VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY

Executive Board Meeting
2025-06-11 16:30 - 18:30, 2025-09-09 16:30 - 18:30, 2025-11-03 16:30 - 18:30, 2025-11-13 08:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-14 16:30 - 18:30, 2026-02-04 16:30 - 18:30, 2026-03-04 16:30 - 18:30, 2026-03-31 16:30 - 18:30 UTC and 7 more dates

Big Apple Summer Veterinary Mixer
2025-07-17 18:30 - 21:30 | Castell Rooftop Lounge, 260 West 40th Street, New York, NY, 10018

Advances in Canine Esophageal Disorders – New Insights & Treatment Approaches
2025-09-10 19:00 - 21:00 | STATE Grill and Bar, 21 West 33rd Street, New York, NY, 10118
Speaker: Stanley L. Marks, BVSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM (Internal Medicine, Oncology, Nutrition)
Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine
Dr. Stanley Marks graduated from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He completed a small animal internal medicine residency at the University of Florida and an oncology residency at the University of California, Davis. Thereafter, Dr. Marks received his PhD degree in Nutrition from the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Medicine and Epidemiology. Dr. Marks is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) in the subspecialties of internal medicine, oncology, and nutrition. He is the past President of the Comparative Gastroenterology Society and the Director of the Companion Animal Gastrointestinal Laboratory at UC Davis that focuses on furthering our understanding and knowledge of canine and feline infectious enteropathies. In addition, Dr. Marks has clinical and research interests in deglutology, with an emphasis on canine esophageal motility disorders and gastroesophageal reflux. Dr. Marks has received 10 faculty teaching awards at UC Davis during his career and was honored to be selected the Speaker of the Year at the NAVC Conference and the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Convention. In addition, he is the recipient of the 2022 AVMA Career Achievement in Canine Research Award. He has authored or co-authored over 150 manuscripts in the areas of canine and feline gastroenterology, has contributed over 60 textbook chapters, and has lectured extensively worldwide.
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Cancelled - Practical Soft Tissue Surgery Tips
2025-10-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Arno’s Ristorante, 141 West 38th Street, New York, NY, 10018
Speaker: Howard B. Seim III, DVM, DACVS
Dr. Seim graduated from Washington State University, completed an internship in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada, a surgical residency at the Animal Medical Center in New York City and is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons. He is currently on the surgical staff at Colorado State University. He was recipient of the Merck AGVET Award for Creative Teaching, the CSU Award for Instructional Innovation and selected as the North American Veterinary Conference’s Small Animal Speaker of the Year in 2009. Dr. Seim is founder of VideoVet a Veterinary Surgery Continuing Education video series.
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Executive Board Meeting
2025-10-22 16:30 - 18:30 | Arno’s Ristorante, 141 West 38th Street, New York, NY, 10018

Big Apple Fall Veterinary Mixer
2025-11-05 19:00 - 22:00 | Castell Rooftop Lounge, 260 West 40th Street, New York, NY, 10018

New York Vet Show
2025-11-06 08:00 - 2025-11-07 17:00 | Jacob Javits Convention Center, 429 Eleventh Avenue, New York, NY, 10001

Executive Board Meeting
2025-12-02 16:00 - 17:30 | Secret Garden at Civilian Hotel, 305 West 48th Street, New York, NY, 10036

Meeting the Behavioral Needs of Dogs and Cats
2025-12-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Secret Garden at Civilian Hotel, 305 West 48th Street, New York, NY, 10036
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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Holiday Party
2025-12-02 20:00 - 23:00 | Starchild Rooftop Bar & Lounge, 305 West 48th Street, New York, NY, 10036

Virtual Continuing Education Program
2026-01-14 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-04 19:00 - 21:00

CE in the City
2026-04-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Convene, 237 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10017

Fall Mixer
2026-10-28 18:00 - 21:00

NYVET Show
2026-10-29 08:00 - 2026-10-30 17:00 | Jacob Javits Convention Center, 429 Eleventh Avenue, New York, NY, 10001

Holiday Party
2026-12-01 18:00 - 21:00
