What's New At Atlantic Coast Vet?
Acupuncture Services Now Available
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Dr. Nina Malik |
The newest member of the staff at Atlantic Coast Veterinary Specialists is Nina Malik, DVM, veterinary acupuncturist. Dr. Malik received her DVM degree from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2005 and completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the University of Pennsylvania from 2005-2006. Upon completion of her internship, she worked as an emergency and critical care clinician at a veterinary referral and specialty hospital in Delaware. From 2007-2008, Dr. Malik completed the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society course on veterinary acupuncture and an internship focusing exclusively on veterinary acupuncture in Pennsylvania. She has also served as a companion animal consultant veterinarian for Pfizer Animal Health in the Veterinary Medical Investigation and Product Support Department from 2007-2008. She is a member of the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society, the American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture, and the AVMA. Dr. Malik will be providing a variety of services at Atlantic Coast Veterinary Specialists including acupuncture and electroacupuncture. She is available for consultations and acupuncture treatments Tues.-Fri. at the Bohemia office.
 Dr. Malik will be speaking on veterinary acupuncture
on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Click for details.
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Canine Bone Marrow Transplants Offered For First Time
Dogs suffering from lymphoma will be able to receive the same type of medical treatment as their human counterparts as North Carolina State University becomes the first university in the nation to offer canine bone marrow transplants in a clinical setting. Dr. Steven Suter, assistant professor of oncology in N.C. State's College of Veterinary Medicine, received three leukophoresis machines donated by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Leukophoresis machines are designed to harvest healthy stem cells from cancer patients. The machines are used in conjunction with drug therapy to harvest stem cells that have left the patient's bone marrow and entered the bloodstream. The harvested cancer-free cells are then reintroduced into the patient after total body radiation is used to kill residual cancer cells left in the body. This treatment is called peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. The machines, once used for human patients, are suitable for canine use without modification, as bone marrow therapy protocols for people were originally developed using dogs. Complete story.
Canine Cardiology Study To Be Published This Fall
A three-year global canine cardiology study funded by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health that could reveal new information about congestive heart failure treatments has concluded. The Quality of Life & Extension of Survival Time (QUEST) study compared two different treatments -- pimobendan capsules vs. a benazepril hydrochloride treatment -- for 260 dogs in 11 countries. The study looked at the effect both treatments had on the survival time in dogs suffering from congestive heart failure due to myxomatous mitral valve disease, according to researchers. Results of the study are to be published in the fall edition of the “Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.” Complete story.
Three Reasons Employees Don't Get Things Done
If you have a team member who's not completing an assigned task, it comes down to one of three reasons, says Shawn McVey, owner of Innovative Veterinary Management Solutions:
- “I didn't know I was supposed to do it.” Somehow a communication breakdown prevented the team member from understanding that you expected them to do the assigned job. Solution: Communicate your expectations. What do you expect the employee to do, when, and how often?
- “I don't know how to do it.” Employees typically don't like to admit this shortcoming, but often what looks like failure or shirking is simply a lack of understanding. Solution: Train the team member step-by-step on how to complete the task, and monitor their performance until you're both confident in their knowledge.
- “I don't want to do it.” Sometimes refusing to do a job is a passive-aggressive way of giving the boss the finger, McVey says. This is a deeper-rooted problem with attitude and insubordination. Solution: Disciplinary steps are the way to go. (See the four strikes method for details.) Once you understand which of the three issues the employee is experiencing in their performance problems, you'll have a much better idea of how to remedy the situation.
But remember, McVey says, many employees will never be able to perform veterinary tasks as well as you would. If they could, they would be you. So encourage employees to excel to the best of their abilities, but understand their limits, too.
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An Introduction To Veterinary Acupuncture
By Nina Malik, DVM
Atlantic Coast Veterinary Specialists
As a veterinarian practicing acupuncture, I often receive surprised responses when I tell people that I am actually performing acupuncture on companion animals. As a veterinary community, acupuncture is not a discipline that is traditionally taught to us in veterinary school. Therefore, many of the indications, applications, and possible mechanisms of action of acupuncture are foreign to us and, for this reason, the benefits of therapy often remain unknown or discounted.
Prospective evidence-based studies revealing the benefits of acupuncture are only slowly increasing in number, as the incentive of such studies is largely academic and therapeutic, rather than profit-based.
Acupuncture has sustained a long history as a healing art in East Asia. The first written record of acupuncture is contained in …
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Events Calendar
October 2-5
NYSVMS Veterinary Conference
Ithaca, New York
www.nysvms.org/
October 14-16
Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference
Atlantic City, New Jersey
www.acvc.org/
Wednesday, October 15
CE Lecture at Atlantic Coast Veterinary
Specialists in Bohemia
7 PM dinner; 8-10 PM lecture
Presented by Nina Malik, DVM,
veterinary acupuncturist
All veterinarians and their staff are invited; RSVP to 631-285-7780 by Oct. 9.
Wednesday, October 15
Suffolk County Community College
Veterinary Science Technology Students
8-10:45 AM lecture
Dr. Kramer on "Arrhythmias"
Thursday, October 16
Long Island Veterinary Medical Association (LIVMA)
Monthly Meeting
http://livma.org/
Wednesday, October 22
Suffolk County Community College
Veterinary Science Technology Students
6-9 PM lecture
Dr. Kramer on "Arrhythmias"
Click here for other state, national, and global veterinary events in October.
Tuesday, November 11
Westchester Rockland Veterinary Medical Association (WRVMA)
Dr. Kramer on "InterventionalCardiology & Radiology"
Thursday, November 13
Long Island Veterinary Medical Association (LIVMA)
Monthly Meeting
Dr. Kramer on "InterventionalCardiology & Radiology"
http://livma.org/
Click here for other state, national, and global veterinary events in November.
Thursday, December 4
Long Island Veterinary Medical Association (LIVMA)
Monthly Meeting
http://livma.org/
Click here for other state, national, and global veterinary events in December.
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