Julie K Levy,
Fran Marino Endowed Distinguished Professor Of Shelter Medicine Education
About Julie K Levy
Dr. Julie Levy is the Fran Marino Endowed Distinguished Professor of Shelter Medicine Education at the University of Florida, where she focuses on the health and welfare of animals in shelters, feline infectious diseases, and humane alternatives for cat population control. She founded Operation Catnip, a community cat trap-neuter-return program that has spayed, neutered, and vaccinated more than 80,000 cats in Gainesville since 1998. A decade later, she joined Dr. Cynda Crawford to launch Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the College of Veterinary Medicine. This educational and discovery initiative has a global impact on the care of homeless animals and served as the academic home for development of the Fear Free Shelters program. She later teamed up with Dr. Kate Hurley to start the Million Cat Challenge, a shelter-based campaign that saved more than 5 million cats in shelters across North America and then Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge to create transformative “communities of practice” that deliver access to care through humane community-centric programming—inside and outside of the shelter—to achieve the right outcome for every pet.
Accomplishments
Teaching Profile
Board Certifications
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Shelter Medicine PracticeAmerican Board of Veterinary Practitioners
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Small Animal Internal MedicineAmerican College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Research Profile
- Animal welfare
- Feline infectious diseases, FeLV, FIV, FIP
- High quality high volume spay-neuter
- Humane community cat management
- Nonsurgical contraception in cats and dogs
- Shelter medicine
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Publications
Grants
Education
Contact Details
- Business:
- (352) 258-6658
- Business:
- levyjk@ufl.edu
- Business Mailing:
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2015 SW 16th Avenue
College of Veterinary Medicine
Gainesville FL 32608 - Business Street:
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College of Veterinary Medicine
2015 SW 16th Avenue, VS-12
Gainesville FL 32610