AVMA@Work – American Veterinary Medical Association

MyVeterinarian.com is one of our newest member services designed to help you reach prospective clients who are looking for a veterinarian, whether they have moved to your area or if they might have acquired a new pet.  Launched back in February, MyVeterinarian.com is now home to more than 12,000 veterinary clinics and hospitals, and there’s [...]

I had an amazing week last week.  It started with a visit to the Korean Veterinary Society of America in Marina del Rey, California.  I spent two days with veterinarians of Korean heritage.  The President of the Korean VMA and the President of the Federation of Asian Small Animal Veterinary Associations (FASAVA) also attended from [...]

Twice a year (November and April) the officers of the AVMA meet with the officers of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges to discuss issues of mutual importance to the veterinary medical profession and education.  As you can imagine we had a lot to talk about his year.  Topics included: Veterinary medical orientation programs for [...]

The good news is that there have never been so many pets in our homes, providing families endless hours of joy and companionship. Our pets also benefit from the best veterinary doctors and technology ever available. Sadly, though, evidence shows that the health of our nation’s pets is declining. Many of them aren’t as healthy [...]

Things, as they say, could be better. The most recent AVMA report on employment, starting salaries and educational indebtedness of 2011 veterinary medical school graduates indicates that job offers are down, salaries have taken a hit and educational debt is up once again. It’s partially a reflection of our economy, for sure, but the data [...]

 The AVMA Executive Board recently established three new entities that are in need of representation – the Task Force on Foreign Veterinary School Accreditation, the Task Force on AVMA Governance and Member Participation, and the Veterinary Economics Strategy Committee. The deadline for nominations for these positions is Oct. 31, 2011.  If you have a desire [...]

Last week I had the privilege of representing the AVMA at the British Veterinary Association in London.   This group represents about 12,ooo veterinarians from across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland (compared to our 81,000 members).  Interestingly, they have many of the same issues we do, like increasing tuition for education, marketing their practices, roles [...]