The Maddie’s Fellowship Program was created to build a learning community that provides training and support for veterinarians to make a positive life-saving impact in their shelters and communities.
University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program is a proud recipient of funding for our fellowship program from Maddie’s Fund®, helping to achieve a no-kill nation #ThanksToMaddie.
Interested in becoming a Fellow? We generally recruit in the spring so check our website around that time for details and application for the upcoming fellowship year and follow us on facebook for updates. A requirement of the fellowship is to participate in our kickoff event called fellowship camp, which usually takes place on or around the last week of August. Interested individuals should keep this week open for travel in order to be considered for the fellowship.
Our fellowship program is a joint effort between our Shelter Medicine program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of California-Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Programs. Working together we deliver life-saving knowledge and services to our nation’s shelters and their communities while we all grow and develop our understanding of the field together. The fellowship is made possible by the generous support from various organizations who sponsor each fellow’s training and travel throughout their year as a UW/UCD Fellow.
The fellowship provides unique opportunities for practitioners to learn via clinical interaction with the University of Wisconsin and UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Programs and with a variety of animal shelters throughout the United States. In addition, selected fellows will interact with other academic and clinical programs with whom both programs regularly interact, including other university shelter medicine programs as well as national animal welfare organizations. The fellows will be able to put their new skills to work with their local shelter, directly benefitting shelter animals and communities. Many fellows continue their careers working in or with shelters for years to come, greatly magnifying the benefit of this investment in their training. If you are interested in joining our Fellowship Program in the future, please check back as we will post updates on our website with details on how to apply prior to each new Fellowship year, which starts every August.
2024-2025 Fellows
Dr. Jie Ling Arata, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Lisa Brinlee, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Molly Chauhan, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Hillary Feldmann-Tempini, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Alyssa Karklus, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Cardin Kennedy, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Candace Krider, Eslinger Fellow
Dr. Kristina Lučić, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Brianna Piechowski, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Sara Regehr, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Sofia Reis, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Hailey Watlington, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Jamie White, Maddie’s Fellow
Fellowship Program Alums
Many fellowship alums continue their participation by remaining involved on some level in the Fellowship Program as alums. Many relationships form through fellowship, and keeping alums involved in the program allows for mentoring of new fellows along with life-long learning and collaboration between practitioners and academics.
2023-2024 Fellows
Dr. Michael Crago, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Abbie Knudsen, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Jennifer Kwan, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Allan Mergener, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Cristen Thomas, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Lindsay VanBrown, Maddie’s Fellow
2022-2023 Fellows
Dr. Jonathan Chapman, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Adrian Dannis, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Christina Hansen, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Jo Jarred, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Sasha Nelson, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Rachael Wooten, Maddie’s Fellow
2021-2022 Fellows
Dr. Taylor Biermaier, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Michelle Meckelborg, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Sam Mitchell, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Sylvia Nagy, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Jesse Navatta, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Cynthia Tao, Eslinger Fellow
Dr. Mary Thury, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Matthew Toscano, Eslinger Fellow
2020-2021 Fellows
Dr. Rachel Barton, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Eline Britz, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Kelton Ely, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Sarah Hicks, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Carissa Jones, Eslinger Fellow
Dr. Jeremy Prupas, Maddie’s Fellow
2019-2020 Fellows
Dr. Gina Bowen, Eslinger Fellow
Dr. Gabrielle Carrière, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Angelica Dimock, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Alicia Fortenberry, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Lindsay Garner, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Beth Keser, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Ashley Rice, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Jessica Thiele, Maddie’s Fellow
2018-2019 Fellows
Dr. Diana Kuehn, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Shari O’Neill, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Vincent Paradis, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Rachel Powell, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Jessica Reed, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Elizabeth Roberts, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Karen Sheppard, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Kimberly Wilson, Eslinger Fellow
2017-2018 Fellows
Dr. Allison Clarke, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Meg Gordon, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Elizabeth Roberts, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Gail Schroder, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Karen Sheppard, Maddie’s Fellow
Dr. Anthea Smith, Maddie’s Fellow
2016-2017 Fellows
Dr. Jen Dalmasso
Dr. Ann Enright
Dr. Sarah Frei, ASPCA Fellow
Dr. Melissa Resnick, ASPCA Fellow
Dr. Rachelle Saelor, Eslinger Fellow
2015-2016 Fellows
Dr. Sarah Frei, ASPCA Fellow
Dr. Libby Gutting, ASPCA Fellow
Dr. Hillary Herendeen, HSUS Fellow
Dr. Megan McAndrew, ASPCA Fellow
Dr. Emily Purvis, ASPCA Fellow