 Summer Mentoring Program
The Penn Vet Admissions Office ran the Summer Mentoring Program to improve recruitment of lower-income applicants to vet schools and ideally Penn Vet. Six high-school students were in the program from Philadelphia public/charter schools and heard lectures and received specific area tours of Cardiology, Radiology, Intensive Care and Exotics.
|
 Shelter Animal Medicine at Penn Vet
Two kittens going to their foster home with a Penn Vet staff member. Partnering with the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), Penn Vet's Shelter Animal Medicine Program allows students to learn first-hand about shelter issues, including pet overpopulation, infectious disease and behavior problems. They participate in a surgery rotation at PAWS, dramatically increasing the number of spays and neuters performed there.
|
 Visualizing Cells That Protect the Body's Mucosal Surfaces
Research in the Artis lab studies how the body's immune system protects against infection. Pictured is immunofluorescent staining of intestinal goblet cells, specialized types of epithelial cells found at the body's mucosal surfaces such as the lung and gut. They play an important role in protecting mucosal surfaces from microbe invasion.
|
|
Barbaro Will Long Be Remembered
Barbaro will long be remembered around the world as the horse with an indomitable spirit that brought hope and joy to the lives of so many. No amount of eulogizing will ever adequately celebrate his achievements, but we can make sure that his short life will continue to have a great meaning, that Barbaro will leave behind a gift for other horses for many years to come.
|
 State-of-the-Art Swine Unit
Piglets at the swine nursery at New Bolton Center. Penn Vet's Swine Research and Teaching Unit, the first of its kind in the U.S., incorporates technologies imported from Europe for animal comfort, feeding and nutritional management. The classroom is integrated into the facility; large windows into a farrowing area and into the loose-stall and gestation stall area permit observation without disrupting the animals.
|
 Kidney Transplant Program
Dr. Lily Aronson, V'92, associate professor of surgery, and Dr. Deanna Worley tend to Cleo, a cat that received a kidney transplant. Feline renal transplantation is a treatment option for kidney failure in cats. Donor cats are rescued from shelters or research facilities and the owner of the recipient cat must adopt the donor since no cat is ever euthanized for the program.
|
 Special Species a Specialty
A client's pet cockatiel visits with a Penn Vet nurse. The school's Special Species Service sees pet birds, small mammals and reptiles. Specialized diagnostics include advanced imaging studies such as ultrasonographic and echocardiologic exams and computed tomography. Advanced surgical procedures are performed by the Special Species Service or in conjunction with the Ryan Veterinary Hospital's Surgery Service.
|
 Emergency Service at Ryan
A student tends to a dog at the Ryan Veterinary Hospital's Emergency Service, which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and is staffed by board-certified specialists trained in critical care. As an advanced trauma and diagnostic center, the service functions like a human emergency unit, and sees some 13,000 cases every year.
|
 Radiographs of a Horse's Leg
The Section of Sports Medicine and Imaging at New Bolton Center, a multi-disciplinary group of veterinarians board-certified in radiology, medicine and surgery, offers evaluation of the sport horse. Services provided include outpatient evaluation, treadmill examination, diagnostic imaging and farrier services.
|
 Rosenthal Imaging and Treatment Center
Sir Mix-A-Lot, a 32-year-old male yellow anaconda from the Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington, De., being readied for a procedure at the new Rosenthal Imaging and Treatment Center (RITC) in Philadelphia. After surgical removal of a tumor, the anaconda successfully underwent radiation therapy.
|
 Equine Diagnostics
Nuclear medicine technician Jane Tyrie holds a horse while it receives a nuclear scintigraphy scan at New Bolton Center. The George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals offers sophisticated diagnostic tools for horses, such as nuclear scintigraphy, state-of-the-art ultrasonography, endoscopy, magnetic resonance imaging and digital radiography.
|
 Animal Dental Health
Scooter, a nine-year-old Bennett's wallaby from the petting zoo of the Devereux Kanner center in West Chester, Pa., posing with dental hygienist Jodi Kristel. Scooter was brought to the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital for treatment of lumpy jaw, a bacterial infection of cheek, teeth and jaw. Penn veterinarians often work with area zoos in diagnosing and treating animals.
|
 White Coat Ceremony
A group of Class of 2008 students after their White Coat Ceremony, a tradition from medical schools first introduced in 2001 at Penn Vet. The ceremony marks the end of students’ training in the classroom, and the beginning of their clinical rotations, where they will apply knowledge learned during the first two-and-a-half years of their four-year education.
|