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For Julie
Wentz, DVM, taking over as the director of Mizzou Animal Cancer Care is
more than an opportunity to help pets with cancer,
it is a chance to build relationships. Wentz, who has spent 22 years
working in emergency veterinary medicine, said she was ready to take her
career in a different direction.
“I like
the idea of treating cancer patients,” Wentz said. “This will allow me to
get to know my patients instead of treating them and sending them on
their way, which is a lot of what I did in emergency medicine.”
Wentz
replaced George Buckaloo, DVM, as the director
of Mizzou Animal Cancer Care in mid-June. Buckaloo,
who retired, had operated the center since it opened in 2011. Wentz was
scheduled to begin work at MACC July 1, however, on May 31 a tornado
caused heavy damage to the Animal Emergency Clinic in Bridgeton where she
had been working, effectively shutting down the facility and prompting
Wentz to move up her start date at the University of Missouri College of
Veterinary Medicine satellite operation.
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