In California’s FY 2020-21 budget, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed $50 million in one-time General Fund dollars for the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program to develop a program that provides expertise, support, and local assistance grants over five years to help communities achieve the state’s policy goal that no adoptable or treatable dog or cat … Continue reading “California for All Animals”

Mehnaz (Chumkee) Aziz, DVMOutreach Veterinarian Allison CardonaCalifornia State Director Andy CowittMarketing and Communications Specialist Cindi Delany, DVMMaddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Director of Online Learning Kate Hurley, DVMProgram Director Cynthia (Cindy) Karsten, DVMDirector of Outreach Stacy Kraus, DVMClinical Instructor, Student Training Emily LeverentzProgram Coordinator Mandy NewkirkMarketing and Communications Manager Nadia OsegueraCalifornia Program Manager Jenna PlaskonLead RVT … Continue reading “Our Personnel”

We offer a range of services including: Outreach and Support: Whether you’re contemplating change, launching a new program, or struggling through hard times, our collaborative coaching for shelters can help you find the best strategy for you and navigate the sometimes bumpy road to smoother processes and better outcomes. Facility Design: Our facility design experts … Continue reading “Services & Programs”

Our priority at the Koret Shelter Medicine Program at UC Davis is to bring experience and a scientific perspective to shelter animal care. We encourage everyone to search through our reference library. Simply enter the search term to see all resources available for managing some of the most common issues in animal shelters. You can … Continue reading “Resources & Training”

Many animals enter shelters in poor health, malnourished, stressed and with no history of vaccination. Some animals will already be shedding various harmful pathogens, with or without showing any signs of disease. With all this disease around and so many opportunities for transmission, one might think that ubiquitous disease spread is nearly inevitable. However, there … Continue reading “Shelter Health Resources”

We all know COVID-19 has turned our world upside down, and somehow we have both not enough information and too much. In order to get the best information to you in the most accessible form, we’re creating COVID related online mini-courses in a super-efficient, bottom-line, what you need to know format. Each course also has … Continue reading “Introducing ShelterMedPortal”

Supporting you is at the heart of our work. We work alongside shelter veterinarians, leaders, and staff to understand and uncover solutions to health, capacity, training, and access to veterinary care challenges affecting shelters and communities alike. Whether you’re looking for training to maximize the medical care capacity of your staff, a thought partner for brainstorming … Continue reading “Shelter Support”

The Koret Shelter Medicine Program at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine advances shelter medicine as a veterinary specialty through research, specialty training and education, and performance of veterinary services in animal shelters: and helps to  improve the quality of life of animals in shelters through improvements in veterinary medicine and management … Continue reading “Terms Of Use”

Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy. The only information that we collect is information that you provide when you elect to become a … Continue reading “Privacy Policy”

In 2001, the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine launched the first shelter medicine program in the world. Since then, the Koret Shelter Medicine Program has expanded beyond the basics—how to vaccinate, clean, feed and handle animals—to advance a holistic, prevention-focused and community-centered practice of shelter medicine grounded in transformative protocols, programs, facilities, and cultures … Continue reading “Why Shelter Medicine?”