Sneak peek: UC Davis completes its first retinal reattachment surgery, and other veterinary news

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Good morning, and happy Monday dvm360 readers! We hope that everyone had a great weekend and is ready to tackle another work week. Throughout the week, the dvm360 team will continue to be posting conference coverage of Veterinary Meeting & Expo (VMX), the latest news in veterinary medicine, and some interviews as well! Be sure to continue to check on dvm360.com throughout the week to see all this content, and more.

Here is a sneak peek of some of the content you can find this week on dvm360.com:

• dvm360 student ambassador Paige Varney, a first year student at Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, recently wrote an article sharing her experience working in emergency veterinary medicine, beginning when she was working in an emergency hospital in high school.
• During an interview with dvm360, Alex Sigmund, DVM, DACVO, shared common misconceptions surrounding corneal ulcers to help general practitioners who could be seeing these patients in their practice.
• On this week’s episode of The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360, our host Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, welcomed Evan Antin, DVM, to discuss the current state of the wildfires in Southern California, plus ways the veterinary community can help the animals affected by the wildfires.
• The Feather in Her Cap Association shared its 2025 winners for outstanding achievements in animal health industry during its 8th annual Feather in Her Cap Awards ceremony.
• UC Davis College of Veterinary Medicine has successfully completed its first retinal reattachment surgery after Tashi, a 7-year-old Shih-Tzu, was brought to the veterinary ophthalmologist after her family noticed she would look around aimlessly, but then progressed to bumping into furniture, and hesitating to jump.
• And more!