Shelter Medicine

Lockhart HL, Levy JK, Amirian ES, Hamman NT, Frenden MK.J Feline Med Surg. 2020 Dec;22(12):1160-1167. doi: 10.1177/1098612X20913359. PMID: 32338565…

Unlocking Humane Solutions to Animal Welfare Problems Our experienced faculty members explore the big issues for Shelter Medicine. Study ideas almost always arise as problems animal welfare workers are encountering in the field. We also rely on these shelter partners as priceless sources of data from the frontlines and appreciate…

Immersive Internship Program Powered by National Nonprofit Petco Love As animal welfare organizations nationwide struggle with the effects of the growing shortage of veterinarians, a lack of veterinary care and spay-neuter are driving euthanasia rates upward. But thanks to the generous investment by national nonprofit Petco Love, the UF College…

Hays KM, Rodriguez JY, Little SE, Litster AL, Mwacalimba KK, Sundstrom KD, Amodie DM, Serrano MA, Guerios SD, Lane JN, Levy JK. Vet Parasitol X. 2020 Jun 12;4:100027. doi: 10.1016/j.vpoa.2020.100027. PMID: 32904770…

  Shelter Medicine Certificate Graduates Class of 2022 Class of 2021…

Shelter Medicine Resident Dr. Laura Andersen-Koester Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Resident, 2009-2012 Currently: VeterinarianVetco Total Care, Clive Iowa…

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel recently raised an alarm about animal shelters that's echoing around the country: a shortage of shelter veterinarians.

Since shelter medicine became a recognized veterinary specialty, there have been only two opportunities for veterinarians to become boarded in shelter medicine. One who took the exams and is now a specialist is the Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program's own Dr. Julie Levy.

Dr. Brian DiGangi, a faculty member at UF and former Maddie’s resident, is one of the first veterinarians ever to become certified in the new specialty of Shelter Medicine Practice.

Check out this great presentation by Lindsey Hidenrite, Class of 2018 and Cat Coordinator/Board Member for Helping Hands Pet Rescue