“All that I am, or hope to be , I owe to my angel mother.” -Abraham Lincoln

Dr. Julie Williamson, DVM Dr. Williamson joins LMU-CVM as the director of small animal clinical skills and an as-sistant professor of veterinary medicine. She graduated from Alfred University and at-tended veterinary school at Michigan State University. Her first years as a veterinarian were spent learning by doing in private and corporate practices doing small animal and equine work. Later Dr. Williamson taught clinical skills at Ross University, where she

started creating and evaluating models in the hopes of preventing new graduates from learning skills as she did, with her feet to the fire. She often can be found constructing

new models in the “mad scientist lab” in the Bovine Teaching Center. Dr. Williamson is a former director of Veterinarians Without Borders and received the Presidential Volunteer Service Award for her work with smallholder livestock and community animal health workers in West Africa. She has completed a certificate in medical education and anxiously awaits the acceptance of her master’s thesis in veterinary medical education this spring. She is joined by her husband Ben, a former (and hopefully again soon) grass fed beef farmer who is a full-time herder of their toddler Clara and moonlights as a model builder for LMU-CVM. The family is completed by Kermit, a black cat who commandeers most of Dr. Williamson’s pillow every night, and a warm blood-cross mare named Irish, a former three-day eventer who can be seen loafing in the fields of the DVTC and stealing food from the other horses. Dr. Williamson and her family are happy to join LMU-CVM and look forward to helping you to on your path to suc-cess!

Summer Break is almost here and students are gearing up to push through to the end of the semester! This

month, we are very excited to share with you some great clinical informa on from many different sources!

Check out vetmed.LMUnet.edu for the latest on what is happening here at LMU‐CVM! 

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Godiva Beeler-Cottrell Hi Guys!

My name is Godiva Beeler-Cottrell, but mom (Oh, you probably know her, Megan Beeler, she works in admis-sions.) and dad, mostly, just call me Diva. I don’t know why they call me that, but they say I need all of the attention all of the time. That’s not fair and not true though; I only need it when I’m awake. But in all hones-ty, I have had a really rough life. Like, sometimes I don’t get to eat for more than an hour, and don’t they know that’s 7 dog hours! Then, when my humans do decide to give me treats, they make me sit down first. What’s up with that? Despite all of my hardship I’m still super awesome and generous; I even let my parents sleep on MY king size bed, sometimes. I think that’s pretty nice of me, seeing as I’ve been in charge of this whole house since Christmas. You see, Mom tricked my dad into getting me by asking him to pick a piece of furniture that she had bought, but when he came to get it, he found me with a big bow on my collar. So, I guess you could say, I’m pretty much the best Christmas present ever!

1st Annual LMU-CVM Spring BBQ! Sponsored by the LMU-CVM Student Chapters of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners & American Association of Equine Practitioners, LMU– CVM hosted the 1st Annual Spring BBQ on April 11, 2015. The event was a great success with many students, faculty, staff, and guests attending.

Dr. Williamson Dr. Dascanio Dr. Nader Dr. Henry

 

 

Kerri Haider Hey All! I am a first year veterinary student from the Twin Cities Minnesota! I attended the University of Minnesota for my Bachelors and Masters of Science Degrees. I have explored areas of human and animal medicine and after all of those experiences I knew that Veterinary Medicine was the career for me! I competed on the U of MN ISHA equestrian teams and continue to show my warm blood Joey in evening and hunter/ jumper competitions. I also have a passion for traveling and have been on 4 medical relief trips (human and animal) to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Haiti. I grew up with my family owning a small biotechnical company working on products for hematopoietic stem cell collection from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood in human and animal medicine. Traveling with my dad’s company to veterinary conferences I gained an appreciation for research and pursued vari-ous areas of veterinary research. Although I have extensive experience in research and enjoy that area of veterinary medicine my heart really lies within international veterinary work with food animals and wildlife in the public health realm. Moving to Harrogate was quite a change for me, coming from a large city, but I love it here and wouldn’t have it any other way! School has been challenging but is also rewarding when we can see the knowledge we learn in the classroom applied to clinical medicine in our clinical skills labs. I also play intramural sports here at LMU with the CVM and DCOM students, which has been a fun way to relive some of the stress of studying. I am also on multiple club executive boards and am the rep-resentative for the One Health course this semester. I love being involved and a part of a great new school like LMU and cant wait to get into the work force to show the veterinary world what were made of here at LMU-CVM!  

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AABP visits local Sheep & Cattle

Farm! 

On Friday members of the LMU-CVM student chapter of the American Association of Bovine Prac-

titioners (AABP) visited a local sheep and cattle farm to assist with annual vaccinations. Silver Maple Katahdins, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jay Greenstone of Rose Hill, VA, hosted 21 students. The farm is a registered Katahdin sheep farm which also grazes 40 steers. The students worked 200 sheep by vaccinating lambs, deworming ewes, and assisting with sorting of the livestock. The LMU-CVM AABP club focuses on health, welfare, and productivity in the food and production animal industry to benefit the community by encompassing the One Health view promoted by LMU-CVM. We would like to thank Silver Maple Katahdins for their hospitality and the opportunity.

LMU-CVM Shelter Medicine Club 

In its inaugural semester, the LMU-CVM Shelter Medicine Club hit the road running in terms of not only volunteering their services and care at the Bell County animal shelter to help better the chance of many animals for adoption, but also actually finding homes. Last semester alone there were 35 pets homed and just in the first month of this semester 24 animals have already made their way out of the shelter and into the hearts and homes of new families. Thanks to the volunteers of Shelter Medicine Club, the lives of many future shelter animals have a very promising future. LMU- CVM SGA also deserves a huge thanks for fundraising over $200 for the Bell County Animal Shelter. If you or anybody you know is interested in the rewarding experience of short-term fostering please feel free to contact our shelter representative, Kayla Mehan, at kayla.mehan@lmunet.edu.

 

 

Ryan Goss Hi everybody, my name is Ryan Goss, and I will be a 2nd year student this coming fall. I am from Clinton, TN; which is roughly an hour away from the main campus. I graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2012 with a B.S. in Animal Science. I always had a soft spot for animals, but never thought about becoming a vet until my junior year of undergrad. What drew me into vet medicine is the rush you receive on a daily basis from helping an animal in need or trying to escape a ferocious little kitten. I guess we all have a little bit of adrenaline junkie in us. I was very privileged to work for several vets that allowed me to get my hands into anything that interested me. I have had many exciting experiences from palpating cows to assisting in orthopedic surgeries.

My future plan is to practice in the Appalachian area and serve any animal that is presented to me. However, this is not my dream job. My dream veterinary job would be to work exclusively with cats. Not just house cats, but ones that want to eat you like cheetahs, leopards, or tigers.

To the class of 2018, congratulations on making it this far. It’s been rough, but we made it. To the class of 2019, I can’t wait to meet you all and welcome you to our wonderful LMU-CVM family! My words of advice to get you through four of the most stressful years of our lives is to make new friends, have a lot of fun with them, and learn a little veterinary medicine with them on the way.

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LMU-CVM SCAABP members after a morning of pregnancy checking heifers!

The LMU-CVM Student Chapter of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners or LMU-CVM SCAABP had its first wet lab. Students were able to palpate pregnant heifers at a local farm, building on the knowledge gained from our current class curriculum. The LMU-CVM SCAABP aims at providing health, welfare, and productivity in the food and production animal industry to benefit the community. We want to provide networking opportunities and additional experience for CVM students interested in food and production animal medicine. We want to increase awareness and promote leadership in critical issues in food and production animal medicine, as well as improve opportunities for future careers. We look forward to adding a variety of experiences and cannot wait to include new students from the upcoming class this fall.

Southwest Cattleman’s Association Meeting! The DVTC hosted The Southwest Cattleman’s Association Meeting with over 350 plus farmers from around the area attend-ing. Local farmers were excited to be able to come out and not only learn about cattle, but also what was going on at the DVTC.

 

 

      A Collabora ve Partner in the LMU‐CVM Community Based Clinical

Educa on Program   

Heythere,Rail‐splitters!Thankyousomuchfortheopportunitytohelpteachyouveterinaryophthalmology.Ittru‐lyisanhonortoteachyoungmindsveterinarymedicineandIhopeyou indthiscareerasrewardingasIdo.

MynameisDJHaeusslerandlikemostofyou,IknewIwantedtobeaveterinarianfromanextremelyearlyage.IgrewupinCincinnati,OhioandobtainedbyBachelorofScienceinAgricultureatTheOhioStateUniversityandthenwentontoobtainmyDoctorofVeterinaryMedicineatTheOhioStateUniversity.Ithencompletedarotatingintern‐shipaswellasaninternshipininternalmedicineandemergencymedicineatGardenStateVeterinarySpecialists.IreturnedtoTheOhioStateUniversitywhereIobtainedmyMaster’sofScienceandcompletedmyresidencyinCom‐parativeOphthalmologyandobtainedboardcerti icationbytheAmericanCollegeofVeterinaryOphthalmologists.IlovetolectureandIhavebeenpublishedintheveterinarymedicalscienti icliterature.Ihaveproducedbyownpho‐tographicatlasentitledRecognitionofCanineOcularDisease,whichcanbefoundonAmazon.

IopenedTheAnimalEyeInstituteofCincinnatiaswellasTheAnimalEyeInstituteofNorthernKentuckyin2011.Withinthenext6months,IopenedTheAnimalEyeInstituteofDayton.Wehavearobustcaseloadexaminingmostlydogs,cats,andhorses,however,wehavealsoseensharkrays,tigers,chinchillas,guineapigs,cows,alligators,snakes,turtles,beardeddragons,raccoons,andacoupleI’mprobablyforgetting!

Mygoalhasalwaysbeentoprovidethebestophthalmiccarethatyoucan ind,withoutchargingtypicalspecialtyfees.Weseemtobedoingprettywell!Weroutinelyperformphacoemulsi icationwitharti iciallensimplantation(cataractsurgery),cornealrepairsthroughgraftingtechniques,enucleations,prosthesisplacement,blepharoplas‐tics,gonioimplantationsurgery,variouslasersurgeriesandmanymore.MypracticehasoneoftheonlyvideoretinaldisplaysinthecountrywhereclientsandstudentscanseetheretinalexaminationasIperformit.IhopeyouwilltakeaminutetolikeourFacebookpage(AnimalEyeInstitute),andtakealookatourwebsite

(www.animaleyeinstitute.com)

Myprimaryinterestsinveterinarymedicineincludecornealrepair,phacoemulsi icationwithIOLimplantation,practicemanagementandmarketing(especiallysocialmedia),andteachingstudents.Ihopethatyouwillspendsometimewithourpractice,asIwouldlovetosharemypassionforveterinaryophthalmologyandpracticemanage‐ment.Ilookforwardtohelpingyougrowasaclinicianandthankyouforincludingmeinyourlives.GoRail‐splitters!

‐DJHaeussler,Jr.,BS,MS,DVM,DACVO

TheAnimalEyeInstitute

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SplitterSpots Issue 13 May, 2015

Upcoming Events

February 12, 2015– November 20, 2015

Special Exhibit- “Clouds of Darkness Surround Us” : The Life of

Mary Todd Lincoln

May 16, 2015

Cumberland Mountain Music Show

7:30 PM– 9:30 PM

August 4-7, 2015

LMU-CVM New Student Orientation

August 10, 2015

First Day of Class for CVM Students

 

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Student Services and Admissions Announcements:

Welcome to the newly admitted Class of 2019! We are excited that you will be joining the LMU-CVM family!

The application cycle for the Class of 2020 opens May 13th.

New this year VMCAS will close on Sept. 15th – make sure you submit your application

early!