Welcome to the TCVMA Website

This Website has been created for and is maintained by the Tarrant County Veterinary Medical Association (TCVMA). There are three main goals for this Website:

1. To provide timely information for TCVMA members regarding coming events, announcements and information to make their veterinary practices better
2. To provide membership information for prospective members
3. To provide veterinary information to the general public

With these goals in mind, please use the navigation menu to the left to explore our site. Please be aware that any good Website is always in creating mode some areas are still in the development states and announcements will be posted when these areas are available.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this Website, please feel free to send an email to the webmaster at webmaster@tcvma.com.

President's Message

School is out and summer is upon us. It's hard to believe but half the year has flown by. Last month's meeting was thought provoking and reminds me of the rapid changes we have made in our practices through the years. It wasn't that long ago, the primary treatments for arthritis were cortisone injections, pain medications were rarely used post operatively, and we poured dursban and diazinon on our lawns by the gallons. Thank you Dr. Michael Fox for reminding us we still have room to grow.

Somewhere between the liberal and conservative viewpoints, we seek the solutions and treatments that we need to provide optimum care. Our profession stands out like no other displaying compassion, education, and practicality as well.

This month's meeting is probably the last "double barrel" presentation of the year. I am excited to have Dr. Bob Barstad from the Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center and Dr. Ron Green from the Animal Radiology Clinic. We are incredibly fortunate to have the local talent that we do. We are more fortunate to have them as members of the TCVMA. And we are most fortunate that they feel the desire to give back to the profession and oblige their time and knowledge to help us all become better at what we do. Thank you to both of them and also to our friends at Merial for once again stepping up to sponsor yet another meeting for the TCVMA. It bears repeating how proud I am of our association and I want to say thank you for the honor and pleasure to be able to represent it.

Summer vacations are the best memories I have. I urge you not to wait until your children are grown to take your next trip and make your next memories. Enjoy the summer and again, I hope to see you at the meeting next week.

Jeff