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HARNESSING THE POWER OF GENOMICS: Introducing Penn Vet's Center for Research on Microbes in Health and Disease
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE... Campaign Impact & Annual Report Spotlight on Comprehensive Cancer Care Paynter: A Racing Success Story Working Dog Center Year in Review A Day in the Life of a Penn Vet Alum 19104-6106 or by phone at (215) 898-6993 (Voice) or (215) 898-7803 (TDD). Sansom PlaceEast,3600ChestnutStreet,Suite228,Philadelphia, PA Director, OfficeofAffirmativeActionandEqualOpportunity Programs, complaints regardingthispolicyshouldbedirectedto: Executive University administeredprogramsoremployment.Questions or admissions policies;scholarshipandloanawards;athletic, orother in theadministrationofeducationalpolicies,programs oractivities; age, disability,orstatusasaVietnamEraVeteran disabled veteran orientation, genderidentity,religion,color,nationalor ethnicorigin, of Pennsylvaniadoesnotdiscriminateonthebasis race,sex,sexual students, facultyandstafffromdiversebackgrounds.TheUniversity The UniversityofPennsylvaniavaluesdiversityandseekstalented © Copyright2013bytheTrusteesofUniversityPennsylvania. school. the of permission the without form any in reproduced be to is articles these of None [email protected] 898-1475 (215) 19104-6010 PA Philadelphia, Street Spruce 3800 Medicine Veterinary of School Pennsylvania of University Berke Ashley to: correspondence your address Please KANE MARIE ANNE DESIGNER WAGH MANASEE SIMONE JANE RITCHEY STACY RADENKOVIC HELEN McMULLEN KRISTEN MARCUSSEN JILLIAN GERSON LAWRENCE DR. DONGES JOHN BERKE ASHLEY BERGER MARY BAILLIE UNGER KATHERINE CONTRIBUTORS FRANCISCO JUDI COORDINATOR ADMINISTRATIVE CALAHAN DARLEEN COORDINATOR EVENTS SPECIAL BELT BARBARA CENTER BOLTON NEW FOR COORDINATOR DEVELOPMENT DONGES JOHN COORDINATOR COMMUNICATIONS SHEPARD LOUISA CENTER BOLTON NEW FOR SPECIALIST COMMUNICATIONS CLOUD CAROLE MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS WEB CAMPBELL JOHN SERVICES ADVANCEMENT AND GIVING ANNUAL OF DIRECTOR ASSISTANT BERKE ASHLEY COMMUNICATIONS OF DIRECTOR McMULLEN KRISTEN RELATIONS ALUMNI OF DIRECTOR MARCUSSEN JILLIAN PROJECTS SPECIAL AND STEWARDSHIP OF DIRECTOR SIMONE JANE CENTER BOLTON NEW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF DIRECTOR RADENKOVIC HELEN HOSPITAL VETERINARY RYAN J. MATTHEW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF DIRECTOR BERGER MARY SERVICES ADVANCEMENT AND GIVING ANNUAL OF DIRECTOR POOSER CAROL COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONS ALUMNI ADVANCEMENT, OF DEAN ASSISTANT COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONS ALUMNIADVANCEMENT, OF OFFICE
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s I write this on a sweltering hot summer day, it’s hard to believe the crisp, refreshing days of fall are nearing. With the change in temperature also comes much change at Penn Vet. I am also very conscious that my time as Dean is more than 60 percentA complete – there is a lot going on and a lot yet to accomplish! I look forward to the fall bringing us new students who will fill our classrooms (learn more about the 12 next generation of veterinary leaders on page 44). Groundbreaking new research will also begin (read Center for Animal Health and Productivity has already about the Center for Research on Microbes in Health proven to be a major resource for nutrition advising, and Disease on pages 4-13). New puppies will join using our CPM Dairy software. the Working Dog Center (read about the remarkable I was also able to catch up with two Penn Vet students accomplishments from the Center’s first year of operation who were spending their summers in China – Gabriel on page 18). And new patients will be seen, many of Innes at the Hua Xia Dairy and Wanxin Liu at the Giant them through new comprehensive services at Ryan Panda Breeding Preserve. Hospital (explore our Comprehensive Cancer Care China’s commitment to giant pandas is a matter of service on page 14). national pride. Throughout the trip, I was continually In addition to turning the spotlight on these exciting impressed by the rapid improvements and explicit interest developments – many of them in our tradition of historic in animal welfare, including for food animals such as firsts – this issue of Bellwether also provides an opportunity swine and dairy cattle. In addition, an enormous increase to give thanks. On pages 22-39 you’ll find our Annual in ownership of household pets has led to significant Report, highlighting some of our most steadfast advances in their level of veterinary care. There is even supporters. I am always amazed by the generosity of our a serious initiative to bring horse racing to the mainland, friends who so graciously help us fulfill our mission. On linked to speculation that gambling on racing may behalf of everyone at the School, I sincerely thank you. become legal. As we continue to build upon our strengths and There is an incredible opportunity to support Chinese demonstrate in new ways how Penn Vet leads, I would veterinarians to keep up with this increased demand in the like to share with you some of the impactful work that marketplace. However, as a national license is required to was carried out over the summer that will undoubtedly practice veterinary medicine in China, foreign vets do not result in meaningful collaborations for the future. qualify to provide additional help. But Penn Vet is poised In July, accompanied by Dr. Zhengxia Dou, Penn to make an impact through continuing education courses, Vet’s Professor of Agricultural Systems, I embarked on as well as management and business training through the a trip to China. Dr. Dou and I were fortunate to visit Penn Executive Veterinary Leadership Program at the four academic/research institutions – China Agricultural Wharton School (see page 40). In addition, the University University, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, is opening a Penn Wharton China Center in Beijing to Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, and the facilitate outreach. The ability to supplement our revenues Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (where from international sources, while improving global amazing photo opportunities abounded!) – as well as two veterinary care, may be an attractive means to help replace for-profit institutions – Ringpu Biology (a pharmaceutical losses in US public funding for veterinary education. firm specializing in animal health products) and Hua Xia Overall, my travels this summer reinforced yet again Dairy Farm. how Penn Vet leads. Our work is truly making a global As a result of our visits, we are forging new interactions impact, and I look forward to seeing these existing and academic exchanges. One such example is a partnerships and new relationships flourish. collaboration between Dr. Dou and Dr. Ming Xu of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University to investigate waste and food security issues throughout a dairy cow’s —JOAN C. HENDRICKS, V’79, GR’80 life cycle for the dairy industry. In particular, Penn Vet’s THE GILBERT S. KAHN DEAN OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
WWW.VET.UPENN.EDU/BELLWETHER 3 genomicsHARNESSING THE POWER OF
BY KATHERINE UNGER BAILLIE ast summer Dean Joan Hendricks challenged Penn Vet’s faculty to come up with a big idea to advance the profession. This wasn’t just an idle “ask.” She planned Lto put money where her mouth was. “I said to the leadership – and the entire community – that while we had to be very disciplined and careful about routine spending, we actually had some reserves, and wise investments in exciting ideas with huge potential were possible,” says Hendricks. Dean Hendricks’ challenge got the gears turning for Dr. Christopher Hunter, Chair of the Department of Pathobiology. “I started to think about ways to make our faculty better; not in recruiting new faculty necessarily, but in improving the skills of the people already here,” he says. This idea, one that would invest in Penn Vet’s already world-class faculty while simultaneously supporting cutting-edge research, has given birth to what is now known as the Center for Research on Microbes in Health and Disease. The Center is designed to teach, facilitate, and encourage collaboration on the use of genomics technologies to gain insights into
4 BELLWETHER FALL 2013 how bacteria, parasites, viruses, and other organisms interact with their human and animal hosts in ways that both maintain health and lead to disease. “The proposal sparked my imagination,” says Hendricks. “It would make us both a leader on the campus and a leader in our profession.” With support from Dean Hendricks, Associate Dean for Research Dr. Phil Scott, Executive Director of Finance and Administration Robert Schieri, and others, the Center has begun by funding five research projects, each led by Penn Vet faculty, which will probe these interactions. These pilots promise to augment society’s understanding of the complex relationship between microbes and health, and carry Penn Vet’s scientific enterprise to new heights.
HOT TOPIC In retrospect, this proposal may seem obvious, as it capitalizes on the School’s existing strengths in the study of microorganisms, including a focus on bacterial, viral, and parasitic pathogens, while addressing an aspect of science that has evolved rapidly over the last several years: genomics. A decade ago, it cost 25 to 50 million dollars to sequence a genome. Today, that price has dropped to less than $10,000. As a result, genome sequencing has become a relatively accessible scientific tool, one that has the potential to open up new realms of research. Studies of the microbiome, or the collection of microorganisms that reside on the skin, in the gut, or in other specific environments, have exploded thanks to these techniques. “We always knew there were microbes there, but we didn’t know what they were. You couldn’t grow them, nor could you work with them,” explains Hunter. “But the genomic approach now allows you to look at them and associate them with disease.” Yet despite genome sequencing dropping in cost and rising in availability, Hunter realized that many faculty members lacked the
WWW.VET.UPENN.EDU/BELLWETHER 5 “How do you parse out what is meaningful? How do you “We always knew there were even store that amount of data? Those are the challenges that microbes there, but we didn’t know Dan is helping our community address.” An early strategic decision was not to invest in hardware, as what they were. You couldn’t grow sequencing equipment is expensive and can quickly become obsolete. In addition, Penn has facilities, particularly within them, nor could you work with the medical school, that Penn Vet researchers can utilize. them. But the genomic approach Beiting has been able to help to connect vet school students and faculty with the resources around campus that would best now allows you to look at them fulfill their needs while training them in the most effective ways to set up experiments and analyze data. and associate them with disease.” Partnering with the Perelman School of Medicine has also been a key facet of the Center, as certain Penn Medicine —Dr. Christopher Hunter faculty are already engaged in studying the host-microbe Chair of the Department of Pathobiology interactions and using genomics regularly to address questions of basic science and clinical importance. training and familiarity with these approaches to use them, “Our School is in a unique position in that we have a or to make the most of their power. Even those faculty medical school across the street and a dental school down members with knowledge of how to utilize genomics tools the road,” Hunter says. “We’re ideally positioned to take can easily be overwhelmed by the vast amounts of data that advantage of their expertise and collaborate in ways that the techniques can generate. further everyone’s research aims.” “Many faculty, especially more established faculty who set up their labs 15 or 20 years ago, may be unfamiliar with these techniques, or reluctant to invest in new technologies,” adds LAUNCHING RESEARCH Hunter. In the first year of the Center’s existence, five projects have received full funding – $50,000 a piece – to pursue their aims, while three others received partial funding. EDUCATE, UNIFY, FACILITATE The five fully funded pilots include a multi-investigator To overcome these hurdles, one of the first steps toward study at Penn Vet’s Philadelphia campus, examining the creating the Center involved hiring Dr. Daniel Beiting, an role of microbes in canine atopic dermatitis, and another immunologist by training who gained expertise in genomics at New Bolton Center, which is studying how the rumen methods during a postdoctoral fellowship at Penn, in the microbiome of dairy cows impacts their productivity and lab of Dr. David Roos in the School of Arts and Sciences’ health (read more on pages 9 and 12). While not the sole Department of Biology. Beiting’s goal is to demystify the focus of the Center, the microbiome also serves as the scientific approaches required to set up, conduct, and analyze primary focus of the three additional projects. genomics-based studies. One of these will be led by Dr. Christopher Lengner, “There are people at Penn who have never used these Assistant Professor of Animal Biology at Penn Vet. A stem technologies, there are people who dabble with them, and cell geneticist, his prior work has shed light on the idea that there are people who use them routinely,” says Beiting. “As most cases of colorectal cancer may originate from a mutation a center, we have to act as a catalyst to help make it easier for in a stem cell that leads to unregulated growth. Yet other everyone in all three of these groups.” research has indicated that chronic inflammation, inspired by Indeed, even those faculty and students familiar an immune response to gut bacteria, may also play a leading with genomics can use assistance in the latter stages of role in increasing cancer risk. experimentation – after the tests are over and data has poured “With our project, we want to reconcile these two ideas,” in. If one imagines the quantity of information that can arise Lengner says. from one genome is extraordinary, the quantity that comes The pilot work will involve experimentally manipulating from an analysis of all the microbes living on a portion of a expression of the protein Msi, which Lengner’s lab has dog’s skin, for example, would be astronomical. Issues of data previously found to bind directly to RNA molecules that are storage, management, and analysis have become some of the involved in regulating immune responses. most challenging elements of experimentation. “If you’re looking at microbes, you could be dealing with 30,000 different genomes in a patch of skin,” says Hunter.
6 BELLWETHER FALL 2013 “We believe these genes might provide a link between the transformation of the stem cell and regulation of the immune response to microbes,” Lengner adds. Lengner and colleagues will track the response of the microbial communities as Msi levels are either knocked down or overexpressed. What they find may lead to the pursuit of other questions, such as how tumor development progresses in the presence or absence of various microbial communities. “This is really just a first step to get a little bit of a handle on a very complex problem,” Researchers from Penn Vet and Lengner says. “As a relatively junior faculty Penn Med discuss the progress member, I might have otherwise been reluctant of their projects and share ideas to divert resources to a new project like this one. and resources. But because these resources are here now and the expertise is here, it lowers the barrier and makes it much more tenable for me to head down this path.” Dr. Julie Engiles, Assistant Professor of Pathology at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center, is the primary investigator on another Center- funded effort. Her project will investigate the effect of pre-operative antibiotics on the gut microbiome of horses that come to New Bolton Center for elective surgeries. Previous research has linked high- carbohydrate feed to the development of colitis. The mechanism may have to do with how a change in diet leads to alterations in the population of microbes living in the gastrointestinal tract, causing disruptions and illness. Likewise, administering pre-operative antibiotics could also lead to gut microbiome imbalances. Engiles and colleagues do not lack for potential study subjects at the busy New Bolton Center. Their study method is simple and non-invasive: They will take fecal and serum samples on admission and at certain time points after surgeries to track variations in the horses’ gut microbiome. If, unfortunately, a horse develops an infection after its procedure, the researchers will evaluate whether the infectious agents match up to those in the gut or whether they match other microbes. The study will also track horses to see if they develop other post-operative complications, including two of the most troublesome maladies that strike horses: colic and laminitis.
WWW.VET.UPENN.EDU/BELLWETHER 7 in a baby’s own gut microbiome. This altered microbial community could then lead to differences in how important nutrients are absorbed in the offspring’s body, leading to differences in how the baby’s brain develops. “Some studies on the gut microbiome have found associations with risk factors for autism and schizophrenia,” says Bale. “We’re now trying to put two and two together.” Already Bale’s lab has collaborated with Dr. Elizabeth Grice of Penn Medicine and Dr. Michael May of Penn Vet, and determined that a female mouse’s vaginal microbiome is changed when she is stressed, and that these altered microbe populations are transferred to pups at birth. Further down the line, Bale hopes to determine whether experimentally manipulating the bacteria in the vagina leads to changes in brain development, and whether these changes could be “rescued” by various procedures like giving antibiotics or Using genomics in this study might help researchers introducing particular types of bacteria into a baby’s gut. identify the infectious microbes, which can be difficult to do With hard work and a little luck, says Hunter, the results using traditional culture-based approaches. of these pilots will enable Penn Vet’s faculty to produce “I thought that this genomic approach would be a preliminary findings that will give them a competitive edge fantastic way to explore microbial shifts in horses that have in earning additional funding from outside sources. Already, been administered pre-operative antibiotics. We want to see a grant application submitted by Hunter describing the if we can identify specific organisms or groups of organisms work of the Center was given a top ranking by the National that may be associated with post-operative complications,” Institutes of Health. says Engiles. “This is an investment, with the expectation that it will The data Engiles and colleagues collect may feed into pay off in the long run,” says Hunter. other studies, including one she is partnering on with Dr. Hannah Galantino-Homer, Senior Research Investigator at New Bolton Center, to search for biomarkers associated SUPPORT FOR THE FUTURE with an increased risk of developing laminitis. All of the faculty with funded projects will be supported Through her project, Engiles hopes to not only help by monthly lab meetings where they will share data and improve treatments and protocols for treating horses, but provide each other with feedback. But the advantages of the also draw conclusions that could potentially impact human Center do not end with the pilot projects. Beiting has made medicine. himself available to all of Penn Vet as a resource. Already he can be found in his office answering questions of students “We say it all the time but I truly believe in ‘Many and faculty, or holding workshops to introduce or coach Species, One Medicine,’” she says. “As a pathologist, I see individuals in the techniques of genomics research. that, time and time again, we can bridge the species gap and get the bigger picture answer of how these infections arise.” Moving forward, Beiting is looking to design a course for postdoctoral researchers and graduate students in the area of For Dr. Tracy Bale, Professor of Neuroscience at Penn genomics research. The Center is also considering creating Vet, the Center’s support provided an opportunity to a seminar series or sponsoring speakers to present in other explore connections between the microbiome and her established series around campus. Continuing to engage the primary area of focus: how maternal stress impacts the medical school through learning partnerships and research neurological health of offspring. collaboration will be an ongoing goal. And the Center plans “While we are not immunologists or microbiologists, this to offer funding for another set of pilot projects next year. is a novel way of thinking about a mechanism that might be “We strongly believe this innovative approach to health contributing to outcomes in our maternal stress model,” she and disease will provide new insights into human and animal says. health,” says Hendricks, “and will build on the One Health The project Bale is leading will examine how a mother’s concept in a novel and very impactful fashion.” vaginal microbial community impacts her offspring’s brain Adds Engiles: The Center is introducing me to techniques development. Bale’s thinking is as follows: Because a baby’s that I would not have had exposure to otherwise, but are gut is first colonized by bacteria from the mother’s vagina very powerful and give you a different perspective. They at birth, perhaps differences are produced in the population allow you to answer questions that you would previously just of microbes by a mother’s stress, and can lead to changes scratch your head and wonder about.”
8 BELLWETHER FALL 2013 skin deep Exploring the Hidden World of Dogs (and Humans) BY MANASEE WAGH
y current estimates, the human body contains 10 times more microbial cells than human cells. Above: Penn Vet dermatologists use an instrument to measure pH Acting in ways both beneficial and harmful, the levels on the pinna of a dog’s ear. Bmicroorganisms living on the surface of the skin, Below: A device quantitates the sebum on the skin. as well as in the gut and other organs, constitute a complex ecosystem known to influence digestion, allergies, and a variety of diseases. Scientists are more interested in the microbiome than ever. At Penn Vet, researchers are crossing disciplines to seek greater understanding of how these diverse populations of “friendly” bacteria inhabit and interact with their host. Penn Vet’s new Center for Research on Microbes in Health and Disease is currently funding pilot projects that explore the microbiomes of both human beings and animals. “There’s increasing evidence that the microbiome is important in regulating many diseases, and it may be something we can control or manipulate, either through dietary intervention, such as prebiotics or probiotics, or by medical means,” said Dr. Dan Beiting, Research Assistant Professor in Penn Vet’s Department of Pathobiology. One of the collaborative studies the Center is funding is a one-year, $50,000 project bringing together scientists from Penn Vet and the Perelman School of Medicine. Researchers will peer into the microbial world of dogs that have atopic dermatitis, a common allergic skin condition. Precipitated by allergens such as pollen, dust, and molds, the disease is similar to human atopic dermatitis and commonly occurs spontaneously in about 10 percent of
WWW.VET.UPENN.EDU/BELLWETHER 9 “There’s increasing evidence that the microbiome is important in regulating many diseases, and it may be something we can control or manipulate, either through dietary intervention, such as prebiotics or probiotics, or by medical means.”
Penn Vet dermatologists measure transepidermal water loss on the inside of a dog’s leg. —Dr. Dan Beiting, Research Assistant Professor in Penn Vet’s Department of Pathobiology
dogs. In both humans and dogs, atopic dermatitis is treated in humans and in mouse models of disease, but very little with a wide array of interventions, some of which may is known about the dog microbiome. Since dogs develop include antibiotics and corticosteroids. Veterinarians at Penn spontaneous and complex diseases, much like humans, they Vet’s Ryan Hospital treat dogs that present with typical serve as ideal models for understanding how both animals symptoms such as itching and then progress to scabs, hair and humans can go from being healthy one day to dealing loss, and secondary bacterial infections that can often be with a chronic or recurring disease the next day. resistant to antibiotic treatments. Because culturing bacteria and other microbes in a Veterinary researchers will examine the bacterial lab can be time consuming, and may be biased and error population on the dogs’ skin and follow changes in the prone, today’s researchers prefer genomic approaches such microbiome of each dog during treatment. The goal is to as directly sequencing bacterial DNA from skin swabs to understand the role of resistant microbial organisms in the identify the microbes that are present. innate resistance to infection, the onset of infection, and the Dr. Elizabeth Grice, Assistant Professor of Dermatology at development of antimicrobial resistance once infection does Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, is devoted to studying occur. the skin microbiome of humans. Instead of growing bacteria “The skin is a wall between the body and the world. in cultures, her approach to identifying bacteria starts We’re looking at the relationship between the bacteria and with observing them directly from a skin sample. She has the skin, and the different components of the dog’s skin teamed up with Penn Vet researchers who will use her lab’s that affect its barrier function,” said Dr. Charles Bradley, a methods to investigate atopic dermatitis. Pathobiology Lecturer at Penn Vet. Dr. Bradley is part of “We’d normally use bacterial cultures, but those don’t the research team, which brings together the knowledge capture the full diversity of bacteria present on the skin. of people that specialize in human medicine and veterinary Now we can target bacterial genes and identify the types dermatology, pathology, and microbiology. of bacteria present with greater precision than before,” Dr. Globally, researchers study the microbiome primarily Grice said.
10 BELLWETHER FALL 2013 New diagnostic equipment and software allow Penn Vet researchers to measure the efficacy of the skin barrier directly on the skin.
This is a less biased method than growing bacteria by bacteria. Dogs that start with a mild case of itching may microbiologic culture, because cultures are highly selective progress to a drug-resistant staph infection. for particular environments, nutrient sources, temperature, Is the skin’s resident population of Staphylococcus and other growth conditions that may favor some types of becoming resistant to antibiotics during antibiotic therapy? bacteria over others. By using genomic, culture-independent According to Dr. Rankin, it may be that there are small approaches, researchers see a more precise picture of the numbers of drug-resistant staphylococci already present microbes. on the skin, and because antibiotics kill the susceptible “A whole-community analysis allows you to see that bacteria, those antibiotic-resistant bacteria get the chance to many different organisms are present at time zero, and after propagate – unhindered. antimicrobial therapy, the population may have shifted to “One of the goals of the study is to determine the two or five or 10 organisms that dominate the skin. We’d character of the skin’s microbiome during the development recognize those as causing the infection, because those are of these complications,” said Dr. Dan Morris, a member of the ones that have overgrown,” said Dr. Shelley Rankin, the research team and Chief of the Section of Dermatology Associate Professor of Microbiology at Penn Vet and a and Allergy at Penn Vet. member of the project team. The researchers will selectively look for genes associated In addition to assessing the dog microbiome, the with drug-resistant strains of bacteria such as methicillin- veterinary group will also be measuring the integrity of the resistant Staphylococcus, before and after therapy. skin barrier, which is provided by the stratum corneum – “We see a shift toward resistant populations during the topmost, non-porous layer that is the body’s first line of antimicrobial therapy, but we don’t have a good grasp right defense against the environment. now of how that occurs. Are we amplifying an existing “In humans with atopic skin disease, that skin barrier is population? We’re spending a lot of time considering this defective and allows allergens to penetrate the skin and cause question,” Dr. Rankin added. allergic reaction,” said Dr. Elizabeth Mauldin, Associate Scientists believe that the answers they find in the canine Professor of Pathology and Dermatology at Penn Vet and microbiome will provide a better understanding of human another researcher involved in this interdisciplinary study. medical dilemmas such as drug-resistant bacterial infections “We want to know what role the barrier plays in dogs and the role of microorganisms in normal skin functioning. with allergic skin disease. Are they losing too much water Encouraged by the Center for Research on Microbes in through their skin? What’s the pH, and is it different from Health and Disease, this unique collaboration will bring normal? In people, these characteristics could have a genetic researchers closer to finding answers to these important basis. We don’t really know that much about dogs yet." questions. A major complication following the treatment of atopic “Hopefully, what we discover will be used by dermatitis and similar skin infections that compromise the dermatologists in the human medical field, and lead to natural defense mechanisms of the skin is that antibiotic prevention and treatment for people as well as for our therapy can lead to the development of antibiotic-resistant canine patients,” Dr. Rankin concluded.
WWW.VET.UPENN.EDU/BELLWETHER 11 The Rumen Microbiome
Dairy Cow Health, Productivity, and the Importance to Our Food Supply
BY JANE SIMONE
he word “sustainable” has become part of the their livestock as well as the protection of ever-diminishing daily lexicon – we hear it routinely as it applies land, crop, and water resources. Dr. Pitta sees a direct con- to numerous aspects of our lives. Probably one nection between a ruminant animal’s ability to process food of the most important areas of sustainability is the – as a result of the very complex microbiome present in global food supply. As the global population continues to their digestive tracts – and the potential to have the animals grow,T and is predicted to reach anywhere between 8.3 and thrive on food sources unsuitable for humans, thus protect- 10.9 billion people by 2050, the availability of nourishing ing crops for human consumption while growing healthy food for everyone is increasingly worrisome. Among the food animals as a protein source. In simple terms, perhaps many scientists bringing their considerable intellects to bear the microbes normally present in a ruminant’s belly could on the problem are veterinarians, and Penn Vet is doing break down plants traditionally thought of as indigestible, groundbreaking research designed to find ways not only to thus reducing the need to feed grains, which could then be make animals healthier and more productive, but also to reserved for human consumption. impact the related issues of animal nutrition, compromised Dr. Pitta is also looking at both the good and bad aspects feed supplies, and environmental degradation. of the microbial populations, or microbiomes, in animals Research being conducted through the Center for because it is increasingly important to understand how Research on Microbes in Health and Disease by Dr. Dipti they change with the animal’s diet, production phase, and Pitta, Assistant Professor of Ruminant Nutrition at Penn environment. Her goal is to identify the role players that are Vet’s New Bolton Center, focuses on improving food important for production and eliminate invaders that could animal productivity through the study of ruminant nutrition be of least value, such as pathogens that can contaminate and microbiology. She has worked extensively with farmers food products. Clearly, a sick animal without any clinical in such diverse countries as India, New Zealand, and the US symptoms will be much less productive than a healthy on matters related to nutrition. That background and the one, and where groups of animals are herded together, the research findings that emerged from her work are directly problem is exacerbated if infections spread. All of these applicable to improving agricultural land use and animal considerations are critical to herd health, to the quality production. of the meat and milk produced, and thus to the human Why is this necessary? In developing countries, popula- populations dependent on these animals for nourishment. tions are growing, the demand for protein continues to rise, As a ruminant, the cow’s digestive tract offers a rich and communities will need to ensure improved health of source of information pertinent to the study of microbial
12 BELLWETHER FALL 2013 Top: Agricultural System and Microbial Genomics Laboratory at New Bolton Center; Bonnie Vecchiarelli extracts DNA.
Bottom: Bonnie Vecchiarelli performs PCR prepwork; a thermal cycler.
environments. Dairy cows are more prone to metabolic degradation through nutrient waste, and the exponential problems immediately after calving, as the animal has to diminishing of forests and grasslands as a result of poor adapt quickly from a non-lactating to lactating phase. The husbandry practices. “dry” cow’s nutritional needs are much less than those Veterinarians are critical to maintaining a safe and producing milk, so lactating cows are generally fed a much adequate food supply for everyone. Dr. Pitta’s work through higher energy diet than dry cows. Dr. Pitta is studying the the Center for Research on Microbes in Health and Disease effect of changes in diet and metabolism that occur during and the Center for Animal Health and Productivity at New the transition from dry to lactation period on the microbial Bolton Center is one manifestation of veterinary medicine’s populations, as these are the mechanisms that drive the contribution to that effort. Her research findings have fermentation processes to release substrates required for the potential to significantly change the way dairy cattle producing milk. are fed and handled in developing countries, leading to Simply stated, this research is important on a number healthier animals and better productivity. At a time when of levels. First, can the understanding of the ruminant’s the sustainability of the world’s food supply is in question, inherent gut microbiome tell us what and how to feed her unique approach to helping solve the problems of food them to improve milk production? Secondly, will that animal productivity is not only important – it is vital. An understanding make it possible to come up with new genes ancient Indian Upanishad (a philosophical text forming or enzymes that can target locally available, less expensive, the theoretical basis for the Hindu religion) says, “All that and alternative food sources for the animal’s maintenance is born is born of anna (food). Whatever exists on earth and production? Thirdly, will it allow us to understand is born of anna, lives on anna, and in the end merges into how diseases erupt in an animal that are related to diet or anna. Anna is indeed the first born amongst all beings.” metabolic shifts, thus leading to the ability to either prevent Dr. Pitta is applying 21st century knowledge and disease or treat it more rapidly and effectively? If so, we expertise to the fundamental element of all life’s survival – have the chance to raise more animals – and healthier animals food. Her work, and that of many colleagues at Penn Vet – on less than in years past. and around the world, will bring optimism and solutions to As a by-product, we may then be able to reduce the problems surrounding the future of the planet and its greenhouse (methane) gas emissions, since ruminants are inhabitants – both animal and human. the primary source of such gases, as well as environmental
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From Diagnosis to Recovery: Nero Fights Cancer with Ryan Hospital’s Comprehensive Cancer Care Team
BY HELEN RADENKOVIC
ew things are as devastating and scary for pet owners as a cancer diagnosis for their beloved pet. And that is exactly how Nancy and Gary Lewis felt when they received the news that their 13-year-old Golden Retriever/Black Labrador mix, Nero, Fhad a soft tissue sarcoma on his right front leg. Sarcomas are malignant tumors that arise from various sources including connective tissue, fat, blood vessels, nerve sheaths, and muscle cells. Since his adoption from the Morris Animal Refuge in Philadelphia 12 years ago, Nero has been a treasured member of the Lewis family, providing many years of joyful companionship. When he needed advanced care for his cancer, the Lewises chose to bring him to Penn Vet’s Nero surrounded by his doctors and nurses. Clockwise from back Ryan Hospital. left: Dr. Michelle Giuffrida, Kim Todd, Dr. Pascale Salah, Dr. Joseph Jacovino, Dr. Lili Duda, and Stephanie Corsi.
beloved companion animals. When clients entrust their THE COMPREHENSIVE animal’s care to Penn Vet’s Comprehensive Cancer Care CANCER CARE APPROACH team, they in turn commit the very best assessments of Cancer is a diverse and complex disease with a wide treatment options. range of clinical outcomes. For many people, deciding the course of treatment for their pet can be emotionally difficult and overwhelming. Options vary widely and NERO’S CASE can include therapeutic interventions such as surgery, Before deciding on a course of treatment, expert chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and supportive care. veterinary specialists at Ryan Hospital discussed Nero’s Many pets diagnosed with cancer require a combination care. This team included specialists from each of the of these treatments. Navigating through separate three major treatment modalities for cancer – medical appointments with various clinicians, weighing multiple oncology, surgery, and radiation. Because of this team- options, and deciding on the optimal treatment course can based approach, the Lewises avoided the frustrations of often become confusing and stressful for pet owners. having to schedule numerous consultations with different The Lewises, however, had a very different experience. specialists and the stress of sorting through the various This July, Ryan Hospital implemented a Comprehensive treatment options on their own. Instead, the dedicated Cancer Care Program – a multidisciplinary approach Comprehensive Cancer Care team reviewed the case, to evaluate and treat cancer patients. The goal of the considered various approaches, and offered optimal program is to deliver the best care, more efficient service, solutions, resulting in the best quality care for Nero. and a more complete approach. At Ryan Hospital, the Ultimately, Nero’s treatment consisted of surgery to brightest minds from all aspects of cancer care collaborate remove his tumor followed by radiation therapy. He and offer solutions that are individually tailored for each was diagnosed on July 18 and had surgery on July 23 to patient. The team of experts consists of specialists in remove the tumor in his leg. The size of the tumor did medical, surgical, and radiation oncology, all working not allow for a complete removal with necessary margins, together to provide a comprehensive assessment of each so as soon as the surgery site had healed, radiation therapy patient’s cancer care needs, all in one appointment. was employed to destroy any remaining cancer cells in And the compassionate, knowledgeable team works his leg. Nero received his first radiation treatment on with clients every step of the way to navigate through August 6. He receives daily radiation treatments five the diagnosis and subsequent treatment plan for their days a week, and will complete his therapy after 18
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the VCIC, the high volume, high quality veterinary care of Ryan Hospital is integrated with the scientific method- ology of clinical trials to design, implement, and analyze veterinary clinical studies unlike any other institution.
Oncology nurses administer a round of chemotherapy to a The Hospital’s proximity to and collaborations with feline patient. Penn Medicine also continue to yield innovative ways to fight cancer. Dr. Nicola Mason, Assistant Professor of treatments. It is important to note that Ryan Hospital is Medicine and Pathobiology, is collaborating with Penn one of few veterinary specialty hospitals capable of offering Medicine on a project to further develop cancer immuno- radiation therapy services to patients on-site. Nero also therapies that are already showing promise in both canine has benefitted from the combined expertise of specialists and human patients. Dr. David Holt, Professor of Surgery, in medical oncology, surgical oncology, interventional has partnered with Penn Medicine to improve detection radiology, and radiation oncology. Following the of surgical margins at the time of surgery to remove soft completion of his radiation treatment in a few weeks, tissue sarcomas. He currently offers a surgery using dye Nero will resume his normal life. “We think the world of and special imaging equipment to Ryan Hospital patients. Ryan Hospital and the doctors there,” said Nancy Lewis This technique is vital in both veterinary and human surgi- enthusiastically. “We feel fortunate that we live so nearby.” cal oncology to ensure that the entire tumor is resected. All of these promising therapies may one day offer cancer patients, canine and human alike, a viable alternative or THE RYAN HOSPITAL DIFFERENCE complementary treatment to traditional therapies. In addition to offering comprehensive diagnostics and Ryan Hospital clients also have access to some of treatment options, the Ryan Hospital Comprehensive the finest medical oncologists; a top-notch surgery Cancer Care team is also committed to excellent team, including one of the only fellowship-trained communication and emotional support for owners of pets surgical oncologists in the area; a world-class dentistry suffering with cancer. Founded in 2010 and led by Penn and oral surgery team, distinguished by their training Vet’s highly valued grief counselor, Michele Pich, Cleo’s in maxillofacial cancer surgery; an interventional Caregivers Group is a support group aimed at helping radiology specialist who performs chemotherapy and those caring for chronically ill, terminally ill, or aging non-chemotherapy embolization procedures and installs pets. The support group is named in memory of Michele’s subcutaneous vascular access ports; and some of the most loving dog, Cleo, who succumbed to cancer. modern facilities and equipment in veterinary medicine – Another component to providing the finest cancer all in one building. In fact, Ryan Hospital is one of only care available to pets is Ryan Hospital’s close working three veterinary oncology facilities in the country that relationship with the Veterinary Clinical Investigations is able to offer medical, surgical, and radiation oncology Center (VCIC), converging science and medicine, and specialists in a single service, providing more immediate transferring the latest research directly to the patient. care and expertise in all aspects of cancer care throughout Penn Vet’s VCIC reaches out to veterinary clinics in the every step of treatment. Philadelphia metropolitan area to offer patients access to Penn Vet truly is the leader in cancer care in the region cutting-edge clinical trials. These trials can offer owners and one of only three veterinary comprehensive cancer potential diagnostic and treatment options that are not care centers in the nation. By continuing its fruitful available anywhere else locally or even nationally for their partnerships with Penn Vet’s VCIC and Penn Medicine pet. The VCIC provides nursing staff that dedicate 100% to make available novel cancer therapies to our patients, of their effort to helping owners and their pets navigate the the Comprehensive Cancer Care program is in a position course of enrolling in a clinical trial, offering them state- to become a forerunner in the field of cancer treatment of-the-art care, while informing science for the benefit of and research. future generations of pets and people alike. For example, The Comprehensive Cancer Care team at Ryan Dr. Dottie Brown’s work with a compound derived from Hospital understands that a cancer diagnosis can be very the Coriolus versicolor mushroom in dogs suffering from overwhelming and upsetting for pet owners. The patient’s hemangiosarcoma resulted in some of the longest survival quality of life is paramount, and our world-class team times ever reported for dogs with the disease, and may be strives to achieve not only prolongation of life through tested next in human clinical trials. treatment, but also improvement in quality of life and The VCIC is directed by faculty who are trained in alleviation of pain. Combined with a rich history of clinical epidemiology with an emphasis in clinical trials. clinical expertise, vibrant research and collaborations, and The veterinary nurses that staff this center are certified a culture of compassion, Penn Vet is poised to transform veterinary technicians with training in the management of the standards of cancer care. clinical trials including Good Clinical Practice. Through
WWW.VET.UPENN.EDU/BELLWETHER 15 Paynter: A Racing Success Story
BY JANE SIMONE
aynter, a lovely dark bay Thoroughbred from the Ahmed Zayat stables, made his name in July 2012, romping home to a decisive victory in the William Hill Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park. The blood of champions runs through Paynter’s veinsP – in his pedigree can be found the names of some of the greatest in the history of Thoroughbred racing: Nasrullah, Northern Dancer, Mr. Prospector, and Seattle Slew. Paynter skipped the Kentucky Derby and Preakness prior to finishing a close second to Union Rags in the 2012 Belmont, but his win at Monmouth confirmed his champion genes. So the news in the fall that Paynter had spiked a high fever and was being treated for colitis and laminitis at Upstate Equine Medical Center was alarming to race fans across the country. Paynter’s primary care veterinarian, Dr. Laura Javsicas, a Penn Vet alumna who is board- certified in large animal internal medicine, treated him tirelessly for a month. But despite improvement in his condition, he continued to show signs of mild abdominal discomfort and continued to lose weight, despite having a great appetite. Additionally, Paynter had low-grade fevers and a persistently low blood protein concentration, indicating that he was losing protein from his intestine. Ultimately, Dr. Javsicas identified what seemed to be an abscess in his colon during an abdominal ultrasonographic examination, which was a wake-up call to seek surgical intervention. Realizing Paynter needed more extensive care, Dr. Javsicas referred him to New Bolton Center. Paynter arrived at New Bolton Center late on Monday From top to bottom: Paynter at practice before winning at afternoon, October 1. The list of medications he was Hollywood Park; Paynter leaving Fair Hill Equine Therapy Center. receiving to keep him stable was extensive, and he was quite frail as a result of his long-term and serious illness. the affected cecum was accessible through a routine In short, he was not the powerful athlete he had been abdominal surgical approach. only a month before. Paynter quickly endeared himself to the New Bolton New Bolton Center’s seasoned team of critical care Center team. “During his ultrasound examination, he specialists reviewed Dr. Javsicas’ description of Paynter’s would stand with his head resting in my arms,” recalls abdominal problem. Following a complete abdominal Dr. Louise Southwood, Associate Professor of Emergency ultrasonographic examination by Dr. JoAnn Slack, Medicine and Critical Care, and Paynter’s surgeon. Assistant Professor of Cardiology and Ultrasound, it was “He enjoyed having his head stroked and would almost confirmed that the problem area was the tip of the cecum fall asleep. It was one of those moments that made you (an essential organ of digestion in the horse). Thankfully, remember why you went to vet school.”
16 BELLWETHER FALL 2013 Surgery was scheduled for Wednesday, October 3, to Reilly visited Paynter regularly until the horse was flown give Paynter a day to recover from his trip from upstate to California. New York. He was anesthetized and positioned on his Paynter has proved to be a remarkable horse. Based back. His abdomen was prepared for surgery and draped. on all that New Bolton Center’s highly skilled clinicians A routine approach to the abdomen was made and his identified, there was every reason to believe that he cecum was readily identified once the abdomen was open. would make a full recovery. At the end of December, Surgical staples were used to remove the affected area so after time spent rehabilitating at Fair Hill Training Center, that there was no contamination during the procedure. Paynter was shipped to Trainer Bob Baffert’s California The abdomen was explored to ensure that there were no barn. The racing public showed its delight at his recovery other abnormalities – and there were not. by voting him the 2012 winner of the Secretariat Vox Paynter recovered well from general anesthesia. His Populi Award as well as the 2012 National Thoroughbred progress was monitored 24/7 by New Bolton Center’s Racing Association “Moment of the Year.” skilled, certified nursing staff in the James M. Moran, As if to endorse the faith placed in him by his devoted Jr. Critical Care Center. He was gradually able to owner, Mr. Ahmed Zayat, and the dedicated team of resume normal feeding, and all of his medications were veterinarians and farriers who cared for him, Paynter sequentially discontinued. When he went to Fair Hill won his first race on June 14, 2013, just eight-and-a- Equine Therapy Center for rehabilitation two weeks after half months after his surgery. In regards to New Bolton his initial admission to New Bolton Center, he was no Center, Mr. Zayat commented, “You deserve a lot of longer on any medication and had begun to gain weight. credit. And I want to pay my respects to your fine team.” Before coming to New Bolton Center, Paynter Paynter’s recovery and successful return to racing is a had been diagnosed with mild laminitis. During his testament to his owner’s devotion, and to the expertise hospitalization, Paynter continued to be monitored for the and dedication of his primary care veterinarian who condition. New Bolton Center’s Chief of Farrier Services, trained at Penn Vet, and to New Bolton Center’s highly Pat Reilly, oversaw Paynter’s foot care. Following qualified clinicians and outstanding caregivers. His is a real Paynter’s discharge to Fair Hill Equine Therapy Center, racing success story.
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WWW.VET.UPENN.EDU/BELLWETHER 17 PENN VET Year in Review WORKING BY JILLIAN MARCUSSEN ust one year after the grand opening of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, the seven dogs of the inaugural DOG CENTER class are barely recognizable. Now more than five times their original size, these “super pups” have each developed an amazing ability to search that surprises even Dr. Cindy Otto, theJ Center’s Director and Founder. “We have always known that dogs have an incredibly acute sense of smell, but we are constantly blown away by the progress of the dogs in our program,” says Dr. Otto. “I don’t think there’s a challenge they can’t meet. We are truly producing some of the best-trained detection dogs in the world.” The dogs in this impressive inaugural group – each donated by breeders from across the country and fostered by dedicated volunteers – are now ready to graduate and take on new challenges. For Socks, a yellow Labrador Retriever, this will mean serving as an integral member of the Penn Police. Socks will detect explosives on campus in her new role. Thunder, a chocolate Labrador Retriever, will go on to pursue search and rescue training. PApa Bear, another chocolate Labrador Retriever, and Bretagne, a Golden Retriever, will train as diabetic alert dogs. Local police and fire departments have also expressed significant interest in the remaining dogs, and conversations about their futures are ongoing. There were many important individuals involved in the care of these canines throughout the year. In order to ensure that the fitness and training needs of each dog were met, some 200 volunteers logged more than 3,000 hours. Through a unique partnership with New Leash on Life, a prison-dog training Top to bottom: Trainer Jonathan Ball sits with Thunder prior to a program that is dedicated to improving the life of inmates and search; Training Director Annemarie saving the lives of dogs, as well as many interactions with the DeAngelo works with Bretagne Penn undergraduate and staff communities, the dogs received in the outdoor agility course; one the individualized attention and care they needed in order to be of the new class of pups has its teeth brushed; Jonathan Ball works successful. with Ohlin during ovarian cancer “Our volunteers have shown the utmost dedication to our detection training. program,” adds Pat Kaynaroglu, Volunteer Coordinator for the Working Dog Center. “We really couldn’t do what we do without their enthusiasm and devotion to both the dogs and the work being accomplished here.” This summer, the Center also brought the world of working dogs to middle school students with the first annual Canine Handler Academy. Through this weeklong, hands-on learning experience, students witnessed the amazing talents of detection dogs and saw first-hand what it takes to train dogs that will go on to serve our country. All of this progress over the past year was made possible through private support from many individuals, corporations, and foundations. A wonderfully unique gift of a van by 18 BELLWETHER FALL 2013 Left: Dr. Cindy Otto poses with McBaine. Below: Wawa Store Operations Director Terrance Herling and mascot Wally Goose present Dr. Cindy Otto with a check for the sponsorship of Ronnie. WE SPEAK ANIMAL WE ALSO SPEAK TRAUMA AND CRITICAL CARE
Robin and Mark Rubenstein allowed for off-site training opportunities for the dogs at facilities such as the Philadelphia International Airport. The Center is also grateful for a grant from Home Depot that enabled the construction of a half-acre agility course located directly behind the training center. And there is more to come! Exciting, new projects are already underway. The second group of dogs to join the program, Ohlin, a chocolate Labrador Retriever; PENN VET’S RYAN HOSPITAL McBaine, a Springer Spaniel; and Tsunami, a German Shepherd, are being trained for cancer detection in a The only nationally recognized veterinary trauma groundbreaking program that has garnered significant center within a 100 mile radius of Philadelphia attention from the public and media alike. In addition to welcoming additional donated pups, the Turn to Penn Vet’s board-certified team for your Working Dog Center also aims to launch an in-house pet’s emergency and critical care needs breeding program in the coming year. In her role with the Penn Police, Socks will be readily accessible for We’re here for you and your beloved pet breeding with other top-tier detection dogs. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Another goal for the Center’s second year of operation Designated by the American College of is to identify a sponsor for every dog in the program. Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Individual, corporate, and foundation sponsorships are available. If you are interested in supporting one of the dogs at Penn Vet’s Working Dog Center, please contact Jillian Marcussen at [email protected] or 215-898- 4235. As the Working Dog Center looks to the future, the legacy of the inaugural class will be carried forth by the next generation of puppies, including newcomers Pacy, Ditto, Jesse P, and Gus – all named, as their predecessors were, in honor of dogs that served on 9/11. We look forward to seeing this new class of canines in action as the Working Dog Center continues to lead the way in breeding and training the world’s best detection dogs.
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REGISTER NOW 1 www.vet.upenn.edu/PAC2014 Advance registration through Wednesday, February 19, 2014 1 Donor support CAMPAIGN helped make all of this possible – and much more. Thank you! impactJULY 2005 - DECEMBER 2012 3,713 Ryan Hospital Emergency Visits Animals Treated 93,235 by Ryan Hospital Oncology 13,092 Surgeries at New Bolton Center
98,073 Dogs and Cats Helped Exotics Helped 5,839 174,911 Animals Treated by Field Service 888 World-Class Veterinarians Trained and Educated 20,039 69 Horses Helped Feline Kidney Transplants
2,819 85 Research Articles Published and Cited Shelter Dog Operations to Remove21 BELLWETHER Mammary FALL Tumors 2013 44,369 Times TRIBUTEDONORS
Throughout Penn Vet's rich history, we have led the way in advancing veterinary Special medicine. It is urgent for the public to better appreciate the impact of our profession. In an op-ed for the Huffington Post this spring, I shared how veterinarians approach Gifts to medicine with a global perspective, supporting public health, playing a critical role in food safety and production, and providing translational research to help prevent and the School control diseases. While veterinarians will always be needed to heal pets and other valuable animals, it is our ability to link animal science to human well-being, to advance food production and safety, and to provide critical defense from global pandemics that must be better understood in order to advocate for continued public support of the highest level of veterinary education.
As the oldest private veterinary school, Penn Vet has always depended on committed and passionate supporters. In keeping with this history, we set a new bar. During Penn's successful Making History Campaign, which culminated last December, almost 19,000 alumni and friends gave $134,659,421 in support of Penn Vet and our role in advancing veterinary medicine. I am particularly touched at the impressive level of faculty and staff participation. This record-setting campaign signals your confidence and reflects the importance of Penn Vet’s mission. Concretely, these new funds make possible new student and faculty support, new and improved facilities, and new support for crucial programs. With your help, Penn Vet Leads!
On behalf of everyone at Penn Vet — and the animals and owners we serve — thank you for your phenomenal support.
Joan C. Hendricks, V’79, GR’8o The Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine
FY13 TOTAL GIVING TO FY13 ANNUAL FUND MAKING HISTORY PENN VET BY AREA GIFTS BY CONSTITUENTS CAMPAIGN RESULTS $13,265,760 $1,022,486 $134,659,421
● Professorships $609,300 ● Vet Alumni $207,193 ● Frontiers of Research $41,715,420 ● Student Support $1,178,715 ● Vet Parents $17,140 ● Investing in Care and Research $64,427,156 ● Capital and Equipment $3,416,367 ● Penn Alumni $86,862 ● Supporting Students $16,283,890 ● Privately Funded Research $2,562,984 ● Friends $269,022 ● Leading the Profession $5,350,172 ● Research Grants $2,802,769 ● Corporations $96,909 ● Meeting Current and Future $6,882,784 ● Restricted Programs $1,673,139 ● Foundations $318,525 Needs – Annual Giving ● Annual Fund $1,022,486 ● Associations $26,835
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Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Downs DONORS TO PENN Robert C. Dreisbach, VMD VET’S “MAKING Jay Dreyfus † HISTORY CAMPAIGN” Ms. Margaret Hamilton Duprey Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., MD July 1, 2005 – December 31, 2012 Ms. Mina Ebrahimi Mrs. Mindy H. Heyer, Chair Adolph Eichhorn Memorial Trust Amy I. Attas, VMD Ms. Abby Elbaum BENJAMIN RUSH SOCIETY Steven W. Atwood, VMD, MD $15,000 AND ABOVE Mr. Rick Elbaum Ms. Viola Ellison † Anonymous (5) Mrs. Patricia L. Billhardt, Emeritus Andrew H. Elser, VMD David J. Abdinoor, VMD Mrs. Krista L. Buerger Susan G. Emeigh Hart, VMD PhD Mrs. Catherine George Adler Mrs. Ilona S. English Ms. Christine C. Connelly, Emeritus Mr. Frederick R. Adler Mrs. Beverly Ensor Marlee M. Affeld † Ilona S. English, WEV’77, GFA’88 Mr. William Entenmann, III † Mr. John Aglialoro Ms. Sandra Epstein Mr. Jay S. Fishman Linda E. Aiken, VMD Mr. William Evans, Jr. † Agnes C. Alderdice Michael F. Gerber, C’95 Mr. Robert Sheldon Evans Ms. Henrietta K. Alexander Mr. Robert F. Fairchild † Mr. Walter F. Goodman, Emeritus Ms. Elizabeth Atterbury Charlotte S. Fait † Ms. Judith A. Baldino The Honorable Patricia Jenkins Mrs. Sarah Farish Ms. Barbara R. Banke Mr. William S. Farish Laurie J. Landeau, VMD Eugene A. Barnsteiner Dr. Henry Faulkner Mr. Jack Billhardt Mr. Robert P. Levy, Emeritus Kathleen W. Faulkner, MD Mrs. Patricia L. Billhardt Mr. Jerry Rosenthal Joseph D. Fecher, Jr., VMD Miss Carlene C. Blunt Ms. Susan Feeney Mrs. Robin Rubenstein Ms. Katherine R. Blyth † Fred Fernich, VMD Mrs. Sarah R. Bogdanovitch Mr. John P. Shoemaker Elaine A. Ferrara, VMD Mr. Leonard X. Bosack Mr. Jay S. Fishman Mr. Adam G. Silfen Jeffrey Bowersox, DVM Mrs. Randy Chapman Fishman Mrs. Elaine Redding Brinster Mr. Mark D. Spitzer Mr. Ethan C. Flint Ralph L. Brinster, VMD, PhD Stuart A. Fox, VMD Mrs. Lynne Lichtenstein Tarnopol Dr. Olive K. Britt † Jerry D. Frantz, VMD Mrs. Marlene Brody Mr. Martin E. Winter Mrs. Muriel L. Freeman † Ms. Nancy Brougher Ms. Kindy French Mr. George Grieg, Ex-Officio Mr. Alan H. Buerger Ms. Susan Gabriel Mrs. Constance Buerger Mr. Christian Herr, Ex-Officio Mr. Anthony N. Garvan, Jr. Mrs. Krista L. Buerger The Honorable John A. Maher, Ex-Officio Lawrence J. Gerson, VMD OF OVERSEERS BOARD Mr. Reid Buerger Elber C. Gillespie Trust Mr. Carl Meiss, Ex-Officio Ms. K. Carol Carlson Lillian A. Giuliani, VMD Mr. Craig R. Carnaroli The Honorable Joseph A. Petrarca, Ex-Officio Ms. Saly A. Glassman Catherine Walleigh Carnevale, VMD Mr. Arthur Glatfelter † Mr. Ken Raney, Ex-Officio Ms. Joan Carter Mark M. Glickman, Esq. Mr. Adrian A. Castelli Kenton D. Rexford, VMD, Ex-Officio Estate of Frances C. Glover Mr. John K. Castle Mrs. Alice Gochenour † Mr. Louis R. Sallie, Ex-Officio Mrs. Marianne S. Castle Mrs. Jean M. Griffiths Mrs. Patricia L. Chapman The Honorable Judith L. Schwank, Ex-Officio Mr. Jeffrey W. Griffiths Mrs. Penny Chenery Alan B. Grosbach, MD The Honorable Elder A. Vogel, Jr., Ex-Officio Carla Chieffo, VMD, PhD Ms. Myra Grosbach Mrs. Elizabeth R. Chuska Mr. John Vogel, Ex-Officio Mrs. Suzanne Grose † Mr. Steve P. Chuska † Mr. Roy W. Wilt, Ex-Officio Mrs. Helen K. Groves Sharon L. Clark Perry L. Habecker, VMD Mark A. Cofone, VMD Mrs. Victoria Hamilton Estate of Pamela Cole Mrs. Florence Hanford † Ms. Christine Connelly Mr. Brian Hard Ms. Beth N. Cook Mrs. Janice M. Hard Peter H. Craig, VMD James S. Harper, VMD Ms. Lois Cross † Mr. W. J. Hart Dr. Richard O. Davies Mark E. Haskins, VMD PhD Georgia E. Hofmann † Mrs. Carol G. Huff Anthony J. De Carlo, VMD Mattie J. Hendrick, VMD Mrs. Kathlene Hohns Mr. Lawrence A. Huff David K. Detweiler, VMD † Joan C. Hendricks, VMD, PhD Mr. William A. Hohns Mr. Robert W. Huffman Mrs. Cheryl Dexter Mr. Andrew R. Heyer Doris Holt Ms. Heather Irons Mr. James B. Dexter Mrs. Mindy Halikman Heyer Mr. Anthony Horbal Mr. Steven Thomas Irons Erwin Diehl Mr. Milton P. Higgins III Apryle A. Horbal, VMD Kathleen C. Jack Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Domencich Mrs. Elysabeth C. B. Higgins † Ms. Donna Horbal Mrs. Gretchen S. Jackson Mr. Douglas Donahue, Jr. Mr. Vernon W. Hill II Richard C. Horn Mr. Jess S. Jackson † Mrs. Susan Donahue Mrs. Shirley Hill D. Ray Hostetter, VMD Mr. M. Roy Jackson, Jr. Harriet A. Doolittle, VMD † Stephen B. Hitchner, VMD † Mrs. Miriam Davis Huebner † Paul James
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Arthur J. Jankowski, VMD Joseph A. Nebzydoski, VMD The Honorable Patricia Jenkins Mrs. Kerry J. Nebzydoski “In 2007, Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital was our last Mona L. Johnson † Estate of Marguerite Norman Janet K. Johnston, DVM Mrs. Roberta Odell hope after working with our local vet specialists. The Ms. Kathryn L. Johnston † Mr. Gregory M. Olchowski care and compassion at Ryan was outstanding and Estate of David G. Jones Mrs. Bonnie S. O’Neil Mr. Gilbert S. Kahn † Mr. John E. O’Neil we know that she had the very best care possible. Mr. John Noffo Kahn Pauline O’Rosky Fund ‘‘ The commitment and compassion shown to us and Mrs. Elisa Ellant Katz Mr. James F. O’Rourke III Thomas O. Katz, Esquire Anna Oschwald † our pet is something that we have never forgotten.” Charlotte Miller Keenan, VMD Sherbyn W. Ostrich, VMD — Richard Steeg Mr. Kevin Keenan Scott E. Palmer, VMD Frederick Klein Trust Donald F. Patterson, DVM † Ryan Hospital client and loyal monthly donor. Mrs. Miryam Knutson Frederick B. Peterson, VMD Mr. Robert B. Knutson Mr. David N. Pincus † Charles W. Koenig, VMD Mrs. Geraldine R. Pincus Ms. Christa B. Schmidt Mr. Douglas C. Walker Amy Schimmel Kramer, Esq. Dr. John Piper Ms. Susan A. Schmidt Marilyn B. Weber, VMD Mr. Andrew M. Kramer Louisa N. Plummer † H. James Schroll, VMD Mrs. Bonnie F. Welch Estate of Leonard Krawitz, VMD † Mr. Karl Popma Jane Sparacino Schroll, VMD William C. Welch, MD Mr. Alan Krigman Mrs. Susan Popma Ms. Edna Scott † Howard Wellens, VMD Dr. Lisa Krinsky George C. Poppensiek, VMD Mr. Jerry Seifer Mr. Walter C. Wells Laurie J. Landeau, VMD, MBA Frances Preissner Estate of Clarence D. Senseman Melvyn G. Wenger, VMD Mrs. Eve Mortimer Ledyard † Dorothy Purdy † Mead F. Shaffer, Jr., VMD Mr. Peter W. Wetherill † John W. Lee, Jr., DVM Dr. Linda Gerber Quest Mr. Daniel Shak Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Wicks Mrs. Marguerite Lenfest Charles W. Raker, VMD Mr. Alexander Sharpe III Ms. Betty E. Williford John I. Leonard † Neal C. Ralston, VMD † Mrs. Susan C. Sharpe George P. Wilson III, VMD Ms. Sandy Lerner Mr. Francis H. Rasmus, Jr. Mr. John C. C. Shaw Mr. Martin E. Winter Richard M. Levine, VMD Francine Koplin Rattner, VMD Grant C. Sheckler, VMD Mrs. Pamela Winter Mrs. Diane v.S. Levy Lawrence A. Rebbecchi, Jr., VMD Mr. Mark Shefts Kathy & Jerry Wood Foundation Mr. Robert M. Levy Alysia Reid, VMD Mrs. Wanda D. Shefts Estate of Harriet E. Woodward Richard Lichter Charity for Dogs Charles T. Reid, VMD The Honorable Judith Sheindlin Marvin B. Woolf, Esq. Ms. Margaret Logue † Dr. Charles F. Reid † Mrs. Helen B. Shelley † Mrs. Carol Zebrowski Ms. Mary G. Love Ms. Janet H. Reid Mrs. Alison Shoemaker Mr. Mark Zebrowski Francis J. Low † Mr. Todd R. Reid Mr. John P. Shoemaker Mabel T. Zieger † Mr. Gary Benjamin Lowitt Kenton D. Rexford, VMD Mr. Gerald B. Shreiber George F. Zimmerman, VMD Ann Wayne Lucas, VMD Mrs. Sharon E. Rhoades Mr. Mace Siegel † Ms. Patricia Zimmerman Mrs. Jane MacElree Mrs. Nedra K. Richards Doris E. Sigeske † Robert Zion † John B. Madison, VMD Mrs. Gail Petty Riepe Mr. Adam Gordon Silfen Ms. Linda Mahan Mr. James S. Riepe Ms. Maryjo Smith JOSEPHINE DEUBLER SOCIETY Lynne M. Maletz, VMD † Mrs. Louise Riggio Suzanne J. Smith, VMD Mrs. Mary Alice D. Malone Ms. Schuyler C. Riley $14,999-$10,000 Thomas V. Sollas, Jr., VMD Donald A. Abt, VMD Mr. Seymour G. Mandell A. E. Rine † William J. Solomon, VMD Ms. Patricia Adikes-Hill Mrs. Trudy Mannheimer † Ms. Carol Rinehart † Estate of Raymond M. Spiller Ms. Helen C. Alexander Ms. Miranda Markart Isabel P. Robson † Mr. Mark D. Spitzer Ms. Catharine J. Allan † Edgar R. Marookian, VMD † Mrs. Mary G. Rockefeller Mrs. Tracy H. Spitzer Dr. Christopher Anastasiou Mrs. Myrval Marookian Elsie Roebuck Fund Max L. Sponseller, VMD George L. Anstadt, VMD Mrs. Jacqueline B. Mars William S. Rokus, VMD † Marie E. Stefancic Amy Iris Attas, VMD Leigh A. Marsh, VMD Mrs. Catherine Roseman † Brenda Lewis Stewart, VMD Steven W. Atwood, VMD, MD Alice Matesanz † Mr. Jonathan A. Rosen James V. Stewart, VMD Charles N. Bell, VMD Dr. Robert Joseph Maze Herman Rosenstein William S. Stockman, VMD Mr. Daniel Bellemare E. Scott McAllister, VMD Mrs. Cionna Rosenthal Ruth B. Strong † Ms. Sarah G. Berry Mrs. Dorothy V. McCullough † Mr. Jerry Rosenthal Mr. W. B. Dixon Stroud, Jr. Terry L. Blanchard, DVM John D. McCullough, VMD † Gary Edward Rothman, VMD Ms. Nancy Sullivan Clayton I. Blum, VMD † Mrs. Margrit McCrane Mrs. Denise A. Rotko † Estate of Jo D. Talbot Mr. Jesse M. Bontecou Betty L. McCurdy Michael J. Rotko, Esquire Mrs. Lynne Lichtenstein Tarnopol Martin A. Bree, VMD Mrs. Gwynne G. McDevitt Mrs. Diana Roy Mrs. Eve Lloyd Thompson Eric M. Bregman, VMD Mrs. Kathleen S. Menaker Mr. Raymond G. Roy Mrs. Anne F. Thorington Jack Bregman, VMD Mr. Ronald H. Menaker Mr. Mark E. Rubenstein Ms. Amie D. Thornton Bernard F. Brennan, VMD Michael S. Miller, VMD Mrs. Robin Rubenstein Robert L. Ticehurst, VMD † Dennis E. Burkett, VMD, PhD Ronald R. Minor, VMD, PhD Mrs. Gloria Zurkow Rubin Sanford K. Towart † Ms. Mary Jane Cullinan Mrs. Ellen Moelis Roberta Ruliffson † Mr. Robert A. Tucker Pamela Daley, Esquire Herbert I. Moelis, Esquire Ms. Joann S. Ruppert David Tudor † Mrs. Inge E. Davies Mr. James M. Moran, Jr. † Amanda A. Ryan, VMD Dr. Deborah J. Tuttle Alma P. Derkits † Mrs. Elizabeth R. Moran Ms. Rebecca K. Sackler Ms. Julie Uris Charles J. Driben, VMD Mr. Michael Moran Doris J. Salsbury † Max A. Van Buskirk, Jr., VMD Diane Ruth Eigner, VMD Patricia A. Morgan, VMD John Salsbury, DVM † Mr. Neil Van Sloun Elizabeth Gordan Ellis, VMD Ms. Diane Myer Mrs. Mary Ann Samuel † Mrs. Sylvia Van Sloun Mr. Henry R. C. Elser Andrew P. Nebzydoski, VMD Ms. Susan Sautman Thomas J. Van Winkle, VMD
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Mrs. Susan C. Evans James H. Rush, VMD Pierre A. Conti, VMD Mrs. Roberta B. Hampson Sheldon S. Farber, VMD † Mr. Brent N. Senseny Mrs. Amy S. Coogan Mr. Clyde W. Hart Mrs. Bernadette W. Fecher † Ms. Karen Shapiro Kevin P. Coogan, VMD Harvey W. Hayden, VMD Evan A. Feinberg, VMD Stephen J. Shapiro, Esq. Ms. Mary Copelin Deirdre A. Hensen, VMD Mr. Wayne E. Ferguson Mr. Steven Howard Shapiro Ms. Kathleen Crompton Mrs. Marie G. Herman Dr. Emily Friedman Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Shoemaker Marion B. Cronkright Howard H. Hine, Jr., VMD Mrs. Susan Pilch Friedman Ms. Frann Shore Mr. Richard Kaye Davis Hazel M. Holman, VMD James F. Geer, VMD Lindsay S. Shreiber, VMD Betsy L. Dayrell-Hart, VMD Mr. Harold A. Honickman Patricia J. Glennon, VMD Nadine O. Simms, VMD Adelaide Delluva Mrs. Lynne K. Honickman Mr. Barry Goldblatt Barbara E. Smith, VMD Eleonore Diehl Mr. Lawrence T. Hoyle, Jr. Leslie A. Goldsmith, VMD Mr. Ronald E. Stegens Mr. F. Eugene Dixon, Jr. † Mrs. Susan D. Hufford Estate of Benjamin F. and Barbara K. Stewart, VMD Carol A. Dolinskas, MD Dr. John P. Hurtgen † Mary R. Griffith Raymond Stock, VMD Lydia L. Donaldson, VMD Maria Iannone, VMD David Alexandre Gros, MD Amos W. Stults, Jr., VMD Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Dukart Mr. Thomas F. Janisheck † Joseph H. Groveman, VMD Robert M. Thompson, Jr., VMD Mr. P. F. N. Fanning Ms. Elizabeth L. Johnson Mark B. Guise, VMD Thomas S. Trotter, VMD Laura Faulkner, VMD Mrs. Ann Lunger Jones Ms. Gail M. Habecker Dr. Cornelius Uboh Mrs. Bonnie Feld Ms. Margo L. Jones William D. Hardy, Jr., VMD Frances A. Velay † Mr. Kenneth J. Feld Michael Josephs, DVM George L. Hartenstein IV, VMD Mrs. Arlene Voellm Juan L. Ferrer Perez, VMD Ms. Catherine R. Judge Dr. Elisabeth A. Hasslacher Mr. Herman C. Voellm Ms. Audrey Fisher Mr. Emil D. Kakkis Ms. Patricia Haubert Mr. Scott E. Waxman Daniel V. Flynn, VMD Mr. Stanford Kaplan † Mr. Robert Heidenberg Alexandra Wetherill, VMD Virginia Eaton Flynn, VMD William J. Kay, DVM Mrs. Susan Heidenberg H. Cooper Williams, VMD Barbara D. Forney, VMD Mr. Howard Kaye Marie G. Herman Joan M. Yarnall, VMD Edgar Mark Fox, VMD Mr. Leslie M. Kenney Max J. Herman, VMD † Keith A. Zimmerman, VMD Margaret N. Gaskill Hilton J. Klein, VMD Peter H. Herman, VMD Laurie Giannella-Serfilippi, VMD William F. Kline, VMD Paul M. Herr, VMD WILLIAM B. BOUCHER SOCIETY Ms. Lynett M. Gilbert Mr. James Koch Ms. Kathy Hill $9,999-$5,000 Joseph C. Glennon, VMD David S. Kramer, VMD Laurel C. Himes, VMD Mrs. Amy S. Abbott Dolores H. Gluck † John T. Kristy, VMD Mr. Richard Hoffberger Gustavo D. Aguirre, VMD, PhD Ms. Beatrice S. Gobee Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. Kross Darrell M. Hoffman, VMD Mr. David Altshuler Ms. Audrey I. Goldstein Mr. Dale Kuhn David C. Johnson, VMD Sharman B. P. Altshuler, VMD Tamar B. Goldstein, VMD Mrs. Linda Kuhn Richard E. Kaufer, VMD Mrs. Dolly Ammerman Stephen L. Gross, VMD Dr. Claire Landau † Mr. G. Dickson Kenney Mr. John Ammerman Mr. John C. Haas † Mr. Thomas F. Lantry Mrs. Sandra J. Koenig Elliott M. Anderson, Jr. Douglas A. Hambright, VMD Mrs. Jennifer L. Legg Evelyn S. Kritchevsky, PhD Mr. Edward Angelaccio Elaine P. Hammel, VMD Mr. John M. Legg A. G. Lavin, VMD Ms. Gloria Austin John F. Hampson, VMD Mr. John A. Leiper, Jr. Ms. Ellen Berman Lee Mrs. Wilhemina M. Austin Mr. Jerry Lee Elizabeth S. A’Zary, VMD Mr. Robin S. Leigh Peter F. A’Zary, VMD Mrs. Susan S. Leiper † Friends of Barbaro Legacy M. Phyllis Lose, VMD Ms. Anne Beach Gail Reidler Mackey, VMD Mrs. Barbara J. Bell Mr. Kosta Makrisopoulos Arthur A. Bickford, VMD Mrs. Miriam Mandell Mrs. Kathy Biedenbach Mrs. Dorothy A. Matz Mr. Steve Biedenbach Mr. Michael R. Matz Stanley W. Blazejewski, VMD Mr. Ellice McDonald, Jr. Julia M. Block, VMD Mrs. Rosa Hayward McDonald † Lynn G. Bohrer † Ms. Anna McWane Ms. Karen Bossert Mr. Ranney R. Moran Ms. Catherine Bray Jennifer A. Morris, VMD Joseph G. Brewer, VMD Ms. Deborah L. Myers Mr. Lawrence Brown Liam P. O’Leary, VMD Nancy O. Brown, VMD Mr. Bruce Peterson Richard T. Brown, VMD Mrs. Catharine B. Peterson Mary Beth Callan, VMD Willis G. Pfaff, VMD Richard A. Carnevale, VMD Mr. Randall L. Phelps Mrs. Ellen M. Charles Mr. Richard G. Placey Ms. Lolly Clarke James J. Ramage, VMD Mr. & Mrs. Michael Clothier Mrs. Diane Randolph Ms. Lynn Coakley James S. Reid, VMD Dorothy P. Cole † Mrs. Nanette Rice Reid Mr. Harvey A. Coleman Joel M. Reif, VMD Mrs. E. A. Conklin William E. Riddle, VMD Allen J. Conti, VMD Dr. Carolyn Carruth Rizza Mrs. Beverly Conti Mr. Gregg A. Runyen Mrs. Janice Merry Conti Mrs. Terry Runyen
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Mr. William R. Levy Mrs. Karen Rylander-Davis Ms. Karen Lien Farid C. Saleh, VMD Walter F. Loeb, VMD Mr. Howard Sammons “Contributing to the scholarship fund helps to Dr. Charles C. Love Mrs. Lorri A. Schieri Mrs. Linda B. Love Mr. Robert J. Schieri reaffirm to the recipient that there are others William F. Lucker, Jr., VMD Ms. Cornelia Schlotter that have faith in you - not just your family! The Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Luongo Linda M. Schoenberg, VMD, PhD Mr. and Mrs. F. Edmund Lynch Ms. Harriet Cohen Schwartz scholarship fund is just a small way to give back Lawrence E. MacElree, Esquire † Dr. Phillip Andrew Scott ‘‘ to a profession that has given me so much!” Jennifer S. MacLeod, VMD Mr. and Mrs. John Seifarth Mr. Donald Manocherian Mrs. Jacqueline Biberman Shear — Susan Jacobson, V’77 Mrs. Za Manocherian Mr. Neal A. Shear Patricia J. Mapps, VMD Eva K. Sheppard Char Ld Tr Dr. Harold K. Marder Jay J. Simmons, VMD Mr. Robert J. Marookian John C. Simms, VMD Ms. Elsie L. Adler Ms. Elizabeth Crawford Mrs. Margo Post Marshak Mrs. Susan D. Simpson Paul K. Adolf, VMD Rose Ann Crisci, VMD Dr. Robert R. Marshak Dr. Jewel D. Slesnick Dr. Gary C. Althouse Henry L. Croft, Jr., VMD Ms. Peggy Matzie Stephen A. Smalley, VMD Norman H. Altman, VMD Jean Cunningham, VMD William H. McCormick, VMD Mrs. Laura J. Smith Megan E. Andeer, VMD Ms. Charlotte D’Arcy Carolyn M. McDaniel, VMD Ms. Jenny Soriano Mr. John S. Anooshian Dr. Richard L. Davidson Dr. Sue M. McDonnell Ms. Janet Sowiak James R. Armstrong, VMD Patricia A. Day-Lollini, VMD C. W. McIlwraith, PhD Ms. Stephanie D. Speakman Robert J. Ashman, VMD Ms. Rose Marie A. Deffenbach Ms. Elizabeth H. McKeon Mrs. Cynthia Stebbins Dr. Patricia A. Assan Regina C. DeLorenzo, VMD Mr. Thomas P. McKeon Mrs. Nancy L. Stegens Mr. Colin Atkins Ms. Victoria Depalma James M. McNamara, Jr., VMD Mrs. Bette L. Steinberg Dr. Narayan G. Avadhani Stephen P. Dey III, VMD Mrs. Margaret Mee Sheldon A. Steinberg, VMD Loy C. Awkerman, VMD Virginia Schaefer Dobozy, VMD Steven A. Melman, VMD Robert W. Stewart, Sr., VMD Fredric K. Baff, VMD Dr. Peter Dodson Victor A. Menghetti, Jr., VMD Mr. Judson L. Streicher † Daniel L. Baker, VMD Christina J. Dolan, VMD Dorothy J. Miller, VMD Ms. Carol E. Swanson Mr. & Mrs. Timothy B. Barnes Ms. Mary Beth Drobish Ms. Sarah K. Miller Mr. Robert E. Swanson Mr. Joseph Barone Mr. and Mrs. James R. Drumwright Ms. Lois E. Miltengerger Raymond W. Sweeney III, VMD Mr. Edward W. Bauman, Jr. The Honorable Pierre S. duPont IV Ms. Maryjeannette J. Monihan Dr. Corinne R. Sweeney Mrs. Helen Bauman Elise Wood duPont, Esquire Ms. Caroline Moran Greg P. Sykes, VMD Jill Beech, VMD Mrs. Henry E. I. duPont James Patrick Moreland, DVM Joseph L. Tait, VMD Mr. Headley Bell Ms. Elizabeth M. Durkin Susan D. Morgan, VMD Mrs. Laura Simpson Thorn Pamela L. Bendock, VMD Ms. Cheryl L. Eberle David L. Moyer, VMD Mr. & Mrs. Terrence A. Tobias Mr. James Berwind Mr. and Mrs. Norman Edmonson Mr. Irvin S. Naylor Kathleen M. Tracy, VMD Nina Ruth Beyer, VMD Dr. Stephen Elwell Mr. James H. Newell Mrs. Mary Jane W. Van Buskirk Ms. Eugenia B. Bishop Mr. David Epstein Ms. Alice E. Nordwall Mary B. Van Kooy, VMD Patricia Ellen Blakeslee, VMD Mrs. Sandra Price Epstein Kenneth D. Norris, VMD George D. Vernimb, VMD Dr. J. Kent Blasie Mr. David K. Erickson John L. O’Donoghue, VMD, PhD Mrs. Ruth Vernimb John C. Bloom, VMD, PhD Ms. Sharon A. Errickson Pauline Orosky Trust Ms. Alex Vinck Amy Boker, VMD Charles B. Fager, Jr., VMD Dr. Cynthia M. Otto Ms. Brenda Martini Wakin Kenneth L. Bollens, Jr., VMD Hummel C. Fager, VMD Mrs. Janet E. Palmer Henry B. Warren, VMD Mrs. Shirley L. Bree William Philip Feeney, VMD Deborah S. Patt, VMD Mrs. Edna Coplin Warsowe † James M. Brewer, VMD Ms. Kimberly D. Fish Russell H. Patterson, VMD Ruth M. Watson † Richard W. Brown, Jr., VMD Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. Fishman Gregory H. Peterson, VMD Thomas J. Weiner, VMD Mr. Alex Brown Andrew Mark Fitzgerald, VMD Frederick J. Price, VMD Ms. Diane N. Weiss Charles E. Brown, VMD Ms. Geraldine M. Flatley Dominick A. Pulice, VMD Mr. Gary M. Wexler Ms. Cornelia W. Brown George L. Flickinger, Jr., VMD John E. Quatroche, VMD Mrs. Nina S. Wexler Dr. Dorothy Cimino Brown Mrs. Karen Combs Flickinger Dr. Julie Rabinowitz Suzanne C. Whitehead, VMD John G. Bucha, VMD Mrs. Caroline A. Forgason Ms. Andrea K. Rainey Mrs. Jill K. Wichtel Mark B. Burch, DVM Ms. Marilyn Forney Mr. Barnett Rattner Ms. Diana S. Wister Maron Calderwood Mays, VMD, PhD Dr. Robert C. Forney Mr. Roger Rechler † David R. Wolfgang, VMD Ms. Jeri L. Callaghan Lynn S. Frankhouser-Keller, VMD Byron V. Reid, VMD Mrs. Angela Bohl Wurster Ms. Teresa A. Callahan Ms. Sandra M. Fred Mr. Edward M. Resovsky Mr. William G. Wurster Mr. Thomas P. Callan Mr. Douglas Freedman Carl C. Reynolds, VMD Theodore V. Yuhas, VMD Gregg W. Campbell, VMD Ms. Lauri Freedman Ms. Paula C. Rhodes Mr. Thomas Zucca Ms. Caroline A. Canavan Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Freeman Mr. Keith Richardson Ms. Maureen Calloway Carnevale Mrs. Patricia A. Frey Mrs. Roberta Richardson RUSH SHIPPEN Ms. Karen L. Cayci Robert M. Frey, VMD Ross T. Chambers Dr. Kathleen M. Friedenberg Mr. Leonard Riggio HUIDEKOPER SOCIETY Joan Mary Ritchie, VMD Ms. Karen S. Chase Carma C. Futhey Deborah S. Roberts, VMD $4,999-$2,500 Christine Joan Cioffe, VMD Ms. Maria T. Galeno Ms. Patricia S. Robinson Anonymous (2) Ms. Catharine Ciric Miss Margaret Gardiner Joan M. Roediger-Finkelstein, JD Donald Abrutyn, VMD Mrs. Alma Orlowitz Cohen Christopher N. Garruba, Jr., VMD Ms. Nancy G. Rogers Mr. & Mrs. E. M. Ackley Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Cohen Keith W. Gates, VMD Ms. Ann Ruben Dr. Emma N. Adam Mr. Stephen J. Conway Mrs. Lois F. Gates Mrs. Terry Runyen Mrs. Jeannine Earnshaw Adams Ms. Ruth M. Coutu Robert F. Gerlach, VMD
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Ms. Anne Gilley Ms. Debra E. Lembeck Victor T. Rendano, Jr., VMD Mr. L. V. Steinbaum Paula S. Gladue, VMD Bernard G. Levine, VMD The Honorable Edward G. Rendell Mrs. Mary McMahon Stewart Alan S. Glassman, VMD Dr. Eric H. Linnetz, Jr. Ms. Kelly Reynolds Darcie J. Stolz, VMD Barton L. Gledhill, VMD Lawrence J. Linnetz, VMD Linda Rhodes, VMD PhD Mr. George Strawbridge, Jr. Mr. James E. Gregg Meryl Podolsky Littman, VMD Miss Mary B. Rice Mrs. Bruner H. Strawbridge Ms. Donna J. Gruber Rosemarie T. Lombardi, VMD Dr. Dean W. Richardson Mrs. Gale Streicher Mrs. Chara Cooper Haas † Donald K. Lowe, VMD Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ritzenthaler Mr. and Mrs. Barry J. Stupine Ms. Kimet M. Hand Ms. Barbara Madison † Jose D. Rivera-Anaya, VMD Ms. Rebecca D. Sykes Ms. Jan Handtmann H. Michael Maetz, VMD Mr. D. L. Robertson Sherry Lee Talowsky, VMD Margaret L. Harbison, VMD Mr. Lawrence F. Magid Mr. David Ronsheim Henry J. Te Velde, DVM Maureen Hargaden, VMD Andrew Major, VMD Kenneth K. Sadanaga, VMD James O. Thomas, VMD Lenn R. Harrison, VMD Courtney M. Manetti, VMD Ms. Patricia Salmon Ms. Sally Thomas Karen B. Harvey, VMD Richard D. Marchetti, VMD Dr. and Mrs. Michael C. Saltzburg Joseph E. Thompson, DVM Mrs. Paula D. Haughey Ms. Margaret S. Marsh Lawrence W. Samples, VMD Mr. Richard H. Thompson † Mr. Thomas M. Haughey Mr. Ken McCardle Linda Waltz Schaffer, VMD Alexander C. Tong, VMD Ms. Jennifer R. Heath Ms. Carol J. McCloskey Mr. Joseph Schimberg Mr. & Mrs. Jerome E. Toth Dr. Paula S. Henthorn Susan K. McDonough, VMD Mrs. Lynda Schimberg H. Wesley Towers, Jr., VMD Michael J. Herman, VMD Mrs. Clara S. McGonigal Mrs. Karen Lerner Schoenthal Mrs. Catherine Varacchi Kim A. Herrman, VMD Lea McGovern, VMD Mr. Dennis L. Schrader Mr. Gregory P. Varacchi Curt D. Heyde, VMD Mr. James A. McMillan Mrs. Jamee F. Schrader Nora Vartanian Ms. Andrea R. Hilliard Mr. Martin H. McNamara Ms. Karen C. Schwenk Marylouise A. Visco, VMD Mark Root Hodgson, VMD David A. Meirs II, VMD Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Scott, Jr. Emily J. Walder, VMD Dolores M. Holle, VMD Richard Scott Meirs, VMD Roger I. Scullin, VMD Cuyler Harriman Walker, Esquire Ms. Susan K. Hollenstein Keira J. Mellion, VMD Ms. Jo Lauren Seavy Mr. Karl T. Walli Dr. David Holt Mark Mendlowitz, VMD Roger F. Sembrat, VMD Ms. Carol Elizabeth Ware Daniel Holzer JD Millard M. Mershon, VMD Ms. H. D. Sharp Irvin C. Ware, VMD Ms. Susan E. Hopkins Ms. Della J. Micah Donald B. Shatto, VMD Mrs. Helma Weeks Ms. Barbara Sue Howard Dr. Kathryn Elaine Michel John H. Shissler, VMD Cristina Weiner, VMD Ms. Judy L. Hricak Mr. Robert C. Michel Mrs. Elizabeth J. Simmons Robert J. Weiner, VMD Edward M. Hsu, VMD Mrs. Anne F. Mickelson Mr. Mark C. Simpson Jeremy J. Wentz, VMD Mr. Leslie Hudson Steven D. Milden, VMD Ms. Cheryl E. Sims Steve R. West, VMD Phillip R. Hunt, VMD Adam D. Miller, VMD Mr. Ben Singletary III Helen Wheeler-Aceto, VMD, PhD St George Hunt, VMD † Steven L. Milliken, VMD Mrs. Sallie R. Singletary Mr. Jerold Wichtel Dr. Christopher Hunter Ms. Jessica Milner Roger G. Smith, Jr., VMD Susan Burris Wicker, VMD Mr. Anthony Imbesi Eddie F. Molesworth, VMD Bruce Frederic Smith, VMD PhD Dr. Matthew A. Wikler Ms. Giovanna Imbesi Ms. Renee M. Moore Lawrence F. Smith, VMD A. Hunter Wilcox, VMD Ms. Theresa Incagnoli Abbie Moos, VMD PhD † Ms. Susan M. Smith James G. Wilcox, VMD Timothy J. Ireland, VMD Sara Ann T. Moran, VMD Dr. Karin Sorenmo David Wilkins, VMD Richard A. Jaffe, VMD Ms. Tracy A. Morrow Mr. Martin T. Sosnoff Ms. Barbara Williamson Dr. Nancy Jeffries A. Harris Mosher, VMD Stephen G. Soule, VMD Mr. & Mrs. George F. Wintersteen Mr. Keith S. Jennings Michael K. Moss, VMD Dr. Michael S. Spensley Ms. Patricia K. Worthington Peter F. Jezyk, VMD Ms. Leia K. Muenster Terry W. Stanglein, VMD Mrs. Lizette Zayas Mrs. Gil Johnston Ms. Margaret Mulqueen-Schad Ronald J. Stas, VMD Curtis A. Zillhardt, VMD W. Southard Jones, Jr., VMD John F. Munnell, VMD Mrs. Hope H. Jones Christian E. Newcomer, VMD Mr. Edward M. Katz Lavonne R. Newman, VMD Nancy Katz, VMD Mr. Joseph Norris Mr. Malcolm J. Keiter Michael J. Norris, VMD Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Keith Mr. Leonard A. Nowak Dr. Alan M. Kelly Patricia A. O’Handley, VMD Lawrence A. Kerson, MD Dr. Salvatore A. Orsini Dr. Toba Schwaber Kerson Sean C. Ott, VMD Clayton E. Kimble, VMD † Nolton Pattio, VMD Charles D. Knecht, VMD † Barbara E. Penney, VMD Mrs. Krystyna Z. Knight Ms. Constance Perine-Goldsmith John K. Knorr III, MD † Ms. Betty Perrott Michael I. Kotlikoff, VMD Mr. Robert W. Peters Charles E. Kresge, VMD Mr. Stephen S. Phillips Mr. James LaBar Gerald E. Pietsch, VMD Mrs. Kathryn LaBar Mr. Jack Price Susan Turnbull Laevey, VMD Mrs. Theresa Price Margaret Landi, VMD Miss Susan J. Puleo Mr. David D. Langfitt Mrs. Jennifer Rakhmanine Mrs. Margaret B. Langfitt Dr. Mikhail Rakhmanine Mrs. Kathleen Rifkin Lantz Michael P. Ratner, VMD Ms. P. J. Lease Virginia Reef, DVM Ms. Sharon Dale Lee Joan Regan, VMD Midge Leitch, VMD Ms. Mary Remondini
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ALUMNI GIVING V’55 John W. Kenline, VMD James V. Stewart, VMD Henry Cresswell, VMD Morton G. Linder, VMD Ronald N. Stuber, VMD All Alumni donors to Keith W. Gates, VMD Dr. H. Clinton Reichard, Jr. H. Wesley Towers, Jr., VMD Penn Vet from July 1, 2012 Bernard G. Levine, VMD V’62 V’69 through June 30, 2013. Walter F. Loeb, VMD Bert M. Allen, VMD Christopher S. Donner, VMD Millard M. Mershon, VMD Charles E. Kresge, VMD Joseph D. Fecher, Jr., VMD Daniel N. Tapper, VMD A. Harris Mosher, VMD Peter J. Felsburg, VMD, PhD Daniel Weiner, VMD 1930-1939 Richard W. Rodgers, VMD Dawn G. Goodman, VMD V’39 V’56 Elizabeth J. Schultz, VMD Mark E. Haskins, VMD PhD Barbara R. Strauss, VMD Peter D. Herman, VMD Stanford D. Merrill, VMD Daniel W. Fasnacht, VMD Raymond W. Lundberg, VMD Darwin E. Zimmerman, VMD Peter H. Herman, VMD Jay J. Simmons, VMD D. Ray Hostetter, VMD 1940-1949 V’63 Thomas V. Sollas, Jr., VMD Norman H. Altman, VMD Donald D. Jacobs, VMD V’40 Richard A. Vaclavik, VMD Thomas L. Kowalchick, VMD Max Fields, VMD Elinor A. Brandt, VMD Max A. Van Buskirk, Jr., VMD William A. Dorsey III, VMD Roger F. Poole, VMD V’42 George D. Vernimb, VMD. Abbott S. Dver, VMD Daniel R. Reilly, VMD George C. Poppensiek, VMD V’57 Fred Fernich, VMD Richard P. Streett, VMD V’43 Blair R. English, VMD Barbara L. Henderson, VMD John L. Thomas, VMD George R. Hickman, Jr., VMD Virginia Eaton Flynn, VMD Sherbyn W. Ostrich, VMD Ricardo B. Valle, VMD John D. McCullough, VMD Lillian A. Giuliani, VMD Daniel H. Rice, VMD Jeffrey A. Wortman, VMD V’45 Harvey W. Hayden, VMD Max L. Sponseller, VMD Richard W. Brown, Jr., VMD Robert James Huber, VMD Melvyn G. Wenger, VMD 1970-1979 Dr. William H. Cline Lea R. Hutchinson, VMD Eugene Witiak, VMD V’70 John B. Peterman, VMD Charles W. Koenig, VMD V’64 Diana A. Aston, VMD C. Russell Pryor, VMD Lester G. Barto, VMD V’46 James W. Ebert, VMD Roger G. Smith, Jr., VMD John J. McGuire, VMD Roy V. Bergman, VMD Robert L. Berger, VMD John G. Bucha, VMD Donald W. Lackey, VMD V’58 Lynn J. McGuire, VMD Richard I. Carp, VMD, PhD Donald E. Schwartz, VMD Daniel W. Burbank, VMD Abram B. Stavitsky, VMD Luis A. Colon, VMD Eddie L. Tamm, VMD Sheldon S. Diamond, VMD James O. Thomas, VMD George L. Flickinger, Jr., VMD David E. Zerby, VMD William E. Condon, VMD V’47 Daniel V. Flynn, VMD Jean Cunningham, VMD Martin A. Bree, VMD V’65 William S. Gardner, VMD James S. McFarland III, VMD Frederick L. Busch, VMD V’48 Beecher H. Watson, VMD David A. Hickes, VMD James M. Clinton, VMD Andrew Major, VMD Richard G. Ainley, VMD Col. George H. Wyckoff, Jr. James W. Fawcett, VMD Irving D. Sackett, VMD John L. O’Donoghue, VMD, PhD V’59 Kirk N. Gelatt, VMD Lawrence F. Smith, VMD V’49 Thomas J. Bucci, VMD Michael E. Nagel, VMD Lea Gordon Stabinski, VMD William C. Patterson, Jr., VMD William H. Crawford, Jr. VMD Robert T. Rochfort, VMD Brenda Lewis Stewart, VMD Arthur Richards, Jr., VMD Robert J. Eberhart, VMD William S. Rokus, VMD Irvin C. Ware, VMD Raymond W. Giuliani, VMD Peter M. Schantz, VMD, PhD Steven E. Weisbrode, VMD 1950-1959 Max J. Herman, VMD V’66 V’71 V’50 Leigh A. Marsh, VMD Deborah D. Ebert, VMD Robert B. Alexander, VMD Sherman Ames II, VMD William L. Mullan, Jr., VMD David H. Fortna, VMD Andrew J. Breslin, VMD Thomas W. Shoemaker, VMD Sheldon A. Steinberg, VMD William D. Hardy, Jr., VMD Barry C. Brown, VMD Franklin K. Wills, VMD Terence J. Hayes, VMD, PhD Charles H. Chase III, VMD V’51 1960-1969 Robert F. Jochen, VMD James G. Fridirici, VMD C. John Bryer, VMD V’60 Barry N. Kellogg, VMD W. Southard Jones, Jr., VMD Eugene A. Martin, VMD Lester L. Beck, VMD Elmer F. Laffey, VMD Donald A. Marcus, VMD John J. Strickler, VMD Arthur A. Bickford, VMD William F. Lucker, Jr., VMD Sally A. Pepper, VMD Calvin B. Umble, VMD Ralph L. Brinster, VMD, PhD William S. Stockman, VMD Gerald E. Pietsch, VMD V’52 Carol H. Fegley, VMD V’67 James H. Rush, VMD Fred R. Guenther, VMD Elaine P. Hammel, VMD James R. Armstrong, VMD Stephen A. Smalley, VMD John E. Quatroche, VMD William E. Kwaak, VMD Delwin K. Buckhold, VMD Gordon B. Stull, VMD Robert M. Sauer, VMD Robert L. Lash, VMD Larry A. Dieter, VMD A. Hunter Wilcox, VMD Frederick J. Price, VMD Darrell M. Hoffman, VMD V’53 V’72 Carl C. Reynolds, VMD John A. Laudermilch, VMD Daniel D. Bleicher, VMD Anonymous William A. Suro, VMD Alan D. Marley, VMD Klaus Hubben, VMD Paul C. Baird, VMD Patricia A. O’Handley, VMD Paul W. Husted, VMD V’61 Jill Beech, VMD Alan B. Schreier, VMD Julius P. Kreier, VMD Donald A. Abt, VMD Kenneth L. Bollens, Jr., VMD John O. Mason, VMD John P. Burlein, VMD V’68 Charles E. Brown, VMD Albert Singer, VMD Charles D. Clark, VMD Gustavo D. Aguirre, VMD, PhD Joyce C. Burrows, VMD Francis W. Daniel, Jr., VMD Maron Calderwood Mays, VMD, PhD Paul C. Gambardella, VMD V’54 Harriet A. Doolittle, VMD Hugh W. Calderwood, VMD Lawrence T. Glickman, VMD Walter J. Baker, VMD William E. Eccleston, Jr., VMD George L. Hartenstein IV, VMD James S. Harper, VMD Doris Sell Emerson, VMD Paul A. Evans, VMD Barbara E. Penney, VMD Clifford J. Hixson, VMD John G. Emerson, VMD Nicholas H. Fisfis, VMD Frederick B. Peterson, VMD Susan H. Horowitz, VMD Harry C. Fegley, VMD Barton L. Gledhill, VMD Linda M. Schoenberg, VMD, PhD Joseph R. Itle, VMD W. Richard Thompson, VMD Joseph R. Godzik, VMD Donald B. Shatto, VMD Lorraine G. Karpinski-Hughes, VMD Peter J. Hand, VMD, PhD William J. Solomon, VMD James B. Krewatch, VMD
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Frank R. Levinson, VMD Paul V. Marino, VMD “Whether we have changed career directions or Charles J. Malinauskas, VMD Sara Ann T. Moran, VMD Duane S. Mangini, VMD Paul H. Nicolaysen, VMD continue to practice some aspect of veterinary Mark D. Maxian, VMD Helen O. Noble, VMD medicine, the education we received at Penn Susan E. Mosier, VMD Gary J. Quinn, VMD Harold L. Nelson, Jr. VMD Renate Reimschuessel, VMD and the relationships we developed have Lavonne R. Newman, VMD Edward J. Salevsky, Jr., VMD ‘‘ shaped our lives in positive ways. A great way Deborah S. Patt, VMD Linda A. Schuler, VMD, PhD Frederick D. Piper, VMD Martin Schulman, VMD to honor those memories is a contribution Linda Rhodes, VMD PhD Deane E. Smith II, VMD to a class scholarship fund, to provide Nadine O. Simms, VMD Thaddeus J. Spinks, VMD Barbara E. Smith, VMD Linda J. Squires, VMD support for those aspiring to follow us.” Larry L. Stefanick, VMD Donald L. Yorlets, VMD — Charlotte Keenan, V’77 V’79 V’82 Sharon A. Dailey, VMD Anthony J. De Carlo, VMD Patricia A. Day-Lollini, VMD Brenda F. Deluca, VMD Marcia E. Etheridge, VMD Barbara D. Forney, VMD John F. Hampson, VMD Lynn S. Frankhouser-Keller, VMD E. Scott McAllister, VMD Thomas J. Van Winkle, VMD Joan C. Hendricks, VMD, PhD Robert F. Gerlach, VMD Michael A. Obenski, VMD Marilyn B. Weber, VMD Michael S. Miller, VMD Janice E. Kritchevsky, VMD Craig S. Ott, VMD V’76 Andrea N. Orsher, VMD Julia A. Langenberg, VMD Joel B. Server, VMD Thomas L. Adams, VMD Robert J. Orsher, VMD Rosemarie T. Lombardi, VMD David C. Welch, VMD Robert J. Ashman, VMD Karen L. Phillips, VMD Richard Scott Meirs, VMD Russell H. Wilber, VMD Thomas R. Drake, VMD Joan Regan, VMD Kathleen D. Moody, VMD V’73 Thomas D. Englert, VMD Byron V. Reid, VMD Joseph A. Nebzydoski, VMD Kenneth E. Banzhof, VMD Charles T. Estill, VMD Judith L. Robitaille-Dunklee, VMD Patricia Fey Rings, VMD Beverly Greenberg Bean, VMD Elaine A. Ferrara, VMD William W. Ruehl, VMD Howard J. Seeherman, PhD VMD Nancy O. Brown, VMD Carol Ann Gray, VMD Nadine Vukovich, VMD Mark McKim Smith, VMD Richard A. Carnevale, VMD Karen L. Hamerslag, VMD Louise E. Wechsler, VMD Julia A. Staver, VMD Lynn Rumberger Dankanich, VMD Britan A. Kilbourne, VMD Leslie A. Whittaker, VMD Raymond W. Sweeney III, VMD Vernon R. Durie, VMD Cynthia J. Kosacz, VMD Ronald P. Wilson, VMD Randall C. Fertelmes, VMD Paul D. Kutish, VMD 1980-1989 John Hall Wolfe, VMD PhD David R. Wolfgang, VMD Jerry D. Frantz, VMD Nicholas G. Loutsion, VMD V’80 Samuel C. Wooters, Jr., VMD Jay N. Leeb, VMD Vicki N. Meyers-Wallen, VMD, PhD Kathleen L. Boldy, VMD Midge Leitch, VMD Jane Scherer Morse, VMD Eileen J. Burke-Lammie, VMD V’83 William H. McCormick, VMD Robert A. Nizlek, VMD Lynne D. Cabaniss, VMD Betsy L. Dayrell-Hart, VMD Dorothy J. Miller, VMD Scott E. Palmer, VMD Russell C. Cattley, VMD Shelley M. Dubin, VMD William F. Mowbray, VMD Joel M. Reif, VMD Kevin P. Coogan, VMD M Joan Hiltz, VMD Kathryn H. Nepote, VMD William Rubin, VMD Sandra M. Dudek, VMD John T. Kristy, VMD Stephen G. Soule, VMD George F. Zimmerman, VMD Diane Ruth Eigner, VMD Douglas W. Lemire, VMD Amos W. Stults, Jr., VMD V’77 Leslie D. Gall, VMD Susan G. McCawley, VMD V’74 Richard T. Brown, VMD Patricia J. Glennon, VMD Elizabeth R. McKinstry, VMD David J. Abdinoor, VMD Allen J. Conti, VMD Leslie A. Goldsmith, VMD Timothy J. Miller, VMD John C. Bloom, VMD, PhD Barry M. England, VMD Betsy A. Japp, VMD Thomas J. Myers, VMD Virginia Schaefer Dobozy, VMD Jay B. Fineman, VMD Robert G. Kyrka, VMD PhD Jane M. Orkwiszewski, VMD Robert A. McDaniel, VMD Robert M. Frey, VMD Benson B. Martin, Jr. VMD Jeffrey D. Palmer, VMD George E. Myatich, VMD Stephen L. Gross, VMD Ann C. Pettigrew, VMD Nolton Pattio, VMD Saul Neubauer, VMD Carla Hernas, VMD Peter J. Sikora, VMD Danielle S. Sand, VMD Roger F. Sembrat, VMD Patricia K. Hess, VMD Fern Tablin, VMD, PhD Laura A. Wausat, VMD John C. Simms, VMD David C. Johnson, VMD Wendy E. Vaala, VMD John D. Young, Jr., VMD Gail K. Smith, VMD Charlotte Miller Keenan, VMD Henry B. Warren, VMD V’84 Thomas A. Sutch, VMD Susan A. MacKenzie, VMD, PhD Robert J. Weiner, VMD Carol E. Caracand, VMD V’75 Gail Zausner Rosenberg, VMD Alexandra Wetherill, VMD Thomas K. Chin, VMD Lydia L. Donaldson, VMD Harold L. Russell, VMD Margaret F. Yeaw, VMD Andrew A. Erickson II, VMD Lawrence J. Gerson, VMD Barbara K. Stewart, VMD V’81 Mark S. Erikson, VMD Gerald M. Greco, VMD Emily J. Walder, VMD Cynthia L. Albright Ward, VMD Alan S. Glassman, VMD William D. Hope, Jr., VMD Susan Burris Wicker, VMD Marilyn F. Balmer, VMD Joseph C. Glennon, VMD Peter F. Jezyk, VMD V’78 Mark W. Beere, VMD Mary F. Goelz-Grant, VMD Betty S. Johnston, VMD Linda E. Aiken, VMD Adrian Carlin-Salevsky, VMD Craig J. Goldblatt, VMD Ann Wayne Lucas, VMD Daniel L. Baker, VMD Edgar Mark Fox, VMD Holly Leather Kelsey, VMD Barbara Jean McNeill, VMD Sarah Sellers Callow, VMD John M. Gliatto, VMD Debra Zimmerman Kotloff, VMD, PhD Michael K. Moss, VMD Henry L. Croft, Jr., VMD Perry L. Habecker, VMD David S. Kramer, VMD Liam P. O’Leary, VMD Michael J. DeMarco, VMD Dolores M. Holle, VMD Laurie J. Landeau, VMD, MBA Raymond Stock, VMD Michael A. Eckhaus, VMD David M. Lauer, VMD Andrew P. Nebzydoski, VMD Greg P. Sykes, VMD Mattie J. Hendrick, VMD Jonathan H. Leach, VMD Lisa Nelson, VMD Sherry Lee Talowsky, VMD Sarah Drabing Hicks, VMD Richard M. Levine, VMD Virginia Niebuhr, VMD Beryl Calvin Taylor, VMD Hazel M. Holman, VMD John B. Madison, VMD Stephen J. Peoples, VMD Michael J. Tulley, Jr., VMD Jean C. Kucia, VMD Anne Schless Marino, VMD Brenda E. Perkins, VMD
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Carol Diane Swandby, VMD Dominick A. Pulice, VMD Amy J. Worrell, VMD Francine Koplin Rattner, VMD V’85 Jeffrey P. Salatiello, VMD Linda E. Aiken, VMD Anonymous (2) David Wilkins, VMD E. Mitchell Arion, VMD Charles Corbit Wolfe, VMD Gregg Arbittier, VMD Julia M. Block, VMD Samuel Scott Yoder, VMD Dexter Archer, VMD Cory Williams Ceperich, VMD V’87 Mark A. Cofone, VMD Amy Iris Attas, VMD Charles C. Arensberg, VMD Barbara J. Flickinger, VMD Elizabeth S. A’Zary, VMD Heather A. Berst, VMD Caroline M. Flower, VMD Linda Marie Wood Bacha, VMD Julia T. Hunt, VMD Thomas Joseph Brady, VMD Eric M. Bregman, VMD Jean M. Lasser, VMD Judy L. Downs, VMD Jack Bregman, VMD Dorothy R. McAdams, VMD Beth V. Dronson, VMD Christopher L. McCawley, VMD Carol E. Edwards, VMD Nancy O. Brown, VMD Steven L. Milliken, VMD Andrew H. Elser, VMD Mary A. Bryant, VMD Patricia A. Morgan, VMD William Philip Feeney, VMD Arline C. Rosenfeld, VMD Patricia Sleppy Fisher, VMD Dennis E. Burkett, VMD, PhD Elizabeth S. Sinnigen, VMD Brian S. Hillegass, VMD Mark A. Cofone, VMD Ronald J. Stas, VMD Clyde S. McMillen, VMD Gregory M. Thibodeau, VMD Robert Joseph Moffatt, VMD Gia Anita Croce, VMD Robert M. Thompson, Jr., VMD Nancy Joan Nelson, VMD Henry L. Croft, Jr., VMD Felix Vega, VMD Joan Mary Ritchie, VMD Marie I. Weber, VMD Trina Renee Russell, VMD Kristin F. Dance, VMD William H. Yerkes IV, VMD Amy M. Sclarsky, VMD Camille DeClementi, VMD Drew Frederick Sporer, VMD V’86 Ian J. Driben, VMD Peter F. A’Zary, VMD Ann Eliason Whereat, VMD Anne C. Barnhart, VMD Twila A. Whitefield, VMD Diane Ruth Eigner, VMD Joan M. Yarnall, VMD Stephen C. Barningham, VMD Andrew H. Elser, VMD Kim Lois Blackwell, VMD PhD V’88 Doris A. Cappiello, VMD Ellen Nicole Behrend, VMD Susan G. Emeigh Hart, VMD, PhD Carla Chieffo, VMD, PhD Kirsten Haight Cianci, VMD Lawrence J. Gerson, VMD Mark Anthony Deveau, VMD Doris Elaine Do, VMD Mary Nina Dipinto, VMD Lita Strolle Drobatz, VMD Patricia J. Glennon, VMD Mary-Beth Patricia Hamorski, VMD Charles Hudner Duffy, VMD Elaine P. Hammel, VMD Barbara R. Hitchens, VMD Doreen Joyce Eger, VMD James G. Jeffers, VMD Donna Jean Gaska, VMD Nathan D. Harvey, VMD Patricia Levan Kitchen, VMD Victoria Anna Hampshire, VMD Peter H. Herman, VMD Lisa Ann Lee, VMD John W. Kreider, VMD Linda S. Mansfield, VMD, PhD Susan Turnbull Laevey, VMD Susan I. Jacobson, VMD Wendy Mcllroy, VMD George Weldon Lewis, VMD Charlotte Miller Keenan, VMD Eileen Louise Mera, VMD Jeanne Crozer Ludlow, VMD Theresa Anne Michaels, VMD Jeske I. Noordergraaf, VMD DEAN’S ALUMNI COUNCIL Charles W. Koenig, VMD Caroline Noble Niederman, VMD Michael George Nosko, VMD Howard N. Krum, VMD Sandra Zofia Perkowski, VMD Gary Edward Rothman, VMD Daniel Lantz, VMD Farid C. Saleh, VMD John R. Lewis, VMD Frederick Paul Schuler, VMD Mark Worthley Sherwood, VMD Patrick A. Mahaney, VMD Bruce Frederic Smith, VMD PhD Eileen Louise Mera, VMD Patricia Marie Stevens, VMD Richard H. Stoneback, Jr., VMD Scott E. Palmer, VMD Sallie C. Welte, VMD Dominick A. Pulice, VMD Ronald Clark West, VMD V’89 William J. Solomon, VMD Deborah J. Abt, VMD Sheldon A. Steinberg, VMD Joanna M. Bassert, VMD Jennifer G. Behm, VMD Brenda Lewis Stewart, VMD Jonathan Scott Bramson, VMD James V. Stewart, VMD Daniel Mark Brehm, VMD Nancy E. Brennan-Gorman, VMD Robert W. Stewart, Sr., VMD Curtis George Cianci, VMD Robert W. Stewart, Jr., VMD Rose Ann Crisci, VMD Kevin C. Doherty, VMD Raymond Stock, VMD Erin D. Vicari, VMD Marilyn B. Weber, VMD Jacob R. Werner, VMD Jeffrey A. Wortman, VMD
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Randi G. Fonseca, VMD Christopher P. Slade, VMD V’98 Kevin P. Smith, VMD Dorothy Frances Hayes, VMD Carolyn B. Slavin, VMD Christy Joy Artuso, VMD Jennifer I. Sorowitz, VMD Amanda Maria Johnson-Lengner, VMD Randy S. Sliker, VMD Steven J. Bensinger, VMD, PhD V’03 Robin Lynn Love, VMD Betsy C. Squires, VMD Ingrid L. Bergin, VMD Theresa J. Alenghat, VMD, PhD Tracy Ann Mann, VMD Elizabeth K. Stanley, VMD Joan P. Capuzzi, VMD Kenneth L. Bollens III, VMD Carolyn Beth Radding, VMD V’94 Jennifer T. Cromwell, VMD Todd M. Brooks, VMD Michele Ann Salata, VMD Paul K. Adolf, VMD Edytheann DeMaria, VMD Kate E. Dodge, VMD Nicholas James Volkman, VMD Janette D. Alvarez, VMD Cynthia Nass Eldredge, VMD Aubrey Kathryn Fitch, VMD Steven P. Cudia, VMD Jennifer L. Fry, VMD Rebecca Garabed, VMD 1990-1999 Tiffany B. Cunningham, VMD Gregory S. Heins, VMD Sunny Geiser, VMD V’90 Camille DeClementi, VMD Julie W. Irwin, VMD Lisa Perlman Harwood, VMD Douglas J. Ayers, VMD Sunita Ballal Driehuys, VMD Courtney Jones, VMD Jennifer M. Jones, VMD Martha E. Bugbee, VMD Christopher A. Hunsinger, VMD Christine A. Leigh, VMD Emily K. Kupprion, VMD Amy L. Grice, VMD Arthur J. Jankowski, VMD Sean A. Maguire, VMD Julia S. Lane, VMD Douglas A. Hambright, VMD Marsha Pincus Katz, VMD George A. Motley, VMD Elizabeth K. Little, VMD Kirk A. Hassinger, VMD Van William Knox, VMD Esteban Pokorny, VMD Elizabeth B. Lopez, VMD Frieda M. Hottenstine, VMD Lisa R. Knox, VMD Deanna K. Taubnam, VMD, PhD P M. Lopez, VMD Katrina S. Jackson, VMD Kevin S. Landau, VMD Anson J. Tsugawa, VMD Sean C. Ott, VMD Leanne M. Ksiazek, VMD Peter S. Levin, VMD Debbie L. Wright, VMD Natalie A. Pinchuk, VMD Craig H. Maretzki, VMD Carolyn J. Littel, VMD V’99 Jeremy J. Wentz, VMD Margaret J. McVeigh, VMD Kenton D. Rexford, VMD Sarah S. Adams, VMD Sara A. Woodberry, VMD Steven D. Milden, VMD Sharin B. Skolnik, VMD Nancy White Bathurst, VMD Keith A. Zimmerman, VMD Lawrence A. Rebbecchi, Jr., VMD Katherine E. Trow, VMD Kenneth D. Bixel, VMD V’04 James P. Rowan III, VMD V’95 Shannon D. Brockmeier, VMD Gabrielle H. Consolino, VMD Nicholas E. Sitinas, VMD Dawn N. Binder, VMD Rebecca V. Christie, VMD Jessica I. Dymun, VMD Beth Uldal Thompson, VMD Carole A. Chiaravallo, VMD Jennifer J. Clarke, VMD Marie Haddock, VMD Rose M. Threatte, VMD Joshua H. Clay, VMD David B. Croman, VMD Lynne A. Hanna, VMD Amy J. Wenger, VMD Lynne T. Denyer, VMD Alysia Deaven, VMD Michael W. Koch, VMD V’91 Jean O. Frost, VMD Jennifer S. MacLeod, VMD Robert L. Mankowski, VMD Jean Marie Betkowski, VMD Sheila M. Gomez, VMD Courtney M. Manetti, VMD Vivian M. Orita, VMD Christopher J. Bonar, VMD Kimberley B. Knipe, VMD Mira L. McGregor, VMD Rebecca S. Padro, VMD Gregg W. Campbell, VMD Sheila Hogan Levie, VMD Jacqueline H. O’Donnell, VMD Christa M. Regan, VMD Natalie Nero Daniels, VMD Jeanine Louise Mantione, VMD Mary E. Powers, VMD Anne P. Renzetti, VMD Janice Deriso Duffy, VMD Lisa A. Miernicki, VMD Suzanne Shalet, VMD Ellen R. Singh, VMD Jaime F. Modiano, VMD Robert Neff, Jr., VMD Lori M. Siracuse-Parker, VMD Lee Anne M. Palmer, VMD Ji-Yeun Rha, VMD 2000-2009 V’05 Joellen Shaw, VMD Sean Keith Saltsburg, VMD V’00 Elizabeth Atwood Brooks, VMD Lindsay S. Shreiber, VMD Kathryn M. Sneider, VMD Linda M. Bender, VMD Jennifer H. Brownhill, VMD Kirk Theodore Smith, VMD Larisa C. Tempero, VMD Dana D. Fite, VMD Mary K. Coughlin, VMD Lisa P. Suslak-Brown, VMD Douglas H. Thamm, VMD Anne E. Hessinger, VMD Elizabeth Goedeke, VMD Mary B. Van Kooy, VMD Alexander J. Travis, VMD PhD Lara S. Houston, VMD Abbey J. Harding, VMD Kimberly Ann Werner, VMD Diane Ventrello, VMD Elizabeth L. Knighton, VMD Luke T. Jones, VMD V’92 Martha Webster Wells, VMD Jack D. Runk, VMD Ellyn Shea Kirk, VMD Linda Mclaughlin Barchet, VMD V’96 Elena Sawickij, VMD Justin D. Kontir, VMD Lisa A. Cawley, VMD Kimberlee Bailey-Glenn, VMD Tripp M. Stewart, VMD Rebecca A. Linke, VMD Gia Anita Croce, VMD Daryl D. Bartlett, VMD Sabrina N. Walters, VMD Janee O. McKinney, VMD Erin Downes, VMD Alexandra F. Bray, VMD V’01 Keira J. Mellion, VMD Jeffrey H. Giles, VMD Jessica S. Collins, VMD Beth R. Adler-Bush, VMD Jennifer S. Moll, VMD Maureen Hargaden, VMD Caroline K. Garzotto, VMD Natalie S. Austin, VMD Sarah M. Reuss, VMD Karen B. Harvey, VMD Patricia J. Mapps, VMD Lori A. Bankowski, VMD Ai Takeuchi, VMD Patricia M. Hogan, VMD Jacqueline A. Martin, VMD Christina M. Barndt, VMD Tracy H. Wynder, VMD Diane Morris Horn, VMD Robert T. Sullivan, Jr., VMD Blayne P. Bergenstock, VMD V’06 Dara L. Kraitchman, VMD PhD Paul J. Wagner, VMD Debra S. Eisenstein, VMD, PhD Gregg Arbittier, VMD John Joseph McCauley, VMD V’97 Scott J. Kandell, VMD Amanda Benton, VMD Melanie A. Newman, VMD Dexter Archer, VMD Adam D. Miller, VMD Sara E. Caruso, VMD Dina A. Rovere, VMD Barbara D. Bower, VMD Matthew D. Quinn, VMD Jennifer Feiner, VMD Marko R. Sima, VMD Elizabeth Marion Bunting, VMD Aliza J. Simeone, VMD Patrick J. Ford, VMD Howard J. Small, VMD Michele M. Campellone, VMD V’02 Lydia Hamilton, VMD V’93 Amy A. Fauth, VMD Amy Boker, VMD Anne R. Heskel, VMD Ann E. Bastian, VMD Stacy H. Fuchino, VMD Joyce K. Cohen, VMD Beverly C. Jogan, VMD Heather H. Clauser, VMD Henrietta F. Haberstroh, VMD Elizabeth Gordan Ellis, VMD Jeanne Neylon-Dudas, VMD Mindy A. Cohan, VMD John R. Lewis, VMD Julie B. Engiles, VMD Sarah Reed, VMD Evan A. Feinberg, VMD Eugene L. Metzger, VMD Kimberly R. Goodrich, VMD Rebecca E. Spivack, VMD Teresa M. Fitzgerald, VMD Ronald A. Nash, VMD Erika L. Krick, VMD Bonnie J. Valiente, VMD Lauren P. Flato, VMD Robert C. Panaccio, Jr., VMD Jennifer McGough, VMD Koranda A. Wallace, VMD Jan V. Ginsky, VMD Scott A. Polo, VMD Paul J. McGough, VMD Alison Wolfgram, VMD Jody M. Hoffman, VMD Malathy Rao, VMD J. Donald Schrank, VMD Sarah Zimmerman, VMD David T. Horn, VMD Jennifer M. Schneider, VMD John D. Sivick, VMD Gail Reidler Mackey, VMD Katherine A. Sinko, VMD Mary C. McCabe, VMD
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V’07 Mrs. Kathleen W. Aguirre Ms. Dorothea A. Eagleson Dr. Kevin P. Keane Micki Armour, VMD Norman H. Altman, VMD Ms. Carole C. Eason Dr. Alan M. Kelly Marcie W. DiPaulo, VMD Animal Hospital of Sussex Count East High Girls Hockey of WC Mrs. Susan Kelly Michelle E. Ellison, VMD Ms. Jane F. Ash East High Girls Lacrosse Ms. Barbara W. Kittle Ann P. Klocke, VMD Mr. Dominic J. Aurillo of West Chester Alan M. Klide, VMD Ross T. Tramell, VMD Mr. Gary J. Aurillo Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Egolf Mr. David J. Knauer V’08 Alan Bachrach, Jr., VMD Dr. Laura Eirmann Mr. Christopher Knoell Anonymous Mr. Edward F. Baird Susan G. Emeigh Hart, VMD PhD Charles W. Koenig, VMD Karen Brockman, VMD Mrs. Joanne W. Barker Ms. Christine Facciolli Mrs. Sandra J. Koenig Caleb Frankel, VMD Mr. Kenneth C. Barker Mr. & Mrs. Arnold S. Feldman Koenig Charitable Fund Shelby Freda, VMD Mr. Joseph Barone Fred Fernich, VMD Ms. Constance G. Kramer Jordan Lewis, VMD Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Bartolone Fiduciary Trust Company Ms. Natalie Kucharski Maria Syska, VMD Ms. Wendy J. Bashford Ms. Myrna C. Fisher Mr. Dagan A. Lacorte Jill Beech, VMD Mr. David Freilach Mr. Steven Michael Lancman V’09 Mark W. Beere, VMD Mr. & Mrs. Mark Freilach Jennifer A. LaPlume, VMD Caroline Agusti, VMD Bradford G. Bentz, VMD Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fremont & Family Mr. James Latta III Anna Austin, VMD Mrs. Marilyn W. Best Paul C. Gambardella, VMD Mrs. Gwydolyn H. Latta Heather Balmer, VMD Darryl N. Biery, DVM Garden State Veterinary Hospital Laurels Combined Driving Event Ashley G. Barnard, VMD Ms. Martha J. Biery Mr. & Mrs. Tony Gatt A. G. Lavin, VMD Jennifer Dietz, VMD Bluefoot Entertainment, Inc. James F. Geer, VMD John W. Lee, Jr., DVM Ryan Donahue, VMD Blue Mountain Veterinary Lawrence J. Gerson, VMD Mr. Robert C. Legnini Michael Meneo, VMD Medical Services Ginsburg Development Companies, LLC Midge Leitch, VMD Beth Nelms, VMD Margaret F. Bodine, VMD Ginsburg & Redmond PC Ms. Debra E. Lembeck Amanda A. Ryan, VMD The Boeing Company Mrs. Frances M. Giuliani Richard M. Levine, VMD Carey Tamburrino, VMD Ms. Sarah A. Boice Lillian A. Giuliani, VMD Mr. & Mrs. Gordon L. Lewis, Sr. Nancy Ting, VMD Mrs. Joyce Bonner Raymond W. Giuliani, VMD Mr. Barry Liben Mr. and Mrs. Albert O. Botto Ms. Saly A. Glassman Londonderry Veterinary Clinic 2010-2013 Ms. Elizabeth J. Bowers GlaxoSmithKline Long Island Veterinary V’10 Jeffrey Bowersox, DVM Glen Willow Combined Driving Event Medical Association Elise Dunphy, VMD Thomas Bowman, DVM John M. Gliatto, VMD M. Phyllis Lose, VMD Meghan Gick, VMD Mr. Joseph V. Boyle Mrs. Randi Gnesin Mr. & Mrs. Henry Loshigian Bronwyn Riggs, VMD Elinor A. Brandt, VMD Mr. Ross Gnesin Mrs. Beverly G. Lowitt V’11 Brandywine Valley Driving Club Dr. Robert H. Gold Mr. Gary Benjamin Lowitt Latasha Crawford, VMD Bree’s Animal Hospital Ms. Suzanne Goltz Ann Wayne Lucas, VMD Laura Faulkner, VMD Eric M. Bregman, VMD Gramercy Park Animal Hospital Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Luther Jack Bregman, VMD Ms. Federica S. Grieshaber Matthew P. Mackay-Smith, DVM V’12 Bernard F. Brennan, VMD Mark B. Guise, VMD John B. Madison, VMD Rachael Kreisler, VMD Johanna Briscoe, VMD Ms. Gail M. Habecker Ms. Linda Mahan Holly Stewart, VMD Richard T. Brown, VMD Perry L. Habecker, VMD Linda L. Mahan Unitrust Lauren Vierheilig, VMD Burl Moor Driben Animal Hospital Hamilton Family Foundation Mr. David F. Mahoney V’13 Maron Calderwood Mays, VMD, PhD Dr. Allen W. Hancock Ms. Dorothy Malbin Hope F. Douglas, VMD Adrian Carlin-Salevsky, VMD Mrs. Elsa Hancock Mr. Daniel W. Mancini Cecil Veterinary Clinic, Inc. James S. Harper, VMD Lori Spencer Mann, VMD Centre Euqine Practice Mr. W. J. Hart Richard A. Mansmann, VMD Charitable Flex Fund George L. Hartenstein IV, VMD Ms. Ashra P. Markowitz OPPORTUNITY Dr. & Mrs. Jose Clemente Dr. Colin E. Harvey Mr. Bud Mauger SCHOLARSHIP Mark A. Cofone, VMD Dr. Elisabeth A. Hasslacher E. Scott McAllister, VMD Ms. Jill Coghlan Barbara L. Henderson, VMD Mr. Michael J. McCadden PARTICIPANTS Ms. Christine Connelly Mrs. Marie G. Herman Ms. Virginia McCadden Established in 1998 by Ms. Sarah Cooper Michael J. Herman, VMD Ms. Linda McCann Peter H. Craig, VMD Peter H. Herman, VMD William H. McCormick, VMD professor and equine surgeon Ms. Kathleen Crompton Mr. Milton P. Higgins III Susan K. McDonough, VMD Charles W. Raker, V’42, the Dain Rauscher Incorporated Hill Street Veterinary Hospital Ms. Diane McKee mission of the Opportunity Mr. Reese P. Davis Laurel C. Himes, VMD Mr. & Mrs. John McWalters Scholarship Program is to Anthony J. De Carlo, VMD Mr. Richard Hoffberger Merck & Co., Inc. foster scholarship support Ms. Joanne Desanto Hoffberger Insurance Group Ms. Mary C. Miller Birthe Detweiler Mrs. Jean P. Holland Michael S. Miller, VMD and mentoring opportunities David K. Detweiler, VMD Amy H. Hollengreen, VMD Ronald R. Minor, VMD, PhD for future veterinarians Mr. Vikram Dewan Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Homer Mrs. Theresa Minor trained at Penn Vet. Stephen P. Dey III, VMD Hope Veterinary Specialists Mrs. Ellen Moelis Dey Equine Veterinarians PA Richard C. Horn Herbert I. Moelis, Esquire William A. Dorsey III, VMD D. Ray Hostetter, VMD Calvin Moon, VMD Anonymous (3) Ms. Barbara Doubman Ms. Sandra A. Howat-Haftle Mrs. June Moon Mr. & Mrs. Jack Abbey Ms. Catherine E. Drake Mr. Robert W. Huffman Ms. Anne G. Moran Mrs. Jan Horwitz Abraham Charles J. Driben, VMD Arthur J. Jankowski, VMD Mrs. Elizabeth R. Moran Mrs. Judith M. Adams Meagan C. Duffy-Hettinger, VMD Mr. Lawrence S. Kantrowitz Sara Ann T. Moran, VMD Robert F. Adams, Esq. Mrs. Orell Dunn Debra A. Karlstein, Esq. Patricia A. Morgan, VMD Paul K. Adolf, VMD Ms. Margaret Hamilton Duprey Nancy Katz, VMD Mr. Christopher W. Morris Ms. Andrea Agresta Mr. Anthony W. Dutrow Katz & Dogs Animal Hospital Jennifer A. Morris, VMD Gustavo D. Aguirre, VMD, PhD Dutrow Thoroughbred Enterprises Inc. Ms. Nancy Kaufman Dr. Wallace B. Morrison
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Est of Raymond M. Spiller Mrs. Loretta J. Van Nuys “The founder of the University of Pennsylvania, Thaddeus J. Spinks, VMD Veterinary Emergency Clinic Inc. Max L. Sponseller, VMD Veterinary Specialty Center Benjamin Franklin, once asked: ‘What good thing Sports Medicine Associates of of Delaware may I do?’ An excellent answer is: Support the Chester County Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Viscuso Mrs. Bette L. Steinberg Franklin S. Wagner, VMD School of Veterinary Medicine at his University. Sheldon A. Steinberg, VMD Robert A. Wagner, VMD ‘‘ I believe strongly in Penn Vet’s mission and the Robert W. Stewart, Sr., VMD Wallenpaupack Veterinary Clinic Barbara K. Stewart, VMD Mr. Loren Warshaw critical work of veterinarians not only in caring Brenda Lewis Stewart, VMD Washington Square Animal Hospital for animals, but in ensuring food safety, protecting James V. Stewart, VMD Mr. Scott E. Waxman Mrs. Mary McMahon Stewart Marilyn B. Weber, VMD public health and working to find cures for William K. Stewart, Sr. Foundation Mrs. Martha Good Wenger diseases that afflict humans as well as animals.” Raymond Stock, VMD Melvyn G. Wenger, VMD William S. Stockman, VMD Ralph E. Werner, Jr., VMD — Bob Huffman, friend of Penn Vet, who supports Kenton S. Stokes, VMD Ms. Kathy J. Westhafer two Opportunity Scholarships and a key technician Mr. Donald Stonestrom Westtown East Goshen Police position in Dr. Dean W. Richardson’s lab. Ms. Elizabeth M. Stratton Benevolent Association Mr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Street Westtown Veterinary Ltd. Amos W. Stults, Jr., VMD James G. Wilcox, VMD Mrs. Marion M. Stults Ms. Barbara L. Williams Ms. Harriet Sussman H. Cooper Williams, VMD Ms. Mary A. Mosley Dr. William B. Retallick Raymond W. Sweeney III, VMD Mr. J. Dennis Williams Michael R. Moyer, VMD Kenton D. Rexford, VMD Dr. Corinne R. Sweeney Mrs. M. Lenore Williams William A. Moyer, DVM Daniel H. Rice, VMD Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Swill Mr. Lewis C. Wyman M.P.D. Higgins Foundation Dr. Dean W. Richardson Joseph L. Tait, VMD Paula J. Yankauskas, VMD Ms. Judith K. Murlless Dr. Laura Richardson Beryl Calvin Taylor, VMD Yergey, Stewart, Vallance & Associates Andrew P. Nebzydoski, VMD William E. Riddle, VMD Mr. Gregg A. Teeple Keith A. Zimmerman, VMD Henry J. Nebzydoski, VMD Ms. Carol Rinehart Mrs. Joan Teeple Joseph A. Nebzydoski, VMD Ms. Deborah Ripley Ms. Anna B. Thompson Mrs. Kerry J. Nebzydoski Deborah S. Roberts, VMD Mrs. Anne F. Thorington New Jersey Equine Clinic Ms. Susan Robinovitz Thoroughbred Charities of America Ms. Susan L. Newman Conrad Roblejo, DVM Thoroughbred Education and Paul H. Nicolaysen, VMD Mr. Theodore F. Rogers Research Foundation Ms. Nancy Noonan Gary Edward Rothman, VMD H. Wesley Towers, Jr., VMD David M. Nunamaker, VMD John S. Sainsbury, Jr., VMD Thomas S. Trotter, VMD Mr. John R. O’Brien Edward J. Salevsky, Jr., VMD T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mr. James F. O’Rourke III Mr. David Sanny Tzell Travell, LLC Oradell Animal Hospital, Inc. Ms. Alice M. Schleifer UMS Solutions Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. Orlando Linda M. Schoenberg, VMD, PhD Unionville Equine Associates P Mrs. Dianne K. Ostrich Schoenberg Jones Philanthropic Fund United Way of Bergen County Sherbyn W. Ostrich, VMD H. James Schroll, VMD Valley Veterinary Hospital, P.C. Mrs. Janet E. Palmer Jane Sparacino Schroll, VMD Mr. Walter C. Van Nuys III Scott E. Palmer, VMD Linda A. Schuler, VMD, PhD Anthony Palminteri, DVM Ms. Melodie Schuller Nolton Pattio, VMD Roger I. Scullin, VMD Mr. Walter R. Pavelcheck Mead F. Shaffer, Jr., VMD Barbara E. Penney, VMD Donald B. Shatto, VMD Mrs. Catharine B. Peterson John H. Shissler, VMD Frederick B. Peterson, VMD Catherine R. Shoemaker, VMD Petland Village of Eastside Ms. Frann Shore Pet Memorial Services Mr. Marc S. Shore Willis G. Pfaff, VMD Mr. & Mrs. William H. Shore Philadelphia Animal Hospital Mr. Gerald B. Shreiber The Philadelphia Foundation Lindsay S. Shreiber, VMD Point Breeze Veterinary Clinic Gerald B. Shreiber Foundation Steven G. Prier, VMD Mr. and Mrs. Georg U. Simon Quarryside Animal Hospital Ms. Rose Mary Singleton Corinne S. Quinn John D. Sivick, VMD Gary J. Quinn, VMD Dr. William S. Sly Radley Run Country Club, Inc. Ms. Margaret R. Smith Charles W. Raker, VMD Suzanne J. Smith, VMD Joseph R. Raught, VMD Thomas V. Sollas, Jr., VMD Lawrence A. Rebbecchi, Jr., VMD Ms. Ann H. Sollas Red Bank Veterinary Hospital William J. Solomon, VMD James S. Reid, VMD Stephen G. Soule, VMD Mrs. Nanette Rice Reid Sound Technologies, Inc. Renate Reimschuessel, VMD Mrs. Barbara Jo Spellman
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Mr. Steve Biedenbach Carol H. Fegley, VMD Mr. and Mrs. E. David Melcher VETERINARY HERITAGE Mrs. Patricia L. Billhardt Harry C. Fegley, VMD Eileen Louise Mera, VMD CIRCLE MEMBERS Miss Carlene C. Blunt Mr. Wayne E. Ferguson Jacqueline Metzler, VMD PhD Ms. Linda Bogin Mr. Robert Flanders Mrs. Carole A. Miller The Veterinary Heritage Circle Robert M. Brenner, VMD Ms. Stephanie Flett Mr. Kenneth Miller recognizes those benefactors Karen Brockman, VMD Susan T. Floyd, VMD Ms. Maryjeannette J. Monihan who have provided for Penn Karl Y. R. Brook, MD Ms. Denise Forte Calvin Moon, VMD Vet’s future through various Paul Brown, VMD Mr. Allen Fox Mrs. June Moon planned-giving options. Mrs. Renee A. Brown Mrs. Susan Fox Mr. John Moore Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brunner Ms. Vera F. Freed Ms. Mary Ann Moore Through their estate planning Ms. Arlene Brusnahan Robert M. Frey, VMD Mrs. Elizabeth R. Moran they have created a meaningful Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bugjo Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Gannutz Ms. Andrea Morgan legacy for present and future Mr. Robert J. Bugjo Dr. Janice Gaska Mr. John A. Morgan generations of veterinarians, Ms. Eleanor Cadugan Paula S. Gladue, VMD Susan D. Morgan, VMD and for the animals they care Ms. K. Carol Carlson Mr. Barry Goldblatt David L. Moyer, VMD Mrs. Ann Chanin Mr. Walter Flato Goodman Georgia A. Nakovich, VMD for. The School extends its Ms. Karen S. Chase Mark B. Guise, VMD Lisa Nelson, VMD deepest gratitude to Veterinary Mr. Chuck Christy Mr. Darren Gutshall Dr. William R. Newman Heritage Circle members for Mrs. Elizabeth R. Chuska Mrs. Dorothy K. Gutshall Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ney their exceptional generosity, Eric Clough, VMD Ms. Katherine J. Hadden Martha C. Nguyen, Esquire which sustains the School’s Robert H. Cohen, VMD Ms. Michele Hamilton Ms. Shirley B. Nielsen Ms. Edith M. Collins Kathryn A. Hanson, VMD Mrs. Bonnie S. O’Neil tradition of excellence in Mrs. Nancy Davenport-Masi Linda L. Hanson, VMD Ms. Helen O’Neill teaching, research, and healing. Mr. Richard Kaye Davis Mr. Peter Harvison Mr. James F. O’Rourke III Ms. Susan P. Davis Ms. Frances F. Harwell Ms. Diana Palena Anthony J. De Carlo, VMD Mr. & Mrs. Robert Heinrich Stephen J. Peoples, VMD Mr. Steve Aberblatt Mr. Francis Denaro Mr. Wilbur W. Hitchcock Ms. Roslyn Perelman Donald A. Abt, VMD Ms. Karen E. Denaro Mrs. Ann Hoover Scott E. Perkins, VMD Mr. Jim Anderson Carol A. Dolinskas, MD Ms. Barbara Sue Howard Ms. Anita Petito Edwin J. Andrews, VMD PhD Ms. Marilyn K. Dominick The Honorable Patricia Jenkins Ms. Gloria Petty Dr. Patricia A. Assan Mrs. Nancy J. Donahue Jackson Y. Jennings, Esquire Mrs. Mary Ann Piretti Loy C. Awkerman, VMD Wilbur D. Donahue, VMD Robert F. Jochen, VMD Jennifer L. Platt, VMD Mr. Robert Barnes Mrs. Helene Z. Dreisbach Ms. Anne S. Johnston Mr. Jack Price Ann E. Bastian, VMD Robert C. Dreisbach, VMD Betty S. Johnston, VMD Mrs. Theresa Price Jill Beech, VMD Mr. Dale Dulaney Ms. Eleanor Joyce Jones Charles W. Raker, VMD Mrs. Barbara J. Bell Ms. Kathleen L. Dunn Ms. Margo L. Jones Mr. Francis H. Rasmus, Jr. Charles N. Bell, VMD Ms. Deborah Dwyer Mrs. Jeannette F. Kaufman Mrs. Laurie Ratner Mrs. Darlene A. Bennett Ms. Mary F. Elberty Ms. Sandra Kebe Michael P. Ratner, VMD Mr. H. D. Bennett Mrs. Isabelle T. Farrington Mr. John E. Keefe Francine Koplin Rattner, VMD Mrs. Kathy Biedenbach Joseph D. Fecher, Jr., VMD Ms. Monique K. Kelly Mrs. Reba Ravitch Mr. Brian C. Kilmnick Robert F. Reichard, VMD, USAF (Ret.) Mr. Bob Kirwan James S. Reid, VMD Mr. Paul M. Knight Mrs. Nanette Rice Reid Seth A. Koch, VMD Victor T. Rendano, Jr., VMD Mrs. Paula Koski Daniel H. Rice, VMD Ms. Christine Kozak Ms. Linda Rink Mr. Alan Krigman Mrs. Gloria Zurkow Rubin Evelyn S. Kritchevsky, PhD Mrs. Elizabeth Rudy Mrs. Linda Leatherbury Ms. Janet L. Russell Mr. Elliot G. Lengel Mr. and Mrs. Ted A. Russell Mrs. Joan C. Lien Mrs. Karen Rylander-Davis Mrs. Evelyn Mack Ms. Barbara A. Savoca James N. MacLeod, VMD PhD Barry Schenk, MD Kathleen MacLeod, VMD Ms. Cornelia Schlotter Ms. Cynthia A. Madden Ms. Susan A. Schmidt Ms. Linda Mahan Ms. Zella B. Schrall Patricia J. Mapps, VMD Laura Schrock, MD Rafael A. Margarida, D.D.S. Ms. Sue Sefscik Mrs. Myrval Marookian Mr. and Mrs. Paul Seymour Mrs. Catherine Martin Mrs. Carolyn M. Shaffer Mr. Darrell Martin Grant C. Sheckler, VMD Mr. John A. Masi Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Shimp Ms. Kimberly C. Mason Mrs. Helen Shinners Mrs. Margrit McCrane Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Shoemaker Lea McGovern, VMD Mr. Fred N. Simken Ms. Elizabeth H. McKeon Mrs. Marian F. Simken Ms. Marie McNally Elizabeth S. Sinnigen, VMD
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Kevin C. Skinner, VMD RUSH SHIPPEN John T. Kristy, VMD VETERINARY DEAN’S FUND John E. Sonne, VMD HUIDEKOPER SOCIETY Robin Lynn Love, VMD The Veterinary Dean’s Fund provides Michael W. Spancake, VMD Lums Pond Animal Hospital the school with needed resources Ms. Patricia Spear $4,999-2,500 Anne Schless Marino, VMD Douglas A. Hambright, VMD to address the critical funding Mrs. Shirley H. Springer Paul V. Marino, VMD Nebel Street Animal Hospital priorities and initiatives which Allan Stanton, VMD Robert Joseph Moffatt, VMD helps Penn Vet to maintain its Abram B. Stavitsky, VMD Michael K. Moss, VMD Robert M. Steiner, MD MARK W. ALLAM Mt. Holly Animal Hospital, PC leading role in advancing veterinary Robert W. Stewart, Sr., VMD SOCIETY FOUNDER dba Bryan Animal Hospital medicine and the profession. Mrs. Mary McMahon Stewart $2,499-1,000 Joseph A. Nebzydoski, VMD Ms. Tawn J. Stokes Ark Animal Hospital Mrs. Kerry J. Nebzydoski BENJAMIN RUSH SOCIETY Mrs. Gale Streicher The Cat Doctor North Boros Veterinary Hospital $15,000 and above Ms. Sara Sweeney Chippens Hill Veterinary Hospital Sean C. Ott, VMD Mr. Alan H. Buerger Ms. Terry R. Taylor Mrs. Amy S. Coogan Robert C. Panaccio, Jr., VMD Mrs. Constance Buerger Ms. Deborah Terry Kevin P. Coogan, VMD Deborah S. Patt, VMD Mrs. Krista L. Buerger Mr. Clark T. Thompson Diane Ruth Eigner, VMD Patt Veterinary Hospital Ltd Mr. Reid Buerger Mrs. Rose Thompson Lawrence J. Gerson, VMD Point Breeze Veterinary Clinic Mr. Jay S. Fishman Mr. Francis G. Toth Greenwich Animal Hospital PC Prosptec Ridge Veterinary Hospital Mrs. Randy Chapman Fishman Ms. Beverly Trusky George L. Hartenstein IV, VMD Dr. Julie Rabinowitz Mr. Andrew R. Heyer Max A. Van Buskirk, Jr., VMD Hill Street Veterinary Hospital Malathy Rao, VMD Mrs. Mindy Halikman Heyer Mrs. Mary Jane W. Van Buskirk David C. Johnson, VMD Joan Mary Ritchie, VMD Mrs. Diane v.S. Levy Jeanne L. Van Nuys-Hitt, VMD W. Southard Jones, Jr., VMD Farid C. Saleh, VMD Mr. Robert M. Levy Ms. Lynn Vanduyne Luke T. Jones, VMD John C. Simms, VMD Mrs. Gail Petty Riepe Peter L. Vogel, VMD Kentmere Veterinary Hospital Nadine O. Simms, VMD Mr. James S. Riepe Daniel Weiner, VMD David S. Kramer, VMD Carolyn B. Slavin, VMD Mr. Walter C. Wells Dr. Eric H. Linnetz, Jr. Stevenson Village Veterinary Hospital JOSEPHINE DEUBLER SOCIETY Ms. Janis Whittier Ann Wayne Lucas, VMD Robert M. Thompson, Jr., VMD $14,999-$10,000 Dr. Matthew A. Wikler Joseph E. Thompson, DVM Courtney M. Manetti, VMD Amy Iris Attas, VMD John L. Wilkins, VMD VCA Antech, Inc. Red Lion Veterinary Hosptial Mrs. Cionna Rosenthal Ms. Monica S. Willett Veterinary Medical Center PC Barbara E. Smith, VMD Mr. Jerry Rosenthal Robert E. Wilson, VMD Veterinary Ophthalmology Services Washington Square Animal Hospital Mr. Mark E. Rubenstein Theodore V. Yuhas, VMD Veterinary Specialties Mrs. Robin Rubenstein Mr. Al Zlobik Referral Center, LLC MARK W. ALLAM Stephen J. Shapiro, Esq. Ms. Sharon A. Walsh Mrs. Alison Shoemaker SOCIETY FELLOW Jeremy J. Wentz, VMD Mr. John P. Shoemaker $999-250 Woburn Animal Hospital PET MEMORIAL Dr. Christopher Anastasiou Dr. Abby Worton PROGRAM Animal Clinic At Thorndale Joan M. Yarnall, VMD WILLIAM B. BOUCHER SOCIETY Barton Heights Veterinary Hospital Youngsville Veterinary Clinic $9,999-$5,000 PARTICIPANTS Bayside Animal Medical Center Mr. Jack Billhardt Stephanie Berger, DVM Mrs. Patricia L. Billhardt The Pet Memorial Program Bethel Mill Animal Hospital, PC Ms. Christine Connelly provides an opportunity to Julia M. Block, VMD ANNUAL FUND Mr. Vernon W. Hill II pay tribute to the animals Kenneth L. Bollens, Jr., VMD GIFTS & PLEDGES Mrs. Shirley Hill that have touched our lives, Alexandra F. Bray, VMD Mr. James David Bray while supporting the Ryan Fiscal year 2013 marked a MARK W. ALLAM Buckingham ANimal Hospital healthy year for Penn Vet’s Veterinary Hospital, a leader Mark B. Burch, DVM SOCIETY FOUNDER in veterinary medicine. By Burnt Mill Veterinary Center Annual Fund with $1,022,486 $2,499-$1,000 making gifts in memory of Cape May Veterinary Hospital in contributions from Mrs. Sarah R. Bogdanovitch Mrs. Mary G. Rockefeller beloved pets, friends, and Doris A. Cappiello, VMD alumni, friends, corporations, Kirsten Haight Cianci, VMD foundations, and organizations. Mr. John Stagliano veterinary practitioners, Ryan Mrs. Stacy Stagliano Croton-on-Hudson Veterinary Clinic The generosity of thousands Hospital can continue providing Ehrlich Animal Hospital world-renowned veterinary Cynthia Nass Eldredge, VMD of loyal donors allows Penn MARK W. ALLAM care for animal patients. Engelberg-Kristy Animal Hospital Vet to maintain its position SOCIETY FELLOW Evan A. Feinberg, VMD among the best veterinary $999-$500 Joseph C. Glennon, VMD schools in the world. We are Jaime F. Modiano, VMD Dr. Dana Greenleaf grateful to these benefactors Mrs. Eve Lloyd Thompson Stephen L. Gross, VMD Hamilton Animal Hospital who believe in and support David T. Horn, VMD our work in healing, teaching, Diane Morris Horn, VMD and research that benefits Ms. Shelby Johnson animals and humans alike. J Ritchie Veterinary Hospital
Donors to Penn Vet's annual fund from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013 who contributed $250 or more.
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VET STUDENT Robert M. Thompson, Jr., VMD William D. Hope, Jr., VMD Franklin K. Wills, VMD Mr. Mark Van Kooy Joseph R. Itle, VMD Arnold J. Wolf, Esquire SCHOLARSHIP FUND Mary B. Van Kooy, VMD Peter F. Jezyk, VMD Charles Corbit Wolfe, VMD Gifts to the Vet Student Scholarship Susan Burris Wicker, VMD Robert F. Jochen, VMD William H. Yerkes IV, VMD Fund help alleviate some of the Betty S. Johnston, VMD John D. Young, Jr., VMD financial debt that our students MARK W. ALLAM Cynthia J. Kosacz, VMD Darwin E. Zimmerman, VMD accumulate while receiving their SOCIETY FELLOW John W. Kreider, VMD medical training. Any additional Mrs. Susan N. Kreider $999-$500 scholarship funds help to relieve Paul D. Kutish, VMD FRIENDS OF some of that burden and allow Paul K. Adolf, VMD Elmer F. Laffey, VMD Bert M. Allen, VMD our newly trained veterinarians Mrs. Debbie Lavere PENN VET FUND Kimberlee Bailey-Glenn, VMD to enter the profession with Bernard G. Levine, VMD The Friends of Penn Vet Fund is Linda Mclaughlin Barchet, VMD less financial constraints. Raymond W. Lundberg, VMD our most vital source of annual Lester G. Barto, VMD Susan A. MacKenzie, VMD, PhD unrestricted gift revenue. Joanna M. Bassert, VMD BENJAMIN RUSH SOCIETY Alan D. Marley, VMD Supporting the Penn Vet Fund Mark W. Beere, VMD Dr. Edward W. Marshall III provides the spending flexibility Ellen Nicole Behrend, VMD $15,000 AND ABOVE Jacqueline A. Martin, VMD that enables the School to respond Abram B. Stavitsky, VMD Blayne P. Bergenstock, VMD Mira L. McGregor, VMD quickly to unforeseen needs and Barbara D. Bower, VMD Clyde S. McMillen, VMD Andrew J. Breslin, VMD new opportunities, such as the WILLIAM B. BOUCHER SOCIETY Richard Scott Meirs, VMD development of academic programs, $9,999-$5,000 Richard W. Brown, Jr., VMD Eugene L. Metzger, VMD Charles E. Brown, VMD support for innovative studies and Mrs. Nancy L. Stegens Adam D. Miller, VMD the purchase of new equipment Mr. Ronald E. Stegens Jennifer H. Brownhill, VMD Steven L. Milliken, VMD and technologies. Gifts to this fund William S. Stockman, VMD Maron Calderwood Mays, VMD, PhD Sara Ann T. Moran, VMD are critical to the advancement of Sarah Sellers Callow, VMD Ms. Alice S. Moyer Gregg W. Campbell, VMD Ms. Margaret Mulqueen-Schad Penn Vet’s comprehensive mission RUSH SHIPPEN Sara E. Caruso, VMD of teaching, research, and healing. HUIDEKOPER SOCIETY Kathryn H. Nepote, VMD Lisa A. Cawley, VMD Lavonne R. Newman, VMD $4,999-2,500 Thomas K. Chin, VMD Robert A. Nizlek, VMD BENJAMIN RUSH SOCIETY Lydia L. Donaldson, VMD Luis A. Colon, VMD Michael George Nosko, VMD $15,000 AND ABOVE Joseph D. Fecher, Jr., VMD William E. Condon, VMD Michael A. Obenski, VMD Gerald B. Shreiber Laurie J. Landeau, VMD Mr. John Hubert Corcoran Patricia A. O'Handley, VMD Ms. Julie Uris Ms. Ashra P. Markowitz Henry Cresswell, VMD Craig S. Ott, VMD Mr. Martin E. Winter Dr. Robert Joseph Maze Steven P. Cudia, VMD Sally A. Pepper, VMD Mrs. Pamela Winter William H. McCormick, VMD Tiffany B. Cunningham, VMD Gerald E. Pietsch, VMD Dorothy J. Miller, VMD Francis W. Daniel, Jr., VMD John E. Quatroche, VMD Deborah S. Patt, VMD Mrs. Jill Nearing Daniel WILLIAM B. BOUCHER SOCIETY Corinne S. Quinn $9,999-$5,000 James H. Rush, VMD Andrew A. Erickson II, VMD Gary J. Quinn, VMD Mr. Jack Billhardt George F. Zimmerman, VMD Mark S. Erikson, VMD Ms. Robin Reed Mrs. Patricia L. Billhardt Ms. Patricia Zimmerman Paul A. Evans, VMD Byron V. Reid, VMD Mrs. Elaine Redding Brinster William Philip Feeney, VMD Carl C. Reynolds, VMD Ralph L. Brinster, VMD, PhD MARK W. ALLAM Randall C. Fertelmes, VMD Mr. Roger E. Rozsas Mr. Douglas Donahue, Jr. Mrs. Ruth K. Fertelmes Jeffrey P. Salatiello, VMD SOCIETY FOUNDER Mrs. Susan Donahue Aubrey Kathryn Fitch, VMD Frederick Paul Schuler, VMD $2,499-$1,000 Mr. Anthony N. Garvan, Jr. Barbara J. Flickinger, VMD Elizabeth J. Schultz, VMD Ms. Elsie L. Adler Patricia J. Glennon, VMD Daniel V. Flynn, VMD Roger F. Sembrat, VMD Arthur A. Bickford, VMD Joan C. Hendricks, VMD, PhD Virginia Eaton Flynn, VMD Donald B. Shatto, VMD Rose Ann Crisci, VMD Mrs. Elisa Ellant Katz Randi G. Fonseca, VMD Stephen A. Smalley, VMD David B. Croman, VMD Thomas O. Katz, Esquire Patrick J. Ford, VMD Roger G. Smith, Jr., VMD Elizabeth Gordan Ellis, VMD George C. Poppensiek, VMD David H. Fortna, VMD Bruce Frederic Smith, VMD PhD Elaine A. Ferrara, VMD Mrs. Patricia A. Frey George L. Flickinger, Jr., VMD Kirk Theodore Smith, VMD Robert M. Frey, VMD Betsy C. Squires, VMD RUSH SHIPPEN Mrs. Karen Combs Flickinger Stacy H. Fuchino, VMD Barton L. Gledhill, VMD Ronald J. Stas, VMD HUIDEKOPER SOCIETY Paul C. Gambardella, VMD Larry L. Stefanick, VMD $4,999-$2,500 Leslie A. Goldsmith, VMD Mrs. Susan C. Gambardella Richard H. Stoneback, Jr., VMD Linda E. Aiken, VMD Hazel M. Holman, VMD Jan V. Ginsky, VMD Barbara R. Strauss, VMD Edgar Mark Fox, VMD Mr. John A. Leiper, Jr. Mrs. Frances M. Giuliani Robert T. Sullivan, Jr., VMD Patricia J. Mapps, VMD Walter F. Loeb, VMD Raymond W. Giuliani, VMD Thomas A. Sutch, VMD Mr. Lorin J. Randall William F. Lucker, Jr., VMD Mary F. Goelz-Grant, VMD Mrs. Elizabeth S. Sykes Mr. Barnett Rattner Gail Reidler Mackey, VMD Sheila M. Gomez, VMD Greg P. Sykes, VMD Francine Koplin Rattner, VMD Steven D. Milden, VMD Mrs. Paula A. Granger Dr. Salvatore A. Orsini Fern Tablin, VMD, PhD Mary-Beth Patricia Hamorski, VMD Eddie L. Tamm, VMD Ms. Constance Perine-Goldsmith James S. Harper, VMD MARK W. ALLAM Joan Regan, VMD Felix Vega, VMD SOCIETY FOUNDER Karen B. Harvey, VMD Amy J. Wenger, VMD Joel M. Reif, VMD Harvey W. Hayden, VMD $2,499-$1,000 Mrs. Lorri A. Schieri Ronald Clark West, VMD Peter D. Herman, VMD David J. Abdinoor, VMD Mr. Robert J. Schieri A. Hunter Wilcox, VMD Jody M. Hoffman, VMD Elizabeth S. A'Zary, VMD Ms. Rebecca D. Sykes David Wilkins, VMD
Donors to Penn Vet's annual fund from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013 who contributed $250 or more.
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Peter F. A'Zary, VMD Mrs. Helen Lee WILLIAM B. BOUCHER SOCIETY Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Cohen Martin A. Bree, VMD Jordan Lewis, VMD $9,999-$5,000 Ms. Patricia Colbert Mrs. Shirley L. Bree Donald A. Marcus, VMD Mrs. Marlene Brody Mr. Bryan D. Colket Nancy O. Brown, VMD William H. McCormick, VMD Mr. Robert Sheldon Evans Mrs. Jayme O. Colket Ms. Maureen Calloway Carnevale Mr. Greg Mclaughlin Mrs. Susan C. Evans Mr. & Mrs. Steven W. Concannon Richard A. Carnevale, VMD Mrs. Vickie Mclaughlin Leigh A. Marsh, VMD Mr. Anthony C. Corcoran Keith W. Gates, VMD Richard V. Morgera, MD Ms. Anna McWane Ms. Cornelia Crawford Mrs. Lois F. Gates Mrs. Sharon Morgera Ms. Lois E. Miltengerger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Cywinski John F. Hampson, VMD Gerald E. Pietsch, VMD Ms. Krissi M. Davis Mrs. Roberta B. Hampson Ms. Christine Readdy Carol A. Dolinskas, MD Maureen Hargaden, VMD Richard W. Rodgers, VMD RUSH SHIPPEN Mr. Leonard Fabiano George R. Hickman, Jr., VMD Irving D. Sackett, VMD HUIDEKOPER SOCIETY Laura Faulkner, VMD Ms. Margo L. Jones Farid C. Saleh, VMD $4,999-2,500 Mrs. Mary E. Fox William J. Kay, DVM Mrs. Elissa Segal Ms. Anne Beach Ms. Deborah M. Gardner Charles E. Kresge, VMD Robert Segal, D.MD Ms. Catherine Bray William S. Gardner, VMD Susan Turnbull Laevey, VMD Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Sertich Max L. Sponseller, VMD Mr. Marshall Gramm Andrew & Gemma Major Mark Worthley Sherwood, VMD The Dealy Foundation, Inc. Ms. Judith L. Guise Mr. Leonard A. Nowak Thomas W. Shoemaker, VMD Mr. John W. Hardin John L. O'Donoghue, VMD, PhD Ms. Thelma Shtasel MARK W. ALLAM The Bruce J. Heim Foundation Stephen J. Peoples, VMD Albert Singer, VMD SOCIETY FOUNDER Mrs. Barbara Hynum C. Russell Pryor, VMD Mr. Mark E. Stalnecker Ms. April Jackson Mr. Edward M. Resovsky Mrs. Susan M. Stalnecker $2,499-$1,000 Ms. Kirsten Jepp Linda Rhodes, VMD PhD Mr. Miles W. Stein Ms. Patricia Adikes-Hill Ms. Barbara Karol Ms. Cornelia Schlotter Mrs. Bette L. Steinberg Mrs. Barbara Berger Aronson Mrs. Angela M. Kay Linda M. Schoenberg, VMD, PhD Sheldon A. Steinberg, VMD Mr. Theodore R. Aronson Dr. Thomas Kay Mr. Fred Schoenhut Sherry Lee Talowsky, VMD Mr. Harvey A. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Keith Dr. Willys K. Silvers Emily J. Walder, VMD Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Domencich Mr. Richard D. Kendrick Mrs. Martha Good Wenger Steven E. Weisbrode, VMD Mr. P. F. N. Fanning Britan A. Kilbourne, VMD Melvyn G. Wenger, VMD Mrs. Jayneanne Wikler Dr. Kathleen M. Friedenberg Mr. Robert S. Killebrew, Jr. David R. Wolfgang, VMD Dr. Matthew A. Wikler Mr. Edwin J. Gold Mrs. Pedie Killebrew Mr. Eric Zagar Mrs. Helen K. Groves Ms. Sharon E. Lawler Sarah Zimmerman, VMD Mrs. Paula D. Haughey Ms. Christina Lui MARK W. ALLAM Mr. Thomas M. Haughey SOCIETY FELLOW Mr. George P. Mahoney, Jr. Mrs. Theodora Hooton Mrs. Amanda S. Mahoney $999-$500 Mr. Michael Horning FRIENDS OF NEW Mrs. Elayne M. Meeker Mr. & Mrs. Lee J. Albertson Mrs. Ann Lunger Jones Mr. Richard Meeker Daniel L. Baker, VMD BOLTON CENTER FUND Ms. Amy Korsen Ms. Della J. Micah Jean Marie Betkowski, VMD The Friends of New Bolton Center Jonathan H. Leach, VMD Mr. Stanton Moyer Mrs. Kathy Biedenbach Fund assists in continuing to Audrey Love Charitable Foundation Ms. Gina B. Muss Mr. Steve Biedenbach provide routine care, sophisticated Joseph A. Nebzydoski, VMD Mr. Irvin S. Naylor Ms. Margaret W. Browne diagnostics, and world-renowned Mrs. Kerry J. Nebzydoski Mr. and Mrs. Robert O'Brien John P. Burlein, VMD treatments for horses and food Mrs. Roberta Odell Ms. Susan Orsini Carla Chieffo, VMD, PhD Liam P. O'Leary, VMD animals, and to maintain our Miss Mary B. Rice Rebecca V. Christie, VMD Ms. Jean Pecor state-of-the-art facilities. The Ms. Jeannette E. Roach Joshua H. Clay, VMD Ms. Schuyler C. Riley fund supports over 4,000 hospital Charlotte L. Robson, DVM Bridget King Crooks, Esquire Mr. Mark C. Simpson Mr. Mark Rochkind Gary W. Crooks, MD patients and more than 29,000 Mrs. Susan D. Simpson Field Service patients each year. Mrs. Patricia W. Rochkind Virginia Schaefer Dobozy, VMD Mr. Martin T. Sosnoff Mrs. Audrey Sanchez Kate E. Dodge, VMD Mr. George Strawbridge, Jr. Ms. Alexa Seip Lydia L. Donaldson, VMD BENJAMIN RUSH SOCIETY Mr. & Mrs. Terrence A. Tobias Mr. Lawrence Shepard Dr. Zhengxia Dou $15,000 AND ABOVE Mr. Eugene Weymouth Ms. Susan M. Smith Hope F. Douglas, VMD Ms. Elizabeth Atterbury Mrs. Pamela Wildman Barbara K. Stewart, VMD Dr. Steven D. Douglas Clara L D Jeffery UW Charitable Ms. Betty E. Williford Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Symons Mrs. Jeanne M. Eisele Residuary Trust Henry J. Te Velde, DVM William Philip Feeney, VMD Amanda A. Ryan, VMD MARK W. ALLAM Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Tylka Nicholas H. Fisfis, VMD Mr. W. B. Dixon Stroud, Jr. SOCIETY FELLOW Mrs. Catherine Varacchi Mr. Donald T. Floyd Willowdale Steeplechase Inc. $999-$500 Mr. Gregory P. Varacchi Dr. Mary Ann Forciea Mr. William Wallace Dr. Julie S. Fuller Anonymous JOSEPHINE DEUBLER SOCIETY Mr. Colin Atkins Mr. & Mrs. George F. Wintersteen Alan S. Glassman, VMD Mr. David A. Wisser Mrs. Carol Hendricks $14,999-$10,000 Mrs. Kathy Biedenbach Mary & Fred Godley Family Foundation Ms. Jessica Wysocki Anne R. Heskel, VMD Mr. Steve Biedenbach Laurie J. Landeau, VMD Paul W. Husted, VMD John C. Bloom, VMD, PhD Dr. Robert Joseph Maze Dr. Nancy Jeffries Mrs. Gayle Bontecou Mr. Gerald B. Shreiber Dara L. Kraitchman, VMD PhD Mr. Jesse M. Bontecou William J. Solomon, VMD Jean M. Lasser, VMD Wallace Boston, Ed.D. Thoroughbred Charities of America Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Lasser Richard T. Brown, VMD Robert Zion Mr. Albert Lee Ms. Barbara Brungess
Donors to Penn Vet's annual fund from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013 who contributed $250 or more.
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FRIENDS OF Mr. Robert Huxley Mr. Anthony Imbesi RYAN HOSPITAL Ms. Giovanna Imbesi Penn Vet is extremely grateful to all of our Gifts to the Friends of Ryan Mr. John E. Keefe Hospital provide unrestricted Mr. James Koch annual fund donors. Unrestricted annual gifts funds to invest where they are Mr. Christopher Le Vine most needed, including new Mrs. Victoria Le Vine to the University of Pennsylvania’s School equipment, technology updates, Ms. Karen Lien and supplies. Each year, your Mr. Martin H. McNamara of Veterinary Medicine have a tremendous support helps to maintain our Ms. Joan Mueller impact on the mission of the School and its prestigious reputation for excellence Mrs. Karen Rylander-Davis in the care of our 30,000+ Mr. Dennis L. Schrader two world-renowned veterinary hospitals. companion animal patients. Mrs. Jamee F. Schrader Ms. Janet Sowiak BENJAMIN RUSH SOCIETY Mr. Jerold Wichtel Mrs. Jill K. Wichtel $15,000 AND ABOVE Laurel Highlands Kennel Assocation Mr. Karl T. Walli Ms. Elizabeth Atterbury Mrs. Chris Libson Gary J. Weitz, D.MD Mr. Harold A. Honickman MARK W. ALLAM Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Luongo Mr. John P. White Mrs. Lynne K. Honickman SOCIETY FELLOW Mrs. Janice K. Marini Mr. Arnold Zacharias Amanda A. Ryan, VMD $999-$500 Dr. Joseph C. Marini Ms. Suzanne P. Zbar Anonymous (2) Ms. Margaret S. Marsh Mrs. Denice Zucca JOSEPHINE DEUBLER SOCIETY Ms. Jennifer J. Alvarez Mr. & Mrs. Francis Mashett Mr. Thomas Zucca Mrs. Mary Ann Massman $14,999-$10,000 Ms. Patricia Babiarz Mr. Jeffrey S. Backert Betty L. McCurdy Mr. Alvin Block Ms. Wilma J. McFadden Mrs. Judith Block Marilyn F. Balmer, VMD 10+ YEAR Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Benner Mrs. Clara S. McGonigal Mr. Brian Hard Mr. James A. McMillan Mrs. Janice M. Hard Ms. Rayshele Berezny CONTINUOUS Ms. Eugenia B. Bishop Ms. Judith K. McMillan Ms. Allison Magliocco Ms. Tracy Miller DONORS Mr. Joseph Magliocco Dr. J. Kent Blasie Mrs. Gayle Bontecou Ms. Renee M. Moore Loyal donors to Penn Vet Ms. Andrea Morgan Mr. Jesse M. Bontecou who have given consistently WILLIAM B. BOUCHER SOCIETY Mr. & Mrs. William Bricker Mr. John A. Morgan $9,999-$5,000 Dr. Kenneth Briskin Morrissey Family Foundation each year over the past Anonymous Ms. Mary A. Campomenosi Mr. Lathrop B. Nelson, Jr. 10 years or more. Mrs. Catherine George Adler Ms. Karen L. Cayci Richard A. Nicklas, MD Mr. Frederick R. Adler Ms. Jane Clapps Mr. Charles E. Noell David J. Abdinoor, VMD Ms. Judith A. Baldino Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Clarke Mr. Cornelius O'Brien Ms. Anne Abruzzese Alan B. Grosbach, MD Ms. Reina Cohen Mrs. Margaret S. O'Brien Deborah J. Abt, VMD Ms. Myra Grosbach Ms. Sharon L. Costa Ms. Maureen L. Papiano Donald A. Abt, VMD Ms. Elizabeth Crawford Mr. and Mrs. John Pettinelli Mrs. Jeannine Earnshaw Adams RUSH SHIPPEN Ms. Freda Crockett Ms. Kristen M. Phillips Bert M. Allen, VMD HUIDEKOPER SOCIETY Mr. Thomas C. Deas, Jr. Mr. William T. Price Diana A. Aston, VMD Kenneth J. Drobatz, DVM Judith Ellen Reich, Esquire Elizabeth S. A’Zary, VMD $4,999-2,500 Ms. Patricia A. Reid Peter F. A’Zary, VMD Mr. Adrian A. Castelli Lita Strolle Drobatz, VMD Ms. Barbara J. Rementer Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Baer Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., MD Ms. Cheryl L. Eberle Ms. Karyn J. Roark Paul C. Baird, VMD The Honorable Patricia Jenkins Mr. Steve Elkin Joan M. Roediger-Finkelstein, JD Mrs. Catherine Baj Ms. Mary G. Love Mr. David K. Erickson Ms. Nancy G. Rogers Mr. Alva C. Baker Mr. Gregg A. Runyen Mr. Jack E. Feinberg Ms. Patricia Salmon Marilyn F. Balmer, VMD Mrs. Terry Runyen Ms. Jessica E Fischer D. G. Peter Sarsfield, Esq. Lester G. Barto, VMD Mr. Brent N. Senseny Mr. Paul F. Fischer Mr. Bruce Frederick Ms. Barbara Saunders Ann E. Bastian, VMD Mrs. Michaelene B. Frederick Mr. Walter E. Segl, Jr. Ms. Mary Elizabeth Beck MARK W. ALLAM Caroline K. Garzotto, VMD Mrs. Marilyn L. Segl Jill Beech, VMD SOCIETY FOUNDER Ms. Gina Blyther Gilliam Mr. & Mrs. Keith Seritella Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Behar $2,499-$1,000 Ms. Annette Gittelman Mr. Avi Z. Silberstein Arthur A. Bickford, VMD Mr. & Mrs. E. M. Ackley Mr. Don J. Grinevicius Mr. Charles V. Smith Ms. Georgianna Biesecker Ms. Ellen Arnold Mr. Darren Gutshall Ms. Regina L. Smith Mrs. Patricia L. Billhardt Robert J. Ashman, VMD Mrs. Dorothy K. Gutshall Mr. David Springer Ms. Dawn Blessing Back Mountain Kennel Club Mr. Nathan Hayward III Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stavenick Julia M. Block, VMD Ms. Karen Bossert Mrs. Marilyn R. Hayward Mr. Miles W. Stein Miss Carlene C. Blunt Mr. Thomas P. Callan Mr. Ed Isaack Ms. Nancy Sullivan Ms. Katherine R. Blyth Dr. MaryAlice Cheney Dr. Nancy Jeffries Ms. Dorothy Talone Gayle Bontecou Allen J. Conti, VMD Mrs. Beverly B. Jennings Ms. Sally Thomas Mr. Jesse M. Bontecou Mrs. Janice Merry Conti Mr. Keith S. Jennings Max A. Van Buskirk, Jr., VMD Martin A. Bree, VMD Mr. Richard Kaye Davis Ms. V. Diane Jones Mrs. Mary Jane W. Van Buskirk Ralph L. Brinster, VMD, PhD Mr. Barry Goldblatt Eric R. Kelhoffer, MD Verizon Communications Inc. Richard W. Brown, Jr., VMD Dr. Scott M. Goldman Ms. Sandra F. Kirch Ms. Mary Ann Vierheilig Charles E. Brown, VMD Ms. Susan K. Hollenstein Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Kube Mr. Howell Wallace Delwin K. Buckhold, VMD
Donors to Penn Vet's annual fund from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013 who contributed $250 or more.
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John P. Burlein, VMD Mattie Hendrick John L. O’Donoghue, VMD, PhD Raymond W. Sweeney III, VMD Ms. Mary Butler Joan C. Hendricks, VMD, PhD Patricia A. O’Handley, VMD Dr. Corinne R. Sweeney Dr. Frances R. Byers Peter H. Herman, VMD Ms. Brenda M. Oldroyd Eddie L. Tamm, VMD Gregg W. Campbell, VMD Mrs. Andrea Highland Mrs. Bonnie S. O’Neil Ms. Judy J. Taylor Mr. Domenic J. Candeloro Brian S. Hillegass, VMD Dr. Salvatore A. Orsini James O. Thomas, VMD Ms. K. Carol Carlson Klaus Hubben, VMD Mr. Wills Passmore Robert M. Thompson, Jr., VMD Dr. Denise B. Carr Mr. Francis Hughes Deborah S. Patt, VMD Mr. Clark T. Thompson Ms. Jenevere Carrozza Lea R. Hutchinson, VMD William C. Patterson, Jr., VMD Mrs. Anne F. Thorington Ms. Donna Chipman Ms. Louise M. Hutchinson Barbara E. Penney, VMD Ms. Peggy J. Tirey Mr. and Mrs. John H. Clapham Mrs. Barbara Hynum Mr. and Mrs. Richard Peterman H. Wesley Towers, Jr., VMD Ms. Kathleen Clark Ms. Frances Iadevaio Ms. Susan A. Phillippe Mr. Robert S. Truitt Ms. Lolly Clarke Mrs. Gretchen S. Jackson Gerald E. Pietsch, VMD Michael J. Tulley, Jr., VMD Joshua H. Clay, VMD Mr. M. Roy Jackson, Jr. Mr. Richard G. Placey Mr. Arthur L. Twiss Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Cohen Ms. Bette J. Jacobus Nancy K. Plourde, MD Mr. David E. Uniglicht Mr. Harvey A. Coleman David C. Johnson, VMD Dr. Ivin B. Prince Mr. Neil Van Sloun Ms. Christine Connelly Betty S. Johnston, VMD Mrs. Letitia O. Principato Mrs. Sylvia Van Sloun Allen J. Conti, VMD Estate of David G. Jones Ms. Suzanne Quevedo Thomas J. Van Winkle, VMD Henry L. Croft, Jr., VMD Ms. V. Diane Jones Charles W. Raker, VMD Ms. Jennifer VanAnda Jean Cunningham, VMD Mrs. Sharon Journey Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Ralston Diane Ventrello, VMD Patricia A. Day-Lollini, VMD Mr. Barry A. Kaufman Barnett Rattner George D. Vernimb, VMD Betsy L. Dayrell-Hart, VMD Mr. L. William Kay II Francine Koplin Rattner, VMD Sabrina N. Walters, VMD Mrs. C. Ann Degler Mrs. Joan S. Kean Ms. Judy L. Re Marilyn B. Weber, VMD Mrs. Anne C. Dillon Charlotte Miller Keenan, VMD Joan Regan, VMD Mrs. Helma Weeks Carol A. Dolinskas, MD Mr. Albert Kerrigan Joel M. Reif, VMD Mrs. Judith F. Wellington Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Domencich Britan A. Kilbourne, VMD Mr. Edward M. Resovsky Mr. Walter C. Wells Lydia L. Donaldson, VMD Mrs. Eileen C. Kirby Kenton D. Rexford, VMD Amy J. Wenger, VMD Christopher S. Donner, VMD Ms. Joan Kistler Mr. and Mrs. Warren G. Richards Alexandra Wetherill, VMD Mr. and Mrs. Vance J. Downing Ms. Marcy Kjeldsen Mrs. Doris A. Boucher Ritter Mr. George Weyhmuller Sandra M. Dudek, VMD Ms. Nancy G. Klavans Dr. Carolyn Carruth Rizza A. Hunter Wilcox, VMD Ms. Margaret Hamilton Duprey Elizabeth L. Knighton, VMD Mr. Gregg A. Runyen Mr. John Wilhelmy, Jr. Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., MD Sandra Jones Koenig Mrs. Terry Runyen Franklin K. Wills, VMD Ms. Marion G. Edmonds Charles W. Koenig, VMD Irving D. Sackett, VMD Eugene Witiak, VMD Ms. Shirley A. Edwards Ms. Kathy L. Kozak Lenora S. Sammons, DVM Ms. Mary A. Yacovelli Debra S. Eisenstein, VMD, PhD Dara L. Kraitchman, VMD PhD Mrs. Johanna W. Schleyer Joan M. Yarnall, VMD Andrew H. Elser, VMD John W. Kreider, VMD Ms. Cornelia Schlotter Ms. Catherine Zane Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Epley Mr. William J. LaBianca Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Schmeltzer George F. Zimmerman, VMD Mr. Robert R. Essington Elmer F. Laffey, VMD Richard G. Schneider, Esquire Ms. Patricia Zimmerman Evan A. Feinberg, VMD Laurie J. Landeau, VMD, MBA Linda M. Schoenberg, VMD, PhD Mr. Frank P. Filardi Robert L. Lash, VMD Mr. Brent N. Senseny Ms. Lynda Fluitt-Carlin Ms. Donna M. Lebisly Joel B. Server, VMD Randi G. Fonseca, VMD Mrs. Thelma Lemire Suzanne Shalet, VMD Ms. Wendy Forst-Ferrell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Licorish Mr. Gene W. Sharpless Jerry D. Frantz, VMD Walter F. Loeb, VMD Mr. & Mrs. Jerrald K. Simmers William S. Gardner, VMD Ann Wayne Lucas, VMD Jay J. Simmons, VMD Anthony Garvan William F. Lucker, Jr., VMD Elizabeth S. Sinnigen, VMD Ms. Georgina C. Gaughran Susan A. MacKenzie, VMD, PhD Stephen A. Smalley, VMD Ms. Shirley Gee Gail Reidler Mackey, VMD Roger G. Smith, Jr., VMD Kirk N. Gelatt, VMD Mrs. Mary Alice D. Malone Barbara E. Smith, VMD Lillian A. Giuliani, VMD Ms. Jane Markham Bruce Frederic Smith, VMD PhD Joseph C. Glennon, VMD Robert J. Maze Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Smith Miss Judith F. Gobeille Mr. and Mrs. James R. McDonald Lawrence F. Smith, VMD Mr. Barry Goldblatt Mrs. Clara S. McGonigal Jennifer I. Sorowitz, VMD Leslie A. Goldsmith, VMD Mr. James A. McMillan Larry L. Stefanick, VMD Ms. Marita L. Grashof Mr. David J. Mealmaker Mr. G. S. Stefenhagens Mr. James Gregory Ms. Karen Medina Bette Steinberg Stephen L. Gross, VMD Millard M. Mershon, VMD Sheldon A. Steinberg, VMD Mrs. Helen K. Groves Mrs. Lenore P. Millhollen Barbara K. Stewart, VMD Gail Habecker Mr. William Millhollen Brenda Lewis Stewart, VMD Perry L. Habecker, VMD Ms. Maryjeannette J. Monihan James V. Stewart, VMD John F. Hampson, VMD Mrs. Elizabeth R. Moran Carol E. Swanson Maureen Hargaden, VMD Patricia A. Morgan, VMD James S. Harper, VMD Ms. Paula Y. Morgan George L. Hartenstein IV, VMD Mrs. Lois W. Morgis Karen B. Harvey, VMD Mr. Dennis Morley Mr. Richard Hasker Michael K. Moss, VMD Robert J. Hastings, Esquire Andrew P. Nebzydoski, VMD Terence J. Hayes, VMD, PhD Ms. Nancy Noonan Mr. Henry R. Hecht Mrs. Roberta Odell
WWW.VET.UPENN.EDU/BELLWETHER 39 Summer VETS Penn Vet offered a summer program for both college and high school students who are interested in veterinary medicine. Students participated in hospital clinics, visited New Bolton Center, learned how to handle laboratory animals, and played with working dogs. events
Penn Executive Veterinary Leadership Program Penn Vet and the Wharton School have partnered on a leadership development program designed for veterinarians who seek to contribute at a high level to the maintenance and promotion of global public health for animals and humans.
40 BELLWETHER FALL 2013 Harvey Symposium Penn Vet honored Dr. Colin Harvey’s retirement with a dental continuing education event. Colleagues from Penn Vet and around the world gave lectures to veterinarians from across the region. Later, Dr. Harvey was roasted by friends and colleagues.
Commencement The Class of 2013 Commencement featured Dr. Kim J. Hammond as keynote speaker.
Best Friends Bash events Penn Vet hosted the Best Friends Bash, during which craniofacial patients from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia met four dogs with similar conditions.
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“Our dear cat Felix was treated at the Penn Vet Radiation Oncology department and sadly passed away in March. We are so incredibly grateful that he was treated with love and care at Penn Vet. We couldn’t think of any better way to memorialize him and hopefully help other animals at the same time.” – Miranda Brunett and Jason Braman
You are invited to join the many alumni, students, you, whether it be Where the Need is Greatest, student parents, clients, and friends who have chosen to be a part of scholarship, research, or hospital renovations and facilities. Penn Vet history with the purchase of a Legacy Paver in the Share your own story and create a lasting legacy by Hill Pavilion Plaza. reserving a paver today in support of Penn Vet’s mission of This is a special opportunity to make a permanent mark teaching, research, and service. We hope to announce our on the Penn Vet campus by memorializing a beloved pet, New Bolton Center location soon. For more information, honoring a veterinarian that provided exceptional care, please contact Jillian Marcussen, Director of Special Projects, celebrating a reunion class, and more. You can choose to at 215-898-4235 or [email protected]. support the area of the School that is most meaningful to
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42 BELLWETHER FALL 2013 LEGACY PAVER ORDER FORM ¨ Premium ($5,000) – payable over 5 years – One individual 35” x 23” or 23” x 28” paver with 7 lines of text – 15 characters per line. ¨ Medium ($3,000) – payable over 3 years – One individual 23.5” x 23.5” paver with 5 lines of text – 15 characters per line ¨ Small ($1,000) – payable over 1 year – One individual 12” x 12” paver with 2 lines of text – 15 characters per line.
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in memoriam
Donald F. Patterson, DVM, DSc Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Medical Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Emeritus Professor of Human Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Donald F. Patterson, considered by many to be the father of veterinary genetics, passed away on June 8 in Seattle, Washington. Don was born in Venezuela in 1931 and grew up in Oklahoma and Texas, graduating from the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1954. After veterinary school, he completed an internship at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in Boston and then served a tour of duty in the Air Force, where he was assigned Chief of Laboratory Services at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. As a veterinary researcher, class of 2017 he was in charge of obtaining young chimps from West Africa and training them as research subjects. One of these charges, named Ham, was the first chimp to by the numbers complete a suborbital space flight in 1961. After his time in the Air Force, Dr. Patterson took a position at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine as an instructor in cardiology, where he helped conduct the first NIH-supported research to identify and characterize genetic defects in cardiac development in the dog. In 1966, Don became Founder of the Penn Veterinary Medical Genetics Clinic, and in 1971, became the Founder and Chief of the Section of Medical Genetics at Penn Vet – the first academic subdivision devoted to medical genetics in a school of veterinary medicine. From 1985 to 2000, Don served as Principal Investigator for the Veterinary School Referral Center for Animal Models of Human Genetic Disease, and in 1995, he became Founder and Director of the Center for Research in Comparative Donald F. Patterson Medical Genetics – both the first such NIH-supported centers at a veterinary school. The full scope of his professional discoveries, firsts, and awards, along with his influence at Penn Vet and the larger veterinary and medical genetics community are legion and would take up far more than the space allotted here. Dr. Patterson retired in 2000 after 42 years at Penn. STUDENTS FROM PENNSYLVANIA These impressive accomplishments aside, Dr. Patterson was a witty and humorous father of two and a husband who enjoyed a good cowboy joke or pun, and loved to canoe and fish. With his first wife, Nancy, and his boys by his side, he voyaged into the Boundary Waters of Minnesota, ran the rapids of the Chattooga River, and fished the remote lakes of Quebec. The family fondly recalls the typical response Don received when asking the locals for fishing advice: “You should have been here last week!”
Don was married to Nancy Hankins Patterson for 37 years until her death from breast cancer in 1990. Most of that time was spent living in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, where together they worked as a team to welcome countless colleagues, residents, visiting professors, and other academics from far and wide into their home. Nancy and Don had two children: Russell H. Patterson, who attended the University of Pennsylvania for undergraduate studies and Penn Vet (Class of ’84), and is board-certified in surgery, operating a group veterinary surgical practice in Seattle, Washington; and Wade D. Patterson, who has a BA in Anthropology and a MA in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania, and is Executive Director of the Sawmill Community Land Trust in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Don is survived by Russell and Wade, by his grandchildren, Riley, Clay, Milo, and Ada, and by his current wife, Moyra Smith.
— RUSSELL PATTERSON, V’84
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GRANTS
Michael Atchison, PhD, received a five-year, $864,640 Dr. Hunter also received a two-year, $275,000 grant T32 grant from NIH/NIAID for VMD-PhD training in from NIH R21 to study host-parasite interactions during infectious disease-related research. toxoplasmosis. Dorothy Brown, DVM, MSCE, received a two- Daniel Morris, DVM, MPH, received a one-and- year, $214,934 grant from Integrated Chinese Medicine a-half-year, $32,344 grant from Zoetis/Pfizer Animal Holdings for randomized controlled trials of the effects Health to study epidemiologic evaluation of Pseudomonas of I’m-Yunity vs. standard of care chemotherapy in dogs otitis in dogs. with Splenic Hemangiosarcoma. Cynthia Otto, DVM, PhD, received a one-year, Christine Cain, DVM, received a one-year, $7,420 $19,500 grant from Monell Chemical Senses Center to grant from ACVD to track antimicrobial resistance and study a novel approach to ovarian cancer screening using genotypic relatedness in Staphylococcus schleiferi isolates: a an interdisciplinary investigator of its volatile signature. comparison of geographic regions and temporal periods. Thomas Parsons, VMD, PhD, received a six-month, Margret Casal, DVM, MS, PhD, received a one- $15,000 grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania year, $12,960 grant from AKC-CHF to study lethal to study improved diagnostic testing for group-housed Acrodermatitis in the Bull Terrier. sows. Amy Durham, MS, VMD, received a one-year, Dieter Schifferli, DVM, PhD, received a three-year, $50,000 grant from Mari Lowe Comparative Oncology $350,000 grant from USDA to study allelic variation of Center to evaluate of the role of an Epstein-Barr-like Salmonella colonization factors. virus in feline lymphoma. Anne Staudenmaier, V’15, was awarded Morris Hannah Galantino-Homer, VMD, PhD, received a Student Scholar funding for her summer research project six-month, $20,579 grant from Animal Health Diagnostic titled “Immune response in the common raccoon to Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture canine distemper and feline panleukopenia vaccines.” to study COMP as a laminitis and sole ulceration serum biomarker in horses and dairy cows. Maryam Yousefi received a three-year, $129,000 grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Christopher Hunter, PhD, received a five-year, Student Fellowship. $1,080,800 T32 grant from NIH/NIAID to study modern approaches in parasitology.
FACULTY/STAFF NEWS
The Boucher Teaching Award was presented to Michelle A paper by James Buchanan, DVM, M Med Sci, on Abraham, DVM. the history of veterinary cardiology was published in the Journal of Veterinary Cardiology 15:65-85, 2013. Lillian Aronson, VMD, was promoted to Professor of Surgery. Robert Caeser, Penn Vet’s head anatomy technician, participated in the Philadelphia Science Festival’s Urban Tracy Bale, PhD, was promoted to Professor of Farming Discovery Day, accompanied by his rooster Neuroscience. and chickens. He answered questions about how to raise Kari Beer, DVM, received the Intern’s Mentor Award. chickens at home and on a small farm. Kendra Bence, PhD, was promoted to Associate On House Officer Research Day, the non-resident award Professor of Neuroscience. was presented to Kiley Daube, DVM, for “Association between lymph node cytology and remission in dogs Dorothy Brown, DVM, MSCE, was invited to speak completing chemotherapy for lymphoma.” about targeted neurotoxin studies in companion dogs at the World Pharmaceutical Congress – Targeting Pain Elizabeth Davidson, DVM, was named a Diplomate in with Novel Therapeutics. the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. 46 BELLWETHER FALL 2013 CAMPUSUPDATES
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In addition, Dr. Davidson passed the Veterinary Sports “Enteropathogenic Bacterian in Dogs and Cats: Diagnosis, Medicine and Rehabilitation boards. Epidemiology, Treatment and Control.” Roselyn Eisenberg, PhD, co-authored a paper in Alexander Reiter, Dipl. Tzt., gave a presentation Structure titled “The Structure of Herpes virus Fusion on establishing an interdisciplinary and comparative Glycoprotein B-Bilayer Complex Reveals the Protein- microsurgery teaching and research center at the Center Membraneand Lateral Protein-Protein Interaction.” for Human Appearance. JD Foster, VMD, received the Resident's Award for In addition, Dr. Reiter was invited to present and favorite hospital doctor. give wet labs for the Austrian Small Animal Veterinary Association in Vienna, Austria and the European Congress Hannah Galantino-Homer, VMD, PhD, was invited of Veterinary Dentistry in Prague, Czech Republic. to speak at the equine session of the California Animal Nutrition Conference in Fresno, CA. Her presentation Mary Robinson, VMD, PhD, was accepted into AB was on Endocrinopathic Laminitis and Equine Metabolic SCIEX’s academic partnership program, which provides Syndrome. discounted reagents and technical support for their products. Kriste Halscheid, CVT, received the Gretchen Swartz Award for Outstanding Nursing. Christopher Rorres, PhD, organized and chaired a world conference titled ARCHIMEDES IN THE 21ST Colin Harvey, BVSc, Professor of Dental and Oral CENTURY: 23 Centuries of Influence on Mathematics, Surgery, retired on June 30. Engineering, and Science at New York University. Rebecka Hess, DVM, was promoted to Professor of Jeffrey Runge, DVM, was appointed to Assistant Internal Medicine. Professor of Surgery. The Zoetis Distinguished Teacher Award, the most Dieter Schifferli, DVM, PhD, spent three weeks in prestigious teaching award in veterinary medicine, was China, participating in a meeting in Suzhou and visiting presented to Erika Krick, VMD. four Universities, where he gave presentations. John Lewis, VMD, was promoted to Associate Professor James Serpell, PhD, gave an invited plenary lecture at of Dentistry and Oral Surgery. the Canisius College Symposium on Cats in Context in At the ACVIM 31st Annual Medical Forum in Seattle, Buffalo, NY. He also presented a keynote address at the WA, Meryl Littman, VMD, presented a poster on the 2nd International Symposium on Zoo Animal Welfare at prevalence of variant alleles associated with protein-losing the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, IL. nephropathy in Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers. In addition, Dr. Serpell joined the Scientific Advisory In addition, Dr. Littman was promoted to Professor of Committee of the American Humane Association and Medicine. Co-Chaired the International Society for Anthrozoology's 22nd Annual Conference. Carolina Lopez, PhD, received the 2013 Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence. A paper by Sugalesini Subramaniam, PhD, on Marek’s disease was published in the Journal of Virology. On House Officer Research Day, Chap Pratt, DVM, received the Resident Award for “Sewing needle foreign Jantra Suran, DVM, was appointed to Assistant bodies in 65 dogs and cats.” Professor of Radiology. Ellen Puré, PhD, was appointed Professor of Corinne Sweeney, DVM, was elected to the Racing Biomedical Science. Commissioners International (RCI) Board of Directors. RCI sets standards for racing regulation, medication policy, Shelley Rankin, PhD, was appointed Head of drug testing laboratories, totalizator systems, racetrack Diagnostic Services. operation and security, and off-track wagering entities. In addition, Dr. Rankin received a Certificate of Charles Vite, DVM, PhD, was elected the next Recognition from the ACVIM Journal of Veterinary President of the ACVIM Neurology specialty. Internal Medicine for co-authoring a Top 5 article,
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In addition, Dr. Vite spoke at the ACVIM June and at the National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation on conference in Seattle, WA about treating Niemann- treating NPC disease with intrathecal cyclodextrin. Pick type C in multiple species and neurolocalization, neurophysiology, and neuropathology. P. Jeremy Wang, MD, PhD, was promoted to Professor of Developmental Biology. Dr. Vite also spoke at the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation about intrathecal Emily Zug, CVT, received the Harcum Award for 2-hydroxypropylbetacyclodextrin therapy in aged cats, Excellence in Teaching.
in memoriam
Harry Rozmiarek, DVM, PhD Emeritus Professor and Director of University Laboratory Animal Resources, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Sadly, we report the sudden passing of Harry Rozmiarek, DVM, PhD, on June 15, 2013. For those of us who knew Harry, this was shocking and very sad news.
Harry was highly active in many professional circles throughout his entire career. Directly and indirectly, Harry’s influence and leadership has benefitted many professionals and organizations across the globe. He was a mentor to many of us in the field and helped establish guiding principles and performance standards for organizations in which he was active.
Harry grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin and then the University of Minnesota, where he received his DVM. He was awarded a PhD from Ohio State University and was a diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. It was during this time that Harry forged strong principles on improving the welfare standards for the care and use of lab animals.
Harry had a successful career in the US Army, achieving the rank of Colonel. He then served as Professor of Laboratory Animal Medicine and Director of University Laboratory Animal Resources at Ohio State, followed by 17 years at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, where he served
Harry Rozmiarek as Professor and Director of University Laboratory Animal Resources. He most recently was the Director of Laboratory Animal Medicine and Facilities at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.
Harry was a particularly successful leader because he always found a way to build consensus and persuade and influence others through a common sense approach to complex issues and problems. His quiet demeanor did not belie his underlying knowledge and depth of understanding of the matters at hand. Many of us in the field learned this intuitively through our interactions with Harry. He has directly or indirectly touched many of us in our careers, and his influence will last for many years in the future.
Harry is survived by his wife, Jane, and their four children and grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to the Harry Rozmiarek Animal Science Scholarship to be presented to graduates of Pulaski High School in Pulaski, Wisconsin – Harry's alma mater. Donations may be mailed to Salem Five Bank, 495 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA 01915.
— DR. HILTON KLEIN, V’80, AND DR. BILL COLE
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Ellen Puré Named Chair of the Department of Animal Biology
n July 1, 2013, Ellen Puré, PhD, assumed the particularly important to Dr. Puré, as she looks to align position of Chair of the Department of Animal the basic science effort with the clinical mission of Biology at Penn Vet. Penn Vet. As Chair, Dr. Puré will lead the department “I look forward to driving the direction of our research inO performing pioneering basic and translational research, based on the most prevalent and difficult problems facing oversee the training of veterinary students, and participate veterinary medicine, and then taking what we learn and in undergraduate and graduate training programs at translating it into utility in the clinic,” said Dr. Puré. Penn Vet. “The incredible quality of the science both in the animal Penn Vet’s Department of Animal Biology is biology department and at the school as a whole is recognized as one of the foremost basic science exciting. And no matter how diverse biology is, there are departments in veterinary medicine. The department is always common threads that bring together the best minds home to 24 faculty members whose research interests fall across multiple disciplines. I am eager to engage with my within the fields of cancer biology, development, stem colleagues in this interdisciplinary manner so that we can cell biology and regenerative medicine, neuroscience, tackle not only organ-specific diseases, but also the cadre metabolism and endocrinology, and the biochemical basis of systemic and multi-organ diseases.” of disease. Dr. Puré will also play an integral role in keeping Penn Penn Vet’s unique proximity to world-class academic Vet at the cutting-edge of technology. “My goal is to veterinary and medical hospitals provides ample complement the state-of-the-art imaging that exists here opportunity for collaboration, resulting in cutting-edge at the molecular and cellular level by bringing it to whole basic and comparative translational research to advance animals. This way, when we study disease in animals, we both animal and human medicine. Forging these are doing it in the intact animal over time – just as we do connections across disciplines and departments is in patients.” To initiate this important effort, Dr. Puré is bringing in new imaging modalities – bioluminescence imaging and, soon to follow, ultrasound – to analyze disease progression and evaluate drug/treatment efficacy in animals in a non-invasive manner. Prior to joining Penn Vet, Dr. Puré served as Professor of Cellular and Molecular Oncogenesis at The Wistar Institute and as Wistar Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. The Puré Laboratory studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms of inflammation and fibrosis, which play significant roles in a wide array of diseases, including atherosclerosis, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, pulmonary fibrosis, and cancer. Dr. Puré first joined The Wistar Institute in 1992 as an associate professor, arriving from the Rockefeller University, where she was an assistant professor from 1984 to 1992 and assistant dean from 1988 to 1990. She received her bachelor’s degree from Washington “I look forward to driving the University and a PhD in immunology from the direction of our research based on University of Texas-Southwestern Medical School. the most prevalent and difficult problems facing veterinary medicine.”
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Changing the Lives of Native Americans, One Animal at a Time
BY DR. LAWRENCE GERSON, V’75
any of our graduates contribute to In addition to these accomplishments, Dr. Robinson academics and research in the veterinary organizes two trips each year to Native American Indian profession. Others are on the front line reservations in the southwest. The trips are part of the providing clinical care to a variety of Pennsylvania Veterinary Foundation’s animal welfare species. Some Penn Vet alumni contribute financially initiative called Native American Veterinary Services Mto annual giving, the Pet Memorial Program, and our (NAVS). Since creating the program 12 years ago, Dr. Opportunity Scholarship Program. Robinson has provided free veterinary care to the animals Dr. Ted Robinson, V’74, leads our profession in of a population without access to proper and affordable an outstanding way, showing a true commitment to care. The trips are considered by many veterinarians, continuing education. Having been a lifelong leader in technicians, and students to be life-changing, and the the Bucks-Montgomery Veterinary Medical Association, bonds created among the participants last a lifetime. Dr. Robinson has proven his dedication to the profession Created in 2001, NAVS has grown from a few through action. He has been involved in the Delaware volunteers who visit one reservation to a dedicated team Valley Academy of Veterinary Medicine since its that visits multiple reservations for one to two weeks inception, and currently serves on the Board of Directors, every spring and fall. Each October and April, a team bringing additional veterinary education on a wide variety comprising veterinarians, veterinary technicians, students, of topics to southeastern Pennsylvania. Dr. Robinson also and support staff donate their time and skills to help the is the organizer of the Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical people and animals of the Hopi, Zuni, Kayenta, and Santo Association’s (PVMA) Winter Seminar, where he and Domingo reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. his wife, Leni, lead a group of travelers to destinations in During each visit, temporary clinics are established the Caribbean and other vacation locations for a week of to vaccinate, perform examinations, treat injuries, and continuing education and relaxation. spay and neuter domestic animals and pets. Mobile
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veterinarians visit farms and ranches where thousands overpopulation, and the standard of living on the of farm animals, including horses, cattle, sheep, goats, reservations has improved with healthier animals bringing and pigs receive health checks and vaccinations, and are a higher price for livestock. treated for internal and external parasites. All of this is Brittany Watson, VMD, went on the NAVS trip as provided at no cost to the people of the reservation. a Penn Vet student. “I feel privileged to have had the Through this unique program, Penn Vet students have opportunity to work with the veterinarians involved in the opportunity to see firsthand how Native Americans the program, and even more privileged to have interacted live, as well as learn about their culture. Through with the people and animals of the reservation. This is a participation in the program, students gain an appreciation program that inspires you and leaves you wanting to be a for helping to change lives of the human population, part of its future.” one animal at a time. Since the NAVS program began, As we all know, veterinary medicine is not just about both the pet population and farm animals have benefited. animals. Thanks to Dr. Ted Robinson, the people on By treating the animals and providing basic education the reservations benefit from and appreciate the help that to owners, there have been noticeable changes in the Native American Veterinary Services provides. Both they health of reservation animals. Many dogs and cats have and the participants are changed forever on this most been spayed and neutered, helping to control animal important mission.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Nominate a Classmate for the Alumni Award of Merit Deadline: December 15, 2013
The Penn Vet Alumni Award of Merit recognizes alumni Penn Vet is now a United Way of who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and service to the School of Veterinary Medicine, Southeastern PA agency! excellence in the veterinary profession, and community Please consider designating Penn Vet #50178 involvement. Professional achievements, community service, and other such accomplishments will be when pledging your United Way support. considered as secondary to service to the School. Up to 5 award winners will be selected. Awards are presented at the 2014 Penn Annual Conference. Visit www.vet.upenn.edu and click on ALUMNI AWARD OF MERIT under the ALUMNI tab to nominate someone today!
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Dean’s Alumni Council Welcomes New Members
HOWARD KRUM, DAN LANTZ, V’13 V’92, MS, MA Currently serving as a rotating Dr. Krum is an aquatic animal doctor at Red Bank Veterinary veterinarian and science writer. Hospital in Tinton Falls, NJ, Dr. Along with canine anatomy, Lantz serves at the class agent ruminant physiology, and small for the Penn Vet Class of 2013. animal surgery, Dr. Krum KRUM He organized numerous social, LANTZ studied aquatic animals at both the Marine Biological service, professional, and traditional events in his role Laboratory in Woods Hole and the National Aquarium as class president and created the class e-newsletter in Baltimore (NAIB). After graduating from Penn titled “The Lucky ’13.” In addition, Dr. Lantz directed in 1992, a benefactor helped him create a veterinary fundraising projects raising over $20,000 for class events internship working at NAIB. His good fortune continued and projects, and he improved intra-school relationships when he was hired as the first full-time veterinarian by organizing a town hall event with the hospital for the New England Aquarium (NEAq) in Boston. director. Dr. Lantz also established the second-year- student weekly anatomy help sessions and addressed the At NEAq, he worked with nearly every species families of first-year students about life as a veterinary under the sun — humpback whales, harbor seals, student during Parents & Partners Day. He also served jellyfish, sea turtles, bluefin tuna, lobster, lumpfish, and as an orientation student director for Penn Vet and herring. Subsequently, Dr. Krum signed on to help was a coordinator for the SCAVMA Auction. launch both the Georgia Aquarium and the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. He has been featured on the PBS Dr. Lantz authored and illustrated a laboratory TV series Scientific American Frontiers with Alan Alda, notebook for the University of Delaware anatomy and his work with stranded sea turtles, large whales, course, designed for students interested in agriculture and dolphins has been recognized on NBC Nightly and pre-veterinary medicine. The notebook was News, various regional news stations, and in dozens installed for class use in February 2012. At Haverford of newspaper outlets including the Boston Globe. In College, he served as an organizer and instructor addition, his contributions to help create the world’s for Anatomy and Physiology Workshops, where he largest aquarium were chronicled in the award-winning installed weekend workshops, introducing topics in documentary, Window to Wow/The Opening of the anatomy and physiology for undergraduate juniors Georgia Aquarium (produced by WXIA-TV Atlanta). and seniors. Dr. Lantz also instructed lectures covering comparative anatomy and basic physiology of the With a long-standing goal to combine his love for major body systems, and collaborated with a VMD/ animals, science, and creative communication, Dr. Krum PhD student to incorporate discussions on relevant enrolled in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins research that related to the workshop topics. University, where he studied science writing, creative Dr. Lantz’s professional resume also includes serving nonfiction, and fiction writing. He graduated in 2002 as a student surgeon and technician with the Penn with a MA. He has published numerous scientific articles; International Veterinary Student Association Mobile penned chapters including “When Whale Sharks Fly” Vet Clinic, working as a veterinary technician at in The Rhino with Glue-on Shoes and Other Surprising Centreville Veterinary Clinic in Delaware, and serving True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients; and authored as an animal care intern at the Philadelphia Zoo. An Animal Life: The Beginning, the first novel in a series written and illustrated by four veterinarians and inspired He holds a BS, magna cum laude, in Animal by their real-life experiences as classmates at Penn Vet. Science from the University of Delaware. At present, he lives in Vermont with his wife, Mary Margaret, their dog, Mola, and kitten, Lucky George.
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CLASS NOTES
and partners include the Georgia Aquarium (Atlanta, GA), 1950s the University of Georgia (Athens, GA), and Dolphinaris (Cancún, Mexico). The first class completed all of this After practicing in Tortola, BVI for thirty years, David work in July 2013. More information is available at Baldwin, V’51, retired in 2008. After the death of www.aquavet.info. his wife, Phyllis, six years earlier, he married Catherine Swain and purchased a seven-acre mini farm in the Ocala Tom Gemmill, V’77, was recognized by Building One National Forest where they now live. He has recovered Pennsylvania for helping to launch a “housing mobility from a right hip replacement and welcomes news or visits program” with the US Department of Housing and from old friends. Urban Development and the office of US Senator Bob Casey, Jr. Dr. Gemmill received the award for promoting John Emerson, V’54, is consulting for Lampire regional fair housing while dismantling practices that Biologicals of Pipersville, PA. He helped start this business reinforce poverty. years ago while still in practice. Doris Sell Emerson, V’54, is selling real estate with Caldwell Banker Linda Rhodes, V’78, was the founding CEO for a Hearthside in Ottsville, PA. Both are well and living in company developing innovative new drugs for companion Doylestown. animals. Last year, she transitioned to the role of Chief Scientific Officer, and in July 2013, the company became public, trading under the NASDAQ symbol PETX. She is also proud that this year included another milestone - her 1960s son’s graduation from college. He will be heading to law Elinor Brandt, V’63, sold her practice in 2005 and school in the fall. In her spare time, Dr. Rhodes enjoys worked part-time for a few years. Currently, Dr. Brandt kayaking and being on the water (and sometimes under volunteers for Wildlife Waystation in the Angeles Forest the water). north of Los Angeles, and for FixNation, spaying and neutering stray cats and cats belonging to low-income owners. 1980s Bob Schappert, V’64, and Nancy Schappert, DH’62, The daughter of Andrew Nebzydoski, V’84, and celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on July 13, Patricia Morgan, V’85, Grace Nebzydoski, was 2013. accepted into and is a member of the Penn Vet Class John F. Allen, V’68, married longtime partner of of 2017. 35 years Mark A. Beitel on November 11, 2012, in Peter D. Nelson, V’84, and Michelle C. Bartus, Vancouver, BC. V’84, are husband and wife co-owners of Valley Richard B. Bankert, V’68, professor in the Department Veterinary Service, Inc. located in Belle Vernon, PA. On of Microbiology and Immunology at the University April 18, 2013, they were honored as “Business of the of Buffalo, has received the 2013 SUNY Chancellor’s Year” by the Greater Rostraver Chamber of Commerce. Awards for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Honorees are selected on the basis of contribution to the Activities, which recognizes the work of those actively community, surviving the ups and downs of the economy, engaged in scholarly and creative pursuits beyond their and employing local residents. Valley Veterinary Service, teaching responsibilities. Dr. Bankert, an internationally Inc. has 14 employees with Drs. Nelson and Bartus at the recognized expert working at the translational intersection helm for 29 years. There has been a veterinarian at their between clinical medicine and basic science, has made location for 50 years; the original clinic was started by major contributions to biomedical research. Michelle’s late father, Frank A. Bartus, V’52. Shelley R. Epstein, V’85, had a case report published in JAAHA in the Nov/Dec 2011 issue titled “Clinical 1970s Resolution of Nasal Aspergillosis Following Therapy with a Homeopathic Remedy in a Dog.” It was the first Donald W. Stremme, V’75, AQUAVET® Director homeopathy case report published in JAAHA. Dr. Epstein since 2008, has created a new five-week course on is in private practice at the Wilmington Animal Hospital aquarium medicine called AQUAVET®III. The venues in Delaware and serves on the editorial committee for the
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Journal of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association. Kathy Sneider, V’95, recently opened her own Teresa J. Sylvina, V’85, received a US Fulbright practice in Plymouth and Pembroke, MA. Blue Ribbon Scholar Award as an Independent Scholar last year to Veterinary Services is a general small animal practice with Tanzania, and a second Fulbright Award (renewal) for this a special interest in canine reproduction. Dr. Sneider is the coming year. owner and sole practitioner. Lynn M. Walker, V’87, has been living in Vermont Leah Knode, V’93, founder of House Paws In-Home for 10 years, where she built the largest specialty practice Veterinary Care, has expanded its practice, welcoming a in Vermont with Dr. Mark Saunders. They have several second veterinarian and adding horses and cattle to its list Penn Vet connections working with them, including an of clientele. oncologist, internist, cardiologist, and behaviorist. Ellen N. Behrend, V’88, was awarded the 2013 Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teaching Award (previously the 2000s Norden award) for the second time. Dr. Behrend was also Liz Arbittier, V’01, is the newest Staff Veterinarian appointed to the Morris Animal Foundation Small Animal with the New Bolton Center Field Service. She has been Advisory Board. a senior associate for 12 years in a busy, high-end private equine practice and is certified in veterinary acupuncture from the Chi Institute in Florida. Her practice focus has 1990s been on sports medicine with a special interest in pre- purchase examinations. She also enjoys keeping the aging Marian Siegel, V’90, traveled to Alaska in September to sport horse sound and happy. produce and film a documentary about Canine Comfort, a rescue group in Aniak, AK, whose mission is to save Todd Calsyn, V’01, and Dana Harkin Calsyn, V’01, Alaska’s forgotten dogs. She will be teaming up with welcomed their son, Nathaniel Lee Calsyn, on June 6, Donna Quante, a friend and videographer from her 2013, in Los Angeles, CA. days at Maryland Public Television, for this project. Dr. Meagan Duffy, V’04, has recently taken two courses at Siegel used to work for Maryland Public Television as a the Chi Institute, and has been awarded her certification Film and Videotape Editor and Director before changing in veterinary acupuncture (CVA) and Tui-Na (CVTP). careers. She has opened a new business, Five Elements Veterinary Michael Dym, V’91, is Associate Veterinarian at Palms Care (www.5elementsvetcare.com), for these services in West Veterinary Hospital in Loxahachee, FL, specializing the Washington, DC metro area. in classical homeopathy and holistic veterinary medicine. Siobhan Haney, V’04, and Kate Vickery, V’04, Donald L. Neiffer, V’92, was recently awarded the along with Craig Clifford, Penn Vet resident in 2003, Certificate in One Health following completion of a have started an Oncology Service and Clinical Trials graduate level program focused on bringing together Department at Hope Veterinary Specialists in Malvern, international public health, veterinary, and environmental PA. professionals with involvement or interest in global One Eric J. Matkowski, V’04, is now working with Sara Health activities. The program is administered by the Organist, V’04, at Animals’ Hospital of Levittown. College of Public Health and Health Professions of the Abbey Jones, V’05, has opened her own practice. University of Florida. Dr. Neiffer is currently enrolled in Schultzville Animal Hospital in Clarks Summit, PA will the Master of Health Science, One Health Concentration focus on primary preventive care, including vaccinations, program. Dr. Neiffer has also completed requirements general surgeries, spaying and neutering, dental procedures for Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist status through with dental radiograph equipment, digital body radiograph the Chi Institute and the China National Society of equipment, and diagnostic services for dogs and cats. Her Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Neiffer practice will also have a full in-house lab. and the staff of Disney’s Animals, Science, and the Erica Tramuta-Drobnis, V’05, relocated to Zionsville, Environment are starting to incorporate acupuncture into PA with her husband who started an internal medicine the treatment regimens for selected non-domestic species, residency at Lehigh Valley Health Network in June as well as domesticated collection animals. Dr. Neiffer of 2012. She is currently working at a specialty and is a Diplomate of the American College of Zoological emergency practice in Clark Summit, PA. Dr. Tramuta- Medicine and is currently employed as Veterinary Drobnis was deployed for Hurricane Sandy with the Operations Manager for the Department of Animal Federal National Veterinary Response Team (NVRT-2) Health, Disney’s Animals, Science, and the Environment and spent time in both New Jersey and New York City. in Orlando, FL. She is also a member of the Veterinary Medical Assistance Team through the AVMA.
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Bonnie Valiente, V’06, became engaged to Robert Wright of West Chester while on a horse and carriage RESIDENT & INTERN ALUMNI ride under a covered bridge in Chester County. Dr. Adrienne Bentley (intern 2003-2004, resident 2004- Valiente is head of a mobile veterinary practice in the 2007) has joined the Surgery Section at Penn Vet. Dr. Philadelphia area. Bentley will be a faculty member in orthopedics and Caleb Frankel, V’08, has launched a new project called soft tissue. She is a 2003 graduate of Tufts and has been VMD Technology (www.vmdtechnology.com), a free practicing in a specialty practice in Southern California. website for veterinarians, vet students, nurses, and staff about ways to use technology in veterinary medicine. Sabrina Goscilo, V’08, married Justin Chambers on IN REMEMBRANCE April 13, 2013, in Lancaster, PA, where they currently Sherwood Gerard, V’54, of Hartford, CT passed own a home. Dr. Goscilo is an Associate Veterinarian and away on September 1, 2012. He served in the Air Force, the Medical Director of East York Veterinary Center in attaining the rank of captain. After his service, Dr. Gerard York, PA. returned to Hartford to set up his veterinary practices in Kimberly Boudwin, V’09, is now Director of Shelter Hartford and Bristol. He started the Hartford County Medicine at the Delaware County SPCA, a lifesaving Veterinary Association, serving as its first president. He animal welfare organization based in Media, outside of was also active in the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Philadelphia. Association, where he served as president, treasurer, and Rachel Toaff-Rosenstein, V’09, and Arye Rosenstein, head of its health insurance program. After his retirement, along with big brother and sister Matan and Gefen, he became active in the local bridge community, attaining welcomed baby boy Naveh Hillel Rosenstein on March the rank of Silver Life Master from the American Contract 21, 2013, weighing 7 lbs, 5 oz. Aside from motherly Bridge League. duties, Dr. Toaff-Rosenstein continues to make progress George L. Anstadt, V’57, passed away on August 1, on her PhD at UC Davis, focused on beef cattle sickness 2013. Dr. Anstadt was the owner of the Anstadt Animal behavior and welfare. The family resides in Berkeley, CA. Hospital in the Tipp City/New Carlisle area of Ohio, Diane Ford, V’10, is currently practicing in Palmyra, and until recently, still a practicing veterinarian. He PA, as the owner/operator of Dr. Diane’s Mobile helped establish the Upper Heights Veterinary Clinic in Veterinary Service. Entering her third year as a practice Huber Heights, OH and the All Pets Animal Hospital owner, she is an ambulatory veterinarian, providing small in Oakwood, OH. He was a diplomate of the American and large animal services in the Central PA area. Robin College of Veterinary Surgeons and the American Heagy, V’13, recently joined the practice as an Associate College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. Dr. Anstadt Veterinarian. Dr. Ford is also the Emergency On-Site was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force, whose career Veterinarian for Penn National Race Course for daily included the Aerospace Program/Mercury Project, a tour morning training. in Vietnam, and research in cardiovascular physiology. He Brittany Watson Tisa, V’10, Director of Continuing is internationally recognized for developing the “Anstadt Education Initiatives at Charleston Animal Society, is Heart Cup,” which has saved lives. graduating with her PhD from the University of South Thomas J. Rogers, V’57, passed away on February 1, Carolina School of Educational Leadership. 2013. Dr. Rogers was a retired veterinarian, member of Amy Santonastaso, V’11, finished her Large Animal the St. Stephen Catholic Church, Rotarian, member of Rotating internship at Texas A&M in 2012. Last year, the Pennsylvania Veterinarian Medical Association and she worked in an equine private practice in Northeastern the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Association, and Pennsylvania. Dr. Santonastaso has started a three-year participant in the Trigg Co. Farmers Market. Equine Field Service Residency at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.
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Calling all VMDs and former Penn Vet interns and residents! Have you received a promotion, gotten married, had a baby, received an award, discovered a research finding, or opened a new business? Please share your good news with us! Email the alumni office at [email protected] or write to us at Alumni Relations, Penn Veterinary Alumni Office, 3800 Spruce Street, Suite 172E, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
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lumni Weekend 2013 was a wonderful three- day celebration with plenty of hugs and “you look great” comments to go around! Penn Veterinary Alumni Weekend kicked offA with a dynamic Dean’s Alumni Council meeting on Friday. That afternoon, over 70 people enjoyed tours of the New Bolton Center facilities followed by the Dean’s Welcome Reception at Allam House. The weather held out long enough for everyone to enjoy delicious food and drink on the lawn. Reunion classes gathered for photos with their class flags and several classes headed off for special dinners at locations around Kennett Square. The Saturday festivities brought alumni and their families to the Philadelphia campus for a morning Coffee and Conversation session, during which alumni were able to speak with current faculty members. They then headed to the Courtyard to enjoy a good old-fashioned cookout under the tent, complete with live music. The weekend culminated with a brand new Alumni Weekend event – a Penn Veterinary tent party at the Willowdale Steeplechase in Kennett Square. The turnout was excellent for this first-time event! Alumni and their families enjoyed an amazing view of the race track, delicious food, prizes for best hats, and much more. We hope you will join us for Alumni Weekend 2014, which will include even more surprises and fun events: May 17-19, 2014. Classes ending in a “4” or a “9” will be celebrating a reunion! Interested in helping plan your reunion? Contact us today at [email protected]!
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AVMA Alumni Reception This year’s Penn Vet AVMA Alumni Reception took alumni out of the Convention Center to experience a bit of Chicago history at a National Historic Landmark. The Glessner House Museum was designed by noted American architect Henry Hobson Richardson and completed in 1887. Alumni were able to tour this internationally recognized architectural treasure. Guests enjoyed delicious food and drink in the coach house and courtyard while relishing a wonderful performance by Penn Veterinary alumna and jazz singer Ava Logan, V’85. Dr. Logan acquired her VMD at Penn Vet, leading to a career as a research specialist – not your usual background for a jazz artist, to say the least! In addition to performing in clubs and concert halls in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Florida, she has taken her act to Paris, Rome, and Moscow. See you in Denver for AVMA 2014!
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Save the Date for your Class Reunion May 17-19, 2014 Come back to your veterinary school alma mater May 17-19, 2014. Connect with classmates, catch up with old friends, and celebrate. We look forward to welcoming you back! ALUMNINEWS
Penn Vet salutes our alumni who have served or are currently serving in the military. We honor the dedication of these brave men and women who serve our country.
Karen A. O’Connor, V’04 I received an Army scholarship that paid for the last two years of veterinary school. In return, I served three years of active duty in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps. I was stationed at Fort Stewart, GA, and served as the Branch Chief. This meant that I oversaw the Veterinary Treatment Facilities at Fort Stewart in Georgia, Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, GA, and Parris Island Marine Corps Base in Beaufort, SC. Not only did I serve as a general practitioner in these clinics, but I also took care of the military working dogs and was in charge of the Food Inspection Sections. I also traveled to places including the Bahamas, Ecuador, and Panama to perform inspections on food facilities that were providing sustenance to troops at various sites. Of O’CONNOR course, all of this was in addition to duties and training required by all members of the Army. After active duty, I served five years on reserve status, starting with a rank of Second Lieutenant and completing my eight-year commitment as a Major.
Major Brian G. Fenchak, V’99 Fenchak recently completed a combat tour in Afghanistan. Patricia Brown, V’78 I was fortunate to receive an Air Force scholarship for the last three years of veterinary school. Upon graduation, I was commissioned. My first assignment was in Zaragoza, Spain. I spent two years inspecting food and providing veterinary care for the military working dogs and pets of the Air Force members assigned to the base. I was selected by the Air Force to attend the residency and Masters degree program in laboratory animal medicine at the Hershey Medical FENCHAK Center of Penn State University while on active duty. The next four years of service were spent at the Naval Medical Research Institute in Bethesda, MD, in support of the Navy’s biomedical research efforts focused on animal models of disease. Following my service in the Air Force, I transferred to the US Public Health Service and served at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for an additional 23 years of active duty in the uniformed services, achieving the rank of Captain (equivalent to Army Colonel). During my service at NIH, I worked as a Clinical Veterinarian and Program Director at the National Cancer Institute, as a Training Coordinator and Deputy Director of the Office of Animal Care and Use, and as the Director of the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, until converting from active duty status to a civil service position in 2011.
BROWN Greg Cusanno, V’70 During veterinary school, I signed up with the Air Force Veterinary Corps. The Vietnam War was going on at the time and there were rumors that the Army was drafting veterinarians. I had no particular post-graduation plans and the program I signed up for was only a two-year commitment. I was fortunate to receive a stateside assignment doing base veterinarian duties, including food inspection, food service sanitation, complete military dog care, and zoonosis control for pets on the base. The two-year commitment turned into 26 years of service. After discharge from active duty in 1973, I took a position in the Air Force Reserves, serving as Public Health Officer at a base in Pittsburgh, PA and then in Willow Grove, PA. I retired in 1996 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
CUSANNO W. H. Crawford, V’59 I was drafted during the Korean War between my sophomore and junior year at Penn State. I was deferred because I had been accepted for advanced ROTC. I finished my pre-vet degree at Penn State, entered the service as a Second Lieutenant, and served two years in the Army Signal Corps, most of which was spent in Germany. I was on orders to Korea, but they signed the Peace Treaty just before I was to ship out, so that is why I went to Germany instead. I was released in June of 1955. While filling out my application for Vet School at the Penn Vet library, the Dean’s secretary informed me that I had already been accepted for the fall class. The money I received for continuing education from the service helped pay for my years in vet school. I am very thankful for what the Army taught me and for the financial support.
HOPWOOD Ronald Hopwood, V’58 Ronald T. Hopwood served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps from 1958 to 1960 at the Biological Warfare Laboratories at Fort Detrick, MD.
Robert L. Berger, V’46 Bob graduated from Penn Vet when he was only 23. He was in an accelerated program sponsored by the Army, known as ASTP (Army Specialized Training Program). At the time, Penn Vet only required two years of undergraduate education, and the ASTP reduced the vet program to three years instead of four. Members of the ASTP were uniformed soldiers attending to critical programs such as veterinary medicine. Bob’s Army service as a veterinarian included accompanying shipments of horses to Europe after the war was over. Upon graduation, he was sent on a ship with horses to restock Europe.
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A Day in the Life of a Penn Vet Alum
have a confession to make. They say “you don’t know what you don’t know.” Well, when I started my job as Director of Alumni Relations at Penn Vet, I knew a lot about the field of alumni relations and I thought I knew a lot about veterinary medicine. After a few months on the job, I realized I had no idea. IWhat our alumni do for animals, both large and small, as well as for human beings, our food system, medical research, government regulation, and the future of all living things is nothing short of amazing. So I said to myself…“What can I do to learn more about what our alumni do every day? What can I do to share with current veterinary students the work of our alumni? What can I do to tell the stories of some of the most amazing alumni I have ever met?” From these questions came the birth of the “Day in the Life of a Penn Vet Alum” project. As I embark on this exciting journey, I go with an open mind. All I know is that it is going to be an adventure of learning and exploration, and I just hope I do the stories justice. I am open to any and all opportunities, knowing that even if I follow alumni doing similar work, it won’t matter – each and every story will be unique. I invite you to visit the Day in the Life blog under the alumni tab at www.vet.upenn.edu to read more about these exciting experiences. A sampling of some of my adventures is below.
Join me as I spend the day with Quakertown Veterinary Clinic’s Nate Harvey, V’03, learning the ins and outs (literally) of the dairy cow. My typical day usually begins by donning professional attire and heels, then fighting traffic from New Castle, Delaware to Philadelphia, or standing on the train platform waiting for the express SEPTA train into University City. This day was different. I put on my jeans, a flannel shirt, and my hiking boots, and punched the Quakertown address into my GPS. P. Mark Lopez, V’03, and Elizabeth (Ballard) Lopez, V'03, own and operate Wholesome Dairy Farms in Berks County, PA – a grass-fed dairy farm producing milk, yogurt, Greek yogurt, kefir, and cheeses. If I were to come back as a cow, I would want to be part of the Wholesome Dairy Farm herd. Nestled in a beautiful, lush green countryside are some of the happiest cows I have ever seen. Spend the day with me – along with Jukuu and Dhoruba the giraffes, George the peccary, Mandy the armadillo, and other furry, scaly, feathered friends – as I shadow Adam Denish, V’93, at the Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown, PA. Father to 13-year-old twins, double black belt in martial arts, board member of the Holocaust Awareness Museum, owner and operator of two practices and a kennel, lab animal veterinarian for Arcadia University, creator of a startup company with a fellow Penn Vet alumnus to develop skin products for pets, and Director of Veterinary Medicine for the Elmwood Park Zoo…Dr. Adam Denish has a lot of energy! His enthusiasm for the profession was contagious during the day I spent with him and his vet tech, Cierra, at the Elmwood Park Zoo. If you want to see a fast-moving and passionate staff, spend a day at the Delaware County SPCA. The day I spent with DelCo SPCA surgeon Gia Croce, V’92, was an intense day of surgery that she described as a “rocking chair day,” after doing 77 surgeries with another surgeon the previous day! Being a surgeon is what Gia Croce loves…and it shows. She cheerfully chatted about the shelter with me while conducting back-to-back spays and neuters. Her impressive surgical skills were evident as she moved from large dogs to small kittens in the blink of an eye.
Visit the alumni tab at www.vet.upenn.edu to read the Day in the Life blog entries in their entirety. To participate in the program, visit the Alumni section of the website and click Get Involved.
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OCTOBER December 9, 2013 2013 PENN VET ALUMNI RECEPTION AT AAEP CONVENTION October 12, 2013 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Animal Lovers Lecture Series, a free educational Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center lecture series for small animal owners Room: Jackson D “COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CARE” 2800 Opryland Drive, Nashville, TN 37214 A panel discussion with Drs. Michelle Giuffrida, David Holt, Erika Krick, and Alexander Reiter December 11, 2013 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Wednesday Exchange, a bi-monthly interactive continuing Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion education opportunity for primary care veterinarians 380 South University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104 “EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE” calendar Presented by Dr. Ken Drobatz, Chief, Section of Critical Care October 23, 2013 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM Wednesday Exchange, a bi-monthly interactive continuing Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion education opportunity for primary care veterinarians 380 South University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104 “ACUTE VOMITING: TO CUT OR NOT TO CUT?” Presented by Dr. Wilfried Mai, Chief, Section of Radiology 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM JANUARY2014 Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion January 4, 2014 380 South University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Animal Lovers Lecture Series, a free educational lecture series for small animal owners NOVEMBER2013 “ADVANCES IN TREATMENTS FOR CATS AND DOGS WITH KIDNEY DISEASE” November 5, 2013 Presented by Dr. Lillian Aronson, Renal Transplant Program First Tuesdays Lecture Series, a free educational lecture Founder and Coordinator, and Dr. JD Foster, Staff Veterinarian series for horse owners and horse enthusiasts 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM “TEN IMPORTANT OBSERVATIONS OF HEALTH- Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion RELATED NATURAL HORSE BEHAVIOR” 380 South University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Presented by Dr. Sue McDonnell, Head, Equine Behavior Lab New Bolton Center January 7, 2014 382 West Street Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 First Tuesdays Lecture Series, a free educational lecture series for horse owners and horse enthusiasts “ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION OF FETAL WELL-BEING DECEMBER2013 IN LATE PREGNANCY: IS MY FOAL AT RISK?” Presented by Dr. Virginia Reef, Chief, Section of December 3, 2013 Sports Medicine and Imaging First Tuesdays Lecture Series, a free educational lecture New Bolton Center series for horse owners and horse enthusiasts 382 West Street Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 “LEAPING FROM BENCH TO STALL, CAGE OR BEDSIDE” Presented by Dr. Thomas Schaer, Senior Research Investigator, January 19, 2014 Comparative Orthopaedic Research Laboratory PENN VET ALUMNI RECEPTION AT NAVC CONVENTION New Bolton Center 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM 382 West Street Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 The Orlando World Center Marriott 8701 World Center Drive, Orlando, FL 32821
For more information on these events, please contact Darleen Calahan, special events coordinator, at [email protected] or 215-746-2421.