In August, two U.S. surgical teams announced successful experimental kidney transplant from transgenic pigs into brain-dead human recipients. In both instances, the pig kidneys produced urine, carried out other functions of a kidney, and were… Read More >
Last summer, a wildlife residency program that meets the rigorous standards of the American College of Zoological Medicine was established through a collaboration between the Chicago Zoological Society (CZS), which manages Brookfield Zoo; the Forest… Read More >
Two University of Illinois faculty members, Dean Peter Constable and Dr. Pamela Wilkins, were among the honorees when the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) recently presented three Recognition Awards and three Specialty Lifetime… Read More >
Louis and Christine Friedrich of Naples, Fla., have never met Dr. Timothy Fan, a veterinary oncologist and collaborative cancer researcher at the University of Illinois. But they share his passion for pets and for finding… Read More >
Recently, our hospital’s ophthalmology service received a donation from the grateful family of Brix, a patient that received cataract surgery. Below are comments made by Brix’s family and by Dr. Todd Marlo, the boarded veterinary… Read More >
Annette M. McCoy, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVS, was recently elected to the Board of Regents of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) as the large animal regent. ACVS is the certifying board for veterinarians… Read More >
Tobias Ellis, a Certified Journeyman Farrier with the American Farriers Association, will be joining the farrier service at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital next month. The hospital provides farrier services at both the… Read More >
Dr. Jennifer Reinhart stood with Dr. Jenica Haraschak and Dr. Allison Bechtel behind the podium in SAC 80. The small lecture hall in the basement of the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital was filled… Read More >
Business leader Shahid Khan, his wife Ann Margaret Khan, and their children Tony and Shanna Khan – all graduates of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – have made a gift of $15 million that will… Read More >
Academic, Industry Partners Move Toward Human Trials By Susan McKenna Dr. Timothy Fan, veterinary oncologist and professor at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine and a Program Leader for the Cancer Center at… Read More >
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