University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine

The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine is a college within the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States.

History

A comprehensive history of the College, The Year of the Jubilee, was compiled and written in 2000 by J.T. Mercer and Robert Duncan. Most of the information written here is taken from that history.

The College opened in 1946. The first laboratories were housed in Hardman Hall, which had previously been used as a livestock judging pavilion and later as a Navy warehouse. The school graduated its first class of 44 students in 1950, the year it was accredited.

In 1951, the vet school's first permanent building was opened to house the school and clinics. In 1970, the Board of Regents approved a name change from the School of Veterinary Medicine to the College of Veterinary Medicine, reflecting the expansion of the College's graduate, research and service programs.

Construction on a new wing for The Institute of Comparative Medicine (ICM) began in 1971. The Athens Diagnostic Laboratory opened in two small rooms on the first floor of the College in July 1972, and later that year, the building that now houses the Community Practice Clinic also was built. The current Teaching Hospital building was completed for occupation in 1979. The state-of-the-art Animal Health Research Center was completed in 2006. $7.7 million in planning funds for a new Veterinary Medical Learning Center (which will include a new, expanded teaching hospital facility) were approved by the Georgia General Assembly in April 2010 (Athens Banner-Herald, May 2, 2010).

The College's inaugural Veterinary Conference was held in May 1964, and the College's 49th consecutive Annual Conference and Alumni Reunion will be held on March 23–24, 2012.

Departments

Over 145 faculty are members of the following departments of the veterinary college:

• Anatomy & Radiology
• Animal Resources
• Diagnostic Laboratories
• Educational Resources
• Infectious Diseases
• Large Animal Medicine
• Pathology
• Physiology & Pharmacology
• Population Health
• Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center
• Small Animal Medicine & Surgery
• Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS)
• Teaching Hospital

Degrees offered

Graduate degrees

The following graduate degrees are offered by the veterinary college:

• Master of Avian Medicine (M.A.M.) (D.V.M. is a prerequisite for this degree)
• Master of Avian Health and Medicine (M.A.H.M.) (D.V.M. is a prerequisite for this degree)
• Master of Food Animal Health and Management (M.F.A.M.)
• Master of Science (M.S.) and a P.D. in Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, designed to emphasize interdisciplinary approaches in biomedical research.
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.)
• Ph.D. in Infectious Diseases
• Ph.D. in Pathology (D.V.M. is a prerequisite for this degree)
• Ph.D. in Pharmacology
• Ph.D. in Physiology
• Ph.D. in Toxicology

The UGA College of Veterinary Medicine also offers the Veterinary Medical Scientist Training Program (VMSTP) in which students simultaneously earn D.V.M. and Ph.D. degrees, and a DVM-MPH dual-degree program in which students earn the D.V.M. and Master of Public Health degrees.

Students

2011-2012 Student Enrollment

• DVM Candidates: 405
• 11% minority

Other degree candidates: 161

• 72 Ph.D. students
• 27 master's degree students
• 3 master's in avian medicine students
• 1 master's in food animal medicine student
• 3 DVM/MPH (master's in public health) students
• 7 DVM/Ph.D. (Veterinary Medical Scientist Training Program) students
• 16 clinical interns
• 32 residents

Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award Winners from the College include

• James Moore, Large Animal Medicine, 2012
• Karen Cornell, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, 2011
• Wan-I Oliver Li, Physiology and Pharmacology, 2011
• Paige Carmichael, Pathology, 2006
• Corrie Brown, Pathology, 2004
• Scott A. Brown, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, 2003
• Cynthia Trim, Large Animal Medicine, 2003
• P. Thomas Purinton, Anatomy & Radiology, 2001
• Linda Medleau, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, 2000
• Michelle Henry Barton, Large Animal Medicine, 1999
• Jeanne A. Barsanti, Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, 1998

References

• UGA College of Veterinary Medicine
• Undergraduate and professional degrees offered by the University of Georgia, UGA Bulletin
• UGA Graduate School degrees, searchable by school
• Various Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award Winners from the College of Veterinary Medicine
• / Athens Banner-Herald, May 2, 2010