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Nominations open for 2024 AVMA Excellence awards
Summary: The nomination period is open for the 2024 AVMA Excellence Awards. The awards program recognizes contributions by veterinarians and…
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Iowa VMA – September 28-29, 2023
The Iowa VMA (IVMA) held its annual meeting from September 28-29 in Ames. Dr. Fred Sick won this year's Veterinarian of the Year Award. Dr. Kristen…
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National Academies of Practice accepts 17 veterinary fellows
The National Academies of Practice, an interdisciplinary organization of health care practitioners and scholars, held a forum on “One Team—One Health”…
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AVMA prepares response to FDA draft compounding guidance
Based on feedback from member veterinarians and other stakeholders, the AVMA has compiled a list of key points to share with the FDA in our formal…
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NAVTA connects with association management provider
The National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America and the AVMA have reached an agreement with an association management company to handle…
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VMX 2023 draws a crowd for 40th anniversary
Several new studies were unveiled at @the_NAVC Veterinary Meeting & Expo this January in Orlando, Florida, including research identifying 30 different…
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AVMA Board elects Teller chair, Bradley vice chair
The AVMA Board of Directors elected Dr. Lori Teller of Bellaire, Texas, as 2020-21 chair during a virtual meeting of the Board on July 31.…
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AVMA revises declawing policy
Policy discourages procedure but defers to veterinarians on each case
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AVMF, AVMA award inaugural veterans scholarships
Last year, in honor of the 100th anniversary of President Woodrow Wilson's signing of the National Defense Act of 1916 and the creation of a…
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Vet, human medicine start regenerative medicine venture
The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine announced Jan. 20 the formation of the Center for Veterinary Regenerative Medicine.
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Teller wins historic AVMA election
Dr. Lori Teller, chair of the AVMA Board of Directors, won the race for 2021-22 AVMA president-elect on July 30 during a vote by the AVMA House of…
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Meet the winners of AVMA excellence awards
Over a dozen veterinarians, animal health professionals and animal lovers have won 2021 AVMA Excellence in Veterinary Medicine Awards for their…
Clinical Practitioners Advisory Committee
The Clinical Practitioners Advisory Committee provides wide species-based, veterinary practitioner input to the Council on Biologic and Therapeutic…
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AAHA publishes allergic skin disease guidelines for dogs, cats
On October 31, the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) announced the publication of the 2023 AAHA Management of Allergic Skin Diseases in Dogs…
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Honor and thank a colleague with an AVMA award nomination
From animal welfare to clinical practice, and from research to public service, AVMA Excellence Awards honor those whose contributions have made a…
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WVC conference features new collaboration between AVMA, Viticus Group
The 2022 WVC Annual Conference, March 6-9, featured an announcement about a new partnership between the AVMA and Viticus Group, the organization that…
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AVMA recognizes excellence in veterinary medicine
During AVMA Convention 2017 this July in Indianapolis, the AVMA bestowed awards to recognize excellence in veterinary medicine.
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Students benefit from AVMF support
The American Veterinary Medical Foundation announced July 21 during its board of directors meeting in Chicago the 12 recipients of scholarships it…
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AVMA president among veterinarians joining National Academies of Practice
AVMA President Lori Teller, Dr. Julia Ponder, and Dr. John Tegzes were recently inducted as 2023 veterinary fellows into the National Academies of…
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Congratulations, AVMA award winners!
Meet the veterinarians, animal health professionals, and animal lovers who have been named as recipients of this year’s AVMA Excellence in Veterinary…
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Nominations open for 2022 AVMA awards
The awards program recognizes contributions by veterinarians and nonveterinarians to the veterinary profession and to animal health and welfare.
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Rising from the rubble: Maui wildfire relief efforts continue
Since the Maui wildfires in early August burned large areas of the island, including the city of Lahaina, donations have poured in from around the…
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HOD to deliberate on declawing
AVMA House of Delegates also to consider microchips, cribbing, use of technology
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World Small Animal Veterinary Association
45th World Small Animal Veterinary Association Congress, held virtually, March 21-24
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In Memory: Childers, dedicated volunteer and practitioner, dies at 93
Dr. Henry E. Childers, a Rhode Island practitioner and former president of the AVMA and the American Hospital Association, died April 15, 2024. He was…