The Shelter Medicine Veterinary Educators (SMVE) Symposium serves as a complement to the Primary Care Veterinary Educators (PCVE) Symposium, run annually by the AAVMC. While many PCVE attendees work in the shelter medicine field, this forum provides a specific focus on topics central to shelter medicine and community medicine programs, including an emphasis on access to veterinary care. In its eighth year, the organization of the SMVE Symposium and its content annually is a collaboration between AAVMC, PCVE, and faculty at the Schools of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Davis, as well as faculty at the host institution.
Shelter Medicine Veterinary Educators Symposium 2025
Wednesday October 22nd, 2025
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
To see the SMVE 2025 agenda, click here
to register, visit the PCVE registration site and select the SMVE option
If you would like to added to the mailing list for this event, please email sheltermedicine@vet.upenn.edu