About These Photos - Archive 2
About These Photos Archive 2
Archive 2 - 2009
 Penn Vet World Awards
Dr. Bernard Vallat, right, director general of the World Organization for Animal Health, was selected as the first recipient of the $100,000 Penn Vet World Award in 2008. Two Penn Vet students were selected for the first Student Inspiration Awards of $100,000 each. Also pictured are Penn president Dr. Amy Gutmann and Vernon and Shirley Hill (with Duffy).
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 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.
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 Jutai the Jaguar Treated at Ryan Veterinary Hospital
Jutai, a four-and-a-half-year-old jaguar at the Philadelphia Zoo, visited the Dentistry and Oral Surgery team at the Ryan Veterinary Hospital for treatment of a lower right canine tooth that had broken and subsequently cracked down to the root. Here we see Jutai’s paws after the cat was anesthetized prior to surgery.
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 Old Vet Quadrangle Building
The Old Vet Quadrangle Building on the school’s Philadelphia campus. The building, completed in 1913, was the basic home of the school and hospital for more than 60 years. Today it still houses administrative offices, laboratories and classrooms.
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 Dog Undergoes Successful Kidney Transplant
Penn Vet surgeons, led by Dr. Heidi Phillips, V'01, performed a rare kidney-transplant operation on a dog—14-month-old bull terrier Zansi was the recipient and her twin sister Toni the donor. Penn Vet is the only location on the East Coast that can perform the procedure. Pictured here is Dr. Phillips with Zansi (left) and owner Jennifer O’Brien with Toni (right).
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