Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - (Page 503) A Veterinary Medicine Interview Dr. Richard B. Ford This modest internist tends to downplay his own noteworthy achievements. “I’m truly humbled by the remarkable accomplishments and contributions that my former students and other colleagues are making toward the advancement of veterinary medicine.” Richard B. Ford, DVM, DACVIM, DACVPM (Hon), is a professor of internal medicine at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. A member of the Feline Vaccination Advisory Panel, he cowrote its guidelines, in addition to cowriting Kirk and Bistner’s Handbook of Veterinary Procedures and Emergency Treatment. What is the most exciting change you’ve seen in veterinary medicine? The rapid introduction of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic technology into private practice. Driven by client demand for ever higher diagnostic and treatment standards, the entire profession will continue to be challenged to provide exceptional on-demand standards of care for our patients in the future. What would you have liked to do if you hadn’t become a veterinarian? A desire to understand international business markets, trade, and technology transfer would likely have taken me into a different world of science and technology. Moving scientific discovery to the level of improving people’s quality of life will always be a focus of interest for me. What book are you reading now? Thomas L. Friedman’s The World Is Flat. It’s about change in the global marketplace and the impact that change, for example outsourcing, is having on us today and will have on future generations. It’s a complex subject, but it has been well-researched and, interestingly, sheds some insight on Photos by Wendy Savage VETERINARY MEDICINE August 2007 503
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 Contents A Veterinary Medicine Interview Veterinary Voices Idea Exchange Diagnosis and Treatment of Solar Dermatitis in Dogs Diagnostic Imaging for Linear Foreign Bodies in Cats Overcoming the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of Canine Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia Ophthalmic drugs: What’s new? CE Form Product Preview Advertiser Index Marketplace/Classifieds Mind Over Miller Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - (Page Cover1) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - (Page Cover2) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - (Page 495) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - (Page 496) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Contents (Page 497) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Contents (Page 498) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Contents (Page 499) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Contents (Page 500) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Contents (Page 501) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Contents (Page 502) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - A Veterinary Medicine Interview (Page 503) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - A Veterinary Medicine Interview (Page 504) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - A Veterinary Medicine Interview (Page 505) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Veterinary Voices (Page 506) Veterinary Medicine - August 2007 - Veterinary Voices (Page 507) Veterinary Medicine - 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