Internship Program

One of the program’s most transformative experiences for Dr. DiRusso was seeing firsthand how interconnected animal welfare systems really are.

How much of a difference can two shelter medicine interns make?

Thanks to a $510,000 grant from Petco Love, highly-skilled veterinarians will go through an accelerated one-year internship with the UF Shelter Medicine Program.

Shelter medicine internship - Animal shelter leadership certificate - Recruiting veterinarians - Community cat research - Human-animal bond - Grants

The grant will support an accelerated internship program for six veterinarians.

As the nation’s animal shelters face a shortage of veterinarians trained in shelter medicine, two interns in the Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at UF are in training to fill that critical gap.

Shelter Medicine Resident Dr. Laura Andersen-Koester Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Resident2009-2012 Currently: VeterinarianVetco Total CareClive, Iowa SHELTER…

Do you have a deep, personal passion to change the world for shelter pets? If this is you, then you might be our next shelter medicine intern!

Some students come into veterinary school without knowing shelter medicine even exists. But for Dr. Amelia Sikora, shelter medicine is all there's ever been.

Our internship program has been expanded to include an additional position beginning in June.