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MAGAZINE OF THE CUMMINGSmagazine SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE VOL. 9 NO. 1 SUMMER 2007 VETERINARY MEDICINE Examining the Future The impact of changes in veterinary medicine on education TUFTS UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF PUBLICATIONS 7587 8/07 PLUS: INSIDE STUDENT RESEARCH ■ THE CLINICAL TEAM: A CLOSER LOOK 501842_OFC-P5&OBC C1 8/8/14/0714/07 8:34:18 PM CASE SOLVED caption_fr From Bone Yard to The Boneyard It was about a one-acre patch of land in the middle of the city park in the oil pipes and telephone poles to have them removed. Culver City, California. When Dr. Dean E. Gebroe, V89, and a handful By August 2005 the pipes and debris were gone, allowing construc- of other residents checked it out in July 2001, it was a very different tion to begin. The Culver City Dog Park, aka the Boneyard, offi cially sort of bone yard: the city’s dumping ground for telephone poles, light opened in April 2006. “The transformation of a contaminated site into signals, guard rails—in other words, “junk that any city acquires in the a public park demonstrates the tremendous potential of all Brownfi elds normal course of business,” says Gebroe. properties,” noted Jeff Scott, EPA Waste Management Director, at the In a previous life, the property had been an oil pumping site with time. The park has separate areas for small and large dogs, benches, 650 feet of abandoned cast iron piping running through it. Yet the group trees, water fountains, and a ground cover of decomposed granite. decided it was the ideal spot for an urban dog park. The challenge, of This past April, Gebroe and Vicki Daly Redholtz, chair of Friends of course, would be to transform a junk-inhabited Brownfi elds site into a the Culver City Dog Park, were invited to speak at the National Dog Con- safe place for canine residents, licensed but leash-free, to romp with ference and Symposium in Morristown, New Jersey, whose members their human companions. A month later the group established itself met to lay the foundation for a national nonprofi t dog park association. as the nonprofi t Friends of the Culver City Dog Park. The group worked At the conference, Gebroe praised the dedication of the Board, the hand in hand with City Council to obtain use of the property. They support of the City Council, and “a wonderful community that not only organized countless fundraisers that ultimately raised over $100,000. expressed their desire to have a dog park in the area but that actively And in March 2003 they were awarded a $250,000 Brownfi elds Grant participated in bringing the Boneyard to fruition.” from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clean up the site. It was not until October 2004 that site testing would be complete and If you have a “case solved”—a clinical puzzle with a happy outcome, the clean-up could start. But it was all done a month—and 1,200 tons an “aha” moment in your research, or an animal-related civic challenge of hydrocarbon-impacted soils—later, only to have the schedule hit a you helped meet—we invite you to share it with us. Send your ideas to six-month snag while the City negotiated agreements with the owners of [email protected]. CREDIT_SMALL 501842_OFC-P5&OBC C2 8/8/14/0714/07 8:34:26 PM CO N T E N T S SUMMER 2007 I VOLUME 9, NO. 1 FEATURES 12 To Serve—and to Teach Spotlighting some of the key players on the Cummings clinical teams. 15 Commencement 2007 We profi le four of this year’s graduates. 12 DEPARTMENTS COVER STORY 2 Letter from the Dean 6 A Change in 3 In Brief 18 Research the Landscape 22 Advancement by Leslie Limon What do changes in the veterinary profession mean for veterinary education? Dean Deborah T. Kochevar offers her perspective. On the cover: Technician Anna Gates reads protein levels in a liver cell in Dr. Cindy Leveille-Webster’s laboratory. Tracing molecular parallels between liver disease in cats and dogs, and in humans, may yield answers that benefi t all three. Above: A llama lunches on the Cummings farm in Grafton 15 501842_OFC-P5&OBC 1 8/8/14/0714/07 8:34:30 PM FROM THE DEAN TUFTS VETERINARY MEDICINE A Flourishing Landscape vol. 9, no. 1 summer 2007 Executive Editor Deborah T. Kochevar, Dean A year ago I joined the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine University and have been impressed ever since by the dedicated students, Editorial Advisor faculty, and staff with whom I have had the privilege to work and learn. Shelley Rodman, Director Veterinary Development and Alumni Relations I would like to thank all of you who have been so welcoming and helpful to Editor me during my fi rst year as dean. Gail Bambrick, Director Tufts University Publications Refl ecting on the past year reminded compare very favorably with similar co- me of the many ways in which Tufts friends horts at peer institutions. Our veterinary Contributing Editor and Writer and alumni can be proud of our school. professional students ranked third in the Leslie Limon Despite the highly competitive national nation in raw GRE test scores and were Art Director environment for attracting clinical special- drawn from some of the most selective Margot Grisar ists to academic medicine, we hired new fac- institutions in the country. We ranked sec- Tufts University Publications ulty members in fi ve clinical specialties this ond in the country in the total number of year. In FY07, 26,529 patients were treated our current and former students who ap- Graphic Designer Kelly McMurray in the Foster Hospital for Small Animals plied to internships or residencies and were 2communiqué and nearly 1,800 patients were treated in matched with programs. the Hospital for Large Animals. Our small I have had the chance to meet with many Photographers animal hospital ranked in the top fi ve na- of you and to begin to understand, from Andrew Cunningham tionally in number of annual small animal your perspectives, what makes Tufts strong Jodi Hilton Melody Ko patient visits. Tufts’ Ambulatory Service in and where new opportunities lie. I have also Steven Vote Woodstock, Conn., had a tremendously been gratifi ed by the welcoming commu- productive year and our Wildlife Clinic nity of veterinary medical associations that Tufts Veterinary Medicine is funded in continued its tradition of excellent service. I have found throughout New England. part by the Edward Hyde Cox Fund for Our faculty deserves enormous credit for In the coming year I will strive to pre- Publications. It is published three times maintaining teaching and research excel- serve the strengths and unique features of a year and distributed to key university personnel, veterinary students, lence while meeting the demand for animal Cummings School while also fostering and veterinarians, alumni, friends, and others. health care in New England. rewarding innovative achievements in re- NIH-funded research programs in in- search, clinical service, and teaching. We welcome your letters, story ideas, and fectious diseases, reproductive sciences, I thank those who so generously sup- suggestions. Send correspondence to: gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases, pul- port our efforts and who help us to sustain Editor, Tufts Veterinary Medicine monology, and clinical research continued the culture of collegiality and excellence Tufts University to fl ourish despite the diffi cult climate for that has become the hallmark of Cum- Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine federal funding of biomedical research. In- mings School of Veterinary Medicine. I 200 Westboro Road ternational research highlights included the am very proud to feel a part of this excep- North Grafton, MA 01536 expanding presence in Indonesia of a Tufts tional community. Telephone: 508-839-7907 Website: www.tufts.edu/vet Cummings team tasked with management Email: [email protected] of avian infl uenza. We are very proud of our faculty for their successes in these challeng- ing and competitive research environments. Talented students continue to select dr. deborah turner kochevar Cummings School and their qualifi cations dean 2 tufts veterinary medicine summer 2007 501842_OFC-P5&OBC 2 8/8/14/0714/07 8:34:44 PM IN BRIEF Mainzer is a strong advocate of inte- grating veterinary profi ciencies with public health practices. In 1995, in honor of his fi fth reunion and in memory of his moth- er, Mainzer and his father Stephen en- dowed the Sylvia G. Mainzer Public Health Achievement Award to recognize a gradu- ating Cummings student for excellence in the use of veterinary knowledge and skill to protect and improve human and animal health. This year’s recipient was Eric Daniel Mondschein (see article on p. 16). AMBULATORY CLINIC HONORED The Tufts Ambulatory Clinic in Woodstock, Conn., was honored by the Dairy Science Club at the University of Connecticut (UConn) for its excellence in food animal-related education. The Ambulatory Clinic offers students hands- on experience both in preventive care and in responding to illnesses, injuries, and emer- gencies. Fourth-year veterinary students on rotation also learn about partnering with their clients when they are assigned as a consult- ing team to a commercial farm. Dr. Kirk Kerr, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UConn, toured the Grafton Hugh Mainzer, V90 campus in April. He also engaged in talks with Cummings faculty and administrators regard- Named chief veterinary offi cer of USHPS ing the potential for developing more partner- ships between the two institutions. On May 1, Captain Hugh Mainzer was named Chief Professional Of- fi cer for the veterinary category of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S.