[Moderator's note: Forwarded with Sally Heber's permission.  BIG]
 
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
 
Veterinarian and American Ferret Association member, Dr. Pamela Slack, died
in a private airplane crash on May 4, 1999 somewhere over North Carolina in
the early evening.  Dr. Slack's sister, who is also a veterinarian and her
technicians, are caring for her numerous pets.
 
The AFA Symposium 2000, which will be held on Saturday, July 22, 2000, in
conjunction with the AVMA meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, will honor her
contributions to the advancement of ferret medicine.
 
Funeral arrangements have not yet been set.
 
Pamela M. Slack, D.V.M.
 
Dr. Pamela M.  Slack received her Veterinary degree Cum Laude from the
Virginia-Maryland regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1992.
Benefiting from the recently instituted tracking program at that
institution, she focused her education on exotic animal species early in
her career, graduating with a zoo/wildlife concentration under the umbrella
of government and corporate medicine.  She received the Stubb's Award in
Avian medicine in 1992.  Her first veterinary position was as an Associate
at the Alexandria Animal Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia.  At this large
(13 veterinarian) American Animal Hospital Association accredited facility,
her job description encompassed establishing an avian and exotics service
which would serve not only local clientele, but also provide regional
referral services as well.  Within two years this goal had been met.
 
Dr. Slack currently worked at the Alexandria Animal Hospital as Director
of the Avian and Exotics Service, which she established.  She served as
the Vice President for the Mid-Atlantic States Association of Veterinary
Medicine, and was a member of the Association of Avian Veterinarians, the
Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians, the American Ferret
Association, the House Rabbit Society, the Virginia Veterinary Medical
Association (for whom she served as a consultant for exotic species and
sits on that committee), and the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Recent speaking engagements have included presentations on rabbit and
rodent medicine at her state's annual conference, as well as talks given to
state and local avian groups and the American Ferret Association's annual
Ferret Expo educational seminars, for which she has served as conference
chairperson.
 
She will be greatly missed.
 
Freddie Ann Hoffman, M.D.
Vice President
American Ferret Association
PO Box 255
Crownsville, Maryland  21032-0255
1-888-FERRET-1
[Posted in FML issue 2672]