Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell University

04/21/2025

This Clinic is FULL
🌷🪻🌻Registration for our May 2nd Community Cat Clinic is Now Open!

**This program was established in late 2018, when retired Cornell professor Dr. Hollis Erb, provided Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program (MSMP) at Cornell with funding to serve cats. We would also like to thank the Feline Health Center for their generous contribution to this initiative in the past...

04/08/2025

📣Registration is now OPEN for the 2025 ASPCA Cornell University College of Veterinary MedicineMaddie's® Shelter Medicine Conference!!

🤩Register Today ⬇️
https://events.bizzabo.com/sheltermedconference

The ASPCA Cornell Maddie's Shelter Medicine conference takes place July 12-14, 2024 in beautiful Ithaca, New York. Registration for the 2024 conference will open in early Spring. We'll share details as they become available.

03/24/2025

*This Clinic is FULL
2 SPOTS REMAINING
🌷🪻Registration for our April 4th Community Cat Clinic is Now Open!
*This clinic is only open to Cornell faculty, staff and students with a valid Net ID.

**This program was established in late 2018, when retired Cornell professor Dr. Hollis Erb, provided Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program (MSMP) at Cornell with funding to serve cats. We would also like to thank the Feline Health Center for their generous contribution to this initiative in the past...

03/20/2025

🐇🦜Annual Pets and Vets 101 with Dr. Lena DeTar, MSMP🩺

Annual Pets and Vets 101 with Dr. Lena DeTar, MSMP The 2025 Pets and Vets 101 took place on Sunday, March 9th at the Newton Community Center in Newton, CT. This event is put on by the Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation. Llamas, chickens and goats, oh my! Animal lovers, are you ready? It’s time fo...

03/13/2025

We're in the homestretch!

Support MSMP and make it a to remember!

THANK YOU, ALL 🫶🐩🐈‍⬛🐾🌸🌼🌷🌻
https://givingday.cornell.edu/campaigns/maddie-s-shelter-medicine-program

03/13/2025

🚩🚩We're almost halfway through Cornell Giving Day! 🐾🩺

Help us continue to save shelter animals, receive greater access to care and treatment. 🩵💗❤️

Thank you for your support🫶
https://givingday.cornell.edu/campaigns/maddie-s-shelter-medicine-program

03/13/2025

Good Morning and Happy 🤩

We appreciate any and all donations to MSMP---helping to support shelter animals and those in need of medical attention/procedures. We hope you'll consider making a gift today. ☀️🌈

⬇️ To Give, click the link below:
https://givingday.cornell.edu/campaigns/maddie-s-shelter-medicine-program

03/10/2025

2025 VMX Conference Re-Cap: An Intern Perspective

2025 VMX Conference Re-Cap: An Intern Perspective Dr. Kara Kochek, left and Dr. Megan Barry, right–outside of the 2025 VMX conference venue. Our Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Intern, Dr. Megan Barry and our Janet L. Swanson Intern of Shelter Medicine, Dr. Kara Kochek attended the 2025 VMX conferen...

02/27/2025

MSMP Travels to Akwesasne Animal Society (Akwesasne Reservation) to Provide Spay/Neuter Clinic for Community Cats

MSMP Travels to Akwesasne Reservation to Provide Spay/Neuter Clinic for Community Cats On a brisk winter morning, six¹ of the Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program (MSMP) team loaded up two large vans to head four hours north to Akwesasne Animal Society, located on the St. Regis Mohawk (Akwesasne) ...

02/26/2025

♦️6th Annual World Spay Day Event Held at CVM!♦️

6th Annual World Spay Day Event Held at CVM The 6th annual World Spay Day event took place at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) on February 22, 2025. Check out the stats below: 50 cats: 30 spays, 20 neuters – to prevent unwanted litters of kittens. 42 rabies vaccines; 37 FVRC...

02/25/2025

THIS CLINIC IS FULL
Registration for our March 7th Community Cat Clinic is Now Open!
*This clinic is open to Cornell faculty, staff and students only (valid NetID required)

**This program was established in late 2018, when retired Cornell professor Dr. Hollis Erb, provided Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program (MSMP) at Cornell with funding to serve cats. We would also like to thank the Feline Health Center for their generous contribution to this initiative in the past...

02/08/2025

02/06/2025

Meet Dr. Ali Lindsay, Clinical Instructor with MSMP! 🤩

Meet Dr. Ali Lindsay, Clinical Instructor with MSMP! Dr. Ali Lindsay, a native of New Jersey, joins Maddies® Shelter Medicine Program (MSMP) as a Clinical Instructor. A 2018 Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine graduate, Lindsay said it was during her time at vet school, where she fell...

01/29/2025

🎉Congratulations to Dr. Jan Scarlett (MSMP Program Founder) on being presented with the 2025 Calvin W. Schwabe Award at this year's Schwabe Symposium from the Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine (AVEPM)👏👏👏

2025 Calvin W. Schwabe Award Presented to Dr. Janet Scarlett From the Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (AVEPM) Dr. Jan Scarlett at the Schwabe Symposium. Congratulations to Dr. Jan Scarlett on being awarded the prestigious 2025 Calvin W. Schwabe Award by the Associatio...

01/27/2025

🟥Apologies-- due to scheduling conflicts, we are no longer able to hold our 2/21 Community Cat Clinic BUT registration will open on Tuesday, February 25th for our Friday, March 7th Community Cat Clinic.

01/15/2025

Save The Date: March 4, 2025🐈🐾🐈‍⬛

​Camp Maddie is back and this time it’s all about the kittens! ​This half-day session​ on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT​ is designed to equip participants with essential skills and knowledge to tackle the challenges of the upcoming kitten season, which is expected to b...

01/13/2025

MSMP reached out to the Finger Lakes SPCA of Central New York to see how they were preparing for the Companion Animal Care Standards Act.🤔

📌📑The act goes into effect December 15, 2025.

Q&A with Nick Lapresi, Executive Director of the Finger Lakes SPCA of Central New York Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program reached out to the Finger Lakes SPCA of Central New York to see how they were preparing for the Companion Animal Care Standards Act. 1. What is your facility doing to ensure y...