ANNUAL MEETINGS
Since its founding in 1978, AVMHS has traditionally held its yearly speaker presentation program and business meeting in association with the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) annual conventions in various cities across the United States and Canada. The Society also displays an educational exhibit in the convention hall. A series of postcards featuring a representative historical illustration associated with the state or meeting location was initiated in 2015.
43rd AVMHS "Virtual" Annual Meeting, July 31, 2020, 11:00 AM PCT (2:00 PM EDT)
This year's 43rd Annual Program and Business Meeting will be a live videoconference. First, Program-Chair/President-Elect Dr. Zbigniew Wojcinski has arranged for Dr. Meg Sutherland-Smith at the San Diego Zoo (SDZ) to give a presentation on "The History of the San Diego Zoo: A Veterinary Perspective." Her talk will be followed by our business meeting presided by President Jerry M. Owens. All are welcome to "attend" the session.
More information for joining in on July 31 will be forthcoming closer to the meeting date.
42nd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 2-6, 2019
Saturday-Monday, August 3-5, 2019 — Exhibit Hall Booth #1093
Various veterinary history posters and information
Sunday, August 4, 2019, 8am-10am — AVMHS Business Meeting — Marriott Marquis Hotel, Anthem Restaurant for Dutch-treat buffet breakfast buffet
Dr. Russell W. Currier, AVMHS president, presiding
Saturday-Monday, August 3-5, 2019 — Poster Session, Exhibit Hall
Sunday, August 4, 3pm-4pm (staffed)
#A1 - C. Barnwell Robinson, V.S. (1859-1921): Founder of United States College of Veterinary Surgeons, Fire Department and District of Columbia Veterinarian
Howard H. Erickson, DVM, PhD and
Philip Teigen, PhD
#A2 - Washington DC’s Private Veterinary Schools, 1892-1918: Case Study of Daniel Salmon’s Short-Lived National Veterinary College
Russell W. Currier, DVM, MPH
#1566 - Milestones in the History of One Health
Shannon Greeley, DVM
(Co-historian, Chicago Vet. Med. Assoc.)
41st Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, July 13-17, 2018
Saturday-Monday, July 14-16, 2018 — Exhibit Hall Booth #2021 Various history posters
Saturday, July 14, 2018, 6pm-8pm — CE Program — Hyatt Regency Denver, Centennial Ballroom H
Dr. Russell W. Currier, Program-chair/President-elect
Saturday, July 14, 2018, 6pm-8pm — Business Meeting, Hyatt Regency Denver, Centennial Ballroom H
Prof. David J. Williams, AVMHS president
Saturday-Monday, July 14-16, 2018 — Poster Session, Exhibit Hall
Sunday, July 15, 2018, 3pm-4pm (staffed)
#A21 Pioneer Veterinarians of Colorado and the West
Howard H. Erickson, DVM, PhD
#A24 Early History of Veterinary Medicine in Illinois
Shannon Greeley, DVM
Society memberships at $35 individuals, $40 couples, $20 students, $500 life include mailed quarterly newsletters and semi-annual journal.
AVMA ATTENDEES ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND ALL HISTORY EVENTS AND SESSIONS.
40th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 21-25, 2017
Saturday-Monday, July 22-24, 2017 — Exhibit Hall Booth #1819
Various history posters, such as history of rabies, veterinary surgical instruments, 1912 AVMA Convention, etc. by Purdue Univ. veterinary students
Saturday, July 22, 2017, 6pm-8pm — CE Program — JW Marriott Hotel, White River Ballroom A
Brief talks on One Health by Dr. Peter Cowan, the Indiana Veterinary College by Dr. Howard Erickson, and Dr. Shope by Dr. Russell Currier.
Saturday, July 22, 2017, 6pm-8pm — Business Meeting, JW Marriott Hotel, White River Ballroom A
Dr. Peter Cowen, AVMHS president
Saturday-Monday, July 22-24, 2017 — Poster Session, Exhibit Hall
#2324 "The Indiana Veterinary College at Indianapolis (1892-1924): Its Background and Contributions to Veterinary Medicine" by Howard H. Erickson, DVM, PhD
39th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, August 6-8, 2016
Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, 9:00am-9:50am — CE Program #1623 — San Antonio Convention Center, Rm. 214C
"James H. Steele, Contributions to Texas Veterinary Public Health," by Peter Cowen, DVM, MPVM, PhD
Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, 11:00am-11:50am — CE Program #1776 — San Antonio Convention Center, Rm. 217D
"Emergence of Ebola: One Health at Wor, " by Jerry Jaax, DVM, ACLAM and Nancy Jaax, DVM
Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, 4:00pm-4:50pm — CE Program #1624 — San Antonio Convention Center, Rm. 217D
"Infectious Disease and Bioterrorism: Beyond the Ebola Outbreak," by ,Jerry Jaax, DVM, ACLAM
Exhibit Hall booth displayed posters on: History of Texas Veterinary Medicne; Timeline of the Texas Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory; the Going Brothers; Presidents of the AVMA, and AVMHS Smithcors Essay Contest.
38th Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, July 11-13, 2015
Monday, July 13, 2015 — CE Program — Boston Convention Center
"The History of the Boston Veterinary institute and Early Presidents of the United States Veterinary Medical Association," by Howard H. Erickson, DVM, PhD
"The Short Existence of the Harvard University Veterinary Department & Middlesex University School of Veterinary Medicine," by Henry E. Childers, DVM
"Uncloaking Cognitive Decline: The Emergence of Canine Cognitive Dysfunction in Veterinary Medicine and Its "Implications for Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease," by Sarah M. Oates, ‘16
"Laboratory of Reform: The New England Experiment to Control Bovine Tuberculosis, 1894–1900," by Basil P. Tangredi, DVM
Exhibit Hall Booth focused on: "Florence Kimball, DVM ‘10: Early Massachusetts Woman Veterinarian," by Phyllis Hickney Larsen, DVM, MPVM
REGIONAL MEETINGS
5th Regional Veterinary History Meeting, September 28, 2013
Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association, Louisville, Kentucky
4th Regional Veterinary History Meeting, June 15, 2012
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
"Cross-Border Connections in Canadian and U.S. Veterinary History"
3rd Regional Veterinary History Meeting, September 16, 2011
TIowa State Veterinary Medical Association, Ames, Iowa
2nd Regional Veterinary History Meeting, March 6, 2010
Texas Veterinary Medical Association, College Station, Texas
1st Regional Veterinary History Meeting, June 9, 2009
Kansas Veterinary Medical Associaton, Manhattan, Kansas