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What's New in December 2023?
In this issue of NewsBlast, you will find the following content:
  • President's Message from Melinda Camus
  • 2023 Award Winners
  • Microscopic Art Corner
  • Get To Know Your ASVCP Committee: MACC
  • Committee & Journal Reports
  • Sign up for Content Alerts for VCP
  • Online Rounds
  • Renew Your Membership Today
  • Slide Sets Now Available (2023 & Discounted Prior Years)
President's Message

I am both humbled and excited to lead the ASVCP into 2024. With our updated mission, vision, and values and our newly refreshed strategic goals, we have an exciting year ahead. As demonstrated at our annual meeting, our membership is working hard to promote our mission of improving animal and human health by advancing quality standards, research, and education in veterinary clinical pathology. I look forward to seeing all that our membership continues to do and to provide resources through the Society to execute its mission.

Our Society’s most important asset is its people. I enjoyed visiting with many of you in Chicago and will look forward to working with you in the coming years. We have much to do as we carry out our vision of promoting excellence in veterinary clinical pathology through our diverse and supportive community of members. There is a place for everyone. Feel free to reach out if you would like help in finding a niche in which to serve.

I am proud to serve an organization that values science, education, quality, veterinary medicine, diversity/equity/inclusion, community, integrity, and fiscal responsibility. It is fulfilling to uphold these values in which I believe, and I take that responsibility seriously. As society members, let me know if you see us falling short of our goals. I value your input and am in service to you through the Society.
I personally value gratitude and am thankful for each of you for entrusting me to lead the ASVCP. And I am thankful to those before me for paving the way. I am thankful for my mentors, colleagues, friends, residents, and family, all of whom have taught me valuable lessons that have shaped me and the way that I lead. I encourage each of you to take a minute today to thank a person who has impacted you in a positive way to let them know the impact of their actions. I also encourage you to think of how you can pay it forward, perhaps through service to the ASVCP.

My thoughts are with you all during the busy and exciting time surrounding year end. Let me know how I can be of assistance now and into the new year.
Melinda
Melinda Camus
President

Amy MacNeill
President-Elect

Mark Johnson
Secretary

Ashleigh Newman
Secretary-Elect

Balázs Szladovits
Treasurer

Laura Cregar
Board Member

Kristin Fisher
Board Member

Johanna Rigas
Board Member
January 2024
Davis-Thompson Foundation General Pathology Review Course
Jan 29-Feb 2

February 2024
ACVP Phase II Application Deadline
Feb 2

March 2024
ACVP Phase I Examination
Mar 19-20
Congratulations to All
2023 ASVCP Award Recipients!
2023 ASVCP Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Lon Rich

2023 ASVCP Educator Award
Dr. Dorothee Bienzle

2023 ASVCP Service Award
Dr. Samantha Evans
Dr. Samuel Neal
2023 Young Investigator Award Winners

Dr. Thaina Lunardon
Auburn University
Differences in preparation methods of canine platelet lysate affect growth factor release

Dr. Katie Metcalf
Louisiana State University
Effect of furosemide administration on plasma analytes and urine osmolality in red-eared sliders (trachemys scripta elegans)
2023 Share the Future Research
and Presentation Award Winners

Research

Dr. Sydney Hastain (North Carolina State University)
Investigating storage lesions in canine packed red blood cells
Presentation

  • Dr. Sarah Bosch (University of Florida)
  • Dr. Samuel Neal (The Ohio State University)
  • Dr. Myrto Spyropoulou (University of Edinburgh)
  • Dr. Emma Stacey (University of Guelph)
  • Dr. Benjamin Haythornthwaite (Royal Veterinary College)
  • Dr. Alex Mau (University of California-Davis)
May2024
ISACP Congress
Crete, Greece
May 14-18

June 2024
2024 ASVCP Sessions at the ACVIM Forum:
Minneapolis, Minnesota & Virtual
June 6-8

November 2024
ACVP/ASVCP Annual Meeting:
Seattle, Washington
November 16-19
Hyatt Regency Seattle
To see the most current postings or to add your own, click on the button above.

For more information, contact the ASVCP.
To access ASVCP General Information and Announcements, click on the button above.
87 new members were welcomed into the ASVCP at the 2023 ASVCP Business Meeting.
Welcome to all!
Highlights from the 2023 ASVCP Annual Meeting
Microscopic Art Corner
Mixed-Up Mitosis
Credit to Dr. Andrea Siegel IDEXX Laboratories
Above:
Call for Works of (Slide) Art! Have a great image to share? Send any and all images (with our without captions!) to Mark Johnson, ASVCP Secretary, for use in future NewsBlasts.
Get To Know Your ASVCP Committee:
MACC
The Media and Communications Committee (MACC) consists of members of a variety of career stages and sectors. We are an enthusiastic group, and expertise in technology or social media is not a requirement! The MACC strives to serve the ASVCP by maintaining and contributing to the ASVCP.org website and other media. In addition to society communications, like the quarterly Snapshot Digest, we also maintain and contribute to educational resources and directly interact with other ASVCP committees and the Veterinary Clinical Pathology journal.

A few of our recent and ongoing projects include:  

*We are also always looking for images for our website homepage headers, so please feel free to send along your interesting images to the MACC.

Select upcoming projects include:  
  • Updated “What is the ASVCP?” and “What is a Veterinary Clinical Pathologist?” PowerPoints
  • Relaunch of Pets in Path social media series
  • ASVCP Mystery Throwback series, highlighting previous Mystery Slide cases on social media
  • ASVCP History project
  • 2024 Pre-meeting Workshop

In all, we aim to support society activities, provide value to members, and convey the mission and vision of the ASVCP to non-members.
Committee & Journal Reports
To see the most recent updates from the ASVCP Committees, click the button above.
To see the most recent updates from Veterinary Clinical Pathology, click the button above.
Sign up for Content Alerts for VCP
Online Rounds
Thank you to our current Online Rounds sponsors!

Platinum
True North Veterinary Diagnostics

Gold
Mayo Clinic Arizona

Silver 
University of Arizona

Bronze
Ross University
UW School of Veterinary Medicine
Linda Vap
Renew Your Membership Today!
It is time to renew your ASVCP membership! As you consider renewing your membership for the 2024 membership year, we would like to thank you for your commitment to ASVCP. As a member, you join others in your specialty who share your enthusiasm and dedication to the profession and to the Society.

Click the button below to log in to your member profile, where you can renew your membership today!
Case Review Sets Available for Order and Ready to Ship
2023 ASVCP slide sets are available for order! The complete glass slide sets will be sold on the same priority basis as in previous years (20 sets are held on reserve for the presenters). Institutional sets are also reserved for purchase by schools or colleges of veterinary medicine that grant a DVM or equivalent degree. These sets must be purchased by an ASVCP member at the institution.

Slide sets will be sold to ASVCP members in sequential order, starting with the earliest submission date on the application. Case review sets can be shipped via UPS or FedEx. The additional shipping fee will be applied to the total cost. Payments for orders not filled will be refunded in full.
DISCOUNTED
Case review slide sets from previous years are now available to order on a first-come, first-served basis. Review our current inventory and get your discounted slide sets from previous years before they sell out!