After reading his paper presented at the North American Veterinary Conference in January of 2006 on “Neurons Made Easy”, it made sense to seek out Dr. Bertone for the Equine Neurology course.

His philosophy for teaching corresponds very well with ours. This is from his bio page at the university:

“Education needs to be exciting, engaging and interesting for the student as well as the faculty member. Education is no longer about handing out notes and lecturing; it\\\'s about giving students the tools to learn long after they leave veterinary school. Student centered learning is the key to life-long learning. Education is successful when all students know more than their teachers.”

Well said, wouldn’t you say? His biographical information reads like “been there, done that.” He has so much experience in a variety of fields. Here is just a small version of his accomplishments and positions. We could list the papers he has written but those would need their own site:

08/03-present: Professor, Equine Medicine. College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA.

10/03-present: Adjunct Professor.   California Polytechnic Institute, Pomona CA.

03/02: AVMA Council on Biologic and Therapeutic Agents.

08/98–05/00: Equine Internist and Regulatory Consultant. Idaho Equine Hospital, 16080 Equine Drive, Nampa, ID 83687.

03/94-07/98: Veterinary Medical Officer.   Food and Drug Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine, HFV-114, 7500 Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855

03/94-07/98: Equine Internist.   Equine Medical Consultant, 3815 Baker Valley Road, Frederick, MD   21071.   Monacacy Equine Veterinary Associates, Mouth of Monacacy Rd, Beallsville, MD 20839

11/89-03/94: Assistant Professor, Equine Medicine and Surgery.   Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, the Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, OH 43210

1988: Board certification, Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - Washington, DC

07/87-01/90: Assistant Professor.   Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Affiliate member.   Department of Physiology and Toxicology, Louisiana State University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA 70803