News
Results of the Board elections are in!
The CGS Board of Directors is pleased to announce the results of
the 2017 election. Thank you to all the members who took the time
to vote!
Dr. Al Jergens is our new president, Dr. Stan Marks is our new
president-elect, and Dr. Tracy Hill is our new at-large member
overseeing the Gutsea and Gutski conferences. Congratulations
to all!
CGS Board membership:
President: Al Jergens
President-Elect: Stan Marks
Past-President: Craig Ruaux
Secretary/Treasurer: Jan Suchodolski
Webmaster: Kate Arnell
At-Large I (Gutsea/Gutski): Tracy Hill
At-Large II (Grants): Katie Tolbert
Award
Winners for 2018!
CGS/Royal Canin Professional Development Travel Award
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the CGS/Royal
Canin Professional Development award for travel to Barcelona for
our combined meeting in May 2019.
The winners are:
Dr. Barry Hedgespeth, Small Animal Internal Medicine Resident @
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Dr. Pat Ishii, PhD student @ Texas A&M University, College
Station, TX, USA
Dr. Eva Stavroulaki @ University of Thessaly, Karditsa,
Greece
Congratulations to all the winners!!
CGS/IDEXX Veterinary Student Summer Scholar Award
This year's awards go to:
Elizabeth Dwyer under the co-mentorship of Drs. Frederic Gashen
and Jan Suchodolski: Effect of FMT on the fecal microbiome of
healthy dogs treated with antibiotics, Louisiana State
University
and
Julie Vose, under the mentorship of Dr. Katie Tolbert:
Investigation of Enterococci probiotic therapy on
Tritrichomonas foetus infection, University of Tennesse College of
Veterinary Medicine
Congratulations!!
CGS/Royal Canin Professional Development Travel Award for the
2018 Digestive Disease Week
This year's awards go to:
Resident category: Dr. Katherin Busch, small animal
medicine resident at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
Graduate student category: Dr. Anna-Lena Ziese, graduate
student under the direction of Dr. Stefen Unterer at Ludwig
Maximilians University of Munich
Congratulations to all and many thanks to Royal Canin for their
continued support of such important awards!
ONGOING RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:
Please find the link below to access Dr. Garcia-Mazcorro's new
research involving fecal microbiota transplantation:
https://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=27224
Please find the link below to access an article written about
Ellen Everson and her CGS ACVIM Poster Presentation Award!