Congrats, Dr. Hammerle!
Dr. Hammerle continues to make more strides to provide top quality medicine for your pets as evidenced by her latest achievement. Dr. Hammerle is now a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners certified in canine and feline medicine!
What does that mean?
From the ABVP website:
There are several things you must accomplish to become ABVP certified. To qualify to sit for the extensive, two‐day examination, a veterinarian must complete either a residency program or six years of clinical veterinary practice. In addition, two case reports, references, descriptions of practice procedures, and professional education records must be submitted and pass review. The American Board of Veterinary Practitioners was established in 1978 and is accredited by a special committee of the American Veterinary Medical Association to recognize excellence in clinical practice through the certification of species‐oriented specialists. Over 850 veterinarians worldwide are certified in one of ABVP’s ten practice categories: Avian, Beef Cattle, Equine, Exotic Companion Mammal, Canine and Feline, Dairy, Feline, Food Animal, Reptile and Amphibian and Swine Health Management.
Most veterinarians who are performing broad-based clinical practice are not board-certified. How do ABVP Diplomates differ from them? The answer is in the depth of knowledge and competency in their field, the level of veterinary service the board-certified veterinarians are able to provide and the fact that they have demonstrated this by completing the certification process of a recognized specialty organization. The primary difference is that the board-certified Diplomates have pursued additional training in many instances, have made a serious commitment to continuing education and have demonstrated by the certification process that they are capable of providing a level of clinical practice that is clearly superior to the norm of the profession.
Dr. Hammerle worked extremely hard to meet this goal, so please join me in congratulating her!
