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Veterinary Specialty Resources
Provided by the American Veterinary Medical Association

Veterinarians may choose to limit their scope of practice to one species or discipline such as surgery or ophthalmology. A veterinary specialist, as recognized by the AVMA, is a graduate veterinarian who has successfully completed the process of board certification in an AVMA specialty board or college.

To become board certified, a veterinarian must have extensive post-graduate training and experience, and pass a credential review and examinations set by the given specialty group. At present, there are 20 recognized specialty boards.




Specialty Organizations

American Board of Veterinary Practitioners
618 Church Street, Suite 220
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
800.697.3583 TF; 615.250.7794 PH
Fax: 615.254.7047
www.abvp.com


American Board of Veterinary Toxicology
Dr. Patricia Talcott, Secretary-Treasurer
University of Idaho, Department of Food Science and Toxicology
Holm Research Center, 2222 Sixth Street
Moscow, ID 83844-2201
www.abvt.com


American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
Dr. Melvin W. Balk, Executive Director
96 Chester Street
Chester, NH 03036
603.887.2467 PH; 603.887.0096 FX
www.aclam.org


American College of Poultry Veterinarians
PO Box 128
Dacula, GA 30019-9998
770.561.0026 PH; 435.228.2341 FX
www.acpv.info


American College of Theriogenologists
PO Box 3065
Montgomery, AL 36109-3065
334.395.4666 PH; 334.270.3399 FX
www.theriogenology.org


American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists
P.O. Box 1100
Middleburg, VA 20118
www.acva.org


American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
Dr. Bonnie V. Beaver, Executive Director
Department of Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine
4474 Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4474
www.dacvb.org


American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology
Dr. Dawn Boothe, Secretary-Treasurer
Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology College of Veterinary Medicine
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4466
www.acvcp.org


American College of Veterinary Dermatology
Ms. Alexis Borich, Executive Secretary
5610 Kearney Mesa Road, Suite B
San Diego, CA 92111
www.acvd.org


American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
200 Westboro Road
North Grafton, MA 01536
508.839.5395 PH
www.acvecc.org


American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
1997 Wadsworth Blvd., Suite A
Lakewood, CO 80214-5293
www.acvim.org


American College of Veterinary Microbiologists
30705 West 84th Circle
DeSoto, Kansas 66018
913.585.1434 PH
www.acvm.us  

American College of Veterinary Nutrition, School of Veterinary Medicine
Dept. of Molecular Biosciences
One Shields Avenue
Davis, California 95616-8741
www.acvn.org


American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists
PO Box 1311
Meridian, ID 83680
208.466.7624 PH; 208.466.7693 FX
www.acvo.com


American College of Veterinary Pathologists
2810 Crossroads Drive, Suite 3800
Madison, WI 53718
608.443.2466 PH; 608.443.2474 FX
www.acvp.org


American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine
Mr. Larry W. Koffer, Executive Vice President
3003 Taylor Makenzye Court
Herndon, VA 20171
www.acvpm.org


American College of Veterinary Radiology
Dr. M. Bernstein, Executive Director
PO Box 87
Glencoe, IL 60022
www.acvr.org


American College of Veterinary Surgeons
19785 Crystal Rock Dr, Suite 305
Germantown, MD 20874
301.916.0200 PH; 301.916.2287 FX
www.acvs.org


American College of Zoological Medicine
16569 South 10th Avenue
Caldwell, Idaho 83607
208.454.7638 PH; 208.454.7667 FX
www.aczm.org


American Veterinary Dental College
University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine
3900 Delancey Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
856.229.7696 PH/FX
www.avdc.org
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