Dear JAAHA Readers,
In January 2007, I accepted the position of Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. Since that time, I have been exploring with JAAHA staff ways in which the Journal might better serve its readers, authors, and the profession. As a result of these discussions we are instituting a number of changes that we would like to introduce at this time.
Our first objective is to improve the review process for the Journal. We intend both to make the process more timely and user-friendly for our authors and to improve the quality and relevance of our published manuscripts for our readers. Because of the broad range of subject matter submitted for consideration to the Journal, we have decided to identify a group of content experts to serve as Section Editors and to expand the size of our Editorial Review...