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Christine and one other veterinary team member in masks and gloves perform an exam on a sedated lemur in a clinic, using medical equipment on a treatment table.
Zoological Medicine The Student Experience
Smithsonian
Student
Student Experience
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s Student Support Fund
Student Experiential Learning
Student Learning
Student Support Fund
College of Veterinary Medicine
Zoo Veterinarians
Smithsonian's National Zoo
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Wildlife Health Sciences
Anatomic Pathology
Reproductive Biology
Career Pathway
Veterinary Career
NZCBI
Veterinary Externship
Elephant
Hands-on Experience
Preceptorship
Vet Preceptorship
Zoo Medicine
Sea Lion
Aquatic Animal Health
Aquatic Animal Medicine
Aquatic Animals
Aquatic Medicine
Zoological Medicine
Zoological Health
Wildlife and Zoological Medicine
Zoological and Conservation Medicine
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

Stepping Through the Gates of Zoo Medicine

February 03, 2026
As a young girl, I was captivated by the majestic animals and wild landscapes I saw on television—so different from the concrete jungle that surrounded me. They seemed magical, distant, and almost unreachable from my urban home in Queens, New York....
Close up of a squirrel perched on a tree branch.
Wildlife Medicine The Student Experience
WildCare
Cornell Wildlife Health Center Student Support Fund
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Student Experience
Wildlife Hospital
Veterinary Externship
Externship
Wildlife Conservation
Native Wildlife
Human and Wildlife Health
Conservation Medicine

What 1,376 Patients Taught Me About Wildlife Medicine

August 26, 2025
What does it mean to care for 1,376 wild animals over the course of a summer? This past summer, I found out firsthand as a hospital extern at WildCare...