ODA Announces State Veterinarian

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Oregon Department of Agriculture

General Announcement

The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) is excited to announce the new ODA State Veterinarian, Dr. Ryan Scholz. Many of you may already be familiar with Ryan as one of ODA’s district veterinarians in the animal health program. Ryan has been with the agency for 8 years starting his career as a District Veterinarian in 2012 serving Western Oregon and also serving as the Emergency Preparedness Coordinator from 2013 to 2015 before returning full time to the district vet position. To date Ryan’s contributions to the animal health program have made many of the technological advances in the program possible and have helped move the program into the future.  He is a proud graduate of Oregon State University, earning two undergraduate degrees, a Masters of Public Health and a Doctorate of Veterinarian Medicine. He brings to ODA extensive experience in emergency management and animal disease control. Ryan officially started in the new position on Monday, November 2.