Institution:
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UNIVERSITY
OF GEORGIA |
| Contact
Person(s): |
Frederic
S. Almy |
| Address: |
Department
of Pathology |
| College
of Veterinary Medicine |
| University
of Georgia |
| Athens, GA 30602-7388 |
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| Phone: |
706-542-5846 |
| Fax: |
706-542-5828 |
| E-mail: |
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| Web
Site: |
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| Next
Open Position: |
January
1, 2008 (residency + PhD) or July 1, 2008 (residency only) |
| Application
Deadline: |
December
1, 2007 |
| Type
of Program: |
Residency,
with option for MS or PhD |
| Length
of Training: |
3
yrs (residency only), 4 yrs (residency + PhD) |
| No.
of Trainees: |
2 |
| Current
Trainee(s): |
| Julie
Webb (3rd yr resident) |
| Melinda
Camus (1st yr resident) |
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| Program
Goals: |
| 1)
ACVP board eligibility |
| 2)
Advanced degree (optional) |
| 3)
Develop teaching skills |
|
Program
Strengths: |
Extensive
cytology/hematology archives from the early 1970s, extensive class
teaching sets from 1979 to present, Noah's Arkive videodisc, opportunity
for extensive training in surgical pathology in addition to cytology,
new state-of-the-art computer-aided teaching lab. |
| Training
Activities: |
Formal
coursework, seminars, rounds, teaching professional students, journal
clubs, clinical diagnostic duty, research project, rotations in
other laboratories. |
Additional
Training Areas: |
Surgical
biopsy, research techniques. |
| Coursework:
|
Hematology,
clinical chemistry, cytology, immunology, anatomic pathology, statistics,
biochemistry, cellular pathology, laboratory animal pathology, microbiology,
histopathology, surgical oncology. |
| Clinical
Pathology Faculty: |
| Kenneth
S Latimer, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVP, Professor |
| Bruce
E Leroy, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVP, Associate Professor |
| Frederic
S Almy, DVM, MS, Dipl ACVP, Assistant Professor |
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| Faculty
Research Interests: |
Fish
diseases, Pelger-Huet anomaly, viral diseases of exotic birds and
reptiles, prostatic neoplasia, bone metastases, immunophenotyping
of hematopoietic neoplasms, biomarkers of renal disease. |
| Trainees
in Last 5 Years and Current Positions: |
| Ellen
W Evans, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVP, Senior Clinical Pathologist,
Schering-Plough, Inc |
| Melanie
Johnson, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVP, Assistant Professor, Mississippi
State University |
| Chris
R Gregory, DVM, PhD, Research Scientist, University of Georgia |
| Charles
W Brockus, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVP, Dipl ACVIM, Assistant Professor,
Iowa State University |
| Niraj
Tripathi, BVSc, PhD, Dipl ACVP, Clinical Pathologist, Covance
Laboratories |
| Heather
Tarpley, DVM, Dipl ACVP |
| Kyung-Il
Kang, DVM; Graduate Student (MS candidate) |
| Holly
M. Brown, DVM; Graduate Student (PhD Candidate) |
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| This
Page Was Last Updated |
October
25, 2007 |
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