About The AMC

The Animal Medical Center in New York City is a non-profit veterinary center that has been a national leader in animal care since 1910. As an academic veterinary hospital, The AMC promotes the health and well-being of companion animals through advanced treatment, research and education.

Our staff is comprised of over 80 veterinarians who utilize an interdisciplinary team approach combining expertise in more than 25 key specialties and services to care for your pet 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Comprehensive Pet Care

Pets receive inpatient and outpatient care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The AMC offers a comprehensive range of services and treatments including, but not limited to:

• Routine care
• Emergency Services
• Treatment for pets suffering from unusual or complex diseases
• Surgery
• Internal Medicine
• Diagnostic ultrasound
• Computerized tomography and MRI
• Pacemakers
• Brain and spinal surgery
• Radiation Therapy

Education

The Education Division is dedicated to advancing veterinary care. The Animal Medical Center offers internships and residencies to doctors of veterinary medicine who wish to pursue formal advanced training.

The AMC also offers:

• Internships to animal health technicians and social workers
• Externships to senior veterinary students
• Continuing education and post-graduate programs to practicing veterinarians

Clinical Investigation

The Caspary Research Institute conducts clinical investigation of naturally occurring disease in companion animals to enable more effective diagnosis, advanced medical and surgical treatment and prevention of disease in all pets. Joint efforts are made with those studying the same illnesses in humans. Among our collaborators are:

• New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• The Rockefeller University
• New York University Medical Center
• Yale University, Cornell University, The Ohio State University and many colleges of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine

Investigations are conducted by observing and treating naturally occurring disease. The Animal Medical Center does not induce disease for research and does not maintain any laboratory animals for research.

Community Outreach

The AMC meets special needs by offering a variety of free or subsidized services to those in need:

• Frank V.D. Lloyd Fund for Guide Dogs
• Seniors’ Animal Veterinary Effort - established in 1975 to provide free or subsidized health care for the pets of the indigent elderly
• Patient Assistance Fund
• Pet Outreach Program
• Counseling and bereavement services facilitated by social workers

In 1981, The Animal Medical Center sponsored the nation's first conference on pet loss, sparking programs around the world and the founding of the Carola Warburg Rothschild Society for the Human-Animal Bond.

Financial Statements

View the latest Statement of Activities from The AMC.