| Cummings
School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University was founded in 1978. Located
in North Grafton, MA, it is the only veterinary school in New England. The school's
pioneering academic programs, high quality clinical care services and original
research advancing animal, human and environmental health, have brought Tufts
University national and world-wide acclaim.
The
585-acre campus includes three hospitals: the Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for
Small Animals, the Hospital for Large Animals and the Bernice Barbour Wildlife
Medicine Building, where over 28,000 patients annually are treated by clinicians
representing a broad range of specialties. The school boasts the country's largest
training program in veterinary emergency and critical care and has garnered attention
for leadership in oncology, cardiology, nutrition, animal behavior, diagnostic
imaging and equine sports medicine.
Off
campus, the Cummings School operates the Tufts Ambulatory Farm Service in Woodstock,
CT, which helps sustain New England family farming. The school's International
Program collaborates with other Tufts University programs and local organizations
in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East to encourage sustainable animal
agriculture, wildlife conservation, and public health.
Cummings
School of Veterinary Medicine is recognized internationally for faculty contributions
to the study of zoonotic infectious diseases - illnesses that move from animals
to people. In 2003, the school was awarded an unparalleled $25 million NIH grant
to establish a research unit for the National Food and Waterborne Disease Integrated
Research Network. The Tufts Center for Conservation Medicine places the Cummings
School in the forefront of the emerging study of human, animal and environmental
health in ecosystems, locally and globally.
Cummings
School of Veterinary Medicine annually enrolls more than 300 students in its four-year
program leading to a doctor of veterinary medicine (D.V.M.) degree. In 2004, the
school ranked first among the 32 North American veterinary schools in the combined
GRE scores of its entering class. For the past three years, the school has ranked
first in its graduates' success in the competitive matching program for internships
and residencies.
The
school has developed innovative graduate programs including the world's only M.S.
degree in the field of animals and public policy, and the first D.V.M./M.P.H.
program that places veterinary and medical students in the same classroom. The
first quarter century of Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine has seen 1500
graduates establish successful careers in a variety of fields within the profession,
contributing with commitment and knowledge to a humane, healthy and compassionate
society. A
$50 million financial commitment from Cummings Foundation led to the renaming
of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, in honor of the Foundation's founders,
William S. and Joyce M. Cummings, in 2005. Veterinary School at Tufts, LLC is
today one of CFI's three operating subsidiaries. The other two are New Horizons
at Choate, LLC, and New Horizons at Madonna Hall, LLC, two large not-for-profit
assisted living facilities in Woburn and Marlborough, MA, respectively. |
