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Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation Gifts Texas A&M VET With $50,000
The Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation (TVMF) provided an instrumental gift to the Texas A&M University Veterinary Emergency Team (VET). TVMF’s $50,000 contribution will support team operations and future deployments. TVMF, the philanthropic partner of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association since 1978, prioritizes disaster preparedness and response. The Foundation leverages veterinary partnerships and financial resources in […]
Texas A&M Researchers Developing New Approach For Analyzing Chemical Mixtures
Drs. Weihsueh Chiu and Ivan Rusyn, professors at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), have received one of 11 new research grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of an initiative to find novel ways to assess the toxicity of chemical mixtures. While toxicology studies have traditionally […]
Texas A&M University Research Aims To Improve Lyme Disease Diagnostics
Lyme disease, the fastest growing vector-borne illness in the U.S., according to the Bay Area Lyme Foundation, is challenging to diagnose and can only be treated in the early stages of infection. Once the infection spreads to the nervous and muscular systems, it is both harder to detect and less susceptible to antibiotics. Research by […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Medicine Program Receives Full Re-Accreditation By AVMA Council On Education
The Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) has again received full accreditation for the next seven years by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education (COE). Dr. John R. August, the Carl B. King Dean of Veterinary Medicine, announced the accreditation to the school on Dec. 20. The […]
Texas A&M Veterinarians Save Schnauzer With Extreme Urinary Blockage
The last thing anyone wants to deal with during the holidays is a medical emergency, but when Max, a 7-year-old Schnauzer, began to have difficulty urinating on Thanksgiving day, his family began an almost week-long journey to get him the care he needed. They soon learned that Max had a serious blockage in his urinary […]
Cohen Named Glenn Blodgett Equine Chair At Texas A&M
Dr. Noah Cohen, a Texas A&M University Distinguished Professor of equine internal medicine, has been selected to hold the Glenn Blodgett Equine Chair at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS). Cohen has spent more than three decades conducting research, teaching students, and treating patients as a faculty member in the […]
Texas A&M Cardiology Team Performs Lifesaving Surgery For Puppy
Irene Gamboa has loved dogs for as long as she can remember, so much so that her social media friends are almost exclusively dogs and puppies. Yet she didn’t have a dog of her own until fate intervened. What started as a Target run to visit her son who works at the big-box store in […]
Miller Begins Appointment As Stevenson Center Director, Continues Center’s Legacy
Dr. Sam Miller ‘91 begins his workday living an Aggie dream. As he passes through the front door of his office, Reveille IX greets him with an air of excitement fit for a retired queen of Aggieland. In September, Miller assumed the role of director of the Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center, a facility on […]
Crouch Returns To VMBS As Assistant Dean For Admissions, Director For DEI
Dr. Elizabeth Crouch has been named the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (VMBS) assistant dean for professional program admissions, a new position created to support enrollment for the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program. Crouch now also serves as the VMBS’ director for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), a position that […]
Texas A&M Student Surgical Program Provides Kitten With Lifesaving Eye Surgery
Life as a stray kitten is hard, and Gwennie knows this better than most. In her first eight weeks of life, the calico domestic shorthair had already caught a virus that damaged her eyes and left her essentially blind. Fortunately, Gwennie was not on the streets for long and, once rescued, her owner and her […]
