For Students and Residents

American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology
2424 American Lane
Madison, WI 53704

Telephone: +1-608-443-2479
Fax: +1-608-443-2474
email: info@asvcp.org

Institution:
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
Contact Person(s):
Christine S Olver
Address:
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1619
Phone:
970-491-1340
Fax:
970-491-0603
E-mail:
Web Site:
Next Open Position:
July 1, 2012
Application Deadline:
December 1, 2011 or until a suitable candidate is accepted
Type of Program:
Residency + PhD or Master's. Both are combined programs, with basic sciences heavily emphasized. The ACVP Board Certification Exam may be taken after 3 years (PhD program only) if research progress is sufficient.
Length of Training:
6-7 years with PhD; 3 years with Masters
No. of Trainees:
4-6 (one opening per year). Three years of state funding is guaranteed. Graduate training grants are available
Current Trainee(s):
Matthew Feirer
Julia Ryseff
Seung Yoo
Program Goals:
Our goal is to train clinical pathologists with exceptional diagnostic skills as well as critical thinking skills as they apply to basic science, translational science, and clinical case work up. To that end, we emphasize clinical pathology service training in a laboratory with a very high caseload, coupled with basic science (PhD preferred) in one of our nationally recognized research laboratories. Trainees publish a clinical research article as well as basic science papers. Teaching experience, in labs and lecture format, are an integral part of the program.
Program Strengths:
 High caseload from within the CSU teaching hospital as well as from outside practitioners, excellent collaboration with clinical sciences and with anatomic pathology, cross-training in anatomic pathology, connection with large clinical oncology program, basic science training in infectious disease, molecular diagnostics, immunology, epidemiology, cell biology, wildlife biology, and oncology.
Training Activities:
Rotating service in clinical pathology lab (cytology, hematology, clinical chemistry) with one faculty member directly supervising at all times, formal coursework available in pathophysiology, medicine, clinical pathology, cell biology, immunology, infectious disease and molecular biology; applied microscopy and research seminars, weekly rounds with clinical residents, teaching professional students in lectures and small groups, journal clubs, research projects culminating in a clinical research paper, basic science training commencing toward the end of the first year.
Additional Training Areas:
 Surgical biopsy, research techniques.
Coursework:
Pathophysiology, medicine, clinical pathology, cell biology, immunology, infectious disease, biostatistics, translational medicine, and molecular biology.
Clinical Pathology Faculty:
Christine S Olver, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Associate Professor
Paul Avery, VMD, PhD, DACVP, Associate Professor
Andrea Bohn, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Assistant Professor
Linda Vap, MT, DVM, DACVP, Laboratory Supervisor, Adjunct Faculty
M. Glade Weiser, DVM, MS, DACVIM, DACVP, adjunct professor, part-time
Faculty Research Interests:
Overal department interests: Infectious disease (bacterial, protozoal, viral, prion, mycobacteria, arthropod borne diseases, livestock diseases and livestock immunology), molecular diagnostics, equine hematology, erythropoiesis, proteomics, coagluation.
Trainees in Last 5 Years and Current Positions:
Marjorie Williams, DVM, MS, Dipl ACVP
Amy Miller, DVM, MS, Dipl ACVP
Michael Wiseman, DVM, MS, Dipl ACVP
Laura Brandt, DVM, MS
Matthew Feirer, DVM, MS Candidate
Davis Seelig, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVP
This Page Was Last Updated
 November 23, 2011