Elizabeth Berliner, DVM, DABVP
Dr. Elizabeth Berliner currently serves as the Senior Director of Shelter Medicine Training Programs at the ASPCA. Dr. Berliner earned her DVM from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2003 after an early career as an English teacher. After graduation from veterinary school, she entered general and emergency practice before becoming Medical Director of a shelter and spay/neuter clinic in Baltimore, MD. In 2010, she returned to Cornell to provide leadership for the Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program. She also served as a seasonal field veterinarian for Rural Area Veterinary Services (RAVS) for many years and was surgical team lead for Spayathon for Puerto Rico (2017-2020. Dr. Berliner is boarded in both Shelter Medicine Practice and Canine & Feline Practice with the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. She is a co-author of the ASV Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters, 2nd ed. She is also an Executive Board Member for the NYS Veterinary Medicine Association. Dr. Berliner holds a courtesy appointment as an Associate Clinical Professor at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.
