AnnuAl Repo Rt
July 2007-June 2008
The Future of Veterinary Medicine
Protecting and promoting the health and welfare
of animals, people, and the environment through
excellence in academic veterinary medicine
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Letter from the President
It has been an honor to serve as the AAVMC president
during the year July 2007-June 2008. this is an exciting
time for academic veterinary medicine — particularly
in an era of increasing globalization, and growing
recognition and appreciation by the public, the health
professions, and the scientific community at large, of
the roles and responsibilities that veterinarians play
in the protection of animal health, the relief of animal
suffering, the conservation of animal resources, the
promotion of public health, and the advancement of
medical knowledge. on behalf of the entire Association,
I wish to thank Dr. lawrence Heider, executive
Director from 2002-2007, for his leadership, dedication
and commitment to AAVMC these past years. under
his steady guidance, the organization grew in membership,
revenue, and budget. AAMVC became recognized
throughout the world as a leader of excellence in
academic veterinary medicine. We wish Dr. Heider
great happiness and success on his retirement and in
the next phase of his life!
I was honored to serve with the entire AAVMC Board of
Directors and, following on the heels of Dr.
lance
perryman, moving on several important initiatives
in collaboration with our membership at large.
First, building on the success of the publication of
The Foresight Report: Envisioning the Future of Veterinary
Medicine, it was my privilege to lead the Board
of Directors and our organization in launching the
development of our organization's first comprehensive
strategic plan. over the years, AAVMC has made
substantive contributions to academic veterinary
medicine in a number of important areas, but with the
development of our strategic plan, we will be positioned
to focus our attention, energies, and resources
toward achieving shared goals and objectives across
our member institutions and in collaboration with our
partners and other stakeholders.
During the year, we also established AAVMC's
first finance and governmental affairs committees.
the Finance Committee, led by our AAVMC treasurer,
is already proposing and overseeing financial
policies that will promote controlled growth of AAVMC
and the undertaking of important and new initiatives
while growing, managing, and protecting our financial
reserves. the Governmental Affairs Committee is
providing increased member participation in the
development and oversight of an AAVMC governmental
affairs agenda, including initiatives that will come
before both the legislative and executive branches of
the federal government.
During the year, we also saw AAVMC grow with the
following international colleges of veterinary medicine
joining AAVMC: from Australia — Murdoch university,
the university of Sydney, and the university of
Melbourne; and from Ireland — the university of
Dublin. We also saw our first affiliate college of
veterinary medicine — Ross university — join our
ranks. We are proud and pleased to have these new
members as they bring their special, unique, and
global perspectives to AAVMC and academic veterinary
medicine. It also was a pleasure to work with the office
International epizooties (World organization for Animal
Health) in providing the opportunity for many of our
deans to travel to oIe headquarters to learn about the
roles and responsibilities of veterinarians in protecting
livestock and human health in allowing their international
trade.
I look forward to working with the association as it
continues its essential work on advancing academic
veterinary medicine.
Sincerely,
Dr. Timothy
Boosinger,
DVM, PhD
President,
2007-2008
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AAVMC during the year July 2007-June 2008, had
several substantive accomplishments and also
oversaw several changes in leadership. this report
highlights the work of AAVMC's committed and
talented staff leading to significant accomplishments
during the year. Dr. lawrence Heider, who served
AAVMC as executive Director during 2002-2007,
oversaw, in collaboration with several AAVMC leaders,
the conduct and report on "the Foresight Report:
envisioning the Future of Veterinary Medical education"1,
which captured the attention and imagination
of the veterinary medical profession at large, and
which underscored the changes that will be needed in
academic veterinary medical education to continue to
meet societal needs.
I was honored to take up the mantle of executive Director
upon Dr. Heider's retirement on november 1st,
2007. A first priority was to launch the development of
a strategic plan for AAVMC. under the leadership of
newly appointed AAVMC Deputy Director, Dr. Michael
Chaddock, and with generous support from Bayer
Animal Health, an AAVMC Strategic planning Steering
Committee was formed and convened, and several
activities aimed at collecting input from our members,
partners, and stakeholders for the plan were initiated.
Completion of AAVMC's strategic plan is anticipated for
January 2009.
An important program of AAVMC has been one of
advocating for federal and other resources for its
member institutions to be able to increase veterinary
class sizes, and to grow programs of research. After
several years of dedicated, strategic networking by our
AAVMC member institutions, the Sub-Committee on
Health, of the House Committee on energy and Commerce,
held a congressional hearing on the Veterinary
public Health Workforce expansion Act, January 23,
2008. Dr. Sheila Allen, Dean of the College of Veterinary
Medicine at the university of Georgia, Dr. Alan Kelley,
Dean emeritus at the College of Veterinary Medicine,
university of pennsylvania, and I, joined by Dr. Ron
DeHaven, executive Vice president and Chief executive
officer of the American Veterinary Medical Association,
testified on the roles of veterinarians in protecting food
safety and public health, and on the need for added
resources to ensure that academic veterinary medicine
is positioned to produce sufficient graduates to go into
these fields in the future.
AAVMC's Journal of Veterinary Medical education
(JVMe) serves as the nation's pre-eminent journal
on veterinary medical education. Beginning in late
December 2007, Dr. Henry Baker, Director emeritus
of the Scott-Ritchey Research Center, College of
Veterinary Medicine, Auburn university took the helm
as JVMe's senior editor. We are already benefiting
from the new insights and perspectives that Dr. Baker
brings to the Journal along with the dynamic, talented
members of the editorial Board. Another change
that occurred during the year was the transition of
Dr. Andrew Maccabe, who moved from our AAVMC
ranks, to become a full fledged government employee
with the uS Centers for Disease Control and prevention
(CDC) as the CDC liaison to the Food and Drug
Administration.
March 13-18, 2008, AAVMC held another highly successful
annual meeting, appropriately devoted in the
plenary sessions and committee meetings to "Strategic
Directions". the meeting included a successful
symposium on educational Symposium on "Assessing
Clinical Competency: Our Professional Responsibility",
a department chairs and heads program on "What
Constitutes A High-Quality Department?", and three full
days of networking and work by AAVMC's committees.
AAVMC was proud to recognize Dr.
leon Russell,
College of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, texas
A&M university, as the winner of the Senator John
Melcher, DVM, leadership in public policy Award, and
Dr. Kathleen Salisbury, College of Veterinary Medicine,
purdue university, as the winner of the national
norden-pfizer Distinguished teaching Award. Dr. J. t.
Vaughn presented the AAVMC Recognition lecture.
April 2-4, 2008, AAVMC hosted a north American
Deans' "AAVMC-oIe Workshop on Globalization of
Veterinary Medicine and International trade" at the
headquarters of the World organization for Animal
Health (office International epizooties) in paris,
France. participants were presented with an overview
of international trade, and the importance of graduating
veterinarians with the knowledge and skills needed
to certify the health of livestock and poultry and therefore,
to facilitate international trade in compliance with
uS and international regulations.
I have highlighted just some of the incredible achievements
by AAVMC this past year. We wish Drs. Heider
and Maccabe best wishes in their next phases of
career and life, and thank all of our members and
member institutions who have made substantial
contributions to AAVMC every day. I am grateful to our
AAVMC staff who provide unwavering commitment
and support to achieving AAVMC's mission, and I look
forward to working with AAVMC's members, staff,
partners, and stakeholders to advance excellence in
academic veterinary medicine in the years ahead.
Dr. Marguerite
Pappaioanou,
DVM, MPVM,
PhD, Dipl
ACVPM,
Executive
Director
Letter from the executive Director
1. AAVMC. the Foresight Report: envisioning the Future of Veterinary Medical education. 2007. JVMe 34(1): 1-42.
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U.S. Veterinary SchoolS and
collegeS
Auburn university
Colorado State university
Cornell university
Iowa State university
Kansas State university
louisiana State university
Michigan State university
Mississippi State university
north Carolina State university
ohio State university
oklahoma State university
oregon State university
purdue university
texas A&M university
tufts university
tuskegee university
university of California, Davis
university of Florida
university of Georgia
university of Illinois at urbana-
Champaign
university of Minnesota
university of Missouri
university of pennsylvania
university of tennessee
university of Wisconsin-Madison
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of
Veterinary Medicine
Washington State university
Western university of Health Sciences
departmentS of Veterinary Science
north Dakota State university
oARDC/the ohio State university
pennsylvania State university
South Dakota State university
university of Arizona
university of Connecticut
university of Kentucky
university of nebraska-lincoln
university of Wyoming
departmentS of comparatiVe
medicine
Johns Hopkins university
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Massachusetts Institute of technology
new england primate Research Center
Stanford university
university of California, San Diego
university of Maryland-Baltimore
university of Michigan
Veterinary medical edUcation
inStitUtionS
Angell Animal Medical Center
Animal Medical Center
Dept. of Veterinary Science, AMeDD
Center and School, u.S. Army
canadian Veterinary SchoolS and
collegeS
université de Montréal
university of Calgary
university of Guelph
university of prince edward Island
university of Saskatchewan
international Veterinary SchoolS
and collegeS
Massey university
Murdoch university
university of edinburgh
university of Glasgow
university of london
university of Melbourne
university of Sydney
affiliate memberS
Ross university
AAVMC Member Institutions
Location
of AAVMC
Members
Key:
Veterinary
Medical
College
Depts. of
Veterinary
Science
Depts. of
Comparative
Medicine
other
Veterinary
Medical
educational
Institutions
Affiliate
Veterinary
Medical
Colleges
Key:
Veterinary Medical
College
Departments of
Veterinary Science
Departments
of Comparative
Medicine
other Veterinary
Medical educational
Institutions
Affiliate Veterinary
Medical Colleges
Key:
Veterinary
Medical
College
Depts. of
Veterinary
Science
Depts. of
Comparative
Medicine
other
Veterinary
Medical
educational
Institutions
Affiliate
Veterinary
Medical
Colleges
Key:
Veterinary
Medical
College
Depts. of
Veterinary
Science
Depts. of
Comparative
Medicine
other
Veterinary
Medical
educational
Institutions
Affiliate
Veterinary
Medical
Colleges
Key:
Veterinary
Medical
College
Depts. of
Veterinary
Science
Depts. of
Comparative
Medicine
other
Veterinary
Medical
educational
Institutions
Affiliate
Veterinary
Medical
Colleges
Key:
Veterinary
Medical
College
Depts. of
Veterinary
Science
Depts. of
Comparative
Medicine
other
Veterinary
Medical
educational
Institutions
Affiliate
Veterinary
Medical
Colleges
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• Academic Affairs
Deans
• Research Deans
• Department
Heads, Chairs,
Directors
• Admissions
• Advancement
• Animal Care and
Welfare
• Building
• Building
Committee
• Clinical programs
• Comparative Data
Report
• editorial Board,
JVMe
• executive Director
Survey Committee
• executive VMCAS
• Farm Bill t
ask
Force
• Finance
• Gender Issues
• International
Affairs
• leadership
• legislative
Advisory panel
• Multicultural
Affairs
• national
Recruitment
Strategy Steering
Committee
• public Health
• Strategic planning
• Strategic
planning Steering
Committee
AAVMC's Committees
and task Forces
AAVMC coordinates the national and international
affairs of its member institutions,
fostering teaching, research, and service
activities both nationally and internationally.
AAVMC's mission is to improve the quality of
life for people and animals by:
• advancing veterinary medical education
• improving animal health and welfare
• strengthening biomedical research
• promoting food safety and food security
• enhancing environmental quality
AAVMC's Mission
information exchange and networKing
• AAVMC Annual Conference, March 13-18, 2008, Washington DC,
including an educational Symposium on Assessing Clinical Competency:
Our Professional Responsibility, and a special department chairs and
heads program on "What Constitutes A High-Quality Department?"
• AAVMC Summer Meeting, July 18-20, 2008, new orleans, lA
• Co-hosted the "2007 Merck-Merial-nIH national Veterinary Scholars
Symposium — Veterinarians in Biomedical Research: Building national
Capacity", August 1-4, Bethesda, MD
• Co-sponsored Veterinary Student Day at the Centers for Disease
Control and prevention, January 28-29, 2008
Special initiatiVeS, planS, and reportS
• launched the development of an AAVMC 5-year Strategic plan
• Commissioned and co-sponsored the national Academy of Sciences
study on the uS veterinary workforce shortage
adVocating for aaVmc goVernmental affairS prioritieS
• testified before House energy and Commerce Committee on roles of
veterinarians in food safety and public health, January 23, 2008
• Advocated for passage of the Veterinary public Health Workforce
expansion Act
• Worked with congressional staff on provisions in the Farm Bill for grant
programs for strengthening veterinary capacity and increasing research
support
• Advocated for increased appropriations for the Veterinary Medical loan
Repayment program and development of rules for administration of the
program
• Advocated for increased biomedical research funding
• Advocated for title VII: Health professional t
raining programs
• Met with senior uSDA, HHS, and DHS executive staff to advocate for
AAVMC programs and opportunities
AAVMC's Priority
Programs and Activities
July 2007-June 2008
(Left to Right) Dr. Alan Kelly, Dean Emeritus, School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania;
Dr. Ron DeHaven, Executive Vice President, American Veterinary Medical Association; and Dr. Marguerite
Pappaioanou, Executive Director, AAVMC. This was taken at hearing on the Veterinary Public Health Workforce
Expansion Act held by the Sub-Committee on Health of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on
January 23, 2008.
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diVerSity matterS
• Created an organizational definition
for underrepresented in Veterinary
Medicine.
• Hosted two recruiting events
reaching more than 300 students.
• participated in recruiting events
that targeted nearly 10,000
students of color.
• provided information
resources to more
than 300 Minority
Serving Institutions
around the country.
• provided co-curricular
support on diversity
issues for the uS
colleges of veterinary medicine.
Veterinary
medicine college
application
SerVice
• processed and
triaged 22,852
applications from
5,920 applicants
wishing to be
accepted into
AAVMC veterinary
colleges/schools.
global health
• Hosted a workshop for north American
Deans of Colleges of Veterinary
Medicine on "Globalization of Veterinary
Medicine and International trade"
in conjunction with and at the World
organization for Animal Health (
oIe),
paris, France, April 2-4, 2008.
• In collaboration with pAHo/WHo,
published the Foresight Report in
Spanish, and distributed the report to
veterinary schools in latin America.
• participated in a Joint pAHo/AAVMC
technical Consultation with latin
American Veterinary Medical Colleges
and Chief Veterinary officers, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, June 9, 2008.
• participated in the 15th Inter-American
Meeting at the Ministerial level in
Health and Agriculture (RIMSA 15) held
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 11, 2008.
pUblicationS
• published and disseminated the
Foresight Report, the Future of
Veterinary Medicine, as a special
supplement to JVMe (Volume 34 (1):
Supplement).
• published four
issues of JVMe
on the themes
1) pathology-
global challenges
in education
(Volume 34(4) Fall
2007); Animal
Handling: A
critical component
of veterinary education (34 (5) Winter
2007); Veterinary teaching Hospitals
(35(1) Spring 2008); and Veterinary
public Health (35(2) Summer 2008)
in conjunction with the Association of
Schools of public Health-public Health
Reports, Volume
123 (3) on Veterinary
public Health May/
June 2008.
• Distributed
over 200 copies
of the national
Recruitment plan
Report by Stamats
to AAVMC partners
and stakeholders.
Mr. Josh Mintz (standing), AAVMC strategic planning consultant,
leads a strategic planning focus group.
(Left to right) Dr. William Saville, Professor at the College of
Veterinary Medicine at The Ohio State University, Dr. Kent Hoblet,
Dean at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State
University, and Dr. Mike Chaddock, Deputy Director, AAVMC.
Senator John Melcher, DVM, and 2008 Norden-Pfizer
Distinguished Teacher of the Year winner Dr. Kathleen
Salisbury, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at the
School of Veterinary Medicine at Purdue University.
Ed Rowe from Virginia-Maryland Regional College of
Veterinary Medicine speaks with students and parents
at the Veterinary Career Fair.
Dr. Paige Carmichael, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia,
and Dr. Willie M. Reed, Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine at
Purdue University.
Attendees at the AAVMC Workshop on "Globalization of Veterinary
Medicine and International Trade" held at the World Organization
for Animal Health (OIE), Paris, France, April 2-4, 2008.
AAVMC Annual Conference
March 13-18, 2008, Washington DC
• Including an educational Symposium on Assessing
Clinical Competency: our professional Responsibility
• And a special department chairs and heads program
on "What Constitutes A High-Quality Department?"
Dr. Mike Chaddock and
Dr. Primo Arambulo at the
Inter-American Meeting at
Ministerial Level on Health and
Agriculture (RIMSA) in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
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AAVMC Leadership:
Board of Directors
July 2007-June 2008
Members
Warwick Arden, BVSc, DVCS,
MS, PhD
Dean, College of Veterinary
Medicine, North Carolina State
University
At-lARGe DIReCtoR, u.S. ColleGeS
Jean Sirois, DVM, PhD
Dean, Faculté de médecine
vétérinaire, Université de Montréal
At-lARGe DIReCtoR, u.S. ColleGeS
M. Christine Zink, DVM, PhD
Professor and Director,
Department of Molecular and
Comparative Pathobiology,
Johns Hopkins University
At-lARGe DIReCtoR, DepARtMentS
oF CoMpARAtIVe MeDICIne
David Zeman, DVM, PhD
Head, Department of Veterinary
Science, South Dakota State
University
At-lARGe DIReCtoR, DepARtMentS
oF VeteRInARy SCIenCe
John u. Thomson, DVM, MS
Dean, College of Veterinary
Medicine, Iowa State University
nASulGC (nAtIonAl ASSoCIAtIon
oF StAte unIVeRSItIeS AnD lAnD-
GRAnt ColleGeS ) lIAISon
Marguerite Pappaioanou,
DVM, MPVM, PhD
Executive Director, AAVMC
ASSIStAnt tReASuReR
preSident
Timothy A. Boosinger,
DVM, PhD
Dean, College of
Veterinary Medicine,
Auburn University
Secretary
Willie M. Reed, DVM, PhD
Dean, School of Veterinary
Medicine, Purdue University
treaSUrer
Gerhardt Schurig,
DVM, MS, PhD
Dean, Virginia-Maryland
Regional College of
Veterinary Medicine
preSident-elect
James G. Fox, DVM, MS
Professor and Director,
Division of Comparative
Medicine, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
paSt-preSident
lance Perryman,
DVM, PhD
Dean, College of
Veterinary Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences,
Colorado State University
Officers
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AAVMC's Staff:
Supporting the Mission
lawrence Heider, DVM
Executive Director,
July 2007-October 2007
Marguerite Pappaioanou,
DVM, MPVM, PhD
Executive Director,
November 2007-Current
Mike Chaddock, DVM, eMl
Deputy Director
John Roane, Jr.
Chief Operating Officer
Andrew Maccabe,
DVM, MPH, JD
Associate Executive Director,
July 2007-December 2007
Brian T. Smith
Director of Governmental
Affairs
lisa Greenhill, MPA
Associate Executive Director
for Diversity
Henry Baker, DVM
Editor-in-Chief, JVME
Suzanne Mink
Managing Editor, JVME
Tim evanson
Executive Administrative
Assistant
Matt Grogg
Program Manager
Tony Wynne
Operations Manager,
VMCAS
leonard Artis
Operations Coordinator,
VMCAS
Shaba lightfoot
Student Affairs
Coordinator, VMCAS
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With strong membership support, AAVMC has been able to realize many important achievements in securing the
future of veterinary medicine. With the help and support by its partners, AAVMC looks forward to continued efforts
in ensuring that academic veterinary medicine is meeting the needs of society.
AAVMC's Financial Highlights
July 2007-June 2008 Budget
Revenue
Interest All
Accounts
35,000
Member Dues
592,497
Corporate
Sponsorships
323,000
Meeting
Registrations
267,474
VMCAS
1,976,648
JVME Subscriptions
12,000
Jobs Board
3,000
Human Resources
1,535,245
Meetings
633,285
JVME
151,349
expenses
the AAVMC is proud to carry out its mission of improving the quality of life for people and animals by advancing
veterinary medical education, improving animal health and welfare, strengthening biomedical research, promoting
food safety and food security, and enhancing environmental quality. there are several special and important
opportunities for charitable support of our programs and initiatives. t
o learn more about these tax-deductible
opportunities, please visit http://aavmc.org/documents/AAVMCdvlp.pdf.
Operations
Support
353,076
Sponsorships/
Memberships
39,615
Special Programs
34,610
VMCAS
Operations
388,436
Contingency
74,003
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and stakeholders of veterinary medical education.
please contact us with the information just below:
Address:
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Washington, DC 20005
phone number: 202-371-9195
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Suite 301
Washington, DC 20005
phone number: 202-371-9195
Fax number:
202-842-0773
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