R E V M A N E W S R E V M A B O A R D V E T E R I N A R Y M E D I C A L A S S O C I A T I O N R E D W O O D E M P I R E M A R C H / A P R I L

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1 R E D W O O D E M P I R E V E T E R I N A R Y M E D I C A L A S S O C I A T I O N R E V M A N E W S M A R C H / A P R I L R E V M A B O A R D President: Dr. Michael Magne Michael.magne@vcahospitals.com VCA Animal Care Center (707) Vice-President: Dr. Racelle La Mar northtownvet@yahoo.com Northtown Animal Hospital (707) Treasurer: Dr. Leah Hertzel Cathospofpetaluma@sbcglobal.net Cat Hospital of Petaluma (707) CE Coordinator: Dr. Lisa Alexander Lisa.alexander@vcahospitals.com VCA Animal Care Center (707) Member-at-Large: Dr. Tanya Moeller tibetsvet@hotmail.com Ultrasound Support Services (707) REVMA Executive Secretary: Tiffany Rovai Tiffany.rovai@vcahospitals.com (707) W H A T S I N S I D E President s Report P r e s i d e n t s A d d r e s s Dear REVMA Members, I would like to extend greetings to all of you in my new role as your president, as well as offer heartfelt thanks for your unwavering support in my long, hard fought campaign to attain this lofty office. I hope to serve you well. Please join me in welcoming the other members of the REVMA Board of Directors. Dr. Racelle LaMar enthusiastically steps into the office of Vice President and brings years of experience in Sonoma County as a general practitioner, emergency clinician, and practice owner (Northtown Animal Hospital). Dr. Leah Hertzel continues in her role as Treasurer, though she has indicated this will be her last year serving in that position. Leah has done an exemplary job keeping REVMA s bottom line under control, likely facilitated by her years of experience as owner of The Cat Hospital of Petaluma. And finally we have a CE coordinator ~ Dr. Lisa Alexander, as you all know is one of our fine surgeons at VCA Animal Care Center and takes on the daunting task of organizing an enjoyable and informative program for the year. Lisa s role is very important as most of you have identified CE as the most valuable role REVMA fills for you. Lastly, kudos would not be complete without acknowledging Tiffany Rovai for her tireless efforts in ing, scheduling, calling, printing, faxing, etc, etc, all the myriad of things necessary to keep an organization of this size under control and focused. Let me also take a moment to express appreciation on behalf of the entire organization to Dr. Jona Jordan for her past efforts in fulfilling the office of President. By the time you read this, hopefully most of you will have already attended Dr. Lavely s presentation on anticonvulsant therapy. I m confident his presentation was of the usual informative and enjoyable high caliber, and I hope you all had a good time. I apologize for my absence, but a family emergency has limited my availability for the past couple of weeks. As you can see from the following list of upcoming CE meetings I believe we have a good program this year. You will also notice there are still several empty slots, and if you have any suggestions, please contact Dr. Alexander at VCA ACC. February 20th - Need a Fix for that Fit? Anticonvulsant Therapy by Dr. James Lavely March 20th - Atopic Dermatitis sponsored by Elanco April 17th - Topic TBD by Dr. Nicole Eckholm sponsored by Petcare May 15th - OPEN ~ hopefully pharmaceutical compounding June 19th - Ophthalmology by Dr. Rebecca Burwell July 17th - Emerging Diseases by Dr. Jona Mazet from UCD August 21st - Oncology by Dr. Kelly Carlsten sponsored by Petcare September 18th - Canine Cushing s by Dr. David Bruyette (VCA West LA) sponsored by Dechra October 19 - Annual Meeting ~ Dr. David Twedt from CSU November 20th - Will likely be sponsored by VCA ACC, topic TBD December - No meeting. Merry Christmas to all 2014 Membership Form CVMA Update Pet Loss Support Group Classifieds Upcoming Continuing Education Over the next year, I would like you to think about the role you see REVMA as serving, as well as the ways you might see yourself serving REVMA and hence, our community. We ll talk about that more in the future. Respectfully, Michael L. Magne, DVM, MS, DACVIM REVMA Board President

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5 Classifieds Veterinarian: Associate Larkfield Veterinary Hospital in Santa Rosa, Full/part time. Experienced Perferred. All applicants considered. Paul McEvoy at P3mcevoy@gmail.com Veterinarian: Associate with ownership interest eagerly sought by Santa Rosa Veterinary Hospital. We are AAHA accredited caring for dogs, cats, birds and exotics. Excellent, friendly staff. Terrific clientele. Joel Blumberg, D.V.M. cliffave@gmail.com Veterinarian: Seeking part time DVM for small animal hospital in Pt. Reyes Station. Well equipped with digital dental radiology, Catalyst/Lasercyte in house lab and experienced support staff. Great community adjacent to pristine protected National Seashore, Practice quality medicine in a unique rural setting. Must be comfortable with routine surgeries and have excellent client service skills. Stress free scenic commute. Contact Mary Whitney, DVM , resume to docwhitney@att.net Veterinarian: Wanted FT/PT veterinarian for a small practice in Healdsburg. Practice has recently been remodeled, minimum of 3 years experience, need to be able to work solo at times. Open 4 1/2 days per week with no after hour emergencies. Contact Lisa or Dr. McCrystle at or at healdsburgvet@gmail.com. RELIEF VETERINARIANS Dr. Mark Willett is available for relief work: small animals and exotics. I have been a relief vet for 14 years. Phone: or mwillett@ucdavisalumni.com Dr. Amanda Landers is available for relief work, small animals and pocket pets or pogenpal@yahoo.com. Diana K. Phillips, DVM Available for relief work or part time 1-2 days a week. Years of experience in Marin and Sonoma County. Contact me at DKPDVM@mac.com or Dr. Jennifer Kong is available for small animal relief or jenkong@comcast.net Dr. Anne Stark is available for small animal relief work at or acdogdoc@gmail.com Experienced veterinarian (UCD 97) seeking position providing reliable, professional, considerate care in Marin/Sonoma counties. Full-time, part-time or relief. Resume and letters of recommendation available. Please contact Heather Kriensky, DVM at or hkriensky@gmail.com. Dr. Darcy Atterbury (MN 78) is available for small animal relief. Competent, compassionate care while you re away. Call Dr. Steve Diehl is available for small animal relief work or stevediehl@mac.com Dr. Brian Baumgard is available for small animal relief Full time/part time/relief: Dr. Tejinder Nagra is available for small animal general practice (dogs and cats only). I cover 75-mile radius around Santa Rosa and have been doing this since Contact or tejinder.nagra@sbcglobal.net Kerry Levin, DVM, CVA (acup) now available for relief work in North Bay Area. Practice owner for 25 years and prior relief vet experience. General small animal, mixed and acupuncture/integrative medicine or drkerrylevin@comcast.net Dr. Penny Elliott is available for small animal relief or part time work. Please contact me at or jpelliott84@comcast.net. Resume and references on request. RELIEF TECHNICIANS Marilyn Engstrom is available for relief work: experienced veterinary technician Angelise Alexander, RVT 16 years experience. Available 7 days a week or angelise1@gmail.com

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7 CVMA Update The new Leadership Development Committee met recently. They will be promoting leadership in the CVMA as well as reviewing applications and filling two at-large positions on the CVMA Board of Governors whose terms will start July 1, For those interested in serving on the CVMA Board of Governor in the at-large positions, applications will be available early next year. There are also 3 geographic district positions that are open. More information will be provided in the January/February issue of the California Veterinarian. The January/February issue of the California Veterinarian will also include the second in a series of articles from the CVMA Economic Issues Survey. It will cover survey responses on the following topics: Supply and Demand, Hiring, Job Posting, Working Hours and Job Satisfaction, Job Seeking and Work Environment. The Veterinary Medical Board has a new executive officer, Annemarie Del Mugnaio. The VMB recently approved numerous changes to the California Code of Regulations that affect veterinary practice. The regulations were approved by the Office of Administrative Law in September 2013 and will go into effect January 1, The regulations apply to every practice in California regardless of type, discipline, or specialty and include changes that affect required notices, small animal vaccination clinics, the VCPR and much more. The CVMA will send a summary of the substantial changes in the next couple of weeks. Registration for the Spring Seminar in Yosemite is open. Dr. Marie Kerl will speak on Emergency and Critical Care and Dr. J. Catharine Scott-Moncrieff will speak on Endocrinology. It s a great meeting and sells out fast. You can register on the CVMA website or call the CVMA office. REVMA Membership Meetings: Our regular membership meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month, except for the October and December meetings. Look for our informational faxes on all of these meetings. Social 6:30 PM. Lecture and dinner 7:00 PM. Dinner and CE are included with your full REVMA membership. Others are welcome at $50 for technicians and $55 for veterinarians. RSVP by the Thursday prior to the meeting by calling (707) March 20, 2014 Atopic Dermatitis by Amy Shumaker, DVM, DACVD April 17, 2014 Topic TBA by Nicole Eckholm, DVM, DACVD May 15, 2014 Topic TBA REVMA Board Meetings: Thursday, March 13th at 12:00pm to REVMA at (707) if attending. REVMA Pet Loss Support Group: For guardians who have experiences the loss of all types of pets and for those who are anticipating the loss of their pet. Meetings are for families, singles, couples, children and adults. Drop-in, no fee group meetings are held every Tuesday from 7:15PM 8:15PM at the Brookdale lodge at Paulin Creek, 2375 Range Avenue, Santa Rosa (excluding holidays). Meetings are held in the Community room and are facilitated by Group Leader, Jane Sorensen, RN, MFT Updated annual newsletter advertising rates for members: Quarter page $350; Half page $500; Full page $600 contact (707) to place ads.