Disaster-Proof Your Pets: Emergency Prep with Dr. Deborah Mandell
This week on Cattitude, Michelle Fern welcomes Dr. Deborah Mandell, member of the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council and pet medical expert to talk about disaster preparedness for your pets. With more intense and frequent disasters occurring, the chances of a person experiencing an emergency in their community is a higher possibility. We always think about what we may need as humans to navigate an emergency, but what about our pets?
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Disaster Preparedness for your cats
BIO:
Dr. Mandell is a member of the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council and serves as a pet medical expert. Fulfilling her lifelong dream to become a veterinarian, Dr. Mandell graduated from Cook College, Rutgers University in 1989 and then went to the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School and graduated in 1993. Dr. Mandell completed an internship at the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and then a residency in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. After becoming board certified and moving to Maryland, she practiced and helped to run the ICU at VCA/Veterinary Referral Associates in Gaithersburg, MD. In 2001, Dr. Mandell returned to the MJR Veterinary Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where she is currently a Staff Veterinarian and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Emergency Services.