Dr. Katie Boes joins veterinary college as instructor of clinical pathology
BLACKSBURG, Va., Dec. 14, 2011 – Dr. Katie Boes, of Laurel, Md., has joined the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine as clinical instructor of clinical pathology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology. She began her new position at the veterinary college on Oct. 10.
Boes comes to the college from Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, where she completed both her residency in clinical pathology in July 2011 and a master’s in clinical pathology in August 2011. Prior to her residency, Boes earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in the public-corporate track from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 2008.
“I am very pleased that Dr. Boes has returned home and joined our clinical pathology unit of the department,” said Dr. Ansar Ahmed, head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology. “This department now has three boarded clinical pathologists from the American College of Veterinary Pathology.”
In her new role, Boes will provide primary clinical service support throughout the year. She will supervise and teach both veterinary students and residents in training seminars as well as laboratory sessions.
Boes earned her bachelor’s in biology, summa cum laude, from Loyola University Maryland in 2003. She passed the American College of Veterinary Pathology boards in clinical pathology on her first attempt, which, according to Dr. Ahmed, is something very uncommon for first-round candidates.
The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine is a two-state, three-campus professional school operated by the land-grant universities of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and the University of Maryland at College Park. Its flagship facilities, based at Virginia Tech, include the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, which treats more than 40,000 animals annually. Other campuses include the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Va., and the Avrum Gudelsky Veterinary Center at College Park, home of the Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine. The college annually enrolls approximately 500 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and graduate students, is a leading biomedical and clinical research center, and provides professional continuing education services for veterinarians practicing throughout the two states.
- Eric McKeeby
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