University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
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Other name
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Penn Vet |
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Type | Private |
Established | 1884 ( 1884 ) |
Founder | founder |
Parent institution
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University of Pennsylvania |
President | M. Elizabeth Magill |
Dean | Andrew Hoffman |
Address |
3800 Spruce Street
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,
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19104
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USA
39°56′59″N 75°12′00″W / 39.949818°N 75.199956°W / 39.949818; -75.199956 |
Campus | Urban |
Nickname | Penn Vet |
Website |
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The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine , commonly referred to as Penn Vet was founded in 1884. [1] It has two campuses; the main campus is located in Philadelphia , and a second campus is located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania . At the Philadelphia campus, first-, second-, and third-year veterinary students attend classes. It is also the home to numerous research facilities as well as the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital , a veterinary teaching hospital. The school's second campus, New Bolton Center , is located on some 700 acres of rural Chester County, Pennsylvania , is home to the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals.
Over 6,000 veterinarians have graduated from the school, the only veterinary school in Pennsylvania . The school awards the Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris (VMD) degree rather than a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM). It also offers a VMD-PhD program, a VMD-MBA, and a VMD-MPH program.
Penn Vet is the only veterinary school in the United States that was a direct outgrowth of the University's School of Medicine in this case Penn Med . [2]
Since 1935, Penn Vet has offered courses for advanced work in veterinary pathology leading to master and doctoral degrees in conjunction with and cooperation by Penn Med . [3]
Notable Alumni
- Ralph L. Brinster , First veterinarian to win the National Medal of Science
- Augustus Nathaniel Lushington , First African American veterinarian
- David Wolfgang, Former State Veterinarian of Pennsylvania [4]
- Evan L. Stubbs, Detected the first case of Avian Influenza in the United States [5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Penn Vet - Our History" . upenn.edu .
- ↑ "Penn Vet | Our History" . www.vet.upenn.edu . Retrieved 2021-03-16 .
- ↑ "Penn Vet | Penn Vets Beginnings" . www.vet.upenn.edu . Retrieved 2021-03-16 .
- ↑ "Penn State Extension's Wolfgang named state veterinarian | Penn State University" . www.psu.edu .
- ↑ Eckroade, Robert J.; Bachin, Linda A. (2003). "Avian influenza in Pennsylvania the beginning" . Avian Diseases . 47 (Special Issue. Second International Symposium on Avian Influenza): 22–32 . Retrieved August 8, 2023 .