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AAEP News November 2020 V
5 things to know about AAEP this month
1. Earn CE hours at your convenience from Dec. 1–June 30, 2021, by registering for the AAEP’s Virtual Convention & Trade Show at convention.
aaep.org.
2. View an updated list of the dentistry skills expected of new graduates in the revised Core Competencies for New Veterinary School Graduates at
aaep.org/core-competencies.
3. The 2021 Resort
Symposium slated for late January in Mauna Lani, Hawaii, has been postponed until early 2022 due to ongoing concerns with COVID-19.
4. The Equine Disease Communication Center celebrates five years of providing reliable, real-time information on disease outbreaks. Learn more or donate at
equinediseasecc.org.
5. A newly updated slide deck on laminitis is among the custom client education PowerPoint presentations available at
aaep.org/dashboard/ clienteducation/ presentations.
Practitioners from Florida, Kentucky and Pennsylvania to join AAEP board
Following a month-long vote by the membership that concluded Oct. 4, Drs. Emma Adam, Erin Denney-Jones and James Zeliff were elected to three-year terms on the AAEP board of directors. Each will be installed in December during the AAEP’s Virtual Convention.
Emma Adam, DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM, DACVS Dr. Adam is an equine outreach veterinarian for the University of Kentucky Department of Veterinary Science in Lexington, Ky. In this role, she conducts equine research and serves as an industry liaison to support the profession and equine industry.
A second-generation equine veterinarian who grew up on a commercial breeding farm in Newmarket, England, Dr. Adam received her veterinary degree from the Royal Veterinary College in London. Following a stint in private practice, she completed a residency in internal medicine at TexasA&M University and a surgical residency at the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky in 2016.
Dr. Adam has served on the AAEP’s Racing Committee since 2019. She has presented at the AAEP Annual Convention multiple times and served as moderator of the convention’s Ethics session in 2019.
Erin Denney-Jones, DVM Dr. Denney-Jones is a solo practitioner and owner of Florida Equine Veterinary Services, Inc., in Clermont, Fla.
After receiving her veterinary degree from the University of Missouri, Dr. Denney-Jones completed an internship at Mississippi State University and spent two years as an associate in a surgical referral practice before establishing her ambulatory and clinic practice in the mid-1990s. She achieved FEI veterinarian status in 1995 and worked as an event veterinarian at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. For the past 20 years, she has hosted an annual all-day horse owner education meeting to help the region’s horse owners improve care for their animals.
Dr. Emma Adam Dr. Erin Denney- Jones
Dr. James Zeliff
Dr. Denney-Jones previously chaired the AAEP’s Owner Education Committee and served on the Sports Medicine Committee and Trail & Events Committee. In addition, she was a charter board member and treasurer of the Florida Association of Equine Practitioners.
James Zeliff, DVM, MBA Dr. Zeliff is founder and managing partner of Allegheny Equine in Murrysville, Penn., a multi-doctor, clinic-based ambulatory practice.
A veterinary graduate of Purdue University, Dr. Zeliff completed an internship at the Elmont Equine Hospital at Belmont Park in New York before relocating to Pennsylvania in 1989 and opening his practice in 1992. As the practice has grown, so, too, has his interest in business education. He has attended several veterinary business management programs, joined a Veterinary Management Group and, in 2019, completed his MBA.
Dr. Zeliff is AAEP’s representative to the AVMA Legislative Advisory Council and serves on the AAEP’s Welfare & Public Policy Advisory Council and Foundation Advisory Council. In addition, he is immediate past president of the Northeast Association of Equine Practitioners.
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