![]() ![]() Koji's training in veterinary pathology will allow him to understand the processes and causes of animal diseases, many of which can offer insights into human diseases. "I will continue the exchange program, and I will also be gaining the knowledge I need to bridge what I believe is another opportunity for eye-opening dialogue and exchange: between human medicine and veterinary medicine." ![]() "I will be living my dream after graduation," said Yasuda. Yasuda, age 28, who grew up in Japan until age 15 and then attended a boarding school in New Hampshire before attending Cornell in 2001, will begin a three-year comparative pathology residency at the New England Primate Research Center at Harvard Medical School in June. "The exchange of information, cultures and perspectives is invaluable." "Cornell students receive tremendous value from the experience," said Alfonso Torres, associate dean for public policy. While here, the students learned about the role of veterinarians in the United States and trends in the profession, completed clinical rotations in Cornell's veterinary teaching hospital and visited the Animal Medical Center in Manhattan, N.Y., and the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California-Davis. He met the "obligation" to make a difference by founding the Veterinary Medicine International Exploration Program, which brought 19 students from 11 Japanese veterinary colleges to spent a week in America in summer 2009 in summer 2010, it hosted 11 Japanese students and in March 2011 it hosted 10. ![]() The need he saw was the stark difference he observed between methods of practicing veterinary medicine in America and those used in his home country of Japan. Everyone, he says, has the power "and obligation" to make a difference.įor Yasuda, that power comes from his triple-degreed Cornell education. '07, DVM '11, just communicating a need to people in positions of power is not enough. ![]()
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