Today's Veterinary Practice provides comprehensive information to keep every small animal practitioner up to date on companion animal medicine and surgery as well as practice building and management.
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&%*503 4 /05& A Journal is Born -FTMFZ ( ,JOH .7# %JQMPNBUF "$7&$$ "$7*. 4NBMM "OJNBM *OUFSOBM .FEJDJOF &$7*. $PNQBOJPO "OJNBM I t is with great pleasure that the editorial team of Today’s Veterinary Practice presents the inaugural issue of this new peer-reviewed vet- erinary medicine journal. I am honored to have been invited to serve as its editor in chief. The journal will be distributed to more than 54,000 veterinarians and 5000 veterinary technicians. Our goal is to produce the best companion animal veterinary journal in the industry. A Journal Tour Today’s Veterinary Practice will provide compre- hensive information to keep every small animal practitioner up-to-date in an easily accessible and interesting format. This journal will contain topical feature articles in companion animal medi- cine and surgery, including Lesley G. King, MVB, Diplomate ACVECC, ACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine), & ECVIM (Companion Animal), is a professor in the section of critical care and director of the intensive care unit at University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. Her research interests include all aspects of small animal intensive care medicine, with special emphasis on pulmonary medicine and outcome prediction in the critical small animal patient. Dr. King graduated from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland. After a year as a House Surgeon in Dublin, she completed a small animal internal medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. 6 Today’s Veterinary Practice July/August 2011 reviews that provide reminders about common problems seen in veterinary practice and updates on new diagnostics and therapies as they hit the headlines. Regular columns will include Focus on Phar- macology, Today’s Veterinary Research, Top Ten, Patient 911, and Practice Step by Step. Our column titled Today’s Technician will provide information specifically geared toward veterinary technicians, and the Practice Building section will address aspects of practice development that affect ef- ficiency, communication, client experience, and the bottom line. Consider this Case will introduce some fascinating and unusual cases that you might find useful if one of these patients presents to your practice in the future. In addition, we’ll have updates on news items that are important to practicing veterinarians, and every issue will include Journal Club, a forum where experts present summaries of the most important articles published in recent veterinary medical literature. Our aim is to make this journal the only resource you need to stay current with everything that is happening in the world of veteri- nary medicine. Introducing Our Team I am proud to be part of an amazing team who will be working together to produce this journal, in- cluding publisher Nick Paolo and editorial director Kelly Soldavin, who both bring to the table tremen- dous experience in medical publishing. Our Editorial Advisory Board is comprised of world-renowned veterinarians and technicians in academia and private practice. This is a key team who will guide and direct the journal’s topics, content, and design as we move from issue to is- sue. The Editorial Peer Review Board is a group of experts that truly represent a Who’s Who of veteri- nary medicine. The members of this board will be responsible for approving the content of each issue prior to publication.