Meet the Team

Dr. Cynda Crawford

Maddie’s Clinical Assistant Professor of Shelter Medicine

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program Director

Dr. Julie Levy

Fran Marino Endowed Professor of Shelter Medicine Education

Co-Founder, Million Cat Challenge

Dr. Sara Bennett

Jessica Dolce

Dr. Mary-Elizabeth Ellard

Dr. Brenda Griffin

Dr. Sarah Kirk

Dr. Sara Pizano

Dr. Katherine Polak

Dr. Sheilah A. Robertson

Dr. Rachel Touroo

Dorothy “Dee” Berry

Million Cat Challenge Data Management Assistant

Naima Cortes-Stonebeger

Million Cat Challenge Program Manager

Christie Keith

Communications and Social Media Manager

Michelle Laramie

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Education & Financial Services Manager

Cameron Moore

Million Cat Challenge Program Manager

Matt Parker

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Content Management Specialist

Chrissy Sedgley

Educational Programs Manager, Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program

Keegan Spera

Million Cat Challenge Outreach and Data Specialist

Interns, Residents, and Scholars

Dr. Laura Andersen

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Resident, 2009-2012.
Currently: Associate Veterinarian, VCA Animal Hospital – The Vet, Marshalltown, Iowa.

Dr. Amie Burling

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Resident, 2012-2015.
Currently: Assistant Teaching Professor of Shelter Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri.

Dr. Staci Cannon

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Resident, 2012-2015.
Currently: Medical Director, Metro Area Animal Care And Control, Nashville, Tennessee.

Dr. Yoonju Cho

Visiting Scholar, Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program, 2014.
Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Pet Science, Seojeong University, South Korea.

Dr. Brian DiGangi

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Resident, 2010.
Currently: Senior Director, Shelter Medicine Shelter Outreach
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Dr. Jessica Hekman

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Intern, 2012-2013.
Currently: Postdoctoral Scholar, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

Dr. Catherine McManus

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Resident, 2009-2012.
Currently: Veterinarian, Irving Animal Services, Irving, Texas.

Dr. Meghan Mielo

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Intern 2018-2019
Currently: Veterinarian, Citrus County Animal Services, Inverness, Florida

Dr. Katherine Polak

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Resident, 2011-2014.
Currently: Head of Stray Animal Care – Southeast Asia, FOUR PAWS International, Thailand.

Dr. Ken Sieranski

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Intern 2013-2014.
Currently: Director of Veterinary Services, The Animal Foundation, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dr. Amelia Sikora

Currently: Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Intern
Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program, University of Florida.

Dr. Emily Swiniarski

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Intern, 2012-2013.
Currently: Director of Veterinary Services, Tree House Humane Society, Chicago, Illinois