A. Simon Turner, BVSc, MS, DipACVS
Howard B. Seim, III, DVM, DipACVS.
Dana Ruehlman, DVM
Stewart Ryan, DVM, MS, DipACVS
Anthony Simon Turner, B.V.Sc., B.S.
Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences
Small Ruminant Comparative Orthopaedic Lab, Director
BVSc (Hons) (D.V.M.), University of Melbourne, 1968-1972
MS, Ohio State University, 1975
Dr. Simon Turner is currently a professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences,
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University,
Ft. Collins, CO. He received his veterinary degree from the University of
Melbourne, Australia and his M.S. degree at The Ohio State University. He
is a Diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. He has taught
Large Animal Surgery at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada and has been
at Colorado State University since 1977. Simon spent much of his career operating
on horses and has co-authored three text books in that field. In 1989, after
returning from a sabbatical appointment at The Laboratory for Experimental
Surgery, Davos, Switzerland, he formed a laboratory for comparative orthopaedic
research at Colorado State.
Simon has taken advantage of the wide open spaces of Colorado for business
(and pleasure!). He has access to large numbers of sheep that provides him
with a convenient and relatively inexpensive, large animal model for biomedical
research. Working at a large veterinary teaching hospital also provides him
with an ideal environment for handling and housing of animals, technical support,
operating room facilities, pathology services and abundant personnel (mostly
preveterinary students!) to assist him with animal handling, husbandry and
convalescence.
Simon’s research began with characterization of the aged ovariectomized
ewe as a model for postmenopausal conditions such as osteoporosis, heart disease,
hot flashes and arthritis. He has looked at new therapeutic agents for osteoporosis
including selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERM’s). Other areas
of research using the sheep have included investigation into new methods of
enhancement of implant fixation in normal and osteoporotic bone, anterior
and posterior spine fusion with various implants, and, fracture healing. His
research is not limited to bony tissues. He has evaluated implants to secure
meniscal tears, meniscal transplantation and tendon reattachment to bone.
He has evaluated several hemostatic agents to reduce bleeding from both bone,
liver, spleen and kidney using sheep. He serves on the review board of Veterinary
Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology and is Consultant Editor for Veterinary
Clinics of North America: Equine Practice. He is an author of over 200 refereed
papers and abstracts. He was inducted in The Glover Gallery (for distinguished
alumni and faculty), Colorado State University; October 25, 2001. Simon’s
brother (Andrew) is a veterinarian in specialty ophthalmology practice in
Melbourne, Australia, while his wife Ann is a professor in anesthesiology
and is also in the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University.
Howard B. Seim III,
DVM, Diplomate ACVS
Professor of Small Animal Surgery
Department of Clinical Sciences
Colorado State University.
Dr. Howard Seim, III is a graduate of Washington State University. He did
his internship at Saskatoon, Canada, residency at the Animal Medical Center
in New York City and has been teaching small animal surgery at Colorado State
University for 26 years. He was Chief of the Small Animal Surgery section
at Colorado State University from 1992 to 2002. Dr. Seim has garnered accolades
for his teaching ability. He was co recipient of the 1993 Merck AGVET Award
for Creative Teaching and was awarded Colorado State Universities N. Preston
Davis Award for Instructional Innovation in 1995. Dr. Seim has been teaching
for 25 years and has been an active student, intern, and resident advisor.
Dr. Seim is well recognized for his knowledge of and experience in the field
of neurosurgery and soft tissue surgery. He has presented innumerable scientific
papers in these fields, and has authored or coauthored many book chapters.
Dr. Seim has been involved in a variety of research projects, particularly
studying various implants for spinal fusion and disk replacement. He has been
a member of the Review Board of the Journal of the AVMA, Veterinary Surgery
and Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Dr. Seim is currently a member
of the Editorial Board for the Journl of Feline Medicine and Surgery. Dr.
Seim served on the ACVS’s Examination committee from 1991 to 1995 and
as a member of their Board of Regents from 1998 to 2000. Dr. Seim authored
the neurosurgery section of the text Small Animal Surgery, Fossum editor,
Mosby Yearbook, Inc. 1st Edition, April 1997, and 2nd Edition, December 2001.
However, when all is said and done, he’s just an all around good guy.