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AAFP Committees |
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Feline Welfare |
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- Members
Dr. Rachel Addleman
Dr. Julie Dinnage
Dr. Kate F. Hurley
Dr. Julie Levy
Dr. Karen M. Lovelace
Dr. Sheilah Robertson
Dr. Ilona Rodan
Dr. Wendy Simpson
Dr. Roy Brenton Smith
Dr. Vicki Thayer
Dr. Michael L. Westfall
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Mission Statement -
To create temporary and permanent relationships between
the AAFP and other academic, humane, and professional organizations in
order to promote communication and cooperation.
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Guidelines |
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- Members
Dr. Gerry Beekman
Dr. Cindy Bowlin
Dr. Jane Brunt
Dr. Hazel Carney
Dr. Steve Dullard
Dr. Bill Folger
Dr. Niki Hird
Dr. Lorraine Jarboe
Dr. Alice Johns
Dr. Mike Lappin
Dr. Julie Levy
Dr. Cynthia McManis
Dr. Letrisa Miller
Dr. Sandra Mitchell
Dr. Jennifer Rau
Dr. Ilona Rodan
Dr. Eliza Sundahl
Dr. Nancy Suska
Dr. Helen Tuzio
- Adjunct Members
Mr. Rick Alampi
Dr. Elizabeth Colleran
Dr. Deb Givin
Dr. Margie Scherk
Dr. Sherri Williams
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Mission Statement - The primary purpose of
publishing Practice Guidelines, Mini-Guidelines and Position Papers is to
help the veterinary community provide uniform and optimal care for feline
patients, to educate cat owners about optimum medical care for cats, and
to prevent needless deaths and suffering from mismanagement. We strive to
provide the profession and the public with comprehensive and useful
summaries of all current information on specific feline health topics of
wide interest and applicability. Secondarily, we hope to establish the
AAFP as the leader in feline medicine, and to increase membership.
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Informatics |
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- Members
Dr. Sherri Williams
Ms. Anne Eichelberger Fay
Dr. David A. Landers
Dr. Jaime Merrifield
Mrs. Michelle Meyer
Dr. Jennifer M. Rau
Dr. Lynn R. Tuer
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Mission Statement - To facilitate
and promote the use of electronic communications media support of the
goals and activities of the AAFP.
The Informatics team has primary responsibility of distributing
information to our AAFP membership via email and the 3 websites (www.aafponline.org,
www.vin.com/AAFPRounds
and www.catvets.com).
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Leadership
Development |
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- Members
Dr. Roy Brenton Smith
Dr. Jane E. Brunt
Dr. Steve Dullard
Jenn Malter
Dr. Eliza Sundahl
Dr. Vicki Thayer
Dr. Helen Tuzio
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Mission Statement -
This committee is
responsible for identifying and developing potential leaders for AAFP. It
is also responsible for developing a slate of sanctioned candidates for
nomination to board positions in the annual election. Ancillary duties
consist of programming for the Leadership Workshop and
supporting/coordinating volunteer recruitment at the Fall Meeting.
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Newsletter |
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Mission Statement - Our mission is to
share medical, association, and practice information relevant to the
membership in printed format on a regular basis.
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Program |
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- Members
Dr. Valerie Creighton
Dr. Julie Dinnage
Dr. Chantal Mullins
Dr. Margie Scherk
Dr. Jane E. Brunt
Dr. Matthew Sturmer
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Mission Statement - To develop a program of
continuing education that appeals to the general membership as well as
providing higher level, cutting edge sessions for those members that look
to AAFP to provide a quality of feline only CE that is not available
elsewhere. Due to the broad scope of interests in the membership it is
thought that the fall meeting will be best served to appeal to a broad
range of members with clinically relevant material that has a high
potential for “take home information” and to target the higher end,
research-focus information to the smaller group that generally attends the
spring meeting.
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Public
Relations/Membership |
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Mission Statement - To communicate the value of
membership to both existing members and prospects and to promote the AAFP
as the leader in feline health care issues.
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Research |
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Mission Statement - Since 1994 the AAFP has
presented an annual research award to a person doing meaningful research
in feline medicine or surgery. The award has grown from $2,000 in 1994 to
$15,000 in 2004. The award is given for research with the most clinical
application. The AAFP research committee's main function is to decide on
the annual research recipient.
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Student
Chapter |
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Mission Statement - To establish and maintain
continuity between student feline medicine chapters and AAFP, to encourage
students to become active in organized feline medicine, make their AAFP
membership a valued part of their veterinary career and identify new
leaders from within these chapters and encourage their participation in
AAFP.
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If you are interested in
learning more about these committees, or would like to volunteer your time
to serve on a committee, please send an email to:
info@aafponline.org |
