Early Detection

Detecting ovarian cancer early can have a great impact on overall survival. Penn Vet working dogs train in ovarian cancer detection.

Penn Vet working dogs are driven to work.

Focus

Drive is most clearly defined as a willingness, vigor, or enthusiasm to engage in certain behavior, contexts, or situations.

Puppies in training at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center

Basic Training

Puppies start training from the day they join the Working Dog Center at 8 weeks. After a firm foundation, they specialize.

Search!

Penn Vet working dogs start their training at a young age. This six-month-old yellow lab is becoming an expert at search and rescue.

Penn Vet Working Dogs get their exercise

Fit to Work

Penn Vet working dogs are bred and trained for fitness and excellence.

Neuroscience & Stress

Dr. Bale's lab studies how the mouse microbiome and maternal stress affect mouse pups.

Stress Sensitivity

Research in Animal Biology studies the roots of neurospsychiatric disease.

Brain Disease

The mouse brain is a model to study brain disease in animals and humans.

Stress Pathway Dysregulation

Stress pathway disregulation is a common symptom of many diseases such as autism.

Neuroscience

Animal Biology researchers study neuroscience with state of the art technology.

A Team of Experts

We offer fast turn-around time and quality assurance.

New Bolton Center performs surgery on a pig injured by a hunting arrow

Read the story

Meet our new residents and interns

Commencement 2014

The Class of 2014 graduates from Penn Vet!

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Treating animals large and small

Fourth-year students work with our teaching alpaca during an anesthesia lab.

Penn Vet students learn soft tissue surgery.

Learning to be tomorrow's veterinarian

Students perform their first spay under the guidance of sugery staff.

Student Research Day

Students present their research projects to faculty in oral and poster presentations.

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Our experience is our pedigree

Our Emergency & Critical Care specialists are dual board-certified.

Our passion is our pedigree

Our sports medicine faculty-clinicians are world leaders in equine sports medicine.

Our history is our pedigree

Our internal medicine team has been treating large animals successfully for 130 years.

Penn Vet's VCIC team and patient

White Coat Ceremony 2013

Third-year students mark the beginning of clinical rotations.

Penn Vet's Dr. Galban, neurosurgeon, uses latest 3D technology.

Innovative surgical approaches

Our neurologists can print 3D models to help patients

Working Dog Center Stars

Fox & Friends came by to feature our puppies in training.

Radiology lab

Students learn how to read different types of radiographs.

Class of 1968

Our alumni are an important constituent to Penn Vet, serving as leaders and mentors.

Working together

Faculty, residents, technicians and students all work together in caring for their patients.

Study time

The Steven W. Atwood Library at Penn Vet offers both printed and online resources to students.

Ryan Hospital tour

Alumni speak with Dr. Anusha Balakrishnan in the intensive care unit during Alumni Weekend.

Class of 1963

Members of the class of 1963 convene with Dean Joan Hendricks at New Bolton Center.

Class of 1978

Members of the class of 1978 meet up in the Old Vet courtyard during the Alumni Weekend picnic.

World-Class Equine Surgery

Dr. Dean Richardson, orthopedic surgeon, in the Kline Orthopedic & Rehabilitation Center.

We care deeply about life

Our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit saves mares and foals.

Setting the standard in clinical care

Penn Vet students take part in clinical rotation in Emergency & Critical Care at Ryan Hospital.

Unconditional love, unparalleled expertise

The Ryan Hospital ICU is staffed 24 hours a day.

Learn more about our ICU

Ryan Hospital's clinical team care for a canine patient.

Hands-on healing

Our wards nurses take that extra step in caring for our patients.

Reptile care at Penn Vet's Ryan Hospital

We treat the largest and the smallest equally

At Ryan Hospital, we treat more than just cats and dogs.

Research breakthroughs every day

At Penn Vet, we see things differently.

Investigating the microbiome

Probing genetic elements and environmental interactions.

Understanding the nature of disease

Advancing the field of veterinary science.

VMDs think differently

With a VMD, your view of the world will change.

Learn more about our students

A diverse and engaged community

Students engage in and out of the classroom.

Committed to innovative educational programs

Access to numerous resources, both printed and online.

Giving

Penn Vet is a global leader in specialty veterinary care, innovative teaching, and groundbreaking research.

Your gift to Penn Vet can help:

Our hospital teams care for animals large and small, faced with the most challenging health problems
Support our cutting-edge research to improve both human and animal health
Help provide the most innovative training available for future veterinary leaders

And your gift also supports Penn's Compact 2020, bringing the benefits of Penn's research, teaching, and service to individuals and communities at home and around the world.

Friends, Alumni & Donors, Thank You!

From all of us, thank you to our many 2014 donors. Gifts like yours make all the difference in our animals' lives.

To our alumni, a special thank you! Visit the online 2013-14 Penn Vet Alumni Giving Report.

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Mailing your gift?

Please mail gifts made payable to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to:

Office of Advancement & Alumni Affairs
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
3800 Spruce Street, Suite 172E
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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