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The Dentistry and Oral Surgery Service recently attended the Veterinary Dental Forum (VDF), the annual meeting of the American Veterinary Dental College (AVDC).

Dr. David Guzman, chief of the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital’s (VMTH) Companion Exotic Animal Medicine and Surgery Service, was recently named the T.J. Lafeber Avian Practitioner of the Year. Dr. Guzman was presented the award this past weekend at the 47th Annual Association of Avian Veterinarians (AAV) Conference & Expo in Austin, Texas. Dr.

For the first time in more than 45 years, the UC Davis William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) will host a one-year Small Animal Rotating Internship for the 2027-28 academic year. Five positions will be offered to veterinarians looking to improve their clinical skills across a wide range of small animal specialties.

Dr. Rachel Hanford, a third-year resident in medical oncology received the Edward L. Gillette Memorial Award for Outstanding Research Poster Presentation, presented recently at the annual Veterinary Cancer Society Conference. 

“To look at her now, you wouldn’t think anything happened to her,” exclaimed Andrea Barbee owner of Tessa, a 5-year-old border collie who was kicked in the head by a horse.

The UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine received the 2026 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence and Distinction (HEED) Award from Insight Into Academia magazine, the largest and oldest publication dedicated to best practices in higher education. 

A free bilingual training program developed by the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine and The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine has received global recognition from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

Some of the most difficult cancers to treat occur in the brain. Despite decades of research, outcomes for many children, adults and companion animals with aggressive brain tumors have improved little.

UC Davis is bringing together experts from human and veterinary medicine to help change that trajectory.

A pioneering study at the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine, funded by the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation, is utilizing advanced, blood-based technologies to understand the underlying causes of copper hepatopathy in Labrador retrievers and develop non-invasive diagnostic tools for this silent disease. To support this vital research and encourage participation, the cost of the liver biopsy is covered for enrolled dogs.

Dr. Ceri Weber has joined the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology as Assistant Professor of Integrative Physiology.

Dr. Weber earned her BS in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology from the University of Washington in 2013 and her PhD in Cell Biology from Duke University in 2020. Since 2020 she has been a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, at the University of California, San Diego, CA working with Dr. Kimberly Cooper.