Timeline

• During the past years, families who came to the UW School of Veterinary Medicine agreed to treat their dogs' nasal tumors with yet untested TomoTherapy.
• TomoTherapy was so successful that the school realized its potential for the treatment of even more pets. Generous gifts from multiple donors allowed the school to move forward with plans for the new Radiation Therapy Clinic.
• A bill to allow construction for a Radiation Therapy Clinic was introduced into the legislature by Rep. Jake Hines and Senator Fred Risser. While construction will be privately funded, legislative needed to approve of the project to move forward.
• In March 2008, Governor Jim Doyle signed the bill that approves construction of a TomoTherapy facility to the School of Veterinary Medicine building.
• In 2008, the school received a $5 million estate gift from Barbara A. Suran, which will fund an oncology chair and support the chair's research efforts.
• Now, bringing the technology full circle, the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine will be the first veterinary hospital to use this state of the art technology to benefit animal health. In January 2011, we treated our first patient.