In addition to obesity management, conditions that nutrition frequently consults are gastrointestinal disease, renal disease, and pancreatitis. They also see clients who are interested in creating home-prepared meals for their companion animals, which can be tricky to get right.
The program has 105 courses scheduled for 2024, with public courses representing nearly half. These courses are primarily designed for general practitioners, but CSUVetCE also has several options designed specifically for residents and diplomates.
The lab primarily handles surgical biopsies which, most often, have a veterinary care team and anxious owner waiting for results. The team also works with necropsy specimens to provide closure to owners or information on herd health. With that in mind, service excellence is critical, providing quick and accurate findings.
On Friday, December 15, 2023, Mary Juliet Rathbone Gionfriddo ("Julie") died in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the age of 69. The only child of John and Lois Rathbone of Denver, Colorado, Julie earned bachelor of science and doctor of veterinary medicine degrees at Colorado State University. She served on the veterinary school faculty for 14 years before retiring as a full professor in 2013.
“My experiences at CSU have allowed me to translate my personal struggles into a drive to become a physician who advocates for underrepresented and marginalized communities.”
For more than 50 years, Elizabeth “Betty” Koster and Dr. Merrill Koster have been dedicated to making an impact in both human and veterinary medicine.
A State of Colorado program that helps pay off student loan debt for veterinarians who practice in under-served areas was expanded by the legislature last spring with additional funding and participant seats.
Melinda Story, the inaugural Leslie A. Malone Presidential Chair in Equine Sports Medicine, investigates the equine axial skeleton – which includes the neck, back and pelvis – and nerve pain.
Claudia Gentry-Weeks, associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, will be cloning genes that code for antimicrobial peptides and isolating bacteriophages from fish farms, in collaboration with the Universidad de Murcia.
The One Medicine for pets and people approach has guided Dr. Rodney Page’s career. After a lifetime of achievements, Page has announced his plans to retire as the longtime director of the Robert H. and Mary G. Flint Animal Cancer Center and the Stephen J. Withrow Presidential Chair in Oncology.