Oregon State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital

Faculty and staff in our Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital teach veterinary students while providing top-class medical care to patients of all species

In 1975, the State Legislature responded to the need for more veterinarians in Oregon and to the need for increasing the opportunities for Oregonians to study veterinary medicine by establishing the College of Veterinary Medicine at Oregon State University. Magruder Hall, a veterinary teaching facility including a large animal clinical service, was built in 1979. The first class of veterinary students entered the College in Sept. 1979, and received their doctorates of veterinary medicine from Oregon State University in 1983. Initially, students had to spend over a year at Washington State University in Pullman to receive necessary training in small animal medicine and surgery. In 2001, the Oregon Legislature appropriated funding to add a small animal clinical service to the veterinary teaching hospital and to expand the doctor of veterinary medicine program to provide all four years of instruction in Oregon. The program was implemented in 2003 with the class of 2007. Additions to Magruder Hall were completed in Sept. 2004 and the small animal clinic was opened in May 2005. Together with the Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, which serves as a critical public health resource through expanded diagnostic testing for zoonotic diseases and participation in state and national disease surveillance programs, the Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital provides practical training for students and services the diagnostic and clinical needs of our extended community

Mission — Our mission is to advance the health of animals, people and the environment through inclusive and equitable education, research and services to the public