For a Critically Anemic Max, 'This Procedure Saved His Life'

Nov 17, 2022

For a Critically Anemic Max, ‘This Procedure Saved His Life’

By Burgetta Eplin Wheeler Lenny and Sylvia Chin are so eager to explain how the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine saved the life of their dog Max that they both get on the phone from their home in Waxhaw, North Carolina, and try to talk at once. “It was critical,” Sylvia says of the day…

Nov 15, 2022

The Oath, Fall 2022

At the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, we are life-changers. In this edition of the Oath magazine, we show you how spectacularly we build on that foundational truth and become life-savers – both locally and globally. For instance, Ke Cheng, the Randall B. Terry Jr. Distinguished Professor in Regenerative Medicine at NC State, led a research…

Jorge Piedrahita, Randall B. Terry Jr. Distinguished Professor of Translational Medicine at the CVM and director of the CMI, leads the Translational Regenerative Medicine cluster.

Nov 10, 2022

Intentionally, Strategically, Collaboratively, NC State Situated for Research to Soar

The NC State College of Veterinary Medicine attracted its largest amount of research grants ever in 2021, putting the exclamation point on the more than 220 percent growth the college has experienced in grants since 2011. The dramatic increase over the past 10 years, however, is just a footnote in the story of how NC State has…

NC State Veterinary Medicine surgeons perform a hip replacement on a patient.

Nov 7, 2022

Former NC State Veterinary Professor wins ACVS Foundation Legends Award

David DeYoung, a former professor of orthopedic surgery and associate dean at the NC College of Veterinary Medicine, has been awarded the Legends Award from the American College of Veterinary Surgeons Foundation. The award is given to someone who has developed a surgical or diagnostic procedure of significant value, proven by becoming the test or…

Nov 1, 2022

October News and Updates: Our Expertise is Showing

In the Spotlight Dogs’ risk of dementia increases by half every year Natasha Olby, clinician scientist and gerontology expert, was a source for National Geographic’s story on the risk of dementia in dogs. “The beauty of this is that we can validate hands-on observations coming in from people via questionnaires,” she says. “We are finding…

Sep 27, 2022

As Hurricane Ian intensifies, consider updating your disaster plans – and include your pets

Hurricane season is on full-blown display with Hurricane Ian gathering strength in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Fiona’s recent destructive path through the Atlantic Ocean so updating disaster plans should be top of mind. Before National Preparedness Month, always in September, winds down, make sure your plans include your pets. Hurricane season lasts through…

NC State CVM personnel examine a seal from the North Carolina Zoo.

Sep 1, 2022

August News and Updates: Seals, Sloths and Important Firsts

Stay up to date on the new status for nephrology and urology, our first grant from the federal USAID program for a food security project and the opening of the Ready Set Vet partnership exhibit at Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh, among other news.

Aug 19, 2022

Crespo Becomes President of the American Association of Avian Pathologists

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine Professor Rocio Crespo has begun a one-year term as president of the American Association of Avian Pathologists. She assumed the position in July after serving for the previous year as president-elect of the organization. “I always found my involvement in the American Association of Avian Pathologists to be very gratifying,”…

Tanner Snead, Shelly Vaden and Allison Kendall consult on a recent bladder scan of a patient.

Aug 9, 2022

Status Change: Nephrology and Urology Specialty Reaches College Level

Recognizing that the field of veterinary nephrology and urology has grown in complexity and vision, the AVMA American Board of Veterinary Specialties has provisionally approved a petition to elevate the specialty to college status. Shelly Vaden, professor of internal medicine at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, is president-elect of the new American College of…

Jul 19, 2022

‘This is a Big Deal’ – CVM Wins USAID Grant for Poultry Project in Ethiopia

Bolstering its work in global health, the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine has received its first USAID grant for a research project that could lead to healthier chickens and better nourished children in Ethiopia and to a model for how to address food insecurity elsewhere.