Certification and Board Memberships California Veterinary Medical License 15955 American Board of Veterinary Practitioners Diplomate (Shelter Medicine) 2018-2028 Association of Shelter Veterinarians Executive Board Member 2013-2019 Treasurer/Co-Treasurer, Chairman of Finance Committee, Chairman of Development Committee, 2013-2019 Journal of Feline Medicine & Surgery Editorial Board Member 2013-Current Fear-Free Advisory Board Advisory Board Member 2013-Current California Veterinary Medical Association Delegate to the House of Delegates – Representing the CA Shelter VMA, 2013-Current Animal Welfare Committee Board Member – 2015- current PacVet Conference Program Chair 2016-current Shelter Animals Count, the national shelter database project Advisory Board Member 2013-Current Animal Welfare Committee, American Veterinary Medical Association Board Member, 2014-Current Management Subcommittee, 2017-Current Professional Employment History Owner, Principal Consultant JVR Shelter Strategies, 2011-Current Consult with animal welfare organizations nationally and internationally on all aspects of sheltering, from population dynamics to infectious disease mitigation. Consultations include shelter design, population management, organizational structure, and veterinary forensics. www.shelterstrategies.com Shelter Medicine Consultant/Alumnus Koret Shelter Medicine Program, CCAH, UC-Davis, 2011-Current Advise on specific outbreaks, shelter medicine, internet-based technologies. Present lectures to veterinary students on animal cruelty and other shelter medicine topics. Assist on consultations with animal welfare organizations. Shelter Medicine Consultant, 2010-2013 Medical Director, February 2008 – July 2010, Shelter Veterinarian 2006-2008 Oakland Animal Services, City of Oakland Municipal Animal Shelter Responsibilities included conducting medical rounds on shelter population (annual intake 7000), primary investigator on cruelty cases, writing shelter protocols, advising on emergency cases, training volunteers and staff, assisting with population management. Resident Koret Shelter Medicine Program, CCAH, UC-Davis, 2008 - 2011 Three-year residency with focus on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of sheltered animals including infectious and behavioral disorders. Training included in epidemiology, population management, outbreak investigations, and design of facilities for sheltering animals. Specialization in animal cruelty/hoarding. Associate Veterinarian Noble Veterinary Clinic, June 2005-August 2007 Private practice veterinarian for small animals and exotics. Duties included contracting with San Leandro Animal Control and Hayward Animal Control. Shelter Veterinarian Hayward Animal Shelter, June 2005-September 2006 Performed weekly medical exams, surgeries, and all emergency procedures on 100+ shelter animals. Duties included writing police reports for Hayward Animal Control and documenting cruelty cases. Current Professional Activities Conference & Lecture Presentations UPCOMING – AVMA 2019 Speaker on Hoarding, PacVet 2019 Speaker on Shelter Medicine, HSUS Expo 2019 Daylong speaker on C4C HSUS Expo, Kansas May 2018 Long Beach Pacific Veterinary Conference June 2017 Animal Care Conference March 2017 Canadian One Welfare Conference 2016 Toronto Animal Welfare Conference 2015 Orange County Hoarding Conference 2015 Monmouth County New Jersey Animal Hoarding Forum 2015 HSUS Expo 2015 - Ringworm Edmonton, Canada Animal Hoarding Forum 2015 Wake County Animal Hoarding Forum 2015 UC-Davis Feline Symposium 2014 – Animal Hoarding AVMA National Conference 2014 – Animal Hoarding, Feral Cats UC-Davis Symposium on Dangerous Dogs 2014 – Dog Fighting UC-Davis Symposium on Shelter Medicine 2014 – Animal Cruelty Utah Speaker Series/Conference on Shelter Medicine/Population Medicine/Cruelty 2014 Colorado Annual Zoonoses Conference 2014 Los Angeles Hoarding Forum 2014 – Keynote on Animal Hoarding Dallas Hoarding Forum 2014 – Keynote on Animal Hoarding Animals and Society Institute Michigan Speakers Series 2014 – Keynote on Animal Hoarding SAVMA Annual Symposium March 2013 – Animal Cruelty Investigations, Hoarding CVC Kansas City August 2013 – Feline and Canine Diarrhea, Animal Cruelty, Animal Hoarding, Shelter Math CVC San Diego September 2013 – Animal Cruelty, Animal Hoarding, Shelter Math, Feline Canine Diarrhea Brazil November 2013 International Forum on Animal Hoarding and Shelter Medicine Sandy Lerner’s Ayrshire Farm, VA Shelter Medicine Lecture 2012 – Animal Cruelty and Animal Hoarding Los Angeles Hoarding Forum 2012 – Keynote on The Tipping Point: Animal Hoarding Recognition & Response Brazil November 2012 – Animal Cruelty, Animal Hoarding, Overview of Shelter Medicine UC-Davis House Officer Seminar Day 2011: Descriptive Epidemiology of Feline URI at Nine Animal Shelters CVC San Diego 2011: 6 hours of lectures on Canine Parvovirus; Ringworm; Feline Housing; Canine Housing; CVC Washington DC 2011: 6 hours of lectures Canine Parvovirus; Ringworm; Shelter Standards; Feline Diarrhea Oregon Animal Care Forum 2009: 3 hours of lectures on Outbreaks; Feline URI; Ringworm UC-Davis Shelter Medicine Course 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012: Animal Cruelty: Veterinarian’s Role in Reporting and Recognition, Animal Hoarding BOSL 2009: Feline URI Auburn Fieldhaven 2008 :Preventable and Communicable Disease Strategies for Homes Current Research & Publications The Hoarding Project: Corollary to the “White Paper” for Animal Hoarding Feline URI Project: Descriptive Epidemiology of Feline URI at Nine Animal Shelters IDEXX Mycoplasma cynos Project: PCR Evaluation of Canine Respiratory Samples for 5 Respiratory Pathogen Current Veterinary Therapeutics XV: Chapter on Feline Upper Respiratory Tract Infections Animal Sheltering Magazine Nov 2011: Value Added – Quantifying the Results of Sheltering and Animal Welfare Programs Animal Sheltering Magazine January 2013: The Cost of Too Many Animals - Animal Hoarding Veterinary Team Brief: Articles on Animal Hoarding and Shelter Outbreaks 2014 Clinician’s Brief: Articles on Veterinary Forensics and Animal Hoarding 2014 Education UC-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, 2008-2011, Residency in Shelter Medicine UC-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, 2001-2005 Princeton University, 1993 – 1997: A.B. Graduated Magna cum Laude (departmental GPA 3.9)