Browsing Perspectives in Veterinary Medicine (2013-2015) by Title

Now showing items 118-137 of 211

    • One Health Comes of Age 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2013-06-23)
      The most recent One Health concept was the signature initiative of Dr. Roger Mahr during his AVMA presidency in 2006-07. He challenged the veterinary profession to assert greater involvement in what scientists and regulatory ...

    • Oregon State Appoints Dr. Susan Tornquist as Dean 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-03-26)
      When Dr. Susan Tornquist became the first female dean of Oregon State University's College of Veterinary Medicine in 2015, she also became the eighth woman to serve as dean or interim dean of a United States veterinary college.

    • Otto Stader and One Health 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2013-07-05)
      Dr. Joseph Merenda talks about using the Stader Reduction Splint to stabilize long bone fractures in dogs when he practiced veterinary medicine in New York City.

    • Perspectives in Veterinary Medicine: Introduction, Overview, and Credits 

      Smith, Donald F.; Kristensen, Terry L. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2013-04-08)
      This Introduction, Overview and Credits include the purpose and description for the more than 210 Perspectives in Veterinary Medicine stories published initially as a blog between April 2013 and September 2015.

    • Perspectives in Veterinary Medicine: Prologue 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2013-04-09)
      Perspectives in Veterinary Medicine was initiated during the 150th Anniversary year of the American Veterinary Medical Association founded in 1863. Readers are invited to examine the direction of veterinary medicine through ...

    • Proportion of Ross and St. George's Universities DVM Graduates in the United States during the last 30 Years 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-03-18)
      Most Ross and St. George’s Universities' DVM graduates reside in the most populated states in the United States. The proportion of AVMA-member Caribbean graduates is compared to the total AVMA-member veterinary workforce.

    • Rethinking One Health, Part 1 

      Smith, Donald F.; Hodgson, Kate (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2014-11-18)
      During the trip to Alaska with his dog Beau in 2007, Dr. Smith tells how he recognized a concept so fundamental to the human-animal bond that it changed his whole outlook on One Health. It would later be defined by Dr. ...

    • Rethinking One Health, Part 2 

      Smith, Donald F.; Hodgson, Kate (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2014-11-19)
      In this second part, Dr. Smith continues to describe the concept he recognized as fundamental to the human-animal bond during trip he took with his dog Beau to Alaska in 2007. It would later be defined by Dr. Kate Hodgson, ...

    • Returning to my Canadian Roots: Traveling with Beau 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2014-09-11)
      In Part 2 in a series of stories reflecting on a 2007 trip to Alaska with his dog, Beau, Dr. Smith describes preparations for the long journey driving to Alaska with Beau and talks about his early years as a veterinary ...

    • Service with Integrity for Over 135 Years: The Hagyard Equine Medical Institute 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2013-09-25)
      This story covers the background and people related to Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Kentucky. The beginning of the five-generation Hagyard family of veterinarians dates from 1839 when Edward Thomas Hagyard, ...

    • Sheep in New York City's Central Park Die, and Other Unusual Stories from the 1920s 

      Smith, Donald F.; Smith, Doris A. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2013-12-23)
      A potpourri of some of the most remarkable (and/or humorous) columns from the New York Times and the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association in the 1920s intended to humor and tantalize the appetite, and ...

    • Stories from Perspectives in Veterinary Medicine [flier] 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2013-04-08)
      A double-sided flier distributed at the AVMA's 150th Anniversary Convention held in Chicago in July, 2013 to announce and describe the Perspectives in Veterinary Medicine stories.

    • Stories from Perspectives in Veterinary Medicine: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the American Veterinary Medical Association 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2013-04-08)
      A 26-page booklet prepared for distribution at the AVMA's 150th Anniversary Convention held in Chicago in July, 2013. It gives an overview of Perspectives and includes five examples of typical stories.

    • Stories of African-American Veterinary History 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2014-03-07)
      This is a summary list of all nine stories about African-American veterinarians and the history of their education that have appeared and been a major topic of Perspectives in Veterinary Medicine over the past year.

    • Suggested Categories for United States Veterinary Colleges 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2013-08-13)
      Based upon an analysis of past and present data and geographical distribution of United States veterinary colleges, a nomenclature of categories is suggested that would describe the origin and classification in a manner ...

    • Tale of Two Cab Drivers 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2014-08-13)
      A conversation with two taxi drivers lends credibility to the need for increased diversity of background and commitment of veterinarians.

    • Texas Dean Eleanor Green: A Hall of Fame Veterinarians 

      Smith, Donald F.; Kumble, Julie (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2013-10-23)
      Julie Kumble interviews Dr. Eleanor Green, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Texas A & M University about her career in veterinary medicine and role of women in leadership positions.

    • The 150th Anniversary of the AVMA 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2013-07-14)
      Thoughts are shared about early beginnings and meaning of the American Veterinary Medical Association in anticipation of the Association's 150th Anniversary in 2013.

    • The 1960s Integration of Veterinary Students at Tuskegee University 

      Smith, Donald F.; Kumble, Julie (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015-06-26)
      Dr. Linda Jacobson is interviewed for a book on leadership in veterinary medicine. She is the second white veterinary graduate from Tuskegee University. When asked why so many Tuskegee veterinary students went on to major ...

    • The 28 Veterinary Colleges in the United States, Part I 

      Smith, Donald F. (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 2013-05-02)
      Eighty-six percent of the veterinarians in the United States graduated from 28 land-grant and private veterinary colleges, some of which date back to the late 19th century. As mentioned in the April 18th story, there were ...