F. A. (Tony) Mann, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS, Diplomate ACVECC Director of Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Services Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgeon Professor Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Veterinary Health Center Assistant Dean for Clinical Education College of Veterinary Medicine University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 Dr. Mann is a native of Kentucky where he obtained an AAS (1977) in Veterinary Technology and completed preveterinary requirements at Morehead State University in 1978. Dr. Mann earned his DVM from the Ohio State University in 1982, completed a small animal medicine and surgery rotating internship at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) in 1983, and completed a small animal surgical residency and MS in veterinary medicine and surgery at Texas A&M University in 1986. Dr. Mann served as an assistant professor in small animal surgery at Auburn University from 1986 to 1988. He joined MU in 1988 as an assistant professor, passed the board certification examination of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1989, was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 1994, passed the board certification examination of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care in 1995, and was promoted to full professor in 2006. Currently, Dr. Mann is Director of Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Services at the MU Veterinary Health Center and Assistant Dean for Clinical Education at the MU College of Veterinary Medicine.