The program, which begins at 2 p.m. in Overton Auditorium of the Veterinary Education Center, was renamed for the late Dr. Macintire, co-director of the Emergency and Critical Care Service who was instrumental in establishing this recognition program. An internationally recognized expert in critical care medicine and in infectious diseases in small animals, Dr. Macintire died in 2011.

Each year, hundreds of critically ill pets are treated in the Critical Care Service. Veterinary clinicians and veterinary technicians select the most extraordinary cases of the past year to be recognized during the program.

The program culminates in the Manny Morpeth Case of the Year Award, named for the program's first recipient in 2002.

A reception will follow