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Monday Lunch | Dr. Deb Zoran '97

The Texas A&M VET: Preparing & Responding on Behalf of People & Animals

About the Presentation

Dr. Deb Zoran is a founding member and the second Director of the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET). Her DVM was awarded in 1984 from Kansas State University, followed by a PhD in nutrition from Texas A&M, where she rose to Professor and taught small animal medicine and nutrition for 20 years.

Since joining VET in 2009, she has been on over 28 deployments to multiple types of disasters in Texas and beyond, including wildfires in California and hurricanes in Louisiana and Florida. She helped develop and has been a lead instructor for the required clinical rotation in Veterinary Emergency Management to 4th year veterinary students (the only such rotation in the US). She is also a member of Texas A&M Task Force as veterinary support for the working canines and serves on the FEMA Incident Support Team as a Veterinary Specialist in support of working canines deployed to national disasters.

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