| Virginia Tech vet chosen to care for Olympic horses
A recent addition to the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech will be spending next summer in China, caring for horses in the 2008 Olympics. David Hodgson has been selected as one of about 20 official Olympic Committee veterinarians, caring for about 200 horses that will be competing in the games. After a veterinary career that took him from his native Australia to Washington State University and back, David Hodgson and his family relocated to Blacksburg this summer. He heads the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the vet school. Hodgson specializes in internal medicine and has a doctorate in equine sports medicine. But he and the other vets at the games will treat a variety of ailments, from leg injuries to coughs and colds commonly suffered by horses after a long trip.
Dr. Kevin J. Logel Joins Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic
Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic welcomes Kevin J. Logel, M.D., to the practice effective December 17, 2007. Dr. Logel is a fellowship-trained Foot and Ankle specialist focusing on sports injuries, post-traumatic reconstruction, and chronic conditions of the foot and ankle. Dr. Logel has a special interest in dance medicine and has worked closely with the Carolina Ballet since 2005. In addition to several research publications and presentations, Dr. Logel served as a clinical instructor of Orthopaedics at WakeMed teaching UNC Orthopaedic residents from 2005-2007. Dr. Logel attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for both undergraduate and medical school. He completed his residency in Orthopaedic surgery at the University of Utah Hospitals. A fellowship in Foot and Ankle Reconstruction followed at the Union Memorial/Johns Hopkins Hospitals in Baltimore, Maryland.
Australia Day dazzles a nation
The four colourfully adorned commuter carriers finished almost in a line under the Harbour Bridge, with the corporate sponsors charitably letting Variety, the charity ferry, win. As the fleet whooshed past the crowded foreshore, the harbour suddenly sounded like a New York street, with hundreds of horns honking. Giving new meaning to the term "pleasure" craft was the Great Aussie Barbie Boat, with snag-scented smoke rising from the top deck, Angels on the stereo and the bow - bedecked in Australian-flag bikinis - and a bunch of blokes up the back, dressed as fried eggs, tomatoes and barbecue-sauce bottles. The skies were busy with a fly-past by RAAF F/A-18 jets and Seahawk helicopters, but they also bore a reminder of the original Australians who greeted the First Fleet.
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