Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell 
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Dr. Jan Scarlett, SUNY CHANCELLOR'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FACULTY SERVICE
On May 2, 2013 Dr. Jan Scarlett was presented the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service by Dr. Bruce Akey in recognition of the groundbreaking efforts she has led to develop highly successful shelter medicine programs. Dr. Scarlett was nominated by Dr. Craig Altier, Associate Professor and Chair to the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Services at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University. Dr. Scarlett has been a member of the Cornell University faculty for over 30 years and had been the director of the Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program since 2005.
CONGRATULATIONS DR. BERLINER!!!
Dr. Elizabeth Berliner is a recipient of the 2013 Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship award. This award will enable the faculty member to further develop an on-going community based learning/research project, to initiate a new effort, or to seek institutionalization of a service-learning course.
Happy Ending Stories
All of our happy ending stories are provided by our Shelter Medicine Program staff, interns and veterinary students. They work with local animal shelters in the effort to provide happy endings for homeless pets.
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Shelter Watch Blog
Pre-Consult Survey- Only available for shelters who have made previous arrangements for a scheduled consultation.
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Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell
Why Shelter Medicine?
More than 4,500 animal shelters in the United States care for over 10 million dogs and cats annually. Infectious diseases are common. Animals entering shelters are stressed, enhancing their vulnerability to disease and many are debilitated, either because of injury or disease. The young are particularly susceptible to acquiring infectious diseases, often resulting in death. Illness in both traditional and adoption-guarantee shelters delays adoption and causes suffering.
Why Donate? As a new discipline in veterinary medicine, the Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program is funded primarily through grants and donations. We need your support to provide direct care to homeless animals during our training of veterinary students and graduate veterinarians in shelter medicine. Please help us sustain this life-saving program.
Attention Researchers!!!
The National Council on Pet Population (with support from the Society of Animal Welfare Administrators) is hosting a one-day research conference on November 9, 2013 in Tempe, AZ. This is a call for abstracts describing research projects relating to the improvement of the welfare (broadly defined) of homeless cats in North American communities. The Council anticpates up to 10 abstracts will be selected for presentation. More details
Cornell University 
As one of only a handful of comprehensive shelter medical programs at veterinary colleges in the United States, the Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell is elevating the profile of shelter medicine and emphasizing the critical need for medical and behavioral programs in all shelters.
Veterinarians
Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program
In September 2005 the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, with support from Maddie’s Fund, launched a Shelter Medicine Program to educate veterinarians and veterinary students in shelter medicine, to provide medical and behavioral outreach to animal shelters and to advance the new discipline through the discovery of new knowledge.
Veterinary Students
- Cornell Veterinary Student Training
- Externship Training
- Externship Grant Opportunities
- Shelter Medicine Courses
- Externship Evaluation
Maddie's Fund
With sincere gratitude and thanks to Maddie’s® Fund, the Rescue Pet Foundation, for establishing the Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine.
Shelter Services
- Consultations
- Consultation Initial Survey (See Helpful Links Note)
- Disease Outbreak Response Assistance
- Shelter Data
