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On Oct. 30, Tokyo, Japan, will be the site of a celebration honoring Gen Kato, DVM, the first Japanese small-animal practitioner to receive the Hill's Excellence in Veterinary Healthcare Award. Kato received the award during the 39th World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) Congress held in Cape Town, South Africa.

The American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) has designated nine U.S. veterinary hospitals and clinics as Veterinary Trauma Centers. The trauma centers will collaborate to define high standards and care and disseminate information that improves trauma patient management efficiencies and outcomes.

The “5 Questions with…” series is meant to promote upcoming sessions at AAHA’s Nashville conference that are sure to be popular and relevant topics. Learn a little more about the sessions that will be available for you and your team members to attend.

The program for AAHA’s yearly conference, scheduled for March 20-23 in Nashville, Tenn., is packed with fascinating speakers, entertaining events, and unique educational opportunities. NEWStat decided to ask AAHA staff members to discuss conference highlights they are eagerly anticipating, and here's what they had to say.

Learning to do more with less is a challenge that Dr. Susan Chadima has gladly accepted in her efforts to improve the state of veterinary medicine in Kabul, Afghanistan.

As a veterinary professional, you’ve probably got a better handle than most on the cost of owning a dog. Because it turns out that most Americans don’t have a clue. According to a new survey of 1,500 US adults by the dog-walking app Rover, most people think that getting a dog is going to cost them between $26 and $75 a month. Not hardly.

A new clinical trial has led to a stunning breakthrough in the treatment of feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), a lethal feline viral disease that has historically been considered untreatable.FIP is almost always fatal.

By Jan Thomas A new program is encouraging hospitals to share data and performance results in order to improve their business management. The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) provided new details about its peer-to-peer business group pilot program during the March AAHA Yearly Conference in Denver, Colo. The conference session, titled Do You Run Your Business as Well as You Practice Medicine?, provided information about the new program, which will encourage non-competing hospitals to share data among themselves. Created in partnership with the North American Business Association Groups (NABA), the peer-to-peer program encourages geographically diverse, non-competing hospitals to share financial data, performance results and best practices, mirroring an approach NABA members have used since the association was founded in 2003.   "Our goal is to have 4-5 groups in the pilot program," said NABA board member and co-founder Bo Williamson, DVM. "Ideally, each group would have about 10 hospitals, with each hospital represented by an owner and hospital manager." One of NABA’s long-term members would facilitate each pilot group until new members felt comfortable managing the process on their own.

In a world of job shortages and shrinking salaries, veterinary technicians continue to work hard every day to keep tails wagging and clients smiling.

The Oncologist on My Shoulder: Veterinarians Pay for Online Consultations and Treat Cancer Patients