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, a professor of shelter medicine at the , has received the Meritorious Service Award from the Association of Shelter Veterinarians.

The award was presented during the annual meeting of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, held Oct. 5-8 in Atlanta.

A board-certified small animal internal medicine specialist, Levy is associated with the . She was nominated for the award by two of her former residents, , who now serves as medical director of Metro Animal Care and Control in Nashville, and Amie Burling, D.V.M., M.P.H., who is an assistant teaching professor with the University of Missouri's shelter medicine program.

Cannon and Burling called Levy 鈥渁 true pioneer鈥� whose contributions to the field of shelter medicine over the past three decades have had a profound international impact on community animals and the humans who care about them.

鈥淒r. Levy鈥檚 career achievements could be strikingly quantified through hundreds of research publications, hundreds of students trained, millions of dollars raised for shelter medicine and millions of cats and dogs saved, but her true impact on our new specialty is even more lasting,鈥� the former residents wrote in their nomination letter. 鈥淪he has dedicated her life to a vision where words hold precise and meticulous power to advance understanding, where better is always possible, and where knowledge and intellect serve the least represented among us.鈥�

Levy, who joined the faculty in 1997, also founded Operation Catnip, a local organization that brings together veterinarians, technicians, students and community volunteers in an effort to trap, neuter and return stray and feral cats to their environment. The program, which has provided free neuter and vaccination services for more than 50,000 cats since it was founded in 1998, has been replicated in other veterinary schools around the world.

The award was established in 2010 to honor a remarkable Association of Shelter Veterinarians member for their contributions to the advancement of the field through leadership, public service, research, education, advocacy and/or clinical practice. The award recognizes those who serve as exceptional ambassadors of the profession.

The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine is supported through funding from 网红黑料 and the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.