Roseman takes first steps toward becoming Nevada’s first veterinary school

On June 16, Roseman University of Health Sciences announced it has submitted a letter of intent to the AVMA Council on Education (COE) for its proposed College of Veterinary Medicine at its campus in Henderson, Nevada.

Roseman, with campuses in Nevada and Utah, is a nonprofit, private institution focused on training health care professionals at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The proposed veterinary college would expand Roseman’s growing portfolio of health professions programs, which includes colleges of dentistry, nursing, medicine, and pharmacy.

The university’s move comes as a dozen others are in various stages of seeking COE accreditation.

Roseman also named Dr. Katherine Fogelberg as the proposed veterinary college’s founding dean to lead the proposal development, according to the university press release.

“Our goal is to create a veterinary program that is not only academically rigorous but also deeply mission-driven,” Dr. Fogelberg said in the release. “We want to train veterinarians who are equipped to serve all communities—urban and rural, pets and livestock, locally and nationally.”

Roseman now moves ahead with preliminary planning for the proposed four-year DVM degree program. The semi-distributive model will provide a combination of Roseman-based clinical rotations across equine, large animal, and companion animal medicine, with rotations at off-campus partner sites across the region, according to Jason Roth, Roseman’s vice president of communications and partnerships, in an email to AVMA News.

During the initial planning, Dr. Fogelberg will oversee the design, planning, operation, and assessment of the proposed program. She will also work with the local veterinary community and other stakeholders to establish clinical partnerships.

“Launching a veterinary college requires both a strong vision and deep engagement with the community it will serve,” said Dr. Renee Coffman, president and co-founder of Roseman University, in the release. “Dr. Fogelberg brings the right combination of experience, insight, and passion to help Roseman build a veterinary program that responds to the growing needs of Nevada and the surrounding region.”

Dr. Fogelberg received her veterinary degree in 2008 from Texas A&M University and a PhD in philosophy with a concentration in science education in 2014 from Texas Christian University.

She comes from Lincoln Memorial University where she was director of the Center for Innovation in Veterinary Education and Technology and associate professor of veterinary medicine.

“An Army veteran, she has more than a decade of clinical experience in small animal general and emergency practice, with additional work in zoo and wildlife medicine,” the university said. “Over the past 15 years, she has served in higher education as a professor and administrator, publishing widely across veterinary medicine, education, and public health.”