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Welcome HISTOVET Surgical Pathology provides rapid diagnostic histopathology and cytology, with particular emphasis on dermatopathology, oncology, ophthalmology, and endoscopic biopsies. We offer our services exclusively to veterinary practitioners. Quality Policy Our team of employees and subcontractors endorse and participate in our quality policy of accuracy, reliability and timeliness, to satisfy our clients. HISTOVET Surgical Pathology will provide accurate, concise, literate and useful interpretation of disease processes in animal tissue as detected in surgical biopsy and cytology samples. HISTOVET will set the gold standard for reliability, in that our clients can expect that each sample will be received, processed, and interpreted in a manner consistent with the highest standards in laboratory practice. From the time a specimen leaves a clinic until a written report is transmitted, we will know where the specimen is, and when a result will be ready. We will continue to invest in data management technology and employee training appropriate to ensuring excellence in the discovery and dissemination of new information about the diagnosis, prevalence, and behavior of disease in companion animals. Awards and Recognition HISTOVET Surgical Pathology’s quality management system meets international quality standards as represented by our certification to ISO 9001:2000. HISTOVET has won the following quality awards:
A 1973 graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, Brian came to veterinary medicine with an unusual background in classical languages and philosophy. Despite a lifelong ambition to be a veterinarian and a work background in the purebred dog industry, he heeded early advice to separate his education from his job training. This philosophic background colours his work as a teacher and diagnostician, and even today his students refer to his course as "Wilcock's pathophilosophy". After completing his DVM, Brian obtained an MS and PhD in veterinary pathology from Purdue University in Indiana with special emphasis in gastrointestinal diseases. The published research from his MS work was voted paper of the year to be published in the prestigious journal "Veterinary Pathology". Brian returned to Guelph to join the faculty of the Department of Pathology at the Ontario Veterinary College in 1977. Widely acknowledged as a teacher and as a diagnostician, Brian has received numerous awards including the Norden Award for Teaching Excellence, the University of Guelph Faculty Association Professorial Teaching Award, the Robert R. Farrell Distinguished Lecturer Award, and the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association Award of Merit. He was the first Visiting Professor invited to the newly-opened Atlantic Veterinary College and the D.L.T. Smith Visiting Scientist at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. He is a frequently invited speaker at continuing education meetings locally, nationally and internationally on such topics as surgical pathology, oncology, gastrointestinal pathology and ophthalmology. He is the author of over 100 publications in scientific journals, 11 book chapters and 1 textbook. Privacy Policy HISTOVET Surgical Pathology respects the importance of the confidentiality of the information contained within the submission forms, within our report forms, and in any other communication we may have with owners and veterinarians about individual patients. Our privacy policy is in compliance with our professional ethical obligations as established by the College of Veterinarians of Ontario, and with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. Specifically, all information contained within the case submission forms and in our reports is intended exclusively for use by the staff of the veterinary clinic that submitted the case. Reasonable enquiries from other parties such as patient owners, referral specialists, insurance companies, regulatory bodies and other veterinarians about information contained in our reports will be granted only with the permission of the veterinarian from whom the sample originated. If the party making the enquiry clearly already has access to our report as evidenced by being able to quote the HISTOVET case number, this will be interpreted as permission to discuss reasonable medical questions or provide clarifications relevant to that report. Information of educational or scientific interest derived from such cases may be used in the scientific publications, at seminars, or at conferences but specific owner and patient identification will be held confidential at all times. |
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