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Access to care is one of the most important challenges facing our field, and we’ve much to learn from our longstanding work with high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter clinics. In most instances, the answer is not wellness care OR spay/neuter services, but wellness care AND spay/neuter services. Join a discussion which will cover:
- The “domino” effect of numerous factors, including decreased funding and the pandemic, that has resulted in animal shelters across the country once again being filled to capacity
- Why HQHVSN clinics are still critically important and how they can contribute to access to care without losing sight of their primary mission: spaying and neutering
- Strategies for funding spay/neuter programs, including payment plans, medical funds, Spay it Forward funds, and positioning your organization for grants as part of a community approach
- Tips for handling veterinary and tech staffing shortages
Presenters:
- Dr. Phil Bushby, Professor, Marcia Lane Endowed Chair of Humane Ethics and Animal Welfare, Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine
- Emily McCobb, DVM, MS, DACVAA, Director, Tufts Shelter Medicine Program & the Luke and Lily Lerner Spay Neuter Clinic at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University
- Aimee St. Arnaud, Business Partner, Open Door Veterinary Support
This session is part of the Shelter Medicine series, a collaboration between the Association of Shelter Veterinarians and The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement.
This live and recorded program is approved for:
- 1 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credit
Dr. Phil Bushby
Professor, Marcia Lane Endowed Chair of Humane Ethics and Animal Welfare
Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Phil Bushby, a 1972 graduate of the University of Illinois CVM, is a Board-Certified Surgeon has served on the Mississippi State University CVM (MSU-CVM) faculty for 43 years. His established the MSU-CVM shelter program and is a frequent speaker on efficient spay/neuter.
Emily McCobb, DVM, MS, DACVAA
Director, Tufts Shelter Medicine Program & the Luke and Lily Lerner Spay Neuter Clinic at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University
Dr. Emily McCobb is Director of the Tufts Shelter Medicine Program and the Luke and Lily Lerner Spay Neuter Clinic at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University. Dr. McCobb works to support community programs at the Cummings School and assisted in opening the Tufts at Tech Community Veterinary Clinic. Dr. McCobb mentors veterinary and graduate students for clinical work and for animal welfare related research projects. Her published works cover the topics of shelter animal welfare and animal cruelty as well as clinical anesthesia and pain management. Dr. McCobb received her DVM from Tufts University in 2000 and completed her internship at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in 2001. She obtained a Masters of Animals and Public Policy also from Tufts in 2002 and completed a residency and board certification in Anesthesiology and Pain Management in 2006. She joined the faculty at Tufts in 2009.
Aimee St. Arnaud
Business Partner
Open Door Veterinary Support
Aimee St. Arnaud is a business partner in two full-service veterinary clinics (Community Pet Care Clinic in Ohio and Open Door Veterinary Care in North Carolina) that focus on removing barriers to care and increasing access to veterinary services while still maintaining a net positive revenue. She has created a mentorship training for clinics that want to replicate their business model, including giving back through their revenue, providing incremental care and creating strong community partnerships with human social service and animal non-profits.
She has experience in mentoring from her time at the ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance where she helped develop six training programs that mentored over 170+ clinics to open that perform 1.5 million spay/neuter surgeries annually and trained over 1,000 veterinary professionals annually in efficient spay/neuter techniques to help more dogs and cats.
