Veterinary Specialty Resources

Veterinary Specialties

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
Toll free: 800-697-3583
Phone: 615-250-7794
Fax: 615-254-7047

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

American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
Dr. Melvin W. Balk, Executive Director
96 Chester Street
Chester, NH 03036
Phone: (603) 887-2467
FAX: (603) 887-0096

American College of Poultry Veterinarians
PO Box 128
Dacula, GA 30019-9998
Phone: 770-561-0026
Fax: 435-228-2341

American College of Theriogenologists
PO Box 3065
Montgomery, AL  36109-3065
334/395-4666
334/270-3399 (Fax)

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

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

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

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

American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
200 Westboro Road
North Grafton, MA 01536
(508) 839-5395

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

American College of Veterinary Microbiologists
30705 West 84th Circle
DeSoto, Kansas 66018
913-585-1434

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

American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists
PO Box 1311
Meridian, ID 83680
Phone: 208-466-7624
Fax: 208-466-7693

American College of Veterinary Pathologists
2810 Crossroads Drive, Suite 3800
Madison, WI 53718
Phone: 608.443.2466
Fax: 608.443.2474

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

American College of Veterinary Radiology
Dr. M. Bernstein, Executive Director
P.O. Box 87
Glencoe, IL 60022

American College of Veterinary Surgeons
19785 Crystal Rock Dr, Suite 305
Germantown, MD 20874
Phone: 301-916-0200
Fax: 301-916-2287

American College of Zoological Medicine
16569 South 10th Avenue
Caldwell, Idaho 83607
Phone: 208-454-7638
FAX: 208-454-7667

American Veterinary Dental College
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
3900 Delancey Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone/Fax: 856-229-7696