michiga veteriary medical associatio i this issue... 3 Great Lakes Veteriary Coferece 4 What You Need to Kow Whe Issuig a Iterstate Certificate of Ispectio 6 Low Pathogeic Avia Iflueza H5 Virus Detectios i Michiga Wild Birds 8 What Do I Need to Kow about No-Compete Agreemets? 12 The Top Twelve Reasos to Be a MVMA Member 14 Members i the News iserts MVMA MEMBER BENEFITS MDHHS RABIES FLOWCHART 18 How Body Laguage Ca Improve Relatioships at Work back cover IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Cotiuig Medical Educatio Becomes Madatory i Michiga O March 15, 2016, Goveror Rick Syder siged Public Acts 47 ad 49 ito law requirig cotiuig medical educatio (CME) for veteriarias ad veteriary techicias. Prior to this, Michiga was the oly state without such a requiremet. Here is MVMA s uderstadig of what will occur: Whe will madatory CME take effect? The Michiga Departmet of Licesig ad Regulatory Affairs says the followig: Begiig i 2019, a applicat for a veteriaria licese reewal who held a licese for the three-year period immediately precedig the expiratio date of the licese shall have eared, withi the three-year period immediately precedig the date of the applicatio, 45 hours of approved cotiuig educatio. Begiig i 2019, a applicat for a veteriary techicia licese reewal shall have eared, withi the three-year period immediately precedig the date of the applicatio, 15 hours of approved cotiuig educatio. Licesees must complete approved cotiuig educatio for all reewal cycles thereafter. How ofte will I eed to reew my licese? Licese reewals for veteriarias ad veteriary techicias will occur every three years. Previously liceses were reewed every two years. cotiued o page 2. volume xi umber 2 summer 2016
. Cotiuig Medical Educatio, from frot cover Professioal excellece. Compassioate care. 2144 Commos Pkwy., Okemos, MI 48864-3986 tel (517) 347-4710 fax (517) 347-4666 email mvma@michvma.org web www.michvma.org facebook www.facebook.com/ilovemyvet twitter www.twitter.com/michigavma youtube www.youtube.com/michigavma piterest www.piterest.com/michvma istagram www.istagram.com/welovemivets How much CME will veteriarias ad veteriary techicias eed i order to comply with the law? Veteriarias will be required to complete 45 hours of CME every three years, ad veteriary techicias will be required to complete 15 hours every three years. What will the ew fees be ad whe will they be implemeted? The ew veteriaria fees will be $70 per year ad veteriary techicias will be $20 per year whe fully implemeted. No fee icreases will occur util the CME program is implemeted. What will be couted as CME? There are o madates or specific CME subject matter i the ew law. Cosequetly, the Michiga Board of Veteriary Medicie will be workig to determie the rules. MVMA has submitted suggestios to the Board of Veteriary Medicie that they will cosider as they move forward. Published quarterly i March, Jue, September, ad December. Deadlies are the first of the precedig moth. editors Karlee B. Belyea, MBA Sheri Fadel 2016 mvma officers & directors officers Dr. Kevi Stachowiak, Presidet Dr. Bruce Cozzes, Presidet-Elect Dr. Lori Pema, 1st Vice Presidet Dr. Mike Thome, 2d Vice Presidet Dr. Julie Cappel, Immediate Past Presidet Dr. Kathlee Smiler, AVMA Delegate Dr. Stephe Steep, AVMA Alterate Delegate Karlee Belyea, MBA, Chief Executive Officer directors represetig districts Dr. Joyce Balaves, (1) Souther Dr. Kristi Kirk, (2 & 3) Michiaa & Southwester Dr. Melissa Owigs, (4) Jackso Dr. Laure Gagey, (5 & 9) Washteaw & Livigsto Dr. Christia Ast, (6 & 8) Waye & Oaklad Dr. Julie Sherma (7) Macomb Dr. Jamie Sow, (10) Mid-State Dr. Chad Ackerma, (11) Wester Dr. Kurt Duckel, (12) Sagiaw Dr. Tom Michalek, (13) Thumb Dr. Ae Shuff, (14) Northeaster Dr. Marcia Izo, (15) Norther directors represetig associatios Dr. Jeff Bu, MI Equie Practitioers Dr. Steve Bailey, Southeaster Michiga VMA at-large directors Dr. Eri Howard, Food Aimal Dea Joh Baker, MSU CVM Dr. Claire Hakeso, Lab Aimal Medicie Will MVMA be providig additioal CME optios to help members comply? Absolutely! I additio to icreasig the umber of i-perso educatioal opportuities ad webiars, MVMA ow has a olie CE portal available exclusively to members. O our portal, there are over 1,000 courses you ca choose from, with over 500 that are completely free. I additio, the portal will track your CE ad you ca eve eter it from exteral sources to track your compliace. If you have ot already created a accout ad would like to take advatage of this ew member beefit, you ca access the portal by loggig i with your MVMA logi iformatio at http://www.michvma. org/?page=wceaolie CEPortal. If you eed assistace, please cotact us at mvma@michvma.org. layout / desig Charlie Sharp/Sharp Des!gs, Lasig, MI pritig & mailig BRD Pritig, Lasig, MI MVMA will keep members posted as more iformatio becomes available. The Michiga Veteriary Medical Associatio represets the veteriary professio i Michiga, advaces the kowledge ad stadards of its membership, ad promotes the sciece, practice, ad value of veteriary medicie for the beefit of aimal ad huma health.
more CE tha ever before! great lakes veteriary coferece july 17-19 grad hotel, mackiac islad James Moore, DVM Harborfrot Hospital for Aimals ad Veteriary Detal Solutios Oral Surgery to Save Teeth: There Is a Lot Goig O after Scalig Oral Radiology: Equipmet ad Positioig Pay for Themselves Oral Radiology Iteractive Readig Sessio Extractio Techique: The Easy (Well, Easier) Way of Extractig Teeth Felie Detistry: Aother Example of Why Cats Are Not Little Dogs Lumps ad Bumps i the Mouth: What To Do ad Whe to Do It Most Effective Stabilizatio for Madibular ad Maxillary Fractures Marketig Veteriary Detistry: It Takes a Village New Topics i Veteriary Detistry Kary Gavzer, MBA, CVPM KG Marketig ad Traiig, Ic. Word-of-Mouth Marketig i the Age of the Iteret If It Walks Like a Duck... Creatig Competitive Advatage Practical Ideas ad Tips to Market to Milleials Strategies ad Tips for Talkig to Cliets About the Moey Thig What You Need to Kow to Get to the Third Level of Cliet Care Five Steps to Costructive Coflict Resolutio Teamwork: How to Get It ad How to Fix It Tia Wismer, DVM, DABVT, DABT, MS Medical Director, ASPCA Aimal Poiso Cotrol Ceter Maagig the Mystery Poisoig Patiet ABCDs of Rodeticides Atifreeze Toxicosis Commo Household Hazards Hot Topics i Cliical Toxicology do t miss it! the michiga veteriaria summer 2016 3
STATE VETERINARIAN S BULLETIN as a veteriaria, you are a crucial parter i protectig the health of Michiga s aimal populatio. A importat piece of that protectio is issuig a Iterstate Certificate of Veteriary Ispectio (ICVI) for aimals travelig across state borders. Not oly do ICVIs help keep potetial disease out of the state, they are critical for tracig aimal movemets i the evet of a disease outbreak. ICVIs may be required for both small ad large aimals, ad i may cases, are madated by the Michiga Departmet of Agriculture ad Rural Developmet (MDARD), the Uited States Departmet of Agriculture (USDA) or both. For both pet owers ad livestock owers attedig shows, it s importat this key regulatory paperwork be i order prior to cliets movig their aimals, especially as we move ito the summer travel seaso. What you eed to kow whe issuig a Iterstate Certificate of Veteriary Ispectio By completig a ICVI, you are idicatig the aimal was examied ad foud to be free from sigs of ay ifectious/cotagious disease, ad all movemet requiremets for the state of destiatio have bee met. ICVIs must be issued by a veteriaria licesed ad USDA-accredited i the state of the aimal s origi. I order to correctly issue ICVIs, always follow these five good maagemet practices: All ICVIs must be filled out completely ad legibly. Icomplete forms will be rejected ad the issuig veteriaria will receive a letter of educatio. I additio, there may be discipliary actio for the issuig veteriaria ad or your cliets. Call MDARD at (800) 292-3939 if you eed assistace completig the form. Use the correct, most up-to-date form which is appropriate for the species ad for the destiatio. There are separate forms for iterstate movemet of small aimals (which iclude exotics) ad livestock. For iteratioal movemets, cotact USDA at (517) 337-4700 for the proper form. Cotact the state of destiatio State Aimal Health Official for movemet requiremets, which may iclude aimal idetificatio, disease testig, vacciatios ad prior etry permits. Fid a listig of officials at: http://bit.ly/ StateAHO. For air travel, remid cliets to cotact the airlie for pet policies, icludig temperature acclimatio statemets that may be required o the ICVI. Issue the certificate withi 10 days of examiatio. Oe copy must accompay the aimal i trasit, oe copy must be kept by the issuig veteriaria for five years, ad the origial copy must be submitted to MDARD withi seve caledar days of issue. MDARD processes the ICVI ad forwards it to the state of destiatio withi seve caledar days. Paper ICVIs may be set to MDARD via mail at Michiga Departmet of Agriculture & Rural Developmet, Aimal Idustry Divisio, Att: Import/Export, 525 West Allega St., Lasig, MI 48933; email cvi@michiga.gov; or fax (517) 241-1560. Electroic ICVIs are automatically emailed to the state of origi ad the state of destiatio upo issuace. For iteratioal exports, cotact the USDA at (517) 337-4700 for movemet requiremets ad forms to complete for the coutry of destiatio. It s importat your cliets kow some coutries have legthy requiremets which may take moths to complete. I additio, MDARD is curretly acceptig electroic ICVIs submitted through the USDA s Veteriary Services Process Streamliig system, https://vsapps.aphis.usda.gov/vsps/ or through GlobalVetLINK, https://www.globalvetlik.com/. Paper ICVI forms are available to accredited veteriarias by callig the MDARD Supply Lie at (517) 373-9794. Both the large ad small aimal ICVIs are curretly uder review by MDARD to make clarificatios ad elimiate limitatios of each form. The most curret versio of each form is dated 03/13, ad MDARD will aouce whe the ew versios are available i their e-ewsletter, the Aimal Health Update. If you do ot curretly receive the e-ewsletter ad would like to, please cotact Mega Sprague at SpragueM@michiga.gov. If you have ay questios about ICVIs or movemet requiremets, cotact MDARD at (800) 292-3939. If you would like to become accredited, cotact USDA at (517) 337-4700. By esurig oly healthy aimals cross state ad iteratioal borders, you are helpig MDARD to protect ad promote aimal ad huma health. 4 the michiga veteriaria summer 2016
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i late Jue 2015, the MSU Diagostic Ceter for Populatio ad Aimal Health (DCPAH) was oe of seve Natioal Aimal Health Laboratory Network laboratories ivited by the USDA Aimal ad Plat Health Ispectio Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services to participate i a atio-wide avia iflueza surveillace of wild birds. This large-scale surveillace targeted testig of approximately 45,000 wild waterfowl was i respose to the devastatig outbreaks of highly pathogeic avia iflueza (HPAI) H5 i domestic poultry that affected up to 15 states from December 2014 to Jue 2015 ad resulted i the loss of early 50 millio birds. The HPAI H5 virus was also detected i wild birds from six states, icludig Michiga where sick Caada geese collected from Macomb Couty tested positive for HPAI H5N2 i Jue 2015. Low Pathogeic Avia Iflueza H5 Virus Detectios i Michiga Wild Birds Aabel G. Wise ad Richard M. Fulto From July 2015 to March 2016, DCPAH tested a total of approximately 5,500 wild bird samples submitted by the USDA ad state wildlife agecies from seve states, icludig Michiga. Of local importace, the Michiga Departmet of Natural Resources (MDNR), i collaboratio with USDA Wildlife Services i Michiga, collected ad submitted approximately 850 wild waterfowl samples from 49 couties i Michiga durig the ie-moth surveillace period. The samples were take mostly from huter-harvested birds, with a few from morbidity ad mortality cases. No HPAI H5 was detected; however, there were positive detectios of low pathogeic avia iflueza (LPAI) H5 i wild bird samples, mostly from mallard ducks, collected from 10 of the 49 couties sampled (see Figure). No-H5/ H7 AI virus detectios were made i four other couties. All LPAI H5 detectios were cofirmed by the Natioal Veteriary Services Laboratories i Ames, Iowa. The fidig of LPAI H5 i wild waterfowl i 10 couties i Michiga is sigificat, but ot uexpected because these viruses aturally occur i some wild waterfowl. LPAI H5 has bee diagosed previously i a Michiga commercial poultry flock, as well as a commercially-raised release for hutig mallard flock. Although H5/H7 or o-h5/h7 AI viruses were ot foud i other couties, it does ot mea that the waterfowl i those couties are ot able to harbor those viruses. Wild waterfowl are recogized to be the atural reservoir host for avia iflueza viruses. LPAI ifectios i these birds are geerally asymptomatic with the virus remaiig geetically stable as it cycles through the wild populatio. LPAI viruses, upo trasmissio to highly susceptible poultry species, such as chickes ad turkeys, oly cause mild cliical sigs or o apparet disease at all. However, as these LPAI viruses cycle through these poultry species, the H5 ad H7 subtypes i particular have the propesity to udergo a series of mutatio evets that lead to host adaptatio ad a switch from low to high pathogeicity. This geetic switch is marked by the acquisitio of a polybasic cleavage site i the hemagglutii (HA) gee that the gives the HPAI virus urestricted ability to replicate throughout the host ad cause devastatig disease. I Jauary of this year, a HPAI H7N8 outbreak occurred i a poultry farm i Dubois Couty, Idiaa where there were simultaeous detectios of the LPAI H7N8 o eight differet farms i a cocetrated poultry area. Geetic aalyses of the strais led to the coclusio that the HPAI H7N8 strai arose from its low pathogeic precursor as it circulated from farm to farm. The chace of wild birds trasmittig avia iflueza ifectio to domestic poultry is highest amog domestic birds reared i the ope ad close to bodies of water where wild birds may reside. This freerage set-up allows for domestic flocks to be exposed to cotamiated water ad/or food sources from the fecal droppigs ad 6 the michiga veteriaria summer 2016
oral secretios of flu virus-carryig wild waterfowl. I this situatio, uless the flock is subjected to periodic testig for the presece of virus ifectio, the more ofte tha ot silet ature of LPAI ifectio i these birds will remai udetected util disease becomes apparet. I ay size of poultry holdig, isolatio of the flock with mamade barriers, alog with cosistet observace of appropriate biosecurity practices, Keweeaw is key to prevetig the itroductio of the virus from the wild ito the farm. Producers may cotact the USDA APHIS Wildlife Services state office at 1-866-4USDA- WS (1-866-487-3297) for cocers regardig wildlife issues ivolvig their facilities. For more iformatio o avia iflueza ad recommeded biosecurity practices, please visit the USDA website at www.usda.gov/ aviaiflueza. REFERENCES AI Situatio Update 2/18/16, State of Idiaa Respose to Avia Flu i Dubois Couty 2/18/16; http://www.i.gov/boah/2759.htm Alexader DJ. A review of avia iflueza i differet bird species. Vet Microbiol 2000; 74: 3-13. http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultryews/36694/ weather-could-have-cotributed-to-idiaa-bird-fluoutbreaks/ Iflueza Report 2006. www.ifluezareport.com. Kamps BS, Hoffma C, Preiser W, eds. Chapter 2: Avia Iflueza,by Ortrud Werer ad Timm C. Harder. Flyig Publisher-Paris, Cagliari, Wuppertal, Sevilla. USDA (2016). Epidemiologic ad Other Aalyses of Idiaa HPAI/LPAI-Affected Poultry Flocks: February 10, 2016 Report. USDA:APHIS:VS:STAS: Ceter for Epidemiology ad Aimal Health. Fort Collis, CO. March 2016. 56 pgs. Houghto Otoago Baraga Gogebic Iro Marquette Dickiso Alger Delta Schoolcraft Luce Mackiac Chippewa Meomiee Emmet Cheboyga Charlevoix Presque Isle Atrim Otsego Motmorecy Alpea Leelaau Iflueza virus detectios i Michiga wild waterfowl Bezie Maistee Grad Traverse Wexford Kalkaska Crawford Missaukee Roscommo Oscoda Ogemaw Alcoa Iosco highly pathogeic avia iflueza Maso Lake Osceola Clare Gladwi Areac (HPAI) H5N2 detected Huro LPAI H5 virus detected o-h5/h7 AI virus detected couties sampled, o AI virus detected Oceaa Mecosta Isabella Midlad Bay Newaygo Tuscola Motcalm Muskego Ottawa Ket Ioia Gratiot Clito Sagiaw Sailac Lapeer Geesee St. Clair Shiawassee Macomb Oaklad Allega Barry Eato Igham Livigsto Va Bure Kalamazoo Calhou Jackso Washteaw Waye Berrie Cass St. Joseph Brach Hillsdale Leawee Moroe the michiga veteriaria summer 2016 7
What do I eed to kow about o-compete agreemets? Shirlee M. Bobryk, Esq. White Scheider PC it is a commo sceario i ay competitive busiess, icludig the practice of veteriary medicie. A veteriaria receives a job offer. The veteriaria is happy to have a job ad axious to start. O or before the first day of employmet, the Huma Resources maager hads the veteriaria a documet etitled, NoCompete Agreemet, or a employmet cotract with a provisio etitled, Agreemet Not to Compete. The veteriaria sigs it. Time passes, someoe becomes dissatisfied or circumstaces chage, ad the veteriaria or the employer termiate the employmet relatioship. The veteriaria fids aother job workig for a competig cliic five miles dow the road. What are the rights of the previous employer? What ca the departig veteriaria expect to happe? WHAT IS AN AGREEMENT NOT TO COMPETE? A agreemet ot to compete (also kow as a ocompete agreemet ) is a cotract betwee a employer ad a employee that restricts the employee from workig i the same or similar type of employmet for a competitor of the employer for a specified time period. Employers use ocompete agreemets to protect their busiess from ufair competitio. Ordiary competitio caot be legally prohibited. After all, competitio is part of the America ecoomic culture. But if the departig employee or the ext employer who hires the departig employee would gai a ufair advatage i future competitio with the first employer, the a ocompetitio agreemet ca be a effective ad eforceable mechaism to prohibit that activity ad protect the first employer s busiess. WHAT CAN AN AGREEMENT NOT TO COMPETE PROTECT? Not all ocompete agreemets are eforceable. Courts recogize that ocompetitio agreemets restrict a idividual s ability to ear a livig. If the agreemet limits the employee beyod what is reasoably ecessary to protect the employer s reasoable competitive busiess iterests, a court is ulikely to eforce it. A veteriary cliic may acquire a reasoable competitive busiess iterest i several ways. Givig employees access to cofidetial busiess ad proprietary iformatio or trade secrets, permittig the veteriaria to establish goodwill with the cliets of the cliic, ad ivestig i specialized traiig for the veteriaria beyod the ormal day-to-day operatios of the cliic are some of the may ways employers may gai a competitive edge i the busiess. Ad that competitive edge ca be protected by a well-drafted agreemet ot to compete. Cofidetial iformatio ad trade secrets. Courts geerally recogize cliet lists ad the employer s uique methods of operatio as protectable competitive busiess iterests. Cofidetial resources ad propriety iformatio that is ot readily 8 the michiga veteriaria summer 2016
available to a competitor ca also be protected by a agreemet ot to compete. I geeral, a trade secret is ay formula or combiatio of iformatio that is used i a busiess ad gives its ower a competitive advatage over others who do ot have access to it. If it is uique or specific to the busiess of a particular cliic, it may be protectable. If a veteriaria would have a ufair competitive advatage if she were to go to work with a competitor with the free use of that trade secret, the a ocompetitio agreemet may be advisable. Cliet goodwill. A veteriaria s cotacts with the employer s cliets ca, ad probably should, evetually result i the veteriaria becomig very familiar with the pet owers ad their eccetricities, the aimals ad their variable characteristics, ad the medical eeds ad histories of the aimals they treat. The relatioship veteriarias establish with the cliets ad the persoal iformatio the veteriaria acquires is commoly referred to as goodwill. Those relatioships are particularly importat i a serviceorieted busiess like a veteriary practice. If a veteriaria becomes the face of the cliic i the mids of the cliets, the the employer likely has a legitimate busiess iterest i protectig that goodwill. A employer ca protect that goodwill by prohibitig its veteriarias from solicitig the cliic s cliets with whom he or she has a substatial relatioship. Whe asked to eforce a o-competitio agreemet, courts will look at the ature ad extet of the cotact betwee the veteriaria ad the cliets, as well as the type of veteriary services beig provided. Traiig. To remai competitive, some employers provide cotiuig educatio to veteriarias. Other veteriary practice owers may establish a reasoable competitive iterest by ivestig substatial time ad expese i traiig a ew employee. A o-compete agreemet may help protect those legitimate iterests of the veteriary practice. LIMITATIONS ON ENFORCEABILITY I Michiga, if a court fids that a agreemet ot to compete or ay provisio of that agreemet is ureasoable i ay respect, it may refuse to eforce the agreemet or oly eforce specific provisios of it. As metioed earlier, a cotract desiged to protect a veteriary cliic from all competitio is ueforceable. A practice ower ca reasoably rely o a court eforcig its ocompete agreemets if the restrictios o the employee are o greater tha ecessary to protect the cliics legitimate ad reasoable busiess iterests. This meas the prohibitio agaist competitio must be for a reasoable, specified time, ad restrict the employee from workig i a clearly defied distace from where the employer operates. Determiig what is reasoable requires a careful examiatio of the veteriary practice sought to be protected. Cosequetly, a oe size fits all approach is ill-advised whe draftig ocompete agreemets. NON-COMPETE CLAUSES IN THE SALE OF A VETERINARY PRACTICE A o-competitio clause i a purchase agreemet, or a separate o-competitio agreemet betwee a vet practice ower ad the purchaser of the busiess are permissible ad ofte highly advisable. I some istaces, the veteriaria sellig the busiess agrees to become a cosultat for the ew practice ower; i other situatios, the sellig veteriaria is retirig. I ay case, it is advisable to egotiate ad either iclude a o-competitio provisio i the fial purchase agreemet or have a separate agreemet siged at the closig which reasoably restricts the seller from settig up shop earby after discoverig retiremet is t as rosy as he had aticipated. Otherwise, the veteriarias who ivested a great deal of moey i purchasig a existig veteriary practice may fid themselves competig for the same cliets ad goodwill they thought they were buyig. NEGOTIATE NON-COMPETITION CLAUSES It is ot ucommo for veteriarias to cotact me ad tell me they have quit their job ad wat to work somewhere else or establish their ow practice but they are cocered about the ocompetitio agreemet they have with their former employer. They are hopig I will tell them to take the job ad ot worry about the cotract they siged. Rarely, if ever, ca I say that. Most of those veteriarias were uderstadably axious whe the received the job offer, thought they had o choice whe preseted with the agreemet ot to compete, ad simply siged it. As with most cotracts, the terms of a ocompetitio agreemet should be egotiated. It is i both the employer s ad the employee s best iterests to fairly ad opely discuss the terms of a agreemet ot to compete. Employees are more likely to abide by it if it was egotiated. Ad, employers are less likely to udertake the time ad expese of takig the ecessary actio to eforce it. The terms of the agreemet should be o broader tha ecessary i duratio or geographic scope. If the restrictios are too oerous, do t expect that a court will eforce them. Remember, a judge might pick ad choose which provisios to eforce rather tha voidig the etire cotract. Veteriarias ad practice owers are far better off discussig the terms of a ocompete before it is siged. Shirlee M. Bobryk is a parter at White Scheider PC i Okemos. She represets a variety of health professioals, icludig veteriarias, i licesig cases, geeral busiess matters, ad employmet law. MVMA parters with White Scheider PC to assist our members. If a member has a legal questio, they first cotact MVMA at mvma@michvma.org or (517) 347-4710. If MVMA is uable to assist with the questio, the member is referred to the law firm. Members receive free 15-miute telephoe cosultatios as ofte as ecessary. I additio, if a member decides to pursue legal actio usig the firm, they receive a 10% reductio o the attoreys customary billig rates. the michiga veteriaria summer 2016 9
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Dear MVMA Member, THE 12 TOP TWELVE REASONS TO BE AN MVMA MEMBER Do t forget to reew your MVMA membership! If you pay by July 1, you will be etered ito a drawig to receive a free year of dues. MVMA is oe of the most progressive, passioate ad dedicated veteriary orgaizatios with more tha 2,200 members. By cotiuig as a member of MVMA, you are coected with great ideas ad great people. There are may reasos to be a member, but we thought we d list the top beefits for you. Check out the Member Beefits guide o our website at www.michvma.org or i this issue of The Michiga Veteriaria. ew CE portal. Now that cotiuig educatio has become madatory 12MVMA s i Michiga, you ll wat to be o our CE portal. There are over 1,000 courses you ca choose from with approximately 550 that are completely free. Our CE portal ca be a easy ad iexpesive way to obtai CE credits. It will also track your CE, eve from exteral sources. webiars. MVMA is providig you with four free 11Free practice maagemet webiars durig 2016. Whether you eed help maagig your team or icreasig profits at your practice, we ve got great webiars that address your eeds! o thigs you eed. I these challegig 10Savigs times, you must check out our egotiated discouts for members. MVMA saves members moey o isurace, office supplies ad equipmet, x-ray badges, credit card processig, accout collectio services, web services, o-hold messages, car retal, ad more. 9Free legal ad loa advice. Members ca access professioal ad persoal legal advice ad 12 the michiga veteriaria summer 2016
studet loa advice over the telephoe, absolutely free. 8Local access to first-rate cotiuig educatio. The Michiga Veteriary Coferece, MVMA s Small Aimal Semiar Series, Great Lakes Veteriary Coferece, Aimal Welfare Coferece, MVMA/MSU CVM s Joit Wet Labs ad more offer you outstadig CE at discouted rates for members. 7Veteriary Career Network ad employmet assistace. Members lookig for employmet ca coduct a free atiowide job search by positio, species, or locatio ad receive valuable advice. Employers ca post ads ad search for veteriary professioals. 6Complait resolutio. All veteriarias occasioally have uhappy cliets ad these cliets ofte call MVMA before cotactig the Board of Veteriary Medicie. MVMA s Ethics ad Grievace Committee oversees cliet complaits, usually resolvig them before legal or licesure actio is iitiated. 5MVMA s Aswer Team. MVMA s A Team expads the traditioal metorig cocept to iclude metorig at all stages of a career. Talk to expert team members about issues dealig with practice maagemet, career assistace, litigatio, persoal developmet, huma resources or veteriary ethics. 4Model Aimal Hospital Persoel Policies Maual. MVMA created a persoel policies maual for members that ca be customized to fit your practice. It reflects curret Michiga laws ad is free to members. disciplie, civil liability, licesig questios, cotrolled substaces questios, ad the Michiga Peal Code ad it s all i oe place! 2We look out for you. MVMA costatly moitors the activities of the Board of Veteriary Medicie, legislative bodies, ad treds i the veteriary professio. We have a Legislative Network ad the tools eeded to protect you agaist legislative iitiatives or policy chages egatively affectig your professio. Ad the umber oe beefit of MVMA membership: # 1Access to iformatio. Whether through The Michiga Veteriaria, E-ewsletter, Urget Issue Broadcasts, website, Facebook, Twitter, Piterest, Istagram, YouTube, or by respodig to member telephoe ad email iquiries, MVMA keeps members iformed about what they eed to kow to maage veteriary practices, keep cliets happy ad miimize stress levels. We also have web resources specifically targeted to your eeds whether you are a practice ower, recet grtaduate, associate veteriaria, or practice staff. Not bad for a top twelve list! ad we ll keep workig to make sure that we ca top this list a year from ow. MVMA is oe of the best ivestmets you ll ever make. Our members are defiig veteriary practice i Michiga. If you have ay questios or would like to joi for multiple years so that you do t have to reew each year, cotact us at (517) 347-4710 or mvma@michvma.org. Thak you for your support! Sicerely, Joi ad save! 3Michiga Law for Veteriary Professioals. This publicatio icludes iformatio o the Board of Veteriary Medicie, Public Health Code, Karlee B. Belyea, MBA Chief Executive Officer the michiga veteriaria summer 2016 13
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS POWER OF TEN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY frot row: Drs. Rya Carpeter, Christia Albertso, Agela Lusty, Kaitli Youg, Laura Va de Grift, Kayla Stomack, Leslie Paxto, David Upchurch, Ashley Elzerma, Nicholas Barbu. back row: Drs. Theresa Drysdale, Ashley Roseberry, Katie Beiser, Eri Shaw, Eri Richards, Eri Howard, Jessica Parlig, Hery Reiart, Jamie Morriso, Marcia Carpeter, Kara Heig, Megha Swayma, Frak Carmoa MVMA S 2015 POWER OF TEN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY The 2015 Power of Te Leadership Academy met o April 2 3 ad ejoyed presetatios o DiSC Behavioral Differeces, The Importace of Emotioal Itelligece, Havig Ifluece i the Veteriary Professio, ad Strategies for Regaiig Passio. The weeked also icluded a Power of Te Reuio for the classes of 2012 2015 with Dr. Betsy Charles, Executive Director of the Veteriary Leadership Istitute. KENT AMES, DVM, MS Dr. Ket Ames received the 2016 Zoetis Distiguished Teacher Award at the Aual Seior Celebratio o May 4. This award wier is selected by the studets ad preseted to a CVM faculty member for displayig outstadig teachig ability, leadership, ad high moral character. Dr. Ames is a professor of large aimal cliical scieces at MSU CVM. He does a outstadig job workig with studets, is a past presidet of the America Associatio of Bovie Practitioers, ad has received umerous awards over the years for his outstadig teachig abilities. KIMBERLEE BUCK, DVM, DABVP (AVIAN PRACTICE), DABVP (CANINE AND FELINE PRACTICE) Dr. Buck has bee a log-term, hardworkig member of the MVMA voluteer team for may years. I additio to beig o the MVMA Board of Directors ad other committees ad task forces, Kim also works with a small group of MVMA members to pla the Small Aimal Semiar series. She was elected Presidet of the America Board of Veteriary Practitioers (ABVP) Coucil of Regets i 2015, is a director o the ABVP Foudatio Board, rus the ABVP Study Groups, is ABVP Avia Exam Vice Chair ad coordiates the ABVP Specialty ad Recertificatio Exam Preparatio Course at the NAVC Istitute. If that s ot eough, she rus Frakemuth Birch Ru Veteriary Hospital ad a small beef farm with her veteriaria husbad. MVMA cogratulates Kim ad thaks her for the tremedous work she does for the veteriary professio. DAVE CARRON, DVM ad CONNIE MOLL, DVM Cogratulatios to Drs. Carro ad Moll who were both recetly recogized as beig part of a small group of practices celebratig 50 years of excellece as a AAHA-accredited hospital. Both the Plaza Veteriary Hospital i Farmigto (formerly owed by Dr. Joh Richardso) ad the Midlad Aimal Cliic i Midlad have bee accredited for 50 years! Ulike huma hospitals, aimal hospitals are ot required to be accredited. Aimal hospitals are evaluated o approximately 900 stadards of veteriary excellece i order to become accredited ad are recogized as the fiest i the idustry. Oly 12 15 percet of the aimal hospitals i the U.S. ad Caada are accredited. DAVID BURKE, DVM Dr. David Burke was preseted with the Distiguished Veteriary Alumus Award at the 2016 MSU CVM Commecemet Ceremoy. Recipiets of Distiguished Veteriary Alumus Awards have received their doctor of veteriary medicie degrees from MSU CVM ad are held i high esteem by their colleagues for their achievemets i practice, teachig, research, service, or orgaized veteriary medicie. Dr. Burke has bee a MVMA member sice 1980 ad is curretly retired, livig i Traverse City. 14 the michiga veteriaria summer 2016
Are You the Next 2d Vice Presidet of the MVMA? you have the opportuity to help guide the MVMA ito the ext decade! Step up ad share your experiece, leadership ad visio with over 2,200 veteriary professioals across the state. The MVMA Leadership Developmet Committee, chaired by Dr. Mike Thome, is seekig omiatios for the office of secod vice-presidet of the MVMA. Nomiatios may also be made for the offices of first vice presidet ad presidet-elect; however, traditioally oce elected, the vice presidets asced through the chairs without oppositio to the office of presidet. Nomiatios may be made by costituet associatios, petitio of 5 percet of the votig members (approximately 75 members), or by the Leadership Developmet Committee. Iterested idividuals should cotact MVMA for more iformatio. A letter of itet with a CV should the be submitted by July 1. Cotact MVMA at mvma@michvma.org or (517) 347-4710 for more iformatio. Why You Should Care about the Pet Nutritio Alliace all veteriarias focus o the wellbeig of their patiets, the health of their practices, ad the importace of utritio i the health ad happiess of pets. Did you kow that the missio of PNA is to positio utritio as essetial to optimal pet health by providig resources to veteriary healthcare teams? PNA is actively workig to fulfill two goals: Educate ad assist the veteriary health care team to itegrate utritioal assessmets ad dietary recommedatios for every patiet as the stadard of care. Create awareess that veteriarias ad veteriary techicias are the most credible sources of iformatio for advice ad recommedatios for pet utritio. The PNA approach is distictive i that its utritioal guidace comes from board-certified utritioists, ad because it provides clutter free iformatio that is easy to cosume ad comprehed. PNA materials reflect a toe that is both approachable ad actioable to empower the team with sciece-based kowledge that ca be easily trasferred to the pet ower. Check out the ewly refreshed website at www.petnutritioalliace.org, which provides utritioal tools ad resources for veteriary healthcare teams. I particular, you will be iterested i the utritioal calculators for adult cats ad dogs, utritio FAQs, exam room tools, ad team traiig strategies. You ca share PNA iformatio with your cliets kowig that it was developed by veteriarias for veteriarias. Your cliets will appreciate you providig them with t rusted sources. I Memoriam Stuart J. Morriso, DVM, died o March 26, 2016, at the age of 81. He graduated from Uiversity of Guelph ad was a life member of MVMA. Dr. Morriso owed Morriso Aimal Hospital i Garde City for over 30 years. Richard G. Gremel, DVM, died o Jauary 27, 2016, at the age of 81. He graduated from Michiga State Uiversity College of Veteriary Medicie ad was a life member of MVMA. Dr. Gremel established Forest Hills Veteriary Clitic after teachig Dermatology at the MSU CVM. Eugee J. Palicke, DVM, died o July 12, 2015, at the age of 76. He graduated from Michiga State Uiversity College of Veteriary Medicie ad was a life member of MVMA. Dr. Palicke fouded Troy Veteriary Hospital where he practiced small aimal medicie for over 30 years. The MVMA exteds its sympathy to the frieds ad families of departed members. I memory of deceased members, the MVMA cotributes $50 to the Michiga Aimal Health Foudatio. Frieds of deceased members may sed memorial cotributios to the Foudatio. Whe cotributios reach $500, the member s ame is etered o a memorial plaque displayed i the MVMA office. The MVMA staff thaks those thoughtful members who take time to otify the office ad sed obituaries of our recetly deceased members. the michiga veteriaria summer 2016 15
Sig up for MVMA s free Practice Growth Webiars! The Top 5 Customer Service Tips to Set You Apart Jue 9, 2016, oo 1:00 pm The 5 Critical Mistakes Vets Make with Olie Reviews September 8, 2016, oo 1:00 pm The 5 Cripplig Hirig Mistakes December 8, 2016, oo 1:00 pm Taught by busiess coachig professioals with over 20 years of experiece, these free webiars will dramatically help your team come together ad make measurable improvemets to your busiess. Watch your email for ivitatios to sig up for these great sessios! MAHF provides assistace for educatioal ad scietific studies desiged to beefit the health ad welfare of compaio aimals, livestock, ad wildlife. For over 30 years, MAHF has made a differece i the lives of aimals. For more iformatio, please cotact the MAHF at (517) 347-4710 www.michaimalhealthfoudatio.com MVMA PODCAST hosted by Dr. Jea Corbett Details About the Buy-I Process You ve decided you wat to buy a practice, ad eve foud fiacig for the purchase what about the other details of the buy-i process? What steps do you eed to take ad what ca you expect alog the way? Hirig a attorey, practice valuatio eve evaluatig the practice equipmet is discussed i this podcast. 16 the michiga veteriaria summer 2016
There s Always Time for Fu We do t have time for fu aroud here. Those were the setimets shared by oe practice maager at a recet cliic visit. There should always be time for fu i the workplace ad if there is t, it probably is t a place may people would like to work. Fu is t just a great day ridig roller coasters at a theme park it ca be as simple as workig i a team eviromet with a upbeat attitude ad positive eergy. Creatig a ejoyable work eviromet is ot oly beeficial for employees, but for cliets as well. Cosider the followig: It helps build camaraderie It keeps the team happy It surrouds pets (ad cliets) with positive eergy It icreases productivity It ehaces employee satisfactio ad loyalty It ecourages creativity ad iovatio ad helps to icrease the bottom lie It helps to provide cliets with a more positive image of the cliic ad its employees Bob Pike, author of The Fu Miute Maager, believes that a fu work eviromet is oe i which formal ad iformal activities that are desiged to uplift people s spirits ad remid people of their value to their maagers, their orgaizatio, ad to each other occur regularly. These activities ca iclude the use of humour, games, celebratios, opportuities for self developmet, or recogitio of achievemets ad milestoes. There are some simple ways to iject fu ad ethusiasm ito everyday iteractios i the workplace. Some cliics play music i the back treatmet area to keep employees movig (ad groovig) while they atted to their resposibilities. Others use their team huddles (two three-miute meetigs held with the team throughout the day usually at the start of the day ad the at the shift chage) to update everyoe o ecessary iformatio while edig with some positive ews or ethusiasm so that the team begis their shift with a upbeat attitude. Allowig staff to joke aroud durig their iteractios with each other, while keepig it professioal i frot of cliets, ca also cotribute to the overall mood withi the cliic. The most obvious way for staff to have fu is by iteractig with pets ad cliets whe appropriate, such as playig with the pet whe they come i or sharig a fuy story with the cliet. Quick activities at the ed of a staff meetig are aother great way to icrease the ethusiasm amog staff. Usig games or riddles ca lighte the mood ad get the team iteractig i a positive way. Lighthearted staff cotests such as best rap cotest or best drawig (while blidfolded) of a dog/cat are just a few ways to spark some laughter durig a staff meetig. The reality is that may employees sped more time at the cliic tha they do at home. Takig a few simple steps to create a more positive ad fu work eviromet ca have may beefits for staff, cliets, ad patiets alike. Terra Shastri, Maager of Busiess Developmet, Otario Veteriary Medical Associatio the michiga veteriaria summer 2016 17
How Body Laguage Ca Improve Relatioships at Work Karlee Belyea, MBA www.karleebelyea.com did you kow that 93% of commuicatio does ot come from the words you say? Commuicatio begis before you eve ope your mouth! I fact, studies show that 55% comes from body movemet ad facial expressios ad 38% comes from voice toe, modulatio, ad pauses. By improvig your body laguage, you ca achieve more, be more successful, ad have greater ifluece with cliets ad coworkers. HOW CAN I BUILD RAPPORT WITH CLIENTS CAN YOU FAKE IT TIL YOU MAKE IT? AND COWORKERS? Amy Cuddy, a professor at Harvard Uiver- We all wat to build rapport ad trust with sity has studied body laguage with her MBA others ad beig coscious of what you studets for may years. I her research are commuicatig with your body is a o body laguage, she hoped to aswer the great way to do that. Thik about the first questio, Ca you fake it til you make it? thig we do whe we meet people we usig body laguage. Studies show that pow- shake their had. I our culture, the had erful leaders have high testosteroe (domi- should go i straight ad vertical with ace hormoe) ad low cortisol (stress equal pressure betwee the two hads. Eye hormoe). She wodered if it was possible to cotact is importat ad should be held for icrease testosteroe ad decrease cortisol at least three secods durig a hadshake. with body movemet. She coducted a study Typically the first perso to look away is i a lab settig where studets had their cosidered the more submissive idividual. saliva tested before ad after adoptig either Always smile ad repeat the perso s ame a high- or low-power pose for two miutes. whe meetig someoe ew. What she leared was that the studets who To build rapport with cliets ad adopted a high-power pose icreased their coworkers, try usig ope gestures with testosteroe ad decreased cortisol. your palms up. This builds trust ad gets Ms. Cuddy the wodered if she could others to ope up to you. A study was doe take this cocept ad use it to give her stu- at Staford Uiversity with a preseter dets a advatage as they iterviewed for who gave the same presetatio to three jobs. I a lab settig, she had her studets differet audieces. At the ed of his either high- or low-power pose prior to speech, he asked the people o the right goig ito a five-miute, stressful iterview. side of the room to stad up ad move The iterviews were recorded ad judged 7% words to the left side ad the people o the left to stad up ad move to the right. Whe by idividuals who kew othig about power posig. What they foud was that he asked the first audiece usig a ope the judges wated to hire the idividuals 55% body movemets, face, arms,... 38% voice toe, modulatio, pauses... gesture with palms up, 84% of the people moved. Whe he asked the secod audiece usig a gesture with palms dow, 52% of the people moved. Whe he asked the third who had high power posed for two miutes prior to the iterview. These studets were perceived more positively tha the studets who had adopted a low-power pose prior to audiece poitig his figer, oly 28% the iterview. moved. Clearly, people prefer the ope, If you are goig ito a importat meet- palm-up gestures. ig, iterview, or other stressful situatio, If you wat to express more cofidece, try usig these tips: be sure you have good posture, smile geuiely ad keep your body i a ope Carry oly oe item. If you carry too positio. Wome have a tedecy to fold up may thigs, you appear disorgaized. ad make themselves small, crossig their Sit slightly agled at a table if possible, legs ad arms. By takig up more space, you ot directly across from the perso. That will be see as havig more cofidece. way, you appear to be o the same side. 18 the michiga veteriaria summer 2016
High-power body laguage Low-power body laguage IMAGES FROM AMY CUDDY S RESEARCH ON POWER POSES Power pose for two miutes before the evet to icrease your testosteroe ad reduce cortisol. Claim your space, but do t be territorial ad keep your body ope. Do t touch your face/hair or fidget. Use gestures to stregthe messages. Remember that posture breeds success. Do t purse your lips or have a tightlipped smile. HOW DO I KNOW IF SOMEONE IS LYING? Uderstadig basic body laguage will help you kow if someoe is lyig. Whe questioig suspects, law eforcemet uses body laguage a great deal. Questioig suspects begis with easy questios oes that will likely produce true aswers. Questios like, What is your ame?, Where do you live?, ad Are you right- or left-haded? ted to produce truthful aswers. The suspect is watched for baselie behaviors durig basic questioig. Officers the ask the harder questios such as Where were you the ight of the burglary/attack/etc.? They carefully watch for chages i behavior i order to determie if the suspect is lyig. Remember the followig: Liars maitai good eye cotact but blik rate icreases ad eyes dart. Look at eye movemet. A right-haded perso ot tellig the truth will look up or over to your left. A left-haded perso ot tellig the truth will look up or over to your right. Watch to see if the perso touches their face or ose, or covers their mouth with a figer or part of their had. Watch for a tight-lipped smile or expressio, which ofte idicates that they are holdig somethig back. WHAT DO PEOPLE CONSIDER ANNOYING BODY LANGAGE? Certai types of body laguage should be avoided. Poitig or figer-waggig teds to be aoyig to others. Folded arms ofte commuicate that you feel threateed, are isecure, or do t like or trust someoe. It also causes you to lose credibility. Cleched hads usually idicate you are holdig back a egative respose. If you are a perso who teds to keep their hads i their pockets, people will ofte assume you are ucomfortable or ucertai. Hads are hidde whe we are ervous. Legs ca give away a great deal of iformatio, so it s good that they are ofte hidde uder a table. Your feet or foot will DETECTING LIES: Eye movemets for a right-had perso auditory fabricatig visually fabricatig recallig feeligs likely poit to where you wat to go. Crossed legs with a jigglig foot usually mea that you wat to leave ad are losig patiece i your curret situatio. Although wome ted to cross ad ucross their legs frequetly aroud people they like, people also oriet themselves away from idividuals with whom they do ot wat to be commuicatig. The ma spread is also commo ad cosidered aoyig, particularly i crowded spaces like public trasportatio. If you wat to build rapport ad credibility with cliets ad coworkers, try payig more attetio to your body laguage ad the body laguage of others. It really ca make a sigificat differece i how you are perceived ad the level of ifluece you have with cliets ad coworkers. Need assistace creatig a positive ad productive team i your practice? MVMA ca help! MVMA s CEO Karlee ca trai your team i DiSC behavioral differeces, geeratioal differeces, body laguage, leadership, coflict maagemet, work/life itegratio ad the happiess advatage. Cotact her at Belyea@michvma. org or visit her website at www.karleebelyea.com. visually rememberig iteral auditory auditory rememberig the michiga veteriaria summer 2016 19
classifieds & relief vets classified ads veteriarias wated Progressive three-doctor practice seeks a fourth F/T veteriaria. Joi us ad love beig a doctor! Ejoy uparalleled beefits ad pay, work/life balace, flexible schedule, strog metorship, quality leadership, growth opportuities, ad all the toys to do your job well. Pheomeal eviromet for ew grads. Belleville, MI area. Sed résumé to adrea.johso@legacyvet. et or call 859/466-1936. Charlevoix Veteriary Hospital, PC, is seekig to hire a P/T licesed veteriaria to work about 16 20 hours per week. Our practice features stable, well-traied staff, digital radiography, high-speed detal equipmet, i-house blood laboratory ad pulse oximetry. Duties would iclude seeig patiets ad performig surgery. Salary would be commesurate with experiece. We have great cliets ad a fu staff, ad are lookig for a veteriaria with a positive attitude to joi our veteriary team. Please call Dr. Rob Pletcher or Dr. Lorie DeGrazia at 231/547-9841, or email charlevoixvet@ yahoo.com with your iformatio. Associate veteriaria wated i well-established, rapidly growig SA practice i Oaklad Couty. Well-equipped facility (i-house lab aalyzers, digital detal radiology, ultrasoud, excellet aesthesia moitorig, etc.) DVMs supported by cohesive team of LVTs, tech assistats, ad receptioists ivested i practice visio. No after-hours emergecies. P/T to F/T with potetial for partership/owership. Medical ad surgical. Metor/ower, yet gives associates freedom to practice idepedetly. Ideal cadidate will value log-term cliet relatioships, cliet educatio, prevetive health care. Please sed résumé ad cover letter to Lake Orio Veteriary Hospital, 785 N. Lapeer Rd., Lake Orio, MI 48362. Emergecy relief DVM positio at Affiliated Veteriary Emergecy service i SE Michiga. Prefer emergecy experiece but will cosider all applicats. Well-established 24-hour facility practicig quality emergecy medicie sice 1986. Well-equipped with full i-house lab, digital radiology, ultrasoud, surgical moitorig equipmet, AviMark practice software, ad excellet ad dedicated support staff who share may years of experiece. Cadidate must hold Michiga DVM ad pharmacy liceses. Fax 313/389-1717 or email résumé to aves@affiliatedvet.com. For further iformatio cotact Dr. Jeff Dizik at 313/389-2222. Love surgery? Committed to edig shelter euthaasia? Taleted P/T surgeo sought to perform 30 35+ caie/felie sterilizatios/day for a busy, high-volume, high-quality spay/euter cliic i Taylor, MI. Traiig available to achieve volume required. Fast-paced, friedly eviromet with staff committed to edig aimal homelessess ad eedless euthaasia. Limited direct cotact with cliets; o weekeds. Please sed résumé ad cover letter to employmet@ thepawscliic.com. Associate veteriaria (Clevelad area) wated for a friedly, 1½ 2 doctor SA hospital i Berea, OH. Hours ad salary egotiable. Laser declaws, BP, EKG, toope, etc. Cotribute ideas to make it your practice! Email Dr. Smith rhodarosesmith@yahoo. com, SadstoeAimalHospital.com. Excellet opportuity to practice high-quality medicie at a AAHA-certified aimal hospital i cetral MI; both ew graduates ad experieced veteriarias welcome. State Road Aimal Hospital is lookig for a F/T associate veteriaria to joi our multidoctor practice to meet the growig demads of our loyal cliets. Well-established moder cliic with electroic records, digital x-ray, i-house diagostic labs, ultrasoud, ad edoscopy. Competitive salary ad beefits package commesurate with experiece. Ejoy small tow livig while practicig high-quality medicie i a friedly team eviromet. Iterested veteriarias should sed résumé ad cover letter to waughdvm@gmail.com. Aimal Hospital Maple Orchard i West Bloomfield is hirig a F/T vet. We are lookig for a F/T vet that will work well with our team ad cliets. The hospital features i-house bloodwork, digital radiographs, ultrasoud, electroic records, compaio aimal therapy laser, full-time groomer, boardig, ad a high surgical load. All résumés welcome: aimalhospitalmapleorchard@gmail.com. Meyer Veteriary Cliic i Cadillac, MI, is seekig a F/T veteriaria i a busy, three-doctor,small-aimal practice. Cadillac is located i NW lower Michiga ad is kow for its beautiful four-seaso vacatio attractios i the heart of the best of what orther Michiga has to offer. You would be workig i a friedly eviromet with log-term employees. We are a full-service facility, icludig ultrasoud, laser therapy, laser surgery, digital radiography, ad paperless records. Please cotact Alle Meyer, DVM, at 231/775-4104, or at ameyervet@gmail.com. 20 the michiga veteriaria summer 2016
Veteriaria eeded a good oe at Easthave Aimal Hospital i A Arbor; P/T to F/T. Do you love cats, dogs, ad A Arbor? Lookig for a high-quality practice where you ca lear ad grow? Where the work culture is healthy, positive, hard-workig, ad forward thikig? If you are curret ad lookig for a egagig place to expad your career, maybe you should give us a call. Cotact Terry McCarthy at 734/971-3444, call or text 248/437-1765, or email terry. mccarthy@yahoo.com i cofidece. F/T small-aimal veteriaria positio available i beautiful Cheboyga, MI! We are a Great Lake commuity with easy access to icredible recreatioal opportuities! Geeral busiess hours are Moday Friday; closed o Saturdays ad Sudays. Limited emergecy o-call duties o weekights, weekeds, ad holidays are shared with four other local cliics. Our team is focused o providig excellet persoalized care, compassioate attetio to our cliets ad patiets, ad seeks quality over quatity i our ecouters with them. If you are iterested i fidig a perfect life/work balace, please cotact Robert Nelso, DVM, dvmpractice@gmail.com, or 231/290-0208 for more iformatio. Associate eeded as third veteriaria i wellestablished small-aimal hospital i Lowell. Located just 15 miutes outside of Grad Rapids, Lowell is kow for its friedly, small tow atmosphere ad excellet schools. Our practice is equipped with digital radiography (icludig detal), IDEXX lab statio, detistry equipmet, ad therapy laser. We are lookig for a compassioate perso to joi our family atmosphere ad become part of our team. Strog surgical skills are a bous but ot required. We have a amazig support staff, icludig three LVTs, ad great clietele. Visit our website at GRVH.com. Email résumés to ifo@grvh.com. F/T small-aimal veteriaria eeded to joi a progressive, AAHA-accredited compaio aimal hospital i Sagiaw, MI. Cadidate must have a positive attitude with cliets ad co-workers, ad possess a strog regard for aimal welfare. Our practice is movig towards paperless, ad we are well equipped with a i-house lab, digital radiography, ultrasoud, ECG, ad Class IV therapeutic laser. We offer a excellet beefits package, icludig Simple IRA, medical isurace, ample CE opportuities, ad vacatio time. Salary will be based o experiece. No emergecy or weeked hours required. New graduates or recet graduates are ecouraged to apply. A iterest i surgery ad detistry desired. Please cotact Joi Smith, Practice Maager, at dustyladd48612@sbcglobal.et. Small-aimal, AAHA-accredited hospital i Geesee Couty seekig a F/T veteriaria, preferably iterested i future partership, to joi our team. Our wellestablished, ewly remodeled hospital is equipped with state-of-the-art techology, icludig digital radiography, i-house laboratories, ultrasoic detal equipmet, edoscopy, ad much more. Excellet beefits ad competitive salary; the positio is ope immediately. Please submit résumé to bsovi@gmail. com. East Bay Aimal Hospital is seekig a F/T veteriaria for our small-aimal practice located o beautiful Grad Traverse Bay i Acme, MI. Is t it time you focused o your quality of life? We offer a fatastic work schedule with o weeked or eveig hours. The practice is equipped with a full, ewly updated, i-house laboratory, digital detal radiography, ad surgical laser. We also offer cat owers their ow waitig room ad felie-oly exam room. Emphasis of our practice is offerig affordable veteriary care while maitaiig the quality of medicie you would seek for your ow pet. Our staff is experieced ad motivated ad takes great pride i their work. Email résumé to dr.kare@bayareapethospitals.com. Wat to chage the world? Coutry-style practice south of Belleville, MI, with strog medical stadards lookig for P/T DVM to grow with us. We chage our world every day by providig affordable prevetive, ad restorative medicie to a very appreciative clietele. If you love savig pet lives ad erichig the lives of the people who ow them this may be the perfect fit for you. Possible partership or practice acquisitio i 3 5 years. Special iterest i surgery a plus! Call me, we ll talk! Y. aka Dr. Craiger, 734/697-4700. Associate F/T or P/T is eeded as a third veteriaria i full-service, well-established, well-equipped SA hospital i Waterford, MI. We are lookig for a outgoig perso who ejoys makig frieds with both clietele ad their pets, ad keepig up o good medical ad surgical pricipals. We work closely with the local specialty practice. We offer a comfortable workig schedule with great log-term support staff, paid dues, licese, CE, competitive salary ad beefits, ad o AHC. We welcome ew graduates (ad are willig to metor if eeded) as well as experieced veteriarias. Please email résumé to wvhvet@aol.com. Excellet opportuity for ew grad or experieced veteriaria i cetral mid-michiga. We have a outstadig staff, competitive salary ad compesatio, excellet diagostics, ad laboratory equipmet o emergecies or after-hours required. Please sed email to ssrvc1985@gmail.com. Immediate opeig for a permaet P/T veteriaria with potetial for F/T i the future. We are a busy small-aimal hospital i Kalamazoo. Our facility is equipped with a i-house laboratory, radiography, BP moitorig, digital detal radiography, ultrasoud, ad outstadig support staff that icludes three LVTs. We are ope M, W, Th from 8:30 am 5:30 pm; Tuesday 8:30 am 7:30 pm, ad Saturday 8:30 am oo. Cotact 269/349-1831 or tadrio@vaet.com. F/T or P/T veteriaria eeded for our well-established practice. We are a fast-paced, full-service hospital. We have a full i-house lab, digital x-ray, ultrasoud, ad laser therapy. We have a excellet support staff with licesed techs. Salary ad beefits commesurate with experiece. Please sed résumé to tekpetvet@ yahoo.com. Established practice curretly seekig a F/T veteriaria for a AAHA-accredited practice i Birmigham, MI. We are a well-equipped, busy practice. Experiece is preferred; see our website GasowVet.com. Please sed résumé to f.blaski@hotmail.com or fax to 248/644-6123. We are seekig a F/T or P/T veteriaria for a twodoctor, AAHA-accredited practice i Troy, MI. We are a ewer, growig practice outfitted with state-of-the-art equipmet, strivig to practice exceptioal quality medicie. We are lookig for a perso with excellet veteriary skills who has the desire to be part of a team, ad who will iteract well with our patiets, our cliets, ad with the commuity. Please sed a cover letter ad résumé or CV to Dr. Kathry Christy by email at drchristy@oakladhillsvet.com, or fax to 248/817-2056. F/T veteriaria eeded for well-established, smallaimal cliic located i Addiso, MI. We are a pastfaced, walk-i ad appoitmet-based facility. We offer out-patiet care, i-hospital patiet treatmet, ad i-house diagostics. Applicats must practice a high stadard of medicie, surgery, ad customer service. Sed résumés to Dr. Adrew Kelley via email avcpc1@gmail.com; fax 517/547-5185, or mail 6690 N. Rolli Hwy., Addiso, MI 49220. P/T or F/T associate veteriaria eeded for wellestablished small-aimal practice i SE Michiga. AAHA-certified for over 50 years. Hospital is fully equipped with surgical laser, ultrasoud, digital x-ray, i-house laboratory, ad Corerstoe software. No after-hour emergecies. Great beefits icludig Blue Cross, 401(k), ad cash balace retiremet packages. Sed résumés to Dr. Rick Nurse, 22300 Greater Mack Ave., St. Clair Shores, MI 48080, or to m.vethospital@ sbcglobal.et. P/T veteriaria eeded for our AAHA-accredited two-doctor SA ad exotic hospital located i Brookly, MI. We are a full-service practice that provides may services such as welless examiatios, immuizatios, surgery, radiology (digital detal), ultrasoud, the michiga veteriaria summer 2016 21
laser surgical equipmet, ad a i-house laboratory. Excellet opportuities exist for a compassioate idividual to develop log-term professioal relatioships with a excellet team ad clietele. Please email your résumé to maager@columbiaaimalcliic.com, or fax to 517/592-4571. New or recet graduates: You ll ever have a bad day! We offer a cliical settig that promotes professioal ad persoal growth while allowig you the autoomy to practice medicie i collaboratio with six experieced colleagues ad 30 support staff. We are proud of beig AAHA-accredited for over 30 years, ad a gold level Cat Friedly Practice for three years. We have elevated delivery of care to our patiets, ad a emphasis o cliet educatio with 30-miute appoitmet times, electroic medical records, comprehesive o-site lab, both detal ad regular digital radiology, therapeutic ad surgical laser, ad ultrasoud. Our 2-to-1 ratio of LVTs-to-DVMs gives us the luxury of leveragig our staff so we ca be efficiet ad productive. Located 40 miutes from Lake Michiga, Grad Rapids offers low-cost of livig, lots of cultural activity, ad is a great place to raise a family. We offer a competitive salary with productio bous, medical ad detal isurace, cotributory IRA, professioal memberships, paid CE, ad a four-day work week. If you wat to ejoy practicig medicie i a stimulatig eviromet i Grad Rapids, MI, sed your résumé to Aimal Medical Ceter, 2330 44th St. SW, Grad Rapids, MI or email mdlevedvm@gmail. com. Check us out o the web at AMCWyomig.com. Northville, MI (P/T positio). Hidde Sprig Veteriary Cliic is a well-established practice located i beautiful Northville, MI. Our progressive, small-aimal practice is kow for its exceptioal customer service ad gorgeous coutry settig. At Hidde Sprig we take pride i fosterig a family atmosphere for our staff ad cliets. We are seekig a P/T experieced veteriaria primarily for surgery ad detistry, as well as some scheduled appoitmet hours. We have a outstadig log-term staff ad the practice is well equipped with i-cliic IDEXX Catalyst ad Procyte blood aalyzers, as well as digital whole body ad digital detal radiography. The ideal cadidate would be seekig a positio providig 15 20 hours per week ad two Saturdays per moth. Iterested parties please email a résumé to Dr. Kim Berrie at hsvckb@yahoo.com. Garde City Veteriary Hospital seeks to welcome a associate DVM to our compaio aimal practice. Essetial qualificatios: passioate about veteriary medicie, able to deliver best-quality diagostics ad treatmet to pets with a attitude of compassio to the pet ower ad sesitivity to their eeds. Respod to respodvetad@@gmail.com. Royal Oak Aimal Hospital seeks Chief of Staff DVM to joi our dedicated support staff. We are i a desirable locatio; our cliets are dedicated pet owers. We offer a exceptioal compesatio package. Reply to respodvetad@gmail.com. Macomb Couty: Come grow with us i oe of our two Macomb locatios. We are devoted to practicig the highest quality of medicie. Staff are fully utilized, so you will focus o diagosig, prescribig medicatios, ad surgery oly. F/T ad P/T opeigs available. Cotact Jeff Rothstei, DVM, MBA, at 734/645-0267, email jkis@sbcglobal.et or fax 734/372-6318. Associate veteriaria with iterest i small-aimal or mixed-aimal, eeded for a growig cliic i Newport, MI (south of Detroit). We are a high-quality, patiet/ cliet- focused practice with excellet licesed support staff. Our ewer facility is fully equipped to provide the highest level of patiet care. Cotact Deis at Ark Aimal Cliic, 734/770-1120 (cell) ad/or email your résumé to dgpogarch@aol.com. We are hirig at Westlad Veteriary Hospital i Westlad ad Lake Huro Veteriary i Port Huro, MI. We support quality medicie with excellet facilities ad equipmet. Cotiuig educatio, licesig, paid vacatio, heath isurace, ad 401(k) provided. Base salary ad productio bouses based o experiece. We offer ower partership opportuities to veteriarias who work hard ad exhibit quality veteriary ad busiess skills with o moey out of pocket. H1B visa ad gree card assistace is available. Cotact Dr. Dhillo at dhillodvm@gmail.com. Locatio: Meomiee, MI. Low ivestmet owership opportuity for the etrepreeurial veteriaria. Some of us dream of practice owership. The idea of takig o $$$ of loas ca make us hesitate. What if you could ow a practice without havig to talk to the baks? Would you like to walk ito a office with two experieced, motivated CVTs already i place? Brig your ow practice philosophy to this ewly built small-aimal practice, located i Meomiee, MI, iside a idepedet pet store. This is ot a Bafield practice. You will love workig here! For more iformatio, please cotact Dr. Tracy Kusik at tmkusik@gmail.com. Seekig P/T, potetially leadig to F/T, licesed veteriaria to practice quality medicie i our ewly expaded, state-of-the-art facility, with diagostic equipmet icludig IDEXX laboratory equipmet, digital radiography, ultrasoud, edoscopy, ad shock wave therapy. We are curretly a two-doctor practice with support staff cosistig of vet techs, assistats, ad various office staff. Our patiets cosist of small-aimal ad equie; equie experiece is ot required but is a bous. Idividuals must be available o weekeds, also must have excellet bedside maer, ad provide the most compassioate care to our patiets. Please sed résumé to kjohso@ brosovetservices.com. Great opportuity to cotiue to grow as a veteriaria ad be part of our family atmosphere. We are lookig for a kid ad compassioate veteriaria to joi our practice i our ew, beautiful 12,600 SF facility i Westlad. I-house laboratory, x-ray, ad ultrasoud. We are lookig for a experieced veteriaria; strog soft tissue surgery skills are a plus but ot required. We will also cosider a ew graduate. We are true aimal lovers ad are heavily ivolved i all aspects of rescue. Woderful support staff ad great clietele. We are iterested i a dedicated, carig veteriaria who wats to promote our cliic values of great commuicatio, strog cliet relatioships, ad exceptioal veteriary care. If you would like to be part of a true family atmosphere ad joi our team, please cotact Dr. Steve via email at healthypawsvet@gmail.com. AAHA-certified, beautiful, ewly costructed hospital located i orther Oaklad Couty seeks P/T veteriaria. We are a well-established, three-doctor practice, ejoy a excellet reputatio i the veteriary commuity, ad are diagostically orieted. We have a excellet techical support staff ad make cotiuig educatio a priority for everyoe. Cadidate should be people-orieted, motivated, have good leadership abilities, ad a desire to practice very high-quality medicie. Visit us at Advaced-Petcare.com. Please sed résumé to drcorwall@advaced-petcare.com. Seekig F/T associate for our ew facility i Bay City, MI. The Bay City area has affordable housig, festivals, may cultural evets, ad easy access to outdoor recreatio, icludig the Great Lakes. We offer digital radiography, ultrasoud, ad a ew state-of-the-art facility. We offer a competitive compesatio package ad o after-hour emergecies. Please email Dr. Do Sheets at dsheetsdvm@aol.com; VetMedHospital.com. Oak Poite Veteriary Care, located i Dover, is seekig a associate veteriaria to joi our practice! We are a two-doctor, progressive ad paperless, AAHAaccredited practice that offers state-of-the-art medical care. We are highly focused o prevetative medicie ad detistry. The ideal cadidate for this positio is a doctor who is passioate about their work, values ad thrives i the special culture of our hospital, ad effectively commuicates ad collaborates with our existig team to provide the highest stadards of care to our patiets. We ecourage ad support the cultivatio of doctors special veteriary iterests. This positio will start as P/T with the potetial for F/T. Our hospital features four exam rooms, digital detal x-ray, high-speed detal equipmet, x-ray ad ultrasoud, i-house labs, therapeutic compaio laser, dedicated surgery suite, ad video otoscope. Great opportuity for a ew grad or experieced DVM! For more iformatio visit OakPoiteVet.com. To apply, please sed résumés to Laura Rust at recruitig@vaet.com. F/T or P/T associate veteriaria wated for AAHAcertified, five-doctor, small-aimal practice i St Clair Shores. We have a excellet support staff ad are seekig a eergetic veteriaria with good diagostic ad people skills. Surgical iterest a plus. Sed résumé to rudysucci@yahoo.com or cotact R. S. Nucci at 586/293-3922. Tail Wagger s 1990 is seekig veteriarias for spay/ euter surgeries ad welless duties that iclude resposibility for daily care ad sterilizatio of all surgical patiets ad maiteace of prevetative health programs ad medical protocol. Quality patiet care is first ad foremost. Resposibilities: (1) examie aimals pre-op to determie their ability to withstad surgery;(2) perform surgical sterilizatios; (3) examie aimals post-op as ecessary to esure appropriate healig; (4) ioculate aimals ad provide recommedatios for follow-up care; (5) supervise cleaig program for prevetio of ifectious/zoootic disease; (6) cotiue research ad maiteace of safe ad efficacious medical protocol regardig aesthesia ad surgery; (7) supervise hadlig ad recordig of cotrolled substaces by veteriary techicias; (9) supervise post-op rechecks ad order of medical treatmets as ecessary to esure complete surgical recovery; (9) Actively promote spay ad euter, ad educate cliets o resposible aimal owership; (10) actively support associate staff ad voluteers, ad promote the developmet of skills related to the advacemet of our goals ad missio. Salary commesurate with experiece. Qualifyig cadidates please email résumé 22 the michiga veteriaria summer 2016
with cover letter to tailwaggers.1990@yahoo.com, or fax 734/744-5737. Seekig a associate veteriaria to practice highquality medicie i our four-doctor, small-aimal practice located i Dudee, MI, approximately 20 miutes south of A Arbor. We have a good DVMto-support staff ratio, icludig LVTs, ad our staff is traied to truly perform duties i support of our doctors. Our curret veteriarias have a broad rage of iterests ad expertise. All of the best diagostic equipmet icludig ultrasoud, digital radiography, ew i-house aalyzers, digital radiography, etc. We appreciate referrals for services icludig orthopedic surgery, detistry, OFA/PeHIP, soft tissue surgeries, ad have a Certified Rehab DVM ad uderwater treadmill osite. We are lookig for a compassioate, hardworkig idividual who ejoys iteractig with others to provide the best experiece possible for our clietele ad their pets. Please sed your résumé to Dr. Amada Chrzaowski Bolyard (MSU 08) at dramada@hahvet.com; HAHVet.com. We are seekig a F/T veteriaria to joi our team. We are a very busy, full-service hospital for small aimals ad some exotics. We have a full i-house lab, digital x-ray, ad laser therapy. Applicat should be a team player ad a multi-tasker. Please sed applicatios attetio Eva George to Strog Veteriary Hospital, 29212 Five Mile Rd., Livoia, MI 48154, or to eva. george@me.com. You may visit our website to see our beautiful practice at StrogVeteriaryHospital.com. Small-aimal hospital seekig F/T veteriaria. Our practice is a progressive, fast-paced, veteriary hospital i mid-michiga. The practice is fully equipped with state-of-the-art toys. We believe i a compassioate, family atmosphere for our staff ad cliets. Our practice believes i a well-rouded team ad has may veteriary techicias o staff. Experiece preferred, but ot required. Competitive salary ad full beefits, icludig health isurace ad more. If iterested, please cotact us at aimalhospital45@gmail.com. P/T associate veteriaria eeded for busy, wellestablished, small-aimal practice i Grad Rapids, MI. Our hospital is well-equipped, icludig digital radiography, i-house lab testig, therapeutic laser, BP moitors, ECG, ad more. All of our techicias are licesed ad well traied. Competitive salary ad beefit package, ad future opportuity for pesio cotributios. Cadidates eed to possess solid medical ad surgical skills ad excellet cliet commuicatio is a must. If you are iterested i becomig part of our great team, sed résumés to deb@schmittsah.com. Have you always wated to practice i a exclusively felie cliic? We are lookig for a P/T associate veteriaria, however, may cosider F/T ad potetial buyer for the perfect cadidate. We are located i Grosse Poite Woods, have a great support team, practice high-quality medicie, with a great clietele, ad o after-hour emergecies. If you are ethusiastic about workig exclusively with cats, sed résumé to kittysdoctor@comcast.et. Well-equipped, progressive, team-orieted equie/ SA practice located i Fowlerville, MI seekig a ethusiastic, self-startig, reliable P/T small aimal DVM. Compesatio commesurate with experiece. Beefits iclude 401(k), vacatio, ad CE. Please email résumé/iquiries to ifo@kerroadvet.com or call Ker Road Veteriary Cliic, 517/223-9618. The Michiga Gamig Cotrol Board is seekig applicats for P/T veteriaria positios to work at horse racig tracks located i the Detroit area for 2016. Cotact Al Erst, Horse Racig Sectio Maager, at 313/456-4130 or horseracig@michiga.gov. Joi a multi-doctor practice! Bafield Pet Hospital of Traverse City is seekig P/T ad F/T veteriarias who are lookig for the uique opportuity to practice the highest quality of medicie with state-of-the-art equipmet, kowledgeable teams, ad atio-wide support. Apply olie at Bafield.com/careers or email heidi.burkley@bafield.et. Be rewarded for your talet ad dedicatio! Bafield Pet Hospital is curretly seekig associates veteriarias i Livoia ad Southfield. Joi a practice that will provide you with ogoig educatioal opportuities ad metorship, a comprehesive compesatio ad beefits package, flexible schedules to meet your lifestyle, ad the tools you eed to practice the highest quality of veteriary medicie. We are growig ad seekig to add additioal doctors to our multi-doctor practice. Email heidi.burkley@bafield.et for immediate cosideratio or visit olie at Bafield. com/careers to lear more. Bafield Pet Hospital of Sagiaw is seekig P/T ad F/T veteriarias who are lookig for the uique opportuity to practice the highest quality of medicie with state-of-the-art equipmet, kowledgeable teams, ad atio-wide support. Apply olie at Bafield.com/ careers or email heidi.burkley@bafield.et. Ejoy workig with a great cliet base ad diverse case load? Bafield Pet Hospital of Troy, Rochester Hills West, ad Rochester Hills may be the place for you. Thrivig, full-service hospital with carig, well-traied team is seekig associate veteriarias. Ehace your quality of life with our flexible schedules, competitive compesatio, ad great beefits package icludig five weeks paid time off, health isurace, CE allowace, 401(k), ad more. Email heidi.burkley@ bafield.et for immediate cosideratio or visit olie at Bafield.com/careers to lear more. Get the tools you eed for success! Now seekig associate veteriarias to practice quality medicie i a full-service Bafield hospital i Roseville, MI. Moder techology with the huma touch for the best possible care for your patiets. Sevoflurae, i-house lab, ad more! Excellet compesatio ad beefits package icludig medical/detal/visio, up to 26 days paid time off, 401(k), ad CE allowace! Email heidi. burkley@bafield.et for immediate cosideratio or visit olie at Bafield.com/careers to lear more. veteriary techicias wated Ope positio for a LVT to work F/T; servicig dogs ad cats oly. Please sed résumé to 1690 E. Dasville Rd., Dasville, MI 48819, Att.: Bruce or David Harris, or email us at harris5566@att.et. LVT eeded for well-established, rapidly growig SA practice. Oaklad Couty. LVTs support DVMs with cohesive team of lay staff ivested i log-term visio of practice. P/T to F/T (curret eed is 25 to 30 hours, ad will icrease with cotiued growth). F/T beefits iclude health isurace with HSA, paid vacatio, yearly CE allowace, paid MI VT licese, NAVTA dues, uiforms, ad more. Please sed résumé ad cover letter to Lake Orio Veteriary Hospital, 785 N. Lapeer Rd., Lake Orio, MI 48362. Affiliated Veteriary Emergecy service i SE Michiga is lookig to hire a F/T ad/or P/T licesed techicia. Prefer emergecy experiece but will cosider all applicats. Well-established 24-hour facility practicig quality emergecy medicie sice 1986. Well-equipped with full i-house lab, digital radiology, ultrasoud, surgical moitorig equipmet, AviMark practice software, ad excellet ad dedicated support staff who share may years of experiece. Fax 313/389-1717 or email résumé to aves@affiliatedvet.com. For further iformatio cotact Dr. Jeff Dizik at 313/389-2222. Oe-doctor SA practice located i Okemos, MI, i search of a well-rouded LVT. Must be willig to lear laser therapy ad detal radiology. Our practice focuses o seior care, detistry, ad cliet educatio. Submit résumés to Jorda@redcedarvet.com. Progressive small-aimal cliic i Rochester, MI, hopig to add F/T LVT to our multi-doctor, family-orieted team. Four-day work week with rotatig Saturday, competitive wages, ad employmet package. Large, well-equipped facility with friedly, log-term staff. High emphasis o patiet care, cliet commuicatio, ad ejoyable work eviromet. Iterest i detistry traiig helpful. Please sed résumé to customerservice@goodisovet.com. We are seekig a F/T veteriary techicia for our four-doctor practice at Mattawa Aimal Hospital i Mattawa, MI. We are located just outside of Kalamazoo ad a 30-miute drive from Lake Michiga. We have a woderful, pleasat clietele ad a outstadig work eviromet. Every team member is valued ad appreciated. If iterested, please email résumés to eumacathy@yahoo.com or call directly at 269/668-3307. F/T veteriary techicia wated for small-aimal cliic located i Howell. Competitive wage with beefits icludig health care. Please sed résumé to jlfreiddvm@aol.com. We are curretly lookig to hire a P/T veteriary techicia with the possibility of full-time status i the future. Our cliic is a small, sigle-doctor, clietorieted practice located i Rochester Hills. Sed your résumé to meadowbrookaimalcliic@yahoo.com. Joi our team of professioals i carig with the highest level of customer service ad commuicatio! Seekig a LVT for 28 32 hours per week i our dog/cat-exclusive practice. Hours iclude rotatig Saturday morig ad oe eveig util 8 pm. Positive team atmosphere i a ew buildig! Beefit package icluded but health isurace is ot offered. Veteriary Assistats will be cosidered. Brookly Road Veteriary Cliic i Jackso, MI. Sed résumé to brvc@acd.et. Fox Ru Aimal Hospital is seekig a F/T LVT or experieced assistat. We are located i Metamora, MI. We have a woderful cliet base that is growig quickly. Lookig for someoe who ejoys cliet commuicatio, works well with the team as well as idepedetly, ad has a solid techical skill base; must be willig the michiga veteriaria summer 2016 23
to lear. Buildig is freshly reovated with all ew equipmet. Ower practices high-quality medicie ad attracts uique cases. Positio would be well suited for someoe that ejoys emergecy medicie but would like day-practice hours. Please email cover letter ad résumé to foxruaimalhospital@gmail.com. Veteriary Assistat or Techicia eeded at Ark Aimal Cliic i Newport, orth of Moroe. We provide high quality care to our patiets ad excellet cliet educatio. Ark is a growig veteriary practice with a great facility ad excellet professioal staff. Mail or email résumé to Ark Aimal Cliic, 7640 N. Telegraph Rd., Newport, MI 48166; dgpogarch@aol.com. Need: support staff, techical staff, medical staff/ DVMs? Let us so you do t have to! Aoucig ARI s Veteriary Staffig Solutios, our ewest additio to the services we have exclusively provided to Michiga practices sice 2008. We d ejoy chattig with you! Call us at 989/366-5646 or email pjbylica@aimaliare.com or jmtalbot@aimaliare.com. We are proud to provide refereces. Take a look Aimaliare.com. Gasow Veteriary Hospital i Birmigham, MI, is curretly seekig oe F/T or two P/T LVTs to joi our practice. We are a well-equipped, busy hospital. Our ideal cadidate would be experieced with good commuicatio skills. We offer competitive pay with a ice beefit package. Please sed résumé to f.blaski@ hotmail.com or fax to 248/644-6123. Our busy three-doctor practice i North Brach, MI, is seekig a ethusiastic, self-motivated licesed veteriary techicia with excellet commuicatio skills. We recogize the importace of the relatioships betwee humas ad aimals, ad we see our cliets ad patiets as exteded family. We are a full-service facility providig ultrasoud, digital radiography (Cuattro), i-house lab, surgical moitorig (ECG), ad detal procedures. We place a premium o idividual care for each patiet. Duties iclude exam room assistace, cliet educatio, surgical prep ad moitorig, detistry, veipucture ad IV catheter placemet, patiet restrait, ad istrumet care. A good sese of humor, willigess to lear, attetio to detail, ad demostratig a team player attitude would be valued. If you are iterested i becomig part of our team, please sed your résumé to chuffmsu1980@ gmail.com or fax to 810/688-2745. Friedly, small-tow aimal cliic i Pickey, MI, is lookig for a P/T LVT. Staff is well utilized with a 3-to-1 doctor ratio. We are focused o best medicie through alterative ad traditioal treatmets. Must be friedly with a positive attitude, ad be a team player that is willig to take the lead, as well as help others succeed at all positios. Our cliets beefit from digital x-ray, cold laser, acupucture, surgical laser, ad chiropractic services. We pride ourselves i cliet educatio ad commuicatio, ad we will expect the same i a cadidate. Beefits, flexible schedule, ad rotatig Saturdays. Please sed résumé to acopmaagemet@gmail.com. Seekig LVT for fast-paced, progressive, small-aimal practice i beautiful Graylig, MI. Offerig competitive salary, beefits, ad cotiuig educatio. New grads are welcome to apply. Email résumé to ifo@ grayligvet.com. MidMichiga Veteriary Hospital i Sagiaw, MI is seekig LVT for P/T positio (Tuesday, Wedesday, ad Friday). Approximately 24 hours per week. Our ideal cadidate is a ethusiastic team player with excellet commuicatio ad techical skills. If you are iterested i joiig our team, please sed a résumé ad letter of iterest to midmichigavet@hotmail.com. Seekig a experieced, hard-workig, compassioate ad motivated LVT or experieced assistat. We are a busy small-aimal practice located i Sagiaw Couty. Potetial cadidates must possess a positive attitude, strog work ethic, ad exceptioal cliet service skills. Please sed résumé with cover letter, salary requiremets, ad professioal ad persoal refereces to vhc@vethealthceter.et. LVT wated for progressive multi-doctor practice i Livoia, MI. We have a great staff ad excellet clietele, competitive salary, beefits, cotiuig educatio, ad flexible hours are available. Email résumé to levavet@levavet.com, or fax to 734/464-7203, Att: Nacy. SA hospital i Holt, MI, seekig LVT or experieced veteriary assistat for F/T positio. Maily M F hours, T/Th util 8 pm. Competitive beefits. Hospital sees ½-hour appoitmets ad has digital x-ray, laser therapy, ad ultrasoud. Cliet educatio importat. Sed résumé to carigah@sbcglobal.et. Eastwood Veteriary Hospital, located i Eato Rapids, MI, is lookig for a experieced veteriary assistat to work 20 25 hours a week. Ideal cadidate would have 12 moths of veteriary experiece workig i assistat capacity. Should feel comfortable holdig patiets, schedulig appoitmets, discussig flea/tick ad heartworm protocol, ad other items to be discussed at iterview. Cadidate should be comfortable with computers as well, as all ivoicig, schedulig, ad records are digital. Applicat should be a fu ad relaxed idividual who respods well to various demads of veteriary medicie. Please call 517/663-1601 for a fax umber, or email your résumé to eastwoodvh@gmail.com. Parkview Aimal Hospital, located i Warre, MI, is seekig a P/T or F/T LVT. We offer competitive salary ad beefits with o Suday or after-hour emergecies. We have a comfortable, moder buildig with ultrasoud, digital radiography, ad a well-equipped i-house lab. We are lookig for a compassioate, eergetic, ad good team player to joi our team. Please cotact Dr. Stephe Albrecht by email at sjadvm@hotmail.com or call 586/573-4760. practices & equipmet for sale Bay Couty, Michiga: estimated ADI +$100K! 2,500 SF o ±⅓ acres. Two exam rooms. MI1. Wester UP: practice, home, ±40 acres! Estimated ADI +$150K. MI2. Idia River Couty, Florida: felie! Beautiful 1,765 SF freestadig leasehold. FL84. PS Broker, Ic. 800/636-4740, PSBroker.com; ifo@psbroker.com. South cetral Michiga SA practice grossig $3.2M with real estate. Well maaged ad very profitable. Cotact Total Practice Solutios Group, Dr. Kurt Liljeberg, 800/380-6872, or kurt@tpsgsales.com. Northwest Detroit suburbs: small-aimal practice for sale grossig $585K. Beautiful facility, icely equipped, ad great curb appeal. Cotact Total Practice Solutios Group, Dr. Kurt Liljeberg, 800/380-6872, or kurt@ tpsgsales.com. Copper coutry i the Upper Peisula: small-aimal practice grossig $980K for sale. Hospital is well equipped. Practice price $500K ad real estate $425K. Cotact Total Practice Solutios Group, Dr. Kurt Liljeberg, 800/380-6872, or kurt@tpsgsales.com. Whe buyig or sellig a veteriary practice, rely o the expertise of the Total Practice Solutios Group. See our display ad this issue. Eve if you pla to sell your practice yourself, cotact Dr. Kurt Liljeberg for a free cosultatio. We would be happy to help. 800/380-6872 or kurt@tpsgsales.com. Are you ready to buy or sell your veteriary practice? I ca help. Valuatios, cosultatios, sales. Former ower of Westbor Aimal Hospital i Dearbor, MI. Sixtee years of sellig oly veteriary practices. I ca sell yours. Cotact Dr. Fred Zydeck, Broker. fzydeck@ aol.com, or 248/891-3934. Member, Veteriary Practice Sales Group. Very successful ad well-established veteriary office sice 1978! First time o the market. SA practice, fully-equipped for medical, surgical, boardig, x-ray room. Great opportuity for doctor(s) to step i ad capitalize o the goodwill! A lot of area to expad i a ew, growig recreatioal area. (Could have large aimals) Curretly farmed. Sale icludes 22 acres ad pole bar. Amazig locatio betwee US-12, M-99, US- 127 ad I-94 highways. Upstairs w/separate etrace, offers a two- bedroom apartmet. Perfect for ret or to live i while you start your busiess. Cotact Playford Real State, Mary Playford, 517/610-1341. I the market to sell or buy a veteriary practice? We ca help! With early 25 years of experiece i owig, maagig, buyig, ad sellig veteriary practices, we ca assist you with sales, valuatios, ad practice maagemet cosultatio, icludig huma resources maagemet. Cotact Dr. Jeff Rothstei, DVM, MBA. Progressive Pet Aimal Hospitals ad Maagemet Group. 734/645-0267 or jkis@sbcglobal.et. Oaklad Couty, MI: SA practice grossig $600K. Well-established practice with great clietele ad excellet locatio. This practice has some emphasis o holistic medicie ad iterest i this is ideal, but ot ecessary for a buyer. Ower wishes to retire, will work P/T. For details cotact Dr. Jeff Rothstei, Progressive Pet Aimal Hospital Maagemet Group, 734/645-0267 or jkis@sbcglobal.et. SA practice for sale i Sagiaw Towship. Practice has bee established sice 1976. Excellet clietele with a stable staff. Well-equipped, icludig laser surgery, laser therapy, i-house laboratory equipmet, ultrasoud, ad ear edoscopy. Practice produces a excellet icome with a four-day work schedule leavig opportuity for growth. Sagiaw Towship is well located for easy access to recreatio i orther Michiga. If iterested, email mjscott50@charter.et or phoe 989/274-4408. For sale! Healthy SA practice i the steadily growig commuity of Bay City, MI. Bay City is a go to riverfrot ad Bay commuity that offers tos of iterests ad activities, outdoor ad otherwise. Love the water? You ll love Bay City! Google us! Bous: 24 the michiga veteriaria summer 2016
icluded is a three-bedroom ewly remodeled home for residece or retal. Call 989/860-9337. relief veteriarias Norma Baye, DVM, MS, 248/506-1104. MSU 81. SA relief work i southeast MI. Will travel. Friedly, excellet cliet commuicatios skills. orma@ bayevet.com. Cari Bedore, DVM, 810/965-8350. MSU 99. SA relief ad/or part-time 1 hour from Flit. Ejoy workig i a positive team atmosphere doig medicie ad surgery. Kirste Begi, DVM, 616/446-3154. MSU 09. SA relief i Grad Rapids ad surroudig areas. Will travel. Friedly, excellet cliet commuicatio. Refereces. Completed rotatig ad surgical iterships. kbegi4@ gmail.com. Sharisse Berk, DVM, 248/851-0739. MSU 95. Available for SA relief or part-time work i southeast MI. Rhoda Bierl, DVM, 248/467-1987. MSU 00. SA/ emergecy relief withi 1 hour of Potiac. Geeral medicie, soft-tissue surgery, ultrasoud experiece. houserrh@yahoo.com. Tama Cathers, DVM, 269/203-6800. NCSU 96. SA relief ad part-time. SW Michiga, w/i approximately 1 hour of Kalamazoo. Calm, friedly, thorough, team player. Amada Charey, DVM, 313/212-9305. MSU 12. Southeast MI: SA medicie, routie surgery. Great commuicatio skills, friedly, travel withi approximately 1 hour of Dearbor. Refereces ad résumé available. charey2dvm@yahoo.com. Aimee Cochell, DVM, 616/558-4905. Ross 01. Available for SA relief i Grad Rapids area. Willig to travel. Good cliet commuicatio skills. Refereces. abctochell@ comcast.et. Keeth Corio, DVM, 248/217-5235. MSU 94. SA relief work. SE MI, medicie ad surgery. coriodvm@ aol.com. Nichole Corer, DVM, 616/634-9777. MSU 99. SA relief work i Grad Rapids/Kalamazoo area. Excellet cliet commuicatio skills. Refereces available. haweslake@charter.et. Jeifer M. Dec, DVM, 248/224-1990. MSU 04. Small-aimal geeral practice ad emergecy relief. Surgery, ultrasoud, ad excellet commuicatio skills, drrockstarbc@gmail.com. Susa Drapek, DVM, CVA, 517/663-0428. MSU 90. Available withi two hours of Lasig. Relief experiece sice 1997. Small-aimal medicie, surgery, ad acupucture. smdrapekdvm@sbcglobal.et. Jill Duca, DVM, 517/719-0780. MSU 09. SA ad exotic relief i Lasig, Sagiaw, ad SE Michiga. High competecy i soft-tissue surgery, ultrasoud, ad medicie. Friedly, detail-orieted, excellet cliet commuicatio. Refereces available. Jilliae11@ yahoo.com. Marj Field, DVM, 734/658-4774. MSU 90. SA/exotic/ emergecy relief work i southeaster MI. Excellet cliet service, comfortable surgeo, high ACT, ad able to multi task. Exteded travel ca be egotiated. marj.field@me.com. Edward Greee, DVM, 517/812-1540. MSU 59. SA relief. Competet medical/surgical skills. Cheerful iteractios with your cliets ad staff. Your practice procedures adhered to. LuckyPetVet@comcast.et. Lisa Harris, DVM, 616/261-4743. MSU 89. Available for relief i Grad Rapids/Lakeshore area. Experieced SA medicie ad surgery, avia, exotics. Friedly, good commuicator. drllharris@gmail.com. Sharo Rose He, DVM, 616/723-4314. MSU 01. SA, Grad Rapids ad wester MI; may travel. 10+ years experiece. Friedly, helpful, excellet cliet educatio, adaptable. Soft tissue surgery, detistry. heshar@hotmail.com. Sea D. Hughes, DVM, 517/552-0993; 734/674-7061. MSU 76. SE Michiga SA relief sice 1999. Part-time. Prefer SE; will travel for right circumstaces. HughesDVM@aol.com. Cidy Kalicki, DVM, 313/291-2466. MSU 94. Eight years full-time, two years relief i SA geeral medicie/ soft tissue surgery. SE MI, part-time or relief. Charlotte Kim, DVM, 517/643-4069. MSU 08. SA relief work i SE Michiga. Soft tissue surgery ad medicie. Friedly ad depedable. kimcharl0824@ gmail.com Selea Lucas, DVM, 734/330-5048. KSU 90. Flexible ad friedly, excellet cliet commuicatio skills. Proficiet i surgery, medicie, ad detistry. Available i SE Michiga. slucasdvm@gmail.com. Richard M. Mieczkowski, DVM, 734/735-2279. MSU 71. Relief, experiece, competet, depedable, small-aimal, refereces, orth Oaklad Couty ad viciity. rmackj@aol.com. Deise Jorgese Motaga, DVM, 231/557-1536. CSU 90. SA relief or P/T i wester MI. Excellet cliet relatios. Refereces available. djmotagadvm@ charter.et. Katherie O Coor, DVM, 248/207-3528. MSU 14. Exceptioal medicie whe you eed it most. SA/exotics/emergecy relief. Based i East Lasig, willig to travel. Refereces available. MyReliefVet. com. Kris Parell, DVM, 517/881-2845. MSU 91. Available for SA relief or part-time. Will travel 1 hour of Lasig area. Refereces upo request. kparelldvm@ comcast.et. Christie Parker, DVM, 616/866-1965. MSU 88. Available for SA relief or short-term. Experieced ad depedable. Refereces available. Will travel. cparker@wmis.et. Patricia Partridge, DVM, 231/938-9338. MSU 70. SA relief, PT or FT. Former practice ower. Based i Traverse City ad Big Rapids, willig to travel. petvet2@ torchlake.com. Amy Peck, DVM, 231/557-4423. MSU 97. Available for relief i west MI/Grad Rapids/Lakeshore area. SA geeral medicie. Excellet commuicatio skills, experieced ad reliable. apeckdvm@gmail.com Bob Schleiffarth, DVM, 269/921-0570. SA relief. Over 30 years owership experiece. Coverage for wester MI, based i Oekama. Kawipi2@att.et. Teri Sexto, DVM, 517/231-1256 cell, 517/371-2930 home. MSU 92. Weekeds oly. SA work w/i 1 hr. of Lasig. Ca make your cliets ad staff feel at ease. Stregths: dermatology, soft tissue surgery. TeriLSexto@earthlik.et. Jim Sharp, DVM, 810/533-3598. MSU 71. SA relief, SE Michiga. Former practice ower. Proficiet i sophisticated detistry ad medicie. Excellet commuicator. vetseaaria@comcast.et. Ala Sibiic, DVM, 734/922-3713, 231/547-6212. MSU 75. Relief or part-time aywhere i MI. Flexible, wide-variety practice experiece. 5+ years relief work. Refereces. SA/EQ/FA. Margaret Sudekum, DVM, 616/676-2720 MSU 89. Available for part-time SA relief work i Grad Rapids ad the surroudig areas. Good cliet commuicatio skills. msdvm@sdkm.us. Ala Supp, DVM, 616/771-6030. MSU 90. Compaio aimal practitioer available Saturdays oly, as-eeded basis i the greater Grad Rapids area. Coie R. Sveller, DVM, 517/388-3434. MSU 85. SA relief, works withi 1 hour of Swartz Creek. Experieced/reliable/former practice ower (16 years). doccoie1@aol.com. Adrea Switch, DVM, 248/302-2255. MSU 84. Available for part-time or relief work. SA geeral medicie/soft tissue surgery i SE MI. adreaswitch@ yahoo.com. Kirste Ura-Barto, DVM, 774/230-6878. MSU 97. Available for SA relief i SE Michiga withi 1 hour of Potiac. Experieced i both geeral ad emergecy practice with excellet commuicatio skills. Résumé available upo request. kurabartodvm@gmail.com. Nicholas Urbaek, DVM, 412/606-1716. Glasgow 09. SA/emergecy relief ad part-time work withi 2 hours of Lasig. Itership traied, great cliet commuicatio ad records, compassioate. up321@ aol.com. Lida Vaassche, DVM, 517/896-9086. MSU 90. SA medicie, surgery ad emergecy; excellig i dermatology ad iteral med. Travel egotiable more tha 1 ½ hours from Lasig. Excellet writte/verbal commuicatio ad record keepig. drmomma789@ aol.com. Jacquelie Walsh, DVM, 248/680-2461. MSU 89. Available for SA relief work i the greater Detroit area. Amy Wildrose, DVM, 517/420-5891. MSU 00. Experieced, proficiet, depedable, ad covivial. Available for SA relief or part-time. Based i Lasig. Willig to travel. a_wildrose@hotmail.com. Georgia A. Wilso, DVM, 248/830-5325. 22 years experiece, SA, pet exotics ad emergecies, licesed. Available immediately for Oaklad Couty ad southeast MI. vx8@aol.com. Jeifer Zabloty, DVM, 517/896-9146. MSU 97. Experieced SA relief for southeast ad mid-mi. Refereces available. drzabloty@gmail.com. the michiga veteriaria summer 2016 25
michiga veteriary coferece Jauary 27 29, 2017 Lasig Ceter & Radisso Hotel, Lasig, MI mvma small aimal semiars Practice Maagemet (Amy Beruer & Lacy Seeger) September 21, 2016 Geetics (Dr. Daika Baasch) October 5, 2016 Detal (Dr. Brook Niemiec) November 2, 2016 Felie Medicie (Dr. William Folger) December 7, 2016 Real (Dr. Mark J. Aciero) March 8, 2017 Semiars 10:00 am 5:30 pm at the East Lasig Marriott. Cotact MVMA at (517) 347-4710 or register olie at www.michvma.org. caie ultrasoud lecture & wetlab* Jue 18, 2016 MSU Veteriary Medical Ceter Sposored by MVMA ad MSU CVM *Wetlab is full; erollmet is closed. people, pets & vets Saturday, November 5, 2016 @ 11 am 3 pm Macomb Commuity College mvma aimal welfare coferece November 21, 2016 @ 8 am 5 pm MSU Pavilio, East Lasig, MI great lakes veteriary coferece July 17 19, 2016 Grad Hotel, Mackiac Islad, MI Tetative topics & speakers: Toxicology (Dr. Tia Wiser) Detistry (Dr. James Moore) Practice Maagemet (Kary Gavzer, MBA, CVPM) mvma committees Aimal Welfare (Dr. Marcie Barber, Chair) Jue 16, 2016 @ 10:00 am September 29, 2016 @ 10:00 am Executive Committee (Dr. Kevi Stachowiak, Chair) Jue 22, 2016 @ oo August 31, 2016 @ oo November 30, 2016 @ oo Legislative Advisory (Dr. Cathy Aderso, Chair) Jue 8, 2016 @ 1:30 pm September 28, 2016 @ 1:30 pm November 9, 2016 @ 1:30 pm Public Health (Dr. Joe Klie, Chair) Jue 15, 2016 @ 1:30 pm September 7, 2016 @ 1:30 pm December 21, 2016 @ 1:30 pm Meetigs held i the MVMA office uless oted. mvma board of directors July 19, 2016 Grad Hotel, Mackiac Islad September 14, 2016 Uiversity Club, Lasig December 14, 2016 Uiversity Club, Lasig wester michiga vma Veteriaria CE Semiars 3rd Thursday of each moth, Jauary May ad September November @ 7:00 pm / Grad Rapids Cotact Jeff Johso, DVM, (616) 837-8151, or jdadcj2008@ wildblue.et. semvma veteriary ce program Respiratory (Dr. Stepha Carey) October 19, 2016 Abdomial Ultrasoud (Dr. Athoy Pease) October 22, 2016 Waye State Uiversity Campus, Detroit Surgical Emergecies (Dr. Steve Mehler) November 16, 2016 Iteral Medicie (Dr. Michael Willard) December 14, 2016 Cardiology (Dr. Matt Miller) February 15, 2017 Urialysis (Dr. Joe Bartges) March 15, 2017 Visit the SEMVMA website at www.semvma.com for additioal details. due to the umber of requests for ce aoucemets, the michiga veteriaria limits listigs to ce programs i michiga. 26 the michiga veteriaria summer 2016
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Professioal excellece. Compassioate care. michiga veteriary medical associatio 2144 Commos Parkway, Okemos, MI 48864-3986 Presort Stadard U.S. Postage PAID Lasig, MI Permit #713 IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS MI Board of Veteriary Medicie (517) 335-0918 MI Board of Pharmacy (517) 373-1737 DEA: Detroit office (313) 234-4000 DEA: toll-free (800) 230-6844 MDARD State Veteriaria (800) 292-3939 MI Dept. of Commuity Health (517) 335-8165 State of MI Health Certificates (517) 284-5767 USDA, APHIS, VS Accreditatio & Iteratioal Health Certificates (517) 337-4700