Enacting Positive Change in Veterinary Medicine

Like most veterinarians, Ruthanne Chun DVM’91 knew she wanted to be a veterinarian from childhood.

“You know the cliche of ‘I’ve always loved animals.’ As a kid, I wanted to be a veterinarian, and when I grew, I realized that I could actually do just that,” she says.

Chun has gone above and beyond in her dream to be a veterinarian. At the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, she serves as the chief of large animal services, section head and clinical professor of medical oncology, and co-chair of the professional development curriculum working group...