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The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center recently published its 2025 Impact Report. This annual report highlights the work and milestones achieved here at 510 East 62nd Street over the previous year. Some of the most impactful events of 2025 have already been featured in prior blogposts – AMC’s four-year, 83,000 square-foot, and $125 million hospital transformation and a listing of AMC’s Usdan Institute for Animal Health Education’s 2025 webinars to help you start the New Year on a healthy note for your pet. One section of the Impact Report that I have not included in prior blogposts is AMC’s 2025 research portfolio. That scholarly engagement will be the subject of this blogpost.

With great fanfare, the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center held a “leash cutting” ceremony to mark the grand opening of the Denise and Michael Kellen Institute for Surgical Care. The press release describes 7,000 square feet of newly constructed surgery space with five operating rooms, a minor procedure room, and an anesthesia recovery area that separates feline patients from canine patients. The photos show a gathering of happy veterinary surgeons alongside grateful patients and hospital supporters. But what does the 7,000-square-foot addition mean for your pet?

The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) is celebrating its 50th anniversary. ACVIM encompasses the veterinary specialties of oncology, neurology, internal medicine, cardiology and nutrition. As part of the celebration, the ACVIM is highlighting their official journal, the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (JVIM), which just celebrated its 35th birthday. The JVIM provides an international forum for communication and discussion of the latest developments in large and small animal internal medicine, cardiology, neurology and oncology, making JVIM a journal AMC veterinarians read frequently and with great interest.

November is Pet Cancer Awareness Month. To help raise awareness about veterinary oncology, I am devoting all my November blogposts to the topic. Today’s post will take a look at

An important part of AMC’s mission is creating new medical knowledge. Our veterinarians advance the care and treatment of companion animals by conducting innovative clinical research and publishing their results