If you look at the upper right side of the page, you will notice a link to the new IAAAM Gallery. We are posting pictures taken by and/or of IAAAM members showing what it is like to work, or play, in the world of aquatic animal medicine.
Please send in pictures you would like to post to iaaam.main@gmail.com and we will evaluate and post the picture(s) if appropriate.
Thanks in advance for making the website more colorful!
Congratulations to Paul Bowser, Ph.D., the 2013 winner of the Christensen Award for Excellence in Fish Health.
This award is given to an active member of IAAAM who has made significant advances in the field of fish health and medicine through basic scientific or applied research or education.
The officers and members of the IAAAM is honoring Dr. Bowser for his ground-breaking work on ugly tumors in beautiful fishes, for contributions to keeping aquaculture fish healthy and our food supply safe, for important investigations into temperature effects on viral pathogenesis in wild and cultured fish, for being the right person with the right skills and team in the right place at the right time to document and help mitigate the emergence of the invasive Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus IVb in North America’s largest body of fresh water, as well as his long dedication to training veterinary students, graduate students and professionals in fish health both at Cornell University and as Associate Director of Aquavet® for 25 years.
Dr. Paul Bowser in 2002.
IAAAM would like to congratulate Dr. Eric Anderson and Dr. Kat Hadfield on becoming new Diplomates of the American College of Zoological Medicine (ACZM).
In order to become an ACZM Diplomate, one must have several years of professional experience in zoological medicine, be the primary author on at least 5 peer-reviewed publications, and successfully complete a two-day examination.
A qualifying examination occurs on the first day, which includes the medicine of invertebrate, fish, avian, mammalian, amphibian and reptilian species. Candidates who pass the qualifying examination may take the certifying examination on a following day, in one of the following focus subjects: zoological companion animal, general zoo, wildlife, aquatic, avian, or amphibian/reptilian species. Successful candidates for Diplomate status must pass both the qualifying and certifying examinations.
Established in 1983, the American College of Zoological Medicine is an international specialty organization
