Developing Opportunities
The Office of Development would like to recognize and thank the Cardiology
and Cardiothoracic Surgery Service at the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching
Hospital for a job well done. The faculty and staff of the cardiology
team provided great service to Deborah Van Dyke King and outstanding care
to her dog, Custer. Drs. Christopher Orton and Leigh Griffiths are Custer's
veterinarians. Custer is a Labrador retriever who was born with tricuspid
dysplasia, a condition that leads to heart failure and eventual death
early in life.
After undergoing open heart surgery last year, Custer is doing well and
living a normal life with the help of drug therapy. As a result of Custer's
exemplary care, Ms. King made a substantial gift to the cardiology team
to support the program and the highly specialized services they offer
to pet owners. Her first gifts established the Custer Cardiology Fund
which supports research into the development of alternative techniques
for treating heart-valve problems in dogs. This year, Ms. King made an
additional gift to purchase an automated staining system for immunohistochemistry
studies at the cardiology research laboratory. The automated system allows
researchers to look at the characteristics of cells and heart valves.
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