The chair will participate in the planning and delivery of both didactic and clinical education by collaborating with the Associate Dean for Academic & Student Affairs and Chair of the Department of Pathobiology and Integrative Biomedical Sciences; they will strengthen clinical innovations through enhanced research opportunities for faculty in collaboration with the Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies; they will work to ensure high quality clinical service in the Veterinary Health Center through collaboration with the Associate Dean for Hospital Operations and continue to foster strong clinical collaborations with the Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory in partnership with the Director of the VMDL. Members of the department currently serve as leaders, committee members, and officers in the Missouri Veterinary Medical Association, Missouri Veterinary Technicians Association, American Board of Veterinary Ophthalmology, National Mastitis Council, American Association of Equine Practitioners, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Radiation Research Society, American College of Veterinary Radiologists, American College of Veterinary Surgeons, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society, International Council for Veterinary Assessment, and the American Thoracic Society.