This past month, veterinary medicine lost a pioneer in the field of Emergency and Critical Care: Dr. Gary Stamp. Born in White Heath, Illinois, Dr. Stamp received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Shortly after graduating, Dr. Stamp joined the Air Force where he was stationed in Fort Collins, […]
Telemedicine: Friend or Foe?
I recently had the opportunity to learn more about telemedicine in the capacity of veterinary medicine. In our business course, we had a local small animal practitioner come in and talk to us about his experience with telemedicine. Up until this time, I hadn’t heard much about it and really thought of it as a […]
It’s a (sort of) Wild World
Recently we had the pleasure of having Dr. Douglas Armstrong, director of animal health at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium at Iowa State to lecture on conservation medicine and managed animals. Zoo animal medicine, as well as conservation medicine, is a topic that I am passionate about, and it’s really where I got my […]
