"Being admitted to the profession of veterinary medicine, I solemnly swear to use my scientific knowledge and skills for the benefit of society through the protection of animal health and welfare, the prevention and relief of animal suffering, the conservation of animal resources, the promotion of public health, and the advancement of medical knowledge."

Comparative Medicine is a distinct discipline of experimental medicine that uses animal models of human and animal disease in translational and biomedical research. The Department of Comparative Medicine at Stanford is an academic department whose faculty teach at the undergraduate, graduate, professional and post graduate levels. The Department's faculty are also engaged in collaborative and comparative research, with animal model expertise and programs in veterinary pathology, pain and anesthesia, rodent reproductive biology, infectious disease, cancer, bioengineering and neuroscience. In addition, the veterinary faculty in the Department of Comparative Medicine have oversight responsibility for the campus-wide animal research program and provide clinical service in the Veterinary Service Center. Our mission is to advance human and animal health through outstanding research, veterinary care and training.

"Between animal and human and medicine, there is no dividing line---nor should there be. The object is different, but the experience obtained constitutes the basis of all medicine."

19th century German physician Rudolf Virchow,
the "father of pathology"

Announcing
“The Pathobiology of the Mouse”
On-Line Course available to undergraduates this spring!

This course, to be taken over 2 quarters, utilizes an award-winning on-line curriculum developed in collaboration with the Center for Genomic Pathology and UC Davis Extension, blended with hands-on wet labs. For more information on the course curriculum, how to register, and how to contact Dr. Donna Bouley, click on this link.

STANFORD UNDERGRADUATE
PRE-VET CLUB (SUPVC) HOSTED
PRE-VET EXPO III on
SATURDAY MAY 19, 2012

Pre-Vet Expo III was a day-long information-filled event for high school juniors and seniors, college students, and career counselors interested in learning more about the veterinary profession.

See pictures of the event here

2012 Veterinarians and veterinary student presenters at the Stanford Pre-Vet Expo

• T32 PhD Program
• T35 Summer Program
• ACLAM Residency

• Veterinary Service Center
• Administrative Panel on Laboratory Animal Care (APLAC)
• Pre-veterinary Advising