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Mathew Gerard

Dr. Mat Gerard

Nov 20, 2024

Anatomy of an Exceptional and Life-Changing Professor

Occipital, parietal, temporal are words the first-year veterinary students will hear a lot over the next three hours as they examine the animal skulls on the lab tables in front of them, but first their anatomy professor offers these: “massive transition,” “right on track,” “very OK.” The possibly disappointing results of the first big test…

Jun 30, 2020

Blikslager to Head CVM Clinical Sciences Department

Blikslager, CVM equine surgery and gastroenterology professor and a world-leading expert in colic, steps into the role July 1.

Class of 2020

May 11, 2020

CVM Class of 2020 Graduates in Online Ceremony

Completing four years of DVM education with unprecedented challenges, the Class of 2020 graduated Friday via a ceremony on Zoom.
Adult and young white rhinoceros at a private farm in South Africa

Nov 11, 2019

Filling in the Puzzle of Rhino Survival

Groundbreaking anatomical research on the rhinoceros from CVM faculty and students is contributing to the survival of the critically threatened species.

May 29, 2019

CVM Global Health Projects Awarded Funding

Research projects in South Africa, the Galápagos and Senegal are recipients of 2019 travel awards from the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s global health program. The awards fund projects from CVM faculty advancing research in global health, including wildlife conservation and infectious disease. For a project based in northern Pretoria, South Africa, Anthony Blikslager,…
Mat Gerard, veterinary anatomy professor

Mar 28, 2019

CVM’s Mat Gerard Receives NC State Outstanding Teacher Award

When Mathew Gerard’s your teacher, you get all of him. If, like Gabriel Gonzalez, you’re studying in the library late at night before a major anatomy exam, you’ll watch as Gerard goes desk to desk, student to student, just to see if there are any last-minute questions he can help with. When Gonzalez, now a…

Apr 30, 2018

Faculty, Staff and Students honored at 34th Annual CVM Awards Banquet

The State Ballroom of NC State’s Talley Student Union featured a spontaneous rendition of “Happy Birthday” on April 26 during the 34th Annual College of Veterinary Medicine Awards Banquet. The Class of 2018’s Sophie Amirsultan took home seven awards while also celebrating her birthday, prompting the crowd to join in a musical tribute. The entire…
Gerard and Blikslager inspect rhino skull

Sep 21, 2016

Life-Changing Impact

Gerard and Blikslager set out on a task that took almost two years in the making: mapping the paranasal sinus anatomy of the white rhinoceros, believed to be the first such project of its kind...

Aug 23, 2016

Class of 2020: Boldly Breaking Through

Sam Lin was set on going to Texas A&M’s vet school. Born and raised in San Antonio, she wanted be close to home and had long dreamed of...