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Around Campus
JOB FAIR NETS 50 STUDENT INTERVIEWS ever before, which in simple terms means “the
Year 4 veterinary students met with representatives of five employers on worldwide population is aging,” according to Arti
the Pomona, Calif. campus during the yearly CVM Job Fair Nov. 3-4. Hurria, MD.
Recruiters from VCA Antech, operators of 750 animal hospitals across the Despite the expected surge in elderly, “We are not
nation, Banfield Pet Hospital, with 900 locations in the United States and training enough individuals to care for this group,”
Puerto Rico, including 150 in Southern California, and three local she said. “What are the implications for our health
employers logged more than 50 individual initial job interviews with care workforce?”
students during the two-day fair.
Hurria, director of the Cancer and Aging Research
Brooke Murphy, DVM, one of the interviewers from Banfield, was a Program at City of Hope in Duarte, Calif., and a
member of the WesternU’s CVM charter class of 2007. She is now the professor in the Department of Medical Oncology
Los Angeles medical director for the chain of pet hospitals. & Therapeutics Research, was keynote speaker at
the eighth annual Dr. Philip Pumerantz Arti Hurria, MD
“We are always looking for amazing veterinarians,” Dr. Murphy said. Distinguished Lectureship. The lecture, which drew an audience of more
“I love WesternU. The problem-based learning that goes on here really than 400 students, faculty, staff and guests, was held Sept. 29, 2016 in the
prepares students for careers.” Health Education Center at Western University of Health Sciences in
Pomona, Calif.
New associate veterinarians also benefit from Banfield’s mentorship
program, she added. The full story can be accessed here:
Animal + Bird Veterinary Medical Center (AVBMC) based in Norco, Calif., http://news.westernu.edu/aging-expert-future-requires-collaborative-approach/
was a first-time participant in the CVM Job Fair.
The center was founded by Dr. Hannis Stoddard, inventor of the AVID
Microchip. The 27,000-square-foot facility offers pet boarding, pet VECTORING IN ON ZIKA
grooming, pet supplies and general/ER pet care 365 days a year. Rep. Norma J. Torres (D-Pomona) hosted a
roundtable discussion to learn about policy
“Our facility is state-of-the-art with enough space for 20 veterinarians.” said issues, concerns and ideas related to the
Michael Spurlock, ABVMC's practice manager. “The students we are Zika virus on Oct. 20 at the Western
meeting today graduate in May 2017, so at this point, we are building a University of Health Sciences Pomona,
relationship for the future. When they graduate, perhaps they will look at Calif. campus.
us. We are a teaching facility that mentors newly graduated DVMs.
Eventually we are looking to expand into a 24-hour emergency clinic.” Torres was interested in learning how
vector control is reducing mosquito-borne
Spurlock added that the medical center staff members read the student diseases and how public health
biographies published in Veterinary Outlook magazine for future professionals are preparing to confront
recruitment possibilities. Norma J. Torres Zika.
The other local practices participating in the Job Fair were Prestige Animal The roundtable included Robert Warren, DO ‘01, chief medical officer of the
Hospital in Fontana, Calif., where two of the four veterinarians are WesternU Medical Center and assistant professor of family medicine for the
graduates of WesternU, and Animal AM-Emergency Clinic in Pasadena, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP), and Nishita Patel,
Calif. MD, and COMP assistant professor of internal medicine, division of
infectious disease. Also on were Kenn Fujioka, PhD, district manager, San
Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District, and the district’s hand
AGING EXPERT: THE FUTURE REQUIRES public information officer Jason Farned, among others.
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH Ben Beard, PhD, associate director for climate change and chief of the
Getting old, as the saying goes, is not for the faint of heart.
bacterial diseases branch of the Center for Disease Control’s Division of
Caring for an aging population also will take stout hearts and strong Vector-Borne Diseases, participated via conference call. Beard is based in
constitutions, since by the year 2050, people 65 and older will make up 20 Fort Collins, Colo., where he coordinates CDC’s programs on Lyme disease,
percent or more of the population in most of the world’s countries. Humans plague, and tularemia.
on the whole are living longer and have more access to health care than
18 College of Veterinary Medicine
JOB FAIR NETS 50 STUDENT INTERVIEWS ever before, which in simple terms means “the
Year 4 veterinary students met with representatives of five employers on worldwide population is aging,” according to Arti
the Pomona, Calif. campus during the yearly CVM Job Fair Nov. 3-4. Hurria, MD.
Recruiters from VCA Antech, operators of 750 animal hospitals across the Despite the expected surge in elderly, “We are not
nation, Banfield Pet Hospital, with 900 locations in the United States and training enough individuals to care for this group,”
Puerto Rico, including 150 in Southern California, and three local she said. “What are the implications for our health
employers logged more than 50 individual initial job interviews with care workforce?”
students during the two-day fair.
Hurria, director of the Cancer and Aging Research
Brooke Murphy, DVM, one of the interviewers from Banfield, was a Program at City of Hope in Duarte, Calif., and a
member of the WesternU’s CVM charter class of 2007. She is now the professor in the Department of Medical Oncology
Los Angeles medical director for the chain of pet hospitals. & Therapeutics Research, was keynote speaker at
the eighth annual Dr. Philip Pumerantz Arti Hurria, MD
“We are always looking for amazing veterinarians,” Dr. Murphy said. Distinguished Lectureship. The lecture, which drew an audience of more
“I love WesternU. The problem-based learning that goes on here really than 400 students, faculty, staff and guests, was held Sept. 29, 2016 in the
prepares students for careers.” Health Education Center at Western University of Health Sciences in
Pomona, Calif.
New associate veterinarians also benefit from Banfield’s mentorship
program, she added. The full story can be accessed here:
Animal + Bird Veterinary Medical Center (AVBMC) based in Norco, Calif., http://news.westernu.edu/aging-expert-future-requires-collaborative-approach/
was a first-time participant in the CVM Job Fair.
The center was founded by Dr. Hannis Stoddard, inventor of the AVID
Microchip. The 27,000-square-foot facility offers pet boarding, pet VECTORING IN ON ZIKA
grooming, pet supplies and general/ER pet care 365 days a year. Rep. Norma J. Torres (D-Pomona) hosted a
roundtable discussion to learn about policy
“Our facility is state-of-the-art with enough space for 20 veterinarians.” said issues, concerns and ideas related to the
Michael Spurlock, ABVMC's practice manager. “The students we are Zika virus on Oct. 20 at the Western
meeting today graduate in May 2017, so at this point, we are building a University of Health Sciences Pomona,
relationship for the future. When they graduate, perhaps they will look at Calif. campus.
us. We are a teaching facility that mentors newly graduated DVMs.
Eventually we are looking to expand into a 24-hour emergency clinic.” Torres was interested in learning how
vector control is reducing mosquito-borne
Spurlock added that the medical center staff members read the student diseases and how public health
biographies published in Veterinary Outlook magazine for future professionals are preparing to confront
recruitment possibilities. Norma J. Torres Zika.
The other local practices participating in the Job Fair were Prestige Animal The roundtable included Robert Warren, DO ‘01, chief medical officer of the
Hospital in Fontana, Calif., where two of the four veterinarians are WesternU Medical Center and assistant professor of family medicine for the
graduates of WesternU, and Animal AM-Emergency Clinic in Pasadena, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP), and Nishita Patel,
Calif. MD, and COMP assistant professor of internal medicine, division of
infectious disease. Also on were Kenn Fujioka, PhD, district manager, San
Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District, and the district’s hand
AGING EXPERT: THE FUTURE REQUIRES public information officer Jason Farned, among others.
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH Ben Beard, PhD, associate director for climate change and chief of the
Getting old, as the saying goes, is not for the faint of heart.
bacterial diseases branch of the Center for Disease Control’s Division of
Caring for an aging population also will take stout hearts and strong Vector-Borne Diseases, participated via conference call. Beard is based in
constitutions, since by the year 2050, people 65 and older will make up 20 Fort Collins, Colo., where he coordinates CDC’s programs on Lyme disease,
percent or more of the population in most of the world’s countries. Humans plague, and tularemia.
on the whole are living longer and have more access to health care than
18 College of Veterinary Medicine
