Our very own Dr. Heather Brookshire was featured in Inside Business as a Top 40 Under 40. Featured in the article is an interview with Dr. Brookshire herself. Huge congratulations on this incredible achievement, Dr. Brookshire!
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Read MoreGeorgia was a 13 year old female Impala from the Brevard county zoo. She was noted by zookeepers to have a cloudy appearance in her right eye and was exhibiting a change in feeding behavior.
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Read MoreTwo of our very own Diplomates, Dr. William Beltran and Dr. Sara Thomasy, are apart of research teams awarded grants from the National Eye Institute. These five research teams will develop new models for eye disease research.
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Read MoreYeager sure has had his close encounters with danger, but when he was his by a car last July, he had the closest encounter of his short life. With the help of our very own resident, Dr. Sami Pederson and her mentors in this multi-specialty collaboration at Colorado State University, Yeager got a second chance at life! This is a wonderful article about how veterinarians of all specialties work together to help those pets in need.
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Read MoreDownload the PowerPoint slides from the 2018 Teaching Seminar by Dr. Jim Schoster.
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Read MoreCongratulations are in order for our very own Dr. Brian Gilger who was awarded the AVMA Clinical Research Award. His research has focused on innovative delivery of ocular drugs, immune-mediated ocular diseases and wound healing. Learn more about Dr. Gilger, his award and other AVMA awards.
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Read MoreEarly in the morning of September 2, 2018, Alan joined up with his canine companions that passed before him and went for a walk. He was surrounded by love as he began this journey.
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Read MoreNew Diplomates of the ACVO announced on the ABVO website.
Diplomate/Members: Please plan to attend the ACVO business meeting, Friday, September 28th, during the ACVO annual conference in Minneapolis, MN to welcome and congratulate your colleagues!
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Read MoreDiplomate, Dr. Erin Scott assistant professor at Texas A&M, was featured in an article regarding vision impairments in pets. This article is incredibly helpful for pet owners to better understand what to be on the lookout in their animals eyes.
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Read MoreThe ACVO/StokesRx National Service Animal Eye Exam Event celebrated wrapping up the 11th annual event at AVMA! It’s been an amazing year for the program and we were able to promote the award winning program to a total of 7,655 attendees at the 2018 conference in Denver.
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Read MoreACVO has developed and approved an official Harassment Policy as of July 2018. This new policy provides guidelines on appropriate behavior of our members whether serving on a committee, or attending a conference in person.
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Read MoreThank you for participating in another wonderful year of the Service Animal event with a record-breaking 305 participating members! The PR Committee would like to again extend an invitation to you to submit a video for competition and possibly win a Go Pro.
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Read MoreThis is fun educational article! Did you know that starfish have eyes?! Researchers have found many species of starfish that do have eyes and some are far more biologically complex than others. Learn more about starfish eye structures and how they use their eyesight.
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Read MoreA cat's eyes are incredibly delicate organs. This article that features ACVO Diplomate Dr. Alexandra van der Woerdt, covers many eye problems in cats.
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Read MoreThe ACVO/StokesRx National Service Animal Eye Exam Event is in full swing! Total registration was just over 7,625 animals, a new record! Our amazing membership broke another record in that 305 of you volunteered to participate in the program, YOU ARE AMAZING!
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Read MoreCongratulations, Dr. Elizabeth Giuliano! The 2018 Western Veterinary Conference attendees voted her the “Small Animal Continuing Educator of the Year”.
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Read MoreWe have some amazingly gifted members! Congratulations to Dr. Alex LoPinto for being selected to compete on Jeopardy this past March. It was so fun watching him and rooting for likely the first DACVO to ever be on that show.
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Read MoreDr. Phil Pickett also deserves congratulations as he was awarded with Emeritus status at Virginia Tech. A little birdy told us that he is also retiring this year, so best wishes to him.
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Read MoreDr. Reuben Merideth was recently awarded “Person of the Year” by the Tucson Wildlife Center. The Tucson Mayor Proclaimed February 25,2108, "Dr. Reuben Merideht Love for Wildlife Day". He was the first to receive this award and recognition. Way to go!
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Read MoreCongratulations also to our newest approved ‘Retired Member’, Dr. Jeannette da Silva Curiel. We wish her the best in her retirement and hope to still see her occasionally at the conferences!
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