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November 8th marks World Radiography Day, commemorating Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen’s discovery of x-rays in 1895. This breakthrough revolutionized medicine and is considered one of the most significant advances in medicine. For this discovery, Röntgen won the first Nobel prize for physics in 1901. At the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center, we celebrate this day by recognizing the vital contributions of our veterinary radiologists whose expertise allows us to diagnose and treat patients every day. In their honor, this post explores how X-rays help us see inside our animal patients.

A cat loving client of the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center is fostering a young male cat. In preparing for his neuter surgery, she found out the cat has a retained testicle and will require additional testing to determine where the testicle is and how best to approach the neuter surgery. The medical term for retained testicles is cryptorchidism, with the root, orchid coming from the Greek for testicle or órkhis. I’ll discuss this uncommon condition in today’s blogpost.

Usually I celebrate World Kidney Day by writing about kidneys. This year I am switching it up and am showing pictures of kidneys. In keeping with this year’s theme “Kidney Health

Veterinarians at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center have many pieces of medical equipment available to provide excellent care for your pets. Some equipment is high tech like our CT scanner,

Although they’re out of view of many clients, the Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology Service is vital to the everyday functioning of the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center. Animals can’t tell us