Member News

The course will take place on Thursday, June 13th- Saturday, June 15th at the Marriott St. Louis West.

Our very own Dr. Heather Brookshire was featured in Inside Business as a Top 40 Under 40. Featured in the article is an interview with Dr. Brookshire herself. Huge congratulations on this incredible achievement, Dr. Brookshire!

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Two of our very own Diplomates, Dr. William Beltran and Dr. Sara Thomasy, are apart of research teams awarded grants from the National Eye Institute. These five research teams will develop new models for eye disease research.

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Yeager sure has had his close encounters with danger, but when he was his by a car last July, he had the closest encounter of his short life. With the help of our very own resident, Dr. Sami Pederson and her mentors in this multi-specialty collaboration at Colorado State University, Yeager got a second chance at life! This is a wonderful article about how veterinarians of all specialties work together to help those pets in need.

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Download the PowerPoint slides from the 2018 Teaching Seminar by Dr. Jim Schoster.

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Congratulations are in order for our very own Dr. Brian Gilger who was awarded the AVMA Clinical Research Award. His research has focused on innovative delivery of ocular drugs, immune-mediated ocular diseases and wound healing. Learn more about Dr. Gilger, his award and other AVMA awards.

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Early in the morning of September 2, 2018, Alan joined up with his canine companions that passed before him and went for a walk. He was surrounded by love as he began this journey.

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New Diplomates of the ACVO announced on the ABVO website.

Diplomate/Members: Please plan to attend the ACVO business meeting, Friday, September 28th, during the ACVO annual conference in Minneapolis, MN to welcome and congratulate your colleagues!

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Diplomate, Dr. Erin Scott assistant professor at Texas A&M, was featured in an article regarding vision impairments in pets. This article is incredibly helpful for pet owners to better understand what to be on the lookout in their animals eyes.

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The ACVO/StokesRx National Service Animal Eye Exam Event celebrated wrapping up the 11th annual event at AVMA! It’s been an amazing year for the program and we were able to promote the award winning program to a total of 7,655 attendees at the 2018 conference in Denver.

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ACVO has developed and approved an official Harassment Policy as of July 2018. This new policy provides guidelines on appropriate behavior of our members whether serving on a committee, or attending a conference in person.

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Thank you for participating in another wonderful year of the Service Animal event with a record-breaking 305 participating members! The PR Committee would like to again extend an invitation to you to submit a video for competition and possibly win a Go Pro.

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This is fun educational article! Did you know that starfish have eyes?! Researchers have found many species of starfish that do have eyes and some are far more biologically complex than others. Learn more about starfish eye structures and how they use their eyesight.

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A cat's eyes are incredibly delicate organs. This article that features ACVO Diplomate Dr. Alexandra van der Woerdt, covers many eye problems in cats.

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