With firsthand knowledge from the frontlines of biomedical research, this year’s commencement speaker brought a unique perspective shaped by his distinguished career in veterinary pathology.
Duck was a four-month-old foster kitten when he presented to the MSU Veterinary Medical Center’s Cardiology Service for evaluation of a heart murmur. An echocardiogram confirmed a grade V left basilar continuous murmur, a loud murmur often associated with a patent ductus arteriosus.
Otto, a one-year-old Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, presented to the Internal Medicine service at the MSU Veterinary Medical Center after his primary veterinarian noted that the energetic young dog did not appear to have an opening for his right ear to the ear canal.
Using resources from the Holden Fund, the College of Veterinary Medicine recently purchased two Microsoft HoloLens 2 headsets to generate real-time closed captions for deaf and hearing-impaired students working in the clinic.
Tiffany Burk, a Veterinary Nursing alum and member of the Alumni Advisory Council, shares some thoughts on the team-centered bond between veterinarians and veterinary nurses.