senate; Dr. Lynda Ciuffetti, State Board of Higher Education member; Dr. Christopher Cebra, Clinical Sciences Department Head and Faculty Speaker; Dr. Tracey McNamara, Professor of Pathology, Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine in Pomona, California and Keynote Speaker; Dr. Susan Tornquist, OSU CVM Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs and class presentation; Dr. Laird Goodman, President, Oregon Veterinary Medical Association and administer of the Veterinarian’s Oath; Dr. Luiz Bermudez, Biomedical Sciences Department Head; Dr. Helen Diggs, Associate Dean of Hospital Programs and Director, Veterinary Teaching Hospital; and Dr. Jerry Heidel, Director, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
For a sampling of photographs of the event, please see below.
CVM Awards Ceremony 2011
June 16th, 2011Dean Cyril Clarke welcomed more than 300 people to the annual Scholarship and Awards Ceremony on June 8 at the CH2M HILL Alumni Center. In his comments Dr. Clarke referred to the high cost of veterinary education and the burden students bear due to increases in tuition and limited state support. He stated: “thanks to scholarship donors, the availability of $250,000 in scholarship funding will have a significant and positive financial impact on our students and allow us to recognize and celebrate their excellence.”
Dr. Susan Tornquist served as mistress of ceremonies and announced the awards, invited donors in attendance to help present their awards and congratulated the stream of students receiving awards. Only the merit and proficiency recognition awards were presented at the ceremony. Financial assistance scholarships are also given to eligible students as resources allow.
College of Veterinary Medicine Honors and Awards Committee had the difficult and time-consuming task of selecting recipients. Thanks go to Drs. Craig Ruaux, Chair; Katja Zellmer, Patrick Chappell and Linda Blythe. Debrah Rarick is the scholarship coordinator.
Following the awards presentations, a reception sponsored by Nestlé Purina allowed people to congratulate the award recipients. Read the rest of this entry »
