News Stories
A Cut Above
Veterinary residents often endure long, challenging days, but Dr. Whitney Hinson is grateful for the opportunity to hone her surgical skills at Texas A&M—and save lives while doing it. Veterinary residents at the Texas A&M Small Animal Hospital (SAH) spend their days seeing appointments, providing treatments to patients, and communicating with clients. They work long […]
CVM Student Organization Hosts Unique CPR Training for Students, Faculty
The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) has become one of the first colleges in the country to provide students and faculty with both basic and advanced CPR training under the Reassessment Campaign on Veterinary Resuscitation (RECOVER) initiative. The RECOVER initiative, the first standardized CPR training to offer certification through the […]
Gut Instincts
Dr. Jan Suchodolski never intended to spend his career at Texas A&M, but while continuing his education at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), he was introduced to a new and exciting discovery that changed the course of his career, placing him on the cutting-edge of microbiome research. The research […]
A Passion for Pets in Crisis
As head of the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Small Animal Hospital (SAH), Dr. Christine Rutter handles life-or-death situations every day, but finds that she thrives on the pressure. Sometimes, a patient’s situation is so dire that there’s not much choice regarding treatment. That’s […]
Feeling the Heat
Dr. Deb Zoran uses her work with Texas A&M Task Force urban search and rescue dogs to study how different breeds have unique temperature ranges and how that impacts their ability to save lives. They are, perhaps, among the unsung heroes of the rescue world. The canine members of the Texas A&M Task Force (TX-TF) […]
Hamer Lab Researcher Receives Campus-Wide Mentoring Award
Alyssa Meyers, Ph.D., a postdoctoral research associate in the Sarah A. Hamer Laboratory at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), has been awarded the 2019 Ethel Ashworth-Tsutsui Memorial Award for Mentoring by the Texas A&M organization Women in Science and Engineering (WISE). This annual award recognizes women on campus who […]
Werner the Wonder Dog
Texas A&M University veterinarians collaborate to successfully operate on a “double doodle” with a rare tumor. When Andrea Streicher saw the photos of the curly-haired, golden puppies a friend had sent her, it was love at first sight. Her day had started off with a series of unfortunate events—including a flat tire—but there in front of […]
Texas A&M System Partnership Announces Update To Veterinary Program In Texas Panhandle
Additional funding will support the increased faculty needed for VERO’s 2+2 program CANYON, Jan. 28, 2020—Officials from The Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) announced on Jan. 28 a $5 million commitment to the developing 2+2 veterinary program through the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Veterinary Education, Research & Outreach (VERO) […]
ImmersED
Faculty and staff at the Texas A&M Center for Educational Technologies work to enhance the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine curriculum through active-learning activities that draw from actual Small Animal Hospital cases. More than 140 Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) students sit in groups in a […]
AAVMC Names Dean Eleanor Green Recipient of 2020 Billy E. Hooper Award
Washington, D.C., January 27, 2020 – The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) has named Dr. Eleanor Green, the Carl B. King Dean of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University (TAMU), as the recipient of the 2020 AAVMC Billy E Hooper Award for Distinguished Service. The award is sponsored this year by the Stanton […]
