Speaker: Vanessa Spano, DVM, DACVB
Dr. Vanessa Spano, DVM, DACVB, is New York City’s first board-certified veterinary behaviorist and the Animal Medical Center’s first-ever veterinary behaviorist.
Dr. Spano received her B.A in Biology from Barnard College of Columbia University. She received her DVM degree from the Atlantic Veterinary College of the University of PEI in 2017 and subsequently completed a rotating small animal medicine and surgical internship at the ASPCA. Dr. Spano obtained her board certification in 2023 from the American College of Veterinarian Behaviorists after completing her residency under the mentorship of Dr. E’lise Christensen, DVM, DACVB. She previously served as Medical Director at the ASPCA’s Adoption Center in NYC and worked as a behavior consultant and per diem veterinarian for patients of NYPD’s Humane Law Enforcement. Her special interests include the implication of psychological trauma for patients part of cruelty cases, psychopharmacology, shelter medicine, and companion and farm animal welfare. She actively contributes to multiple scientific articles and received the Fear Free Grant for her research on pre-veterinary visit anxiolytics in shelter cats in 2023.
She and her family share their home with their 1 rescue puppy, Puppia, and 5 rescue cats, Little Prince, Dancer, Princess, Sunny D, and Brodie.
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