13 April 2009

Dr. Jane Brunt leads CATalyst - A collaborative coalition that's all about the cat




Dr. Jane Brunt is passionate about cats and has practiced feline-exclusive medicine in Maryland for over twenty years. She will lead a session of the National Summit for Urban Animal Strategies to understand the CATalyst initiative in the United States.

Dr. Brunt founded the Cat Hospital At Towson in Baltimore, the first feline-exclusive veterinary hospital in the state. She opened a second practice, Cat Hospital Eastern Shore in June of 2001. Both hospitals are accredited by the American Animal Hospital Association, and their purpose statement is “Caring for Cats, and the People Who Love Them".
She represented AAFP in the AVMA House of Delegates for eight years, and served as AAFP president in 2006. She served as president of the Maryland Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA) and has also participated in American Animal Hospital Association leadership activities.
She is currently participates in two feline initiatives, the KNOW Heartworms campaign to educate veterinarians and the public about heartworms in cats and HARD-Heartworm Associated Respiratory Disease, and she serves as the executive director of the CATalyst Council which partners the veterinary profession, shelter, rescue and welfare organizations, animal health industry, the media and others to improve the current status of cats in North America.

Her goal is to empower and grow others to establish and enrich the special bond that exists between people and cats.

She shares her home with her two hilarious cats, Freddy and Paddy, and her loyal- though less smart than the cats- Standard Poodle, Charley.