Surgery

Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital's Dr. Brea Sandness and Dr. Bianca Reyes work together to help a kitten with a distorted ribcage in danger of puncturing their heart.

A decade ago, Dr. Brea Sandness was gowning up to take a hands-on role in her first surgeries in veterinary school. Today, Sandness spends her time performing surgeries with her one-time mentors and teaching new classes of students at her alma mater, Oregon State University's Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine.

After diagnostic testing at Oregon State University’s veterinary hospital, 6-year-old Amur tiger Bernadette from the Oregon Zoo is back to her healthy, playful self, zoo staff say.

Following her operation on Dec. 19, 3-year-old Vietnamese potbelly pig Ella is doing well and is currently recuperating from the procedure at the Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital in OSU’s Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine

Oregon State University College of Veterinary Medicine's students work together on a CPR training activity.

Oregon State University's Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital's Dr. Lacy Kamm and team work to help a foal with his limp.

Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine students, faculty veterinarians and veterinary support staff loaded into Oregon State University passenger vans to volunteer their Saturday at Warm Springs and provide aid to the herd.

The Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital takes in Oregon Coast Aquarium harbor seal Boots and gives them a diagnoses.

Oregon State University Lois Bates Acheson Teaching Veterinary Hospital's Dr. Ron Mandsager removes a mass from 'Tiger King' rescue cat.

Oregon State University Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine alumni Dr. Amy Harbord, DVM '17, performs surgery at Aumsville Animal Clinic.