May 2012 news at the College of Medicine

Paper named best 2011 publication by anesthesia journal

By • May 9th, 2012 • Category: Around the College, May 2012

A paper coauthored by three University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine faculty members has received the Langley Journal Award for best paper published in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analagesia in 2011.

Clinical pathologist honored by national student group

By • May 9th, 2012 • Category: May 2012, People

Clinical pathologist honored by national student group   Dr. Heather Wamsley, an assistant professor of clinical pathology at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, has received the Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association’s National Teaching Excellence Award. The college’s sophomore veterinary class nominated Wamsley for the award. She was selected from […]

Display will benefit students, radiology scholarship

By • May 9th, 2012 • Category: Features, May 2012, News

A new digital radiology display case, created as a tribute to the late Dr. Norm Ackerman, will provide educational benefits to students and others.

UF computer science students work with Shelter program to create game

By • May 9th, 2012 • Category: Features, May 2012, News

It’s all in the game… of Shelter Med, thanks to a a collaboration between the Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program and students from UF’s Computer and Information Science and Engineering department.

Graduate studies program students receive degrees

By • May 9th, 2012 • Category: Around the College, May 2012

Graduate program awards degrees Several students in the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s graduate program recently completed advanced degrees. New recipients of the thesis-based master of science degree include Elizabeth Hall and Allison Hreha. Recipients of the Ph.D. degree include Abel Ekiri, Jennifer McGee, Marc Rumpler and Noel Takeuchi. Recipients of the non-thesis, distance education-based […]

Dr. Michael Schaer, longtime hospital clinician, retires

By • May 9th, 2012 • Category: Features, May 2012, People

Dr. Michael Schaer, longtime professor of internal medicine at the UF CVM, retires but plans to remain involved with the college.

Around the College

By • May 9th, 2012 • Category: Around the College, May 2012

Around the College Spring has sprung, and summer is ready to spring! Here are a few photos from college goings-on this past month. The sophomore professional coating ceremony is May 11 and commencement is  “in the air” as we prepare to say goodbye to members of the Class of 2012. Commencement exercises will take place […]