Head and shoulders image of Dr. David L. Holmberg, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Anesthesiology, Radiology and Surgery, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. David Holmberg graduated from the Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 1973. He practiced for several years in the United States and Australia and then completed an MVSc and residency at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. He became board certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1982. Following this, he joined the faculty at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, in 1985. Amongst all his career achievements, Dr. Holmberg participated in key projects involving the Jarvick artificial heart and the training of human surgeons for heart transplantation procedures. Recipient of three teaching awards, he authored and co-authored over 80 articles in refereed journals, authored 12 chapters in textbooks and was section editor for the second and third editions of Textbook of Small Animal Surgery. Dr. Holmberg was the creator of the DASIE, a surrogate device used by many medical and veterinary schools to teach basic surgical skills without having to sacrifice animals.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Gene Acompanado, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Trisha Dowling, Professor, Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Patricia (Trisha) Dowling graduated from Texas A&M with a BSc in Animal Science (1983) and a DVM (1987). After a residency and Master’s at Auburn University, Dr. Dowling became a board certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology. She has been teaching veterinary pharmacology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine since 1993. Dr. Dowling has received numerous teaching awards, including the Norden Distinguished Professor Award and the Provost's Teaching Excellence Award (2021).

Dr. Otto Radostits, professor, Large Animal Medicine, leafs through one of the major veterinary medicine textbooks he has co-authored.

Veterinary Medicine hockey team posing on ice, back row (l to r): Tom Beatty, Brent Wagner, Richard Back, Geoff Gerhardt, Calvin Barnes, John Campbell. Front row: : Andy Allen, Jamey Kalanchuk, Al Rung, Trent Bollinger, Richard Kondra. Missing from photo: Blaine Unger and Ewald Lammerdung.

Bio/historical note: Appeared in April 9, 1999 OCN.

Image of Alexander Royick, instructor in Slavic languages, in his office.

Bio/Historical Note: Alexander Royick wrote a paper titled Ukrainian Settlements in Alberta in 1968.

Image of Dr. Peter Flood, Department of Veterinary Anatomy, with the first research herd of musk oxen at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine.